Pirates Trivia Questions & Answers

The English word "pirate" is derived from which of the following Latin terms?

• piratos

• pirata

• pirete

• Dont know

Where and when was Anne Bonney born?

• County Cork, Ireland sometime between 1697 and 1705.

• Dont know

• 1697 and 1708

• 1700 and 1800

What is the name of the pirate flag that is famous in the media?

• Jolly Roger

• Emanuel Wynne

• Edward England

• Thomas Tew

What was the real name of the famous pirate "Blackbeard"?

• Edward Thatch/Teach

• Godwin white

• Will Edward

• Don't know

Which of these pirates was considered the most successful for having taken 400 ships in the space of only three years?

• Bartholemew Roberts

• Edward Teach

• Howell Davis

• Henry Morgan

What nationality was Anne Bonney?

• Irish

• American

• Dont know

• Ireland

Which pirate hunter later became a pirate himself?

• Sir Francis Drake

• Akin Robinson

• Edward Teach

• Don't know

Which of these personalities was kidnapped by Cilician pirates in 75 BC?

• Julius Caesar

• Aristotle

• King Henry VIII

• Napoleon Bonaparte

Which of these words was used for pirates operating in the Mediterranean?

• Corsair

• Buccaneer

• Raider

• Privateer

Which of these was a real woman pirate?

• Anne Bonny

• Olivia Mary

• Annie Oakley

• There were no women pirates