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What is a couple facts about the skull and crossbones or jolly roger?
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What is the jolly roger?
A jolly roger is a pirate flag. Jolly Roger can be perfectly seen on pirate flags having a white skull and crossbones on a black background. A Jolly Rancher is a type of sweet, sticky candy.
What is the name of the flag with a skull and crossbones?
Jolly roger
What did jolly roger have on it?
Skull and crossbones. :-P
Was there a ship named Jolly Roger?
I think the Jolly Roger is the Pirates Flag, the Skull & Crossbones..... Ahhharrrr me hearties !
What is an alternative name for the jolly roger flag?
The skull and crossbones.
Who rode the Jolly Roger?
The Jolly Roger was the flag, not the ship. Jolly Roger refers to flags flown on ships which identify the ship's crew as pirates. So, pirates sail with the Jolly Roger flying. The most common Jolly Roger is the skull and crossbones.
What is the name of the skull and crossbones?
pirate flag or sign.Another answer:"Jolly Roger."
What is the skull and crossbones on a pirate ship called?
The Jolly Roger.
What is the name of the pirate's flag showing the skull and crossbones?
The Jolly Roger or the Death Flag.
Could the Tradition of flying the skull and crossbones or Jolly Roger be related to he way Blackbeard was killed with his head hanging from the mast?
No. The tradition came from Calico Jack's flag, which was called the Jolly Roger with the traditional skull and crossbones, but the name went on to represent all flags, regardless of what they actually portrayed on them.
What is the term for the black flag with skulls and crossbones?
If you mean of pirate lore, it is known as the Jolly Rodger.While a pirate crew would fly the black flag to intimidate a potential ship it intended to attack, it was not the only flag used. A crew would first fly the skull and crossbones on a black background so the other ship would be intimidated, if the other ship didn't surrender the crew would lower the black flag and raise a red flag with a skull and cross bones or whatever symbol the ships crew used as a Jolly Rodger. The red flag showed the crew the time for surrender was over and now everyone on the ship would be killed. Pirates did not take prisoners nor did they spare those people that didn't surrender the first offer.
What are the origins of the Jolly Roger?
Emmanuel Wynne..................The Jolly Roger is the name now given to any of various flags flown to identify the user as a pirate. The most famous Jolly Roger today is the Skull and Crossbones, a skull over two long bones set in an X arrangement on a black field. Historically, the flag was flown to induce pirates' victims to surrender readily.
