(Mental Floss) -- It's hard to walk down the aisle of a liquor store without running across a bottle bearing someone's name. 

A costumed reveler at a Captain Morgan party celebrates the rum named after the 17th century privateer. 

We put them in our cocktails, but how well do we know them? 

Here's some biographical detail on the men behind your favorite tipples: 

1. Captain Morgan 

The Captain wasn't always just the choice of sorority girls looking to blend spiced rum with Diet Coke; in the 17th century he was a feared privateer. 

Not only did the Welsh pirate marry his own cousin, he ran risky missions for the governor of Jamaica, including capturing some Spanish prisoners in Cuba and sacking Port-au-Prince in Haiti. 

He then plundered the Cuban coast before holding for ransom the entire city of Portobelo, Panama. 

He later looted and burned Panama City, but his pillaging career came to an end when Spain and England signed a peace treaty in 1671. 

Instead of getting in trouble for his high-seas antics, Morgan received knighthood and became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica. Mental Floss: 5 drinking stories that put yours to shame 

2. Johnnie Walker 

Walker, the name behind the world's most popular brand of Scotch whisky, was born in 1805 in Ayrshire, Scotland. 

When his father died in 1819, Johnnie inherited a trust of a little over 400 pounds, which the trustees invested in a grocery store. 

Walker became a very successful grocer in the town of Kilmarnock and even sold a whisky, Walker's Kilmarnock Whisky.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Where does the name of Captain Morgan rum come from?
2. Who does Captain Morgan rum get its name from?
3. From whom is the moniker Captain Morgan rum derived?
Q2:
1. Were people afraid of the real Captain Morgan?
2. Did the person Captain Morgan scare people?
3. Was the public frightened of Captain Morgan?
Q3:
1. What was the nationality of the 17th century pirate?
2. What was Captain Morgan's nationality?
3. Where was Captain Morgan from?
Q4:
1. Was Captain Morgan married?
2. Did Captain Morgan have a wife?
3. Was there a wife in Captain Morgan's life?
Q5:
1. Did Captain Morgan visit any Caribbean islands?
2. Did Captain Morgan ever make a journey to any of the islands in the Caribbean?
3. Did Captain Morgan's adventures ever take him to the Caribbean?
Q6:
1. What island in the Caribbean did Captain Morgan visit?
2. Where in the Caribbean Sea did Captain Morgan go?
3. Which Caribbean Island did Captain Morgan stop at?
Q7:
1. What was Captain Morgan's business in Cuba?
2. What did Captain Morgan do in Cuba?
3. While in Cuba, how did Captain Morgan spend his time?
Q8:
1. Did Captain Morgan get in trouble for plundering in Cuba?
2. Was Captain Morgan punished for his Cuban plundering?
3. Were there consequences for Captain Morgan's Caribbean plundering?
Q9:
1. What happened after Captain Morgan ravaged Cuba?
2. What took place after Captain Morgan plundered Cuba?
3. Once he had pillaged Cuba, what happened to captain Morgan?
Q10:
1. Whose name does the most popular Scotch come from?
2. Who gave their name to the most beloved Scotch?
3. Whose name does the number one Scotch bear?
Q11:
1. Where was Johnnie Walker raised?
2. Where did Johnnie Walker spend his youth?
3. Where did Johnnie Walker grow up?
Q12:
1. When did Johnnie Walker live in Ayrshire?
2. During what period in his life did Johnnie Walker live in Ayrshire?
3. 
Q13:
1. Was Johnnie Walker poor?
2. Did Johnnie Walker live in poverty?
3. Was Johnnie Walker broke?
Q14:
1. Where did Johnnie Walker get his money?
2. What was the source of Johnnie Walker's funds?
3. Where did Johnnie Walker get his money from?
Q15:
1. What did Johnnie Walker do with his trust?
2. What did Johnnie Walker do with the money he inherited?
3. How did Johnnie Walker spend the money he got in his inheritance?
