QuickCheck: Do any ships still fly the Jolly Roger today?


FROM movies on the silver screen like the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise to manga-anime-live action sensation One Piece and a whole host of video games, documentaries, comics and art in between – the black-and-white skull and crossbones motif of the "Jolly Roger" flag is well known.

However, is this black flag, which is generally associated with the cannon-armed pirate ships of the classic age of sail, a relic of the past?

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