She's a bad mama jammer
The Hils are alive
Happy landings
Be fruitful and multiply
Leon country safari
Strictly speaking
100
On this date, Louise was born.
What is July 17, 1922.
100
On this date, Hilda was born.
What is October 22, 1903.
100
In this year, Louise migrated to the U.S.
What is 1969?
100
This fragrant ingredient of Jamaican fruit cake is often called the original citrus fruit.
What is citron?
100
How Leon earned his living.
What is <typewriter repair><woodworking><solar water heating>?
100
This vernacular is also spoken in Costa Rica and Uruguay.
What is Patois?
200
Louise woke up at 5 and rode the subway to Montefiore Hospital in this NY borough for years.
What is the Bronx?
200
In addition to her services as a housekeeper, these delicacies from Hilda were also in high demand.
What are fruit cakes?
200
Denzil shares this name with the actor who played West Indian Archie in Spike Lee's Malcolm X.
What is Delroy?
200
The likely origin of the fruit cake.
What is British plum pudding?
200
Leon's middle name is the same as this deceased president's first name.
What is Abraham?
200
Seamlessly moving between Patois (or any other vernacular) and the widely spoken language of a region.
What is code switching?
300
She sang it just as beautifully as Doris Day did.
What is"Que sera, sera"?
300
Hilda worked for this family of four in the '70's.
Who were the Vyses?
300
Mother and father to Verdis, Merlin, and Leta (Varine's mother).
Who are Eugene and Samuel Palmer?
300
In addition to rum, soak your chopped fruit in this sweet red wine.
What is port wine?
300
The etymology of the name Cushnie is believed to include this ancient tongue.
What is Gaelic?
300
The meaning of the word, Xaymaca, used to describe Jamaica by the Tainos.
What is the land of wood and water?
400
The fairytale experience Louise had as a young seamstress.
What is pierced her finger with a needle?
400
In this year, Hilda migrated to the U.S.
What is 1990?
400
Place in Jamaica where the family hails from.
What is Pepper, St. Elizabeth?
400
Sugarcane juice and cane syrup.
What is Jamaican white rum made of?
400
The country in the United Kingdom where you can find the city of Cushnie.
What is Scotland?
400
Some of the African peoples brought to Jamaica whose languages are part of Patois.
What is <Yoruba>, <Ashanti>, <Ibo>, <Akan><Ibibio>?
500
Some people know Louise by this nickname.
What is Calder?
500
Hilda's father.
Who is Wilfred Levy?
500
1965
What is the year Denzil officially left Jamaica?
500
The number of eggs in Hilda's fruit cake recipe.
What is three?
500
It is said, Leon Cushnie received this award from the government of Jamaica.
What is the Man of the Year?
500
The Taino brought their language with them when they migrated from the northern coast of this continent to Jamaica.
What is South America?