1 : Introduction to the question “1. According to literary tradition, what kind of people would use a map with the legend “X marks the spot”?
…1. Astronauts
2. Pirates/treasure hunters
3. Deep sea divers
4. Oil well drillers
Urban Dictionary notes the phrase was “Derived from an X on pirate treasure maps. The phrase was put into common usage by the British army, who performed executions by marking a piece of paper with a black x and positioning it on the heart of someone sentenced to death.”
In the 1963 movie “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”, the location of the buried treasure was indicated by an X shape created by two palm trees leaning towards and past each other.
1. According to literary tradition, what kind of people would use a map with the legend “X marks the spot”?