Anne Bonney, Pirate Queen

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1. Where and when was Anne Bonney born? Charleston, South Carolina, March 8, 1700. County Cork, Ireland sometime between 1697 and 1705. North Lanarkshire, Scotland, sometime between 1697 and 1705. Limerick, Ireland, December 20, 1699.

2. What do legends say that Anne Bonney did at the age of 13? Stole a emerald necklace from her grandmother after hitting her over the head with a club. Stabbed a servant girl in the belly with a table knife for making her angry. Burned down the house of a neighboring family because they called her a hooligan. Hung her father's dog from a tree because it snapped at her.

3. Who did Anne marry at the age of 16 against her father's wishes? Charles Bonney James Bonney Jack Bonney Charles Vane

4. After tiring of her spineless husband, with whom did Anne fall in love, run off and start pirating with? Chidley Bayard Mark Read John "Calico Jack" Rackham Charles Vane

5. Who became Anne's best friend and fellow woman pirate? Grace O'Malley Mary Read Rachel Wall Charlotte De Berry

6. Whose life did Anne save by revealing a plot to have him murdered? Governor Woodes Rogers Captain Roberts William Cormac George Washington

7. What was said to be the cause of the capture of Calico Jack, Anne Bonney, Mary Read and the rest of their crew? The crew was celebrating two victories and all but Anne and Mary were too drunk to defend their ship against the armed sloop of Governor Lawes. An army officer disguised as a pirate, seduced Anne and cajoled her into revealing her ship's location. Mary Read was pregnant and wanted to end her life of piracy, so she turned herself in and informed on the others. William Cormac, who had been searching for Anne for years, finally caught up with her and hired another group of pirates to attack the ship that Anne was on and capture her.

8. Why were Anne Bonney and Mary Read not executed along with Calico Jack Rackham? They "pled their bellies". They were both pregnant. They gave information on other notorious, wanted pirates. The bribed the Governor with "loot" from their stash. They committed double suicide, by poisoning themselves.

9. Calico Jack, who had pleaded for mercy on behalf of Anne and Mary, was granted permission to see Anne before his hanging. What is it rumored that she said to him? "I will love you, here to eternity." She refused to speak to him. "The baby I am carrying, does not belong to you." "I'm sorry Jack, but if you had fought like a man, you needn't now hang like a dog."

10. What is the most popular belief as to what finally happened to Anne Bonney? Her father forgave her and ransomed her back to the Carolinas, where she assumed a new name and a new life. She escaped again and resumed the pirate's life. She was hanged after her baby was born. She was saved from the noose by a doctor whose life she had saved earlier and who dearly loved her. He promised the Governor that if she was granted a pardon, that he would marry her and take her away from piracy forever.