Answers for Talk Like a Pirate Day

[valarltd]

Real pirates


1)

Most famous of the Barbary corsairs. Second son of an Albanian fisherman, he set himself up as ruler of the Barbary Coast with a capital at Algiers.
Kheir-ed-Din Barbarossa

2)

Mother disguised her as a boy from childhood on. Took service in 4's crew, until 3 discovered her gender and started a menage.
Mary Read

3)

Daughter of an Irish maidservant and common-law wife of 4. Sent him to his hanging with a nasty jibe.
Anne Bonny

4)

Used a black flag with a skull over crossed cutlasses.
"Calico Jack" Rackham

5)

Wore fuses in his beard to better terrorize the crews he plundered.
Blackbeard (Edward Teach)

6)

This Chinese pirate queen commanded over 80,000 people at her most powerful.
Ching Shih (or variants)


7)

This privateer was knighted by Elizabeth I. King Phillip II of Spain offered 20,000 ducats (about $8 million in today's money) for his head.
Sir Francis Drake

8)

Welsh privateer who became an admiral among the privateers. He sacked Panama and instead of being executed, got knighted and made Lieutenant governor of Jamaica.
Henry Morgan

9)

French folk-hero of Louisiana. Defended New Orleans during the War of 1812 and aided Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans.
Jean Lafitte

10)

Most famous for his trial without representation and as a political pawn between the Whigs and Tories. His body hung on Execution Dock in Wapping for 20 years.
Captain William Kidd



Fictional Pirates


1)

This movie is a sequel to number 3. As is the actor.
Robert Blood (Sean Flynn) Son of Captain Blood

2)

From the most quotable movie of all time.
The Dread Pirate Roberts (Cary Elwes) The Princess Bride

3 & 4)
This is a twofer. You have to name BOTH pirates. Made in 1935, it was the hero's first major picture. It's also one of my orphan fandoms.
Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) and Lavesseur (Basil Rathbone) Captain Blood

5)

"Peter, give me back my dignity!"
Capt. James Hook (Dustin Hoffman), Hook

6)
Just name the Captain. He's the one in the middle. This SF spoof came out in 83 and featured the Templars as the villains.
Jason (Robert Urich) Ice Pirates

7)

Fictional Ancestor. As this is a promo still, any movie title is fine
Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) Pirates of the Carribean series

8)
He is not the very model of a modern major general.
The Pirate King (Kevin Kline) The Pirate Movie or Pirates of Penzance

9)

Arguably the most famous fictional pirate of all, subject of books, stage plays, movies and TV series. Disney's version of this set the "pirate accent."
Long John Silver (Tim Curry) Muppet Treasure Island

10)

Please? Do you need a clue? 17 acts of piracy before the age of 30.
Han Solo (Harrison Ford) Star Wars trilogy (that's from Empire, actually)

Comments

[kitzheng.livejournal.com]

I loved this contest! It was such fun.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of another, similar, but with photographs of story locations.

Not just a panoramic skyline of Memphis, but a specific shop that plays an important part in a story.

I'm not sure how that would go over.

[kitzheng.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, that would be cool, but I'm even worse at recognizing geographic features than I am at recognizing actors. *laughs* Would you be doing word clues again?

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, quite enough that someone who hasn't read it could get the gist from the blurb on my website.