Food
This traditional Jamaican soup is made with pumpkin sweet potatoes, and dumplings, and is often enjoyed on Saturdays.
What is Pumpkin Soup?
This genre combines elements of African, Caribbean, and Latin music and is often associated with carnival celebrations.
What is Calypso?
This explorer is falsely credited with "discovering" the Caribbean despite being completely and utterly lost in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The number of islands that are included in the larger group of Caribbean islands, also known as the "Greater Antilles"
What is Six?
(Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, The Cayman Islands, Hispaniola: Haiti+DR)
This cultural and religious movement started in Jamaica in the 1930s and is known for its emphasis on African heritage and the use of reggae music.
What is Rastafarianism?
This popular Puerto Rican dish consists of green plantains that are mashed and mixed with garlic, pork cracklings, and broth.
What is Mofongo?
This Trinidadian artist is known as the "Calypso King of the World" and has won the Calypso Monarch title multiple times.
Who is The Mighty Sparrow?
This Caribbean country was the first to gain independence from colonial rule in 1804.
What is Haiti?
These two countries are the most northern and southern Caribbean islands.
What is Cuba as well as Trinidad & Tobago?
This form of dance from Cuba incorporates movements from African dances and is often performed to mambo and cha-cha-cha music.
What is The Salsa?
This soup from the Bahamas is made with conch, a type of sea snail, and is often served with a variety of vegetables and spices.
What is conch chowder?
This type of steel pan music is synonymous with Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival.
What is Soca?
This Caribbean nation, formerly known as British Honduras, gained independence in 1981.
What is Belize?
This island's capital is known for its key filming location in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie series, and some of the film sets are still preserved there. The name bares resemblance to Jamaica's capital, Kingston.
What is Kingstown
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
This annual event in Barbados celebrates the end of the sugar cane harvest with music, dance, and traditional costumes.
What is Crop Over?
This Dominican dish consists of rice, beans, and meat, and is often referred to as the country's national dish.
What is La Bandera?
This popular music genre from the Dominican Republic is known for its fast-paced beats and syncopated rhythms.
What is Merengue?
This event, occurring in Jamaica in 1831-1832, was a significant slave revolt that contributed to the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.
What is the Christmas Rebellion?
This is the number of inhabited islands that make up the Bahamas
What is 30 to 40?
In Total: 700
These two nations which reflect Caribbean culture are not islands.
What is Belize(British Honduras) and (British)Guyana?
This Grenadian dish is a one-pot meal made with breadfruit, salted meat, callaloo, and coconut milk.
What is Oil Down?
The "Queen of Salsa," who was a Cuban singer known for her energetic performances and powerful voice.
Who is Celia Cruz?
This war, fought between Spain and the United States in 1898, resulted in the US acquiring Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Which two Caribbean capitals are less than 250 miles away from Miami?
What is Havana, Cuba and Nassau, Bahamas?
This annual cultural festival in St. Lucia celebrates the island's rich heritage with music, dance, storytelling, and a reenactment of an African slave market.
What is La Rose and La Marguerite festival?