Pirate Flashcards
(47 cards)
What type of cannon moves easily left and right?
A swivel cannon.
What was the name of Long John Silver’s parrot?
Captain Flint.
Who is the main character in ‘Treasure Island’?
Jim Hawkins.
What gave pirates permission to be a pirate?
A letter of marque.
What did you call a pirate with a letter of marque?
A privateer.
Whose flag was the skull and crossbones?
Edward England.
Whose flag was the skull and crossed cutlasses?
Captain Jack Rackam.
What Captain Jack Rackam’s nickname?
‘Calico’ Jack.
What did a pirate’s red flag mean?
‘No Quarter’; everyone would be killed on your ship.
What colours were most pirates’ flags?
Black, white and red.
What was the nickname for a pirate flag?
The ‘Jolly Roger’.
What was a ‘dubloon’?
It was a Spanish gold coin.
Which pirate captains had Long John Silver sailed with?
“First with England, then with Flint; that’s my story.”
Why did pirates dock their ships in Jamaica?
Because the British did not arrest pirates.
Who was the most famous British privateer?
Sir Francis Drake.
How was Edward Teach better known?
Blackbeard.
What did Blackbeard do to his beard and hair?
He put burning fuses in it, so it smoked.
Where did most pirates sail?
The Caribbean.
What were ‘pieces of eight’?
They were Spanish dollars (pesos de ocho); they were coins made of silver.
What colour are rubies?
Red or pink.
What colour are sapphires?
Any colour except red or pink.
What colour are emeralds?
Green.
What was the name of Blackbeard’s ship?
The Queen Anne’s Revenge.
What was the name of Edward England’s ship?
The Pearl.
