Popular Calypso Songs
Who sang "Rum and Coca Cola"?
Finish the idiom: Uneasy lies the head that wears the...
Crown
What famous Bob Marley song has the lyric: "Let's get together and feel alright"
One Love
Which Caribbean nation gained independence from Britain in 1962?
Jamaica
This 1956 hit by Harry Belafonte includes the lyric "Day-O, daylight come and me wan' go home"
Banana boat song (Day-0)
Back
What year did Jimmy Cliff's song, The Harder They Come, release?
1972
The West Indies Federation
Which roaring lion song helped popularize gossip-style storytelling in calypso?
Ugly woman
What idiom means to do something pointless or that has no chance of success?
Tilting at windmills
What song by Desmond Dekker has the lyric: "You're gonna miss me when I'm gone?"
Israelites
Who is the Jamaican born boxer that became a global icon in the 1970s?
Floyd Patterson
Finish the lyric: "Jean and Dinah, Rosita and Clementina.."
"Round the corner posing"
Finish the idiom: Set the cat among the...
Pigeons
What song says, "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery?"
Redemption Song by Bob Marley
In 1962, where was the first festival held, celebrating Calypso and Carnival culture?
Trinidad and Tobago
Finish the lyric: "Both mother and daughter..."
"Working for the Yankee dollar"
Finish the idiom: The better part of valour is...
Discretion
Finish the lyric: "Chicken merry, hawk deh near"....
"And when him deh near, you must beware"
This 1950s movement in Barbados and Trinidad emphasized political consciousness, education and cultural pride among the younger Caribbean population. What was it called?
Caribbean Black Consciousness Movement