Famous Figures
Earning her first Grammy Award with her chart-topping single "Umbrella," this artist is the second-best-selling female music artist of all time.
Who is Rihanna?
This is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe, and Asia from the "New World" of the Americas in the European perception of the World, and covers aprox. 17% of the Earth's surface.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
A staple in many African, Caribbean, and Latino diets, this fruit is in the same family as bananas but is prepared in ways more similar to potatoes.
What are plantains?
This fish can glide for up to 45 seconds at speeds of more than 70 kph!
What are flying fish?
Cuthbert Gorden Greenidge, Desmond Haynes and Sir Garfield Sobers are all famous players of this sport that is enjoyed internationally and is played on a pitch with a flat bat and wickets.
What is cricket?
This type of climate is characterized by warm and humid conditions, primarily influenced by the ocean, with annual average coastal temperatures of about 80°F (26 °C).
What is tropical marine climate?
Thought to have originated in London's east end by Huguenots in the seventeenth century, the dish combines beef tails in a vegetable stew, and is eaten around the world in Commonwealth countries.
What is oxtail stew?
This furry fellow is mainly found in Africa, Southern Asia and Southeastern Europe, and has been imported abroad to be used as pest control.
What is the mongoose?
This group of nation is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which being former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.
What is the Commonwealth of Nations [Commonwealth]?
In the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, this crop was routinely grown using forced enslaved labor on plantations which produced 80 to 90 percent of the sweeteners consumed in Western Europe at the time.
What is sugarcane?
This comfort food, made from macaroni pasta, cheese, milk, butter, flour, salt, pepper and various spices, can be prepared Scottish style with a pie crust, or Caribbean style without one.
What is macaroni pie?
These creatures, which have been known to live up to 60 or more years old, help to keep coral reefs healthy by feeding on sea sponges, which would overgrow and choke reefs, and help to keep fish populations healthy by controlling the abundance of jellyfish, which can decimate populations of fish larvae.
What are sea turtles?
This island country, though technically an Atlantic island, is located on the Eastern edge of the Caribbean and has a shape that has been compared to a pear or a leg of mutton.
What is Barbados?