FOOD
This dish, combines flying fish with a cornmeal and okra mixture
What is Cou-Cou and Flying fish?
The father of Independence
Who is Errol Walton Barrow?
The best selling artist of all time who introduced the world to Barbados
Who is Rihanna?
This town is where the English first settled in Barbados
What is Holetown?
This sport was invented in the 1930s by working class Barbadians
What is Road Tennis?
This Bajan classic is paired with a side of the chicken and rice
What is Macaroni Pie?
Barbados’ first female Prime Minister
Who is Mia Amor Mottley?
The vibrant summer festival that is the highlight of Barbadian culture, celebrating the end of the sugarcane harvest with music and parades.
What is the Crop Over Festival?
This historic square sits in the center of Bridgetown houses the statue of Sir Errol Barrow
What is Independence Square?
This legendary Barbadian cricketer is considered one of the greatest batsmen of all time
Who is Sir. Garfield Sobers?
This drink was once brewed at home from tree bark was brought to Barbados by enslaved Africans
What is Mauby?
This Barbadian activist was a leading figure in the labor rebellion of the 1930s and co-founded the Barbados Workers’ Union.
Who is Clement Payne?
This legendary calypsonian wrote classics like “Emmerton” and “Doctor Cassandra”
Who is the Mighty Gabby (Anthony Carter)?
This historic rum distillery is often referred to as the oldest continuing operating room distillery in the world
What is Mount Gay Distillery?
This horse racing track is famous for hosting The Sandy Lane Gold Cup
What is the Garrison Savannah?
This traditional dish that was once made from leftover cuts of meat is now a Saturday favourite.
What is Souse?
The first native born Governor General of Barbados
Sir Hugh Worrell Springer
This form of Barbadian music was created by Jackie Opel in the 1960s is the island’s only indigenous genre and blends and blends calypso, ska and R&B
What is Spouge?
Fishermen in St. Lucy used this cave area as a lookout point and shelter during rough seas
What is the Animal Flower Cave?
This Barbadian sprinter became the first person from the island to win an individual Olympic medal, taking home the bronze in the men’s 100m race.
Who is Obadele Thompson?
This fried bread breakfast food was originally a portable meal for plantation workers
What is Bakes?
This Barbadian-born engineer invented the first infrared telescope used by NASA
Who is Dr. Gladstone “Gladdy” Holder?
This talk-radio show has become a cultural institution
What is ”Getting Down to Brass Tacks”?
Built in 1658, this place is one of only three remaining Jacobean-style great houses in the Western Hemisphere
What is St. Nicholas Abbey?
This Barbadian founded the CARIFTA Games in 1972
Who is Austin Sealy?