Facts o’ the High Seas
Which means more trouble, a red or a black pirate flag?
Red.
If a ship approached flying a red flag, it meant 'give no quarter' indicating the captured crew would all be murdered. Look out!
True or False:
Pirates commonly wear gold and silver piercings?
True!
Pirates would commonly wear gold or silver piercings to show off wealth and to pay for funereal rights when they died.
By the nineteenth century, what was the punishment for piracy?
Death.
What was the name of the pirate in Peter Pan who lost his hand to an alligator?
Captain Hook.
What was Davy Jones Locker?
A seabed.
Fun Fact: People that cross Rollo Myer find themselves trapped in Davy Jones Locker.
What body of water is famously called the “Pirate’s Paradise”?
The Caribbean Sea.
The Caribbean Sea was the most important trade hub in the Western Hemisphere. This, and its distance from the European powers sparked a vibrant and often violent culture of Piracy. Arr!
Did pirates actually make their victims walk the plank?
No.
Although walking the plank is common in contemporary pirate lore, most pirates just killed people without ceremony.
Why did Blackbeard burn his hair and beard?
To look scary.
Intimidation, fear mongering, all that jazz.
The book Treasure island was written by
A. Robert Louis Stevenson
B. Joseph Conrad
C. Salgari Emilio
D. Frank Herbert
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Joseph Conrad wrote Lord Jim, Typhoon, and Nostromo.
Salgari Emilio wrote Captain Barbell and The Sea Hawks.
Frank Herbert wrote Dune which is about a young noble named Paul Atreides who is thrown into a brutal struggle for survival and power on the desert planet Arrakis. Arrakis is the only place in the universe where you can find spice, a rare substance that makes space travel possible, expands human awareness, and is worth more than anything else in existence. Because of this, the planet becomes the center of political schemes, betrayal, and war between powerful families and galactic factions.
True or false; The pirate known as Robert Bartholomew freed slaves he found on ships in south Africa.
True!
He only freed slaves on the condition that they joined his crew but later on they would be free to leave. When his ships and crew were captured, the freed slaves became unfreed slaves.
What is the name of the punishment where a person is tied to a rope and dragged under the keel of a ship?
Keelhauling.
While this punishment is famously associated with pirates it was not commonly practiced. More common forms of punishment were reduced rations, beating, lashing, flogging, marooning, mutilation, sweating, woodling, death, drowning and extra chores. Ouch!
True or False. All pirates were illegal.
False. Privateers were lawful pirates who were permitted by their government to attack and plunder the ships of enemy nations.
What did pirates believe was bad luck to have on their ship?
A. A black cat
B. An umbrella
C. Women
D. Old leather boot missing it's brother
E. Cowardly fishermen
F. Children too small to work
G. Blind men
H. Erotic Books
I. Pregnant animals
J. Lock of hair given by a lover
K. Replacement teeth made with tin
L. Lutherans
C. Women.
Who is the Disgraced, Poor, Unemployed Poverty Pirate at the start of the film "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" ?
Cap'n Jack Sparrow
Where is the prow of a ship?
At the front.
Fun fact: The person currently sitting in the light blue, recliner sofa is a closeted Homosexual.
What liquid did pirates drink most in the Caribbean Sea?
Fresh drinking water.
The Caribbean Sea is full of islands allowing ships to have access to fresh underground drinking water. On longer voyages in the Atlantic or the Pacific the water would get filled with bugs and Bacteria. Nasty!
Did pirates actually have exotic pets like parrots?
Yes.
Pirates would often have several animals on board the ship, while most served a practical purpose like chickens for eggs or pigs for eating; some Pirates would have smarter pets like parrots or monkeys for entertainment. They were always small and could be fed with Sea biscuit rations.
Of the following, who was NOT a famous female pirate?
A. Ching Shih
B. Anne Bonny
C. Onika Tanya Maraj
D. Mary Reed
C. Onika Tanya Maraj
Onika Tanya Maraj is best known by her stage name "Nicki Minaj" and was born in 1982. Famed rapper.
Anne Bonny and Mary Reed where members of John Rackham's crew which only lasted 61 days before he was captured and hung. They claimed to be pregnant to avoid execution although it's unclear if this was true.
Ching Shih, also known as Zheng Yi Sao, Shi Xianggu, Shek Yeung and Quing Shi was a highly successful pirate queen in the South China Sea. After her husband was murdered by a typhoon; she inherited his pirate army and raided up the yellow river. She negotiated for amnesty and later married her stepson.
The Disney show: "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" features a Pirate captain who owns a sentient ship. The captain's name is...
jake
Where did pirates find weevils?
A. Underwater
B. Your mom
C. In boots
D. The genitalia of freed eunuch slaves
E. Their underwear
F. Their body hair
G. The sails currently in storage
H. The gunpowder
I. In food
J. The bodies of crew members taken to land for burial
B. In food.
What day is national talk like a pirate day?
The 19th of September.
The holiday resulted from a sports injury. Darn!
Who was England's most famous privateer?
A. Blackbeard
B. Francis Drake
C. Mary Read
D. Henry Morgan
B. Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer, privateer, naval officer, and vice admiral famed for the second circumnavigation of the globe (1577–1580). He gained renown raiding Spanish ships and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I. Drake played a key role in the 1588 defeat of the Spanish Armada and later served as mayor of Plymouth.
What is Blackbeard's true name?
Edward Teach.
(No wonder he changed his name)
The Pirates of the Caribbean movies wore originally based on a Disney Ride first opened in what city?
Anaheim.
The English word "pirate" is derived from which of the following Latin terms?
A. piratos
B. pirete
C. pyrit
D. pirata
D. pirata.
The English word "pirate" is derived from the Latin word "pirata" and has its origins in the Greek word "peirates", meaning "to attempt, to attack , to assault".