History
Aruba is an island within a group of islands
What is ABC islands?
Barbados is known for this fish. This fish takes flight as part of their national dish often eaten with cou-cou.
What is flying fish?
This country shares its independence day with new years day.
What is Haiti?
This Jamaican genre became a global symbol of peace, in large thanks to Bob Marley.
What is reggae?
This ghost ship is said to haunt the seas of the Caribbean and never make port.
What is the Flying Dutchman?
Indigenous community that has/are inhabiting any Caribbean Island.
Wo are the Caribs/Kalingoes and the Arwaks/Tainos.
A unique pepper found in the Caribbean.
What is scotch bonnet pepper?
This country is known as the “The Land of Wood and Water”.
What is Jamaica?
This island invented the steel pan, the only acoustic instrument developed in the 20th century.
What is Trinidad and Tobago?
This style of music from the DR is known for its fast paced rhythm and accordion melodies.
What is Meringue?
These anti-slavery resistant groups pushed for freedom in the Caribbean.
The Maroon and the Garifuna (Black Caribs)
The fruit that can kill you if cooked improperly but remains the national fruit of an Caribbean island.
What is Ackee?
This island hosts both Haiti and Dominican Republic.
What is Hispaniola?
BC called this Bob Marley song the “ Song of the millennium”.
What is one love?
While jamaica is an independent nation, this Caribbean island is actually an overseas territory of France.
What is Guadeloupe?
This Caribbean island is split between a dutch side and a french side.
What is Saint Martin?
The popular street food in Trinidad and Guyana made from chickpeas.
Doubles
Which country(s) in South America are recognized as part of the Caribbean and for what reason.
What is Suriname, Guyana and Belize? Culturally and historically similar
This high-energy music and dance genre is known for its carnival rhythms and party vibes.
What is SOCA?
Callaloo is a leafy dish. In trinidad, it often includes these other ingredients: coconut milk and this slimy vegetable.
What is okra?
The infamous revolt and its leader in Barbados 1816.
Bussa Rebellion, Bussa
In DR and PR this fried green plantain dish is mashed into a garlicky mound called this.
What is mofongo?
These three countries host the University of the West Indies.
Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad
This guitar-driven genre from the French Caribbean (ie: Guadeloupe and martinique) blends kompa, soul, and caribbean rhythms.
What is Zouk?
This one-pot dish, popular across several caribbean islands is often made with salted meat and is a comfort food with a name meaning “small bits”.
What is pelau?