Sport
Cusine
Geography
History
Music
100
Athlete known as "Lightening Bolt"
Who is Usain Bolt?
100
This spicy, smoky style of cooking—often used for chicken or pork—is Jamaica’s most famous culinary export.
What is Jerk
100
This is the capitol city of Jamaica
What is Kingston?
100
This country captured Jamaica from Spain in 1655
What is England
100
This song was popularized by this Jamaica-American singer
Who is Harry Belefonte?
200
This is Jamaica's national sport
What is cricket
200
This flaky pastry, often filled with spiced beef, is a popular Jamaican street food.
What is a Patty?
200
Jamaica is part of this group of large Caribbean islands that also includes Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.
What is the Greater Antilles?
200
Jamaica gained independence in this decade
What is the 1960's?
(1962)
200
This music style also originated in Jamaica as a precurser to reggae
What is Ska?
300
This Jamaica Olympic team inspired the movie Cool Runnings
What is the Jamaica bobsled team
300
What is one of three possible names for this ingredient in Jamiacan Bammy (flatbread)
What are manioc, yucca root or cassava ?
300
This Kingston neighborhood is famous as the birthplace of reggae legends like Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.
What is Trenchtown?
300
This Jamaican port city across the harbor from Kingston, once called the “wickedest city on Earth,” served as a base for pirates and privateers like Henry Morgan in the 1600s.
what is Port Royal?
300
This Bob Marley song was first released on this Album
What is Exodus?
400
Starting in 1948, Jamaican men have won 11 Olympic gold medals in this event
what is the 100m?
400
Appleton, Morgan, and Myers are all names associated w this Jamaican drink
What is rum?
400
If traveling to Jamaica for a vacation, you might find yourself at this north coast bay
What is Montego?
400
During what war was the naval Battle of the Saintes - a British victory over the French involving nearly 70 ships of the line presaging the tactics that would later be used at the battle of Trafalger and saved Jamaica - fought
The American Revolutionary War
400
Singer of this song and contemporary of Bob Marley
Who is Jimmy Cliff?
500
Bob Marley was injured playing this sport when the cancer that killed him was discovered
What is soccer?
500
This dish named for a local fruit and fish preparation is known as the national dish of Jamaica
What is Ackee and saltfish?
500
Jamaica is roughly the same size as this US east coast state
What is Connecticut?
500
This Jamaican export was largely responsible for the wealth of English estates such as this one at Harewood
what is sugar?
500
The band name of this famous Jamaican ska and reggae singer who recently passed away
Who it Toots and the Maytals?