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71 free Pirates of the Caribbean trivia questions with answers. Pirates of the Caribbean turned a Disneyland boat ride into a five-film, four-billion-dollar franchise, and it did so on the back of a performance the studio initially thought was a mistake. This quiz covers the whole run: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man's Chest, At World's End, On Stranger Tides and Dead Men Tell No Tales, plus the 1967 ride they grew out of. Expect questions on quotes, cursed gold, the Brethren Court and the Fountain of Youth, but also on the making of the films: who turned down Barbossa, which comedian nearly got Jack Sparrow, why the Interceptor sailed 40 days to reach the set, and which post-credits scene surprised the actor in it. Easy questions suit anyone who has seen the films once; the hard ones are for people who watch the extras. Every answer has been checked against the films' documented production history, so the details on budgets, box office and casting are the real ones.
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Q 01Which producer is behind the whole Pirates of the Caribbean film series?
Jerry Bruckheimer
He was also the producer of Top Gun and Armageddon before turning a theme-park ride into a $4.5 billion franchise.
Q 02Who directed the first three films in the series?
Gore Verbinski
He wanted to use modern technology to resurrect a genre that had vanished after Hollywood's Golden Age.
Q 03Which director, best known for the musical Chicago, took over for On Stranger Tides?
Rob Marshall
He was invited by Bruckheimer and Depp when the original director was unavailable.
Q 04Which screenwriting duo wrote the first four films?
Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio
The pair had already worked with Disney on Aladdin and Treasure Planet, and gave the pirate movie its supernatural edge.
Q 05Roughly how much has the franchise grossed worldwide across five films?
Over $4.5 billion
It was the first film franchise ever to produce two separate films that each passed $1 billion.
Q 06Depp famously modelled Jack Sparrow on which rock musician?
Keith Richards
After researching 18th-century pirates, Depp decided they were the rock stars of their day.
Q 07Which Looney Tunes character did Depp also cite as an influence on Jack Sparrow?
Pepé Le Pew
The screenwriters had originally imagined the character as a Bugs Bunny or Groucho Marx-style supporting player.
Q 08What did baffled Disney executives ask about Depp's performance when they first saw it?
Whether the character was drunk or gay
Depp held his ground, and the performance ended up earning him his first Oscar nomination.
Q 09The screenwriter of the earliest drafts says he created Jack Sparrow with which actor in mind?
Hugh Jackman
Stuart Beattie's Jack was a nod to that actor's first name; the part of course went to Johnny Depp.
Q 10Which comedian was considered for Jack Sparrow but was tied up filming Bruce Almighty?
Jim Carrey
Bruckheimer initially pictured the character as 'a young Burt Lancaster, just the cocky pirate'.
Q 11Which flop from 2002 made Disney's Michael Eisner try to shut the first Pirates film down?
The Country Bears
Eisner asked 'Why does it have to cost so much?' but was won over when he saw the concept art.
Q 12Which actor was first choice for the Black Pearl's mutinous captain but declined, expecting a flop?
Robert De Niro
Geoffrey Rush was the second choice; the actor who passed later played a pirate in Stardust anyway.
Q 13Who plays blacksmith Will Turner?
Orlando Bloom
He read the script on Geoffrey Rush's suggestion, straight off the back of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Q 21Where was most of the first film's location shooting done?
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The crew built three piers and a backlot there for Port Royal and the pirate port.
Q 22Who is credited as composer of the first film's score?
Klaus Badelt
Zimmer was contractually tied up elsewhere, so he oversaw a team of 15 composers with the credited composer up front.
Q 23Which prize did Depp win for playing Jack Sparrow in the first film?
A Screen Actors Guild Award
He was nominated for the other three but only took home the actors' union prize (and an MTV Movie Award).
Q 14Keira Knightley's character is the daughter of what official in Port Royal?
The Governor
Her father is played by Jonathan Pryce, who was written into the climactic battle to keep him sympathetic.
Q 15Port Royal, the film's setting, is on which real island?
Jamaica
The real Port Royal was a notorious pirate haven until an earthquake sank much of it in 1692.
Q 16How many pieces of cursed Aztec gold are in the chest on Isla de Muerta?
882
The set builders put exactly that many coins in the cavern, along with five feet of water and gold-painted styrofoam rocks.
Q 17The cursed gold was originally paid to which conquistador?
Hernán Cortés
The bribe was meant to stop his slaughter of the Aztecs; the gods cursed it instead.
Q 18Which navy ship do Jack and Will steal from Port Royal?
HMS Interceptor
On screen it was a re-dressed Lady Washington, a replica tall ship that sailed 40 days from Washington state to reach the set.
Q 19Which real replica sailing ship was re-dressed to play the navy vessel Jack and Will steal?
Lady Washington
She was fully repainted and made a 40-day voyage from Aberdeen, Washington to reach the location in January 2003.
Q 20The Curse of the Black Pearl was the first Disney-branded film to receive which MPAA rating?
PG-13
The rating was for 'action/adventure violence'; every sequel has carried the same one.
Q 24What unusual body part does the pirate Ragetti keep losing?
His wooden eye
Mackenzie Crook wore two different contact lenses for it: a soft one and a harder one for when it protrudes.
Q 25Who takes a coin from the cursed chest in the first film's post-credits scene?
The monkey
The capuchin, named Jack after Sparrow, becomes undead again and stays that way for the rest of the series.
Q 26Complete Jack Sparrow's lament: 'Why is the ... gone?'
rum
Elizabeth burned it, along with the shade, to send up a signal fire from the island.
Q 27Norrington dismisses Jack as the worst pirate he knows of. Jack's reply?
But you have heard of me
He then delivers his signature line: 'This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow.'
Q 28According to the captain of the cursed Black Pearl, the pirate's Code is more what you'd call ...
guidelines
He also points out that you have to be a pirate for the Code to apply, and Elizabeth is not.
Q 29Which one-word question does Jack Sparrow habitually tack onto the end of his sentences?
Savvy?
He uses it while explaining that he can't crew a ship 'all by me onsie'.
Q 30Where do Jack and Will go to recruit a crew, meeting Joshamee Gibbs?
Tortuga
The real place was a lawless pirate haven off Hispaniola in the 1600s.