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The Bahamas’ currency shares its name and value with its American counterpart.
What is the Bahamian dollar?
This shellfish, often served raw with citrus and peppers, is a signature ingredient in local cuisine
What is conch?
Though independent, the Bahamas still recognizes this monarch as head of state
Who is King Charles III?
This U.S. state lies closest to the islands of this country
What is Florida?
A mythical lost city lends its name to this massive Paradise Island resort complex
What is Atlantis?
This tropical cocktail is typically made with rum, fruit juice and often coconut
What is a bahama mama?
The spiked version of this crustacean lacking large claws is a Fish Fry staple
What is spiny lobster?
He reached these islands in 1492 while looking for a westward route to Asia
The islands sit within this ocean basin.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This bustling Nassau marketplace is known less for wheat than for woven souvenirs
What is the Straw Market?
This capital’s bustling main thoroughfare is lined with shops catering to visitors
What is Bay Street?
Often baked and sliced, this dense slightly sweet bread shares its name with a frontier-era flatbread
What is a johnnycake?
In the early 1700s Nassau gained fame as a haven for these seafaring outlaws of the “Golden Age.”
What are pirates?
These famously buoyant mammals paddle around Big Major Cay, to the delight of visiting cameras
What are the swimming pigs?
In 2006, Daniel Craig made his Bond debut with scenes shot at the One & Only Ocean Club in this film
What is Casino Royale?
This crystal-clear body of water surrounds the islands & shares its name with a famous triangle
What is the Bermuda Triangle?
This starchy tropical fruit, often boiled or fried as a side, grows on large-leafed trees across the islands
What is breadfruit?
The Bahamas achieved independence from Britain in this year of bell-bottoms & Watergate headlines
What is 1973?
The nation of Bahamas is known as one of these, a geographical term for a chain of islands
What is an archipelago?
In the late ’80s this “King of Pop” purchased a private island in the Bahamas reportedly for use as a retreat and recording space
Who is Michael Jackson?
Fort Charlotte was built by this empire that once ruled the Bahamas.
What is the British Empire?
This distilled sugarcane spirit forms the base of many Bahamian cocktails.
What is rum?
Before European contact, these Indigenous inhabitants populated the islands but were later displaced
What are Lucayans?
This island, the country’s largest, is known for barrier reefs and inland blue holes
What is Andros?
This man filmed the movie Dead Man’s Waters, part of a blockbuster franchise, in Bahamian waters
Who is Johnny Depp?