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Pop Quiz: All About Piracy

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1.

Piracy is a robbery committed at sea, or sometimes on the shore, without a:

Commission from a sovereign nation
Permission from one's parents
Regard for human life

2.

Robbery with sovereign commission is called:

Piracy
Privateering
Illegal search and seizure

3.

Seaborne piracy against transport vessels results in estimated worldwide losses of how much each year?

US $1 to $6 million per year
US $1 to $6 billion per year
US $13 to $16 billion per year

4.

The Jolly Roger is what?

A hard candy
A flag
A ship

5.

On one voyage across the Aegean Sea in 75 BC, who was kidnapped by Cilician pirates and held prisoner in the Dodecanese islet of Pharmacusa?

King Prius of Troy
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great

6.

In the Roman province of Britannia, which Catholic saint was captured and enslaved by Irish pirates.

Saint Patrick
Saint Andrew
Saint Bridget

7.

Which pirates and privateers operated from North Africa?

The Narentines
The Barbary pirates
The Sea Peoples

8.

On a pirate ship who was elected by the crew?

The captain
The cook
The surgeon

9.

Bartholomew Roberts was know by which nickname?

Blackbeard
Black Bart
Redbeard

10.

A corsair is another name for a what?

Privateer
Ship's captain
Kind of pirate ship