Whose flags are these?
Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Barbados
What is the name of the now extinct indigenous peoples that once inhabited the Caribbean?
Arawaks.
Where do the following types of music originate?
(1) Soca
(2) Dancehall
(3) Bachata
(1) Trinidad and Tobago
(2) Jamaica
(3) The Dominican Republic
What typical Dominican dish is usually eaten with fried cheese, eggs, and salami on the side?
Bonus 100 points: What is it known as in West Africa?
Mangu. Known as fufu in West Africa.
Which Caribbean-American group is has a large population in Somerville, MA?
Haitians.
Which 3 islands does this flag belong to?
Saint John, Saint Croix, and Saint Thomas
Which country was the first to gain independence in the Caribbean? Bonus +50 points: What day?
Haiti: January 01, 1804
What is the most popular music in Haiti? Bonus 50 points: Name one artist in that genre.
Compas
What five cuisines is Caribbean food a mixture of?
Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of African, Amerindian, European, East Indian, and Chinese cuisine.
What do the following people have in common: Colin Powell, Missy Elliot, Naomi Campbell, and Corbin Bleu.
They are all Jamaican.
In what country is nutmeg such a staple product that it is featured on the country's flag?
Grenada
In which Caribbean island is there a largest Jewish population?
Jamaica
This Cuban music duo is taking the music world by storm?
Gente de Zona
Where does "sofrito" originate from? For 100 extra points, name three of its key ingredients.
Puerto Rico. The basic components of this seasoning mixture are cilantro, red peppers, onion, garlic, and tomatoes.
What do Fat Joe and Sonia Sotomayor have in common?
There are both Puerto Ricans.
Which Caribbean country did these flags once belong to?
Puerto Rico
What are the four islands that make up the French West Indies?
Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Mart, and Saint Barthélemy
In which country will you find the following types of music: Bata, bolero, rumba, and mambo?
Cuba
What was traditionally considered slave food because it was cheap, easy to grow, and nutrient dense?
Breadfruit
Which Caribbean country has the most immigrants in the United States?
Cuba.
Whose flags are these? Bonus 100 points: What are these 3 islands known as collectively?
Bonaire: Curacao:
Aruba:
Collectively known as: Leeward Antilles or the ABC islands
What are the 3 municipalities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean? Bonus 300 points: What is the Kingdom of the Netherlands?
The 3 municipalities are Sint Maarten, Aruba, and Curacao.
Bonus: It is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in Western Europe and in the Caribbean. The four parts of the Kingdom are referred to as countries, and participate on a basis of equality as partners in the Kingdom. In practice, however, most of the Kingdom affairs are administered by the Netherlands on behalf of the entire Kingdom, with Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten being dependant on the Netherlands
This Native Dominican, Merengue superstar went to the Berklee College of Music.
Juan Luis Guerra
What is the national dish of Dominica?
Bonus 200 points: What is it made out of?
Mountain chicken.
Bonus: Frog
Eugénie Blanchard was the world's oldest person (114 years, 261 days) at the time of her death on 4 November 2010. Where was she from?
Saint Barthelemy