Criminality and Famous Outlaws

Question: In what year were Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the famous American outlaws and robbers, killed?

Answer: Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were killed in a police ambush on May 23, 1934, in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

Question: What was William H. Bonney’s nickname?

Answer: William H. Bonney was one of the names the outlaw known as Billy the Kid went by.

Question: What word describes Edward Teach, Anne Bonny, and Henry Morgan?

Answer: Edward Teach (known as Blackbeard), Anne Bonny, and Henry Morgan were noted pirates.

Question: With what country is the outlaw Ned Kelly associated?

Answer: Ned Kelly was an outlaw in 19th-century Australia.

Question: Which of these British possessions was originally a penal colony?

Answer: Australia first served as a penal colony to which criminals from England and its other colonies were sent into exile.

Question: When did the bandana first become popular?

Answer: The bandana became wildly popular in the 1790s; at one point, 1,500 looms in Glasgow alone were dedicated solely to their production. They were produced primarily for export to poorer countries.

Question: What color, traditionally, is a pirate’s flag?

Answer: The pirate’s notorious skull and crossbones flag is on a field of black, signifying lawlessness.