Historical Facts
Jamaica's name of the national flower.
What is: Lignum Vitae?
The smallest parish
What is: Kingston?
Sammy plant....
What is: peas an corn dung a gully, an it bear til it kill poor Sammy, Sammy dead, Sammy dead, Sammy dead, ohhh?
The first aboriginals who occupied Jamaica
Who are: The Arawaks/ Tainos?
"Put yu basket weh u can reach it"
What is: stick with what you can afford?
Jamaica's highest point
Blue Mountain? (7402 ft above sea level)
The largest parish
What is: St. Ann?
Rise up this morning, smile with...
What is: the rising sun, three little birds sit by my door step, singing sweet songs of melodies pure and true, singing this is my message to you-u-u (B Marley)?
Jamaica’s first national hero
Who is: Rt Excellent Marcus Garvey?
"Dance a yaad befor yu dance abroad"
What is: practice good behaviour at home so when you go out it comes naturally?
Language of Jamaica before it was converted by British colonizers.
What is: Spanish?
Former capital of Jamaica
What is: Spanish Town?
This man don’t trouble no....
What is: one but if you trouble this man, it’s gonna be a bam bam, what a bam bam (Toots)?
Jamaica's first Prime Minister
Who is: Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante?
"Nuh badda bruk stick an put in a yu ears"
What is: don’t be stubborn or listen to the instructions of others?
This holiday was discontinued in 1962 and again reinstated in 1997.
What is: Emancipation Day?
The first place in Jamaica to receive electricity in 1893
What is: Black River?
But I Im not afraid, no I,
The first Jamaican woman to win an Olympic medal
Who is: Merlene Ottey (bronze)
"Finga neva seh “look here”, him seh “look yonder"
What is: People are more likely to point out the faults of others rather than their own?
Jamaica is found to have the most ______ and ________ per square mile.
What are: bars and churches?
Sodom of the West Indies
What is: Port Royal?
Rise up, stand and take your place
What is: shine like the sun your journey has just begun. Rise up stand like the brave, rule your destiny, be the best that you can be. (Various)?
Male athlete who won the first Olympic gold medal?
Who is: Arthur Wint? (1948)
"Fiyah deh a muss-muss tail, him tink a cool breeze"
What is: mistaking /ignoring the signs of danger thinking all is well?