🏖 🌺 Caribbean Culture 🌴 📸

¡Música Magnífica! 🎶

100

The following artists are the most popular in Jamaica today on Spotify, except for...

A. Rihanna

B. Malie Donn

C. Drake

D. Metro Boomin

What is D. Metro Boomin?

200

This Broadway musical is based on the life of a US founding father, who was born on the island of Nevis in 1755/57.

What is Hamilton?

300

The winner of Female Soca Artist of The Year for the 2026 Caribbean Music Awards.

A. Lila Ike

B. Shenseea

C. Kes

D. Lady Lava

What is D. Lady Lava?

400

This is considered to be Puerto Rico's national instrument, which is similar to a guitar and violin.

What is the cuatro?

500

The song "Maria" from this 1961 musical film helped support Puerto Rico's recovery after Hurricane Maria.

 What is West Side Story?

(The song Maria from West Side Story inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to co-write Almost Like Praying to support Puerto Rico’s recovery after Hurricane Maria in 2017.)

Read Yuh Ting! ✒

100

The Trinidadian-British author of "My Aunt Gold Teeth".

Who is Sir V.S. Naipaul?

200

Julia Alvarez, a notable Dominican-American author, wrote many books, including "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their ____".

What is "Accents"?

300

C. Everard Palmer has been recognized for his great work in Jamaican literature. The following are all children's books by Palmer, except for...

A. The Cloud with the Silver Lining (1966)

B. The Jamaicans (1976)

C. A Taste of Danger (1963)

D. The Adventures of Jimmy Maxwell (1962)

What is B. The Jamaicans (1976)?

400

"El reino de este mundo" is a work of historical fiction by Cuban author Alejo Carpentier, which translates to this in English.

What is "The Kingdom of This World"?

500

"I Was My Own Route" is about self-identity by Puerto Rican poet, Julia de Burgos. The following shows a couple lines from the English version of the poem:

"would not accept walking backwards
and went forward, forward,
mocking the ashes to reach the kiss
of new ____."

A. paths

B. routes

C. places

D. territories

What is A. paths?

Yummm 😋

100

This popular Trinidadian street food is made with fried bread and chickpea curry.

A. aloo pie

B. doubles

C. shark and bake

D. roti

What is B. doubles?

200

_______ are a popular snack made by frying flattened plantain slices twice.

What are tostones?

300

Stewed saltfish with spicy plantains, seasoned breadfruit, and coconut _____ is the national dish of St. Kitts & Nevis.

A. cake

B. pie

C. dumplings

D. rice

What is C. dumplings?

400

This is the national drink of Puerto Rico, which is a mixture of rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice.

What is piña colada?

500

Bulla and pear is a popular Jamaican snack, which actually includes this fruit instead of pears.

A. avocado

B. papaya

C. cantaloupe

D. squash

What is A. avocado?

Folklore, Legends, Myths, Tales- Oh My! 📖

100

It is said that La Sirene possesses a comb made from this soft, precious metal.

What is gold?

200

In Bahamian folklore, the Lusca is a creature similar to the kraken, said to be half-shark, half-_____.

What is octopus?

300

In one Puerto Rican legend, two lovers are changed into different life forms that complement each other- a red flower and this type of bird.

A. honeycreeper

B. hummingbird

C. sunbird

D. parrot

What is B. hummingbird?

400

To protect you from a La Diablesse (Devil Woman), it is said to wear your clothes...

A. backwards

B. inside out

C. upside down

What is B. inside out?

500

Some believe that silk cotton trees are the home of spirits or ____. To cut one down is to free them to roam the earth.

A. duppies

B. fairymaids

C. soucouyants

D. ligahoos

What is A. duppies?

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Wonderful Wildlife 🌱

100

The "sea _____" was named after its clusters of fruit.

What is "grape"?

200

This is the national bird of Barbados.

A. double-crested cormorant

B. American white pelican

C. black-footed albatross

D. brown pelican

What is D. brown pelican?

300

This is the largest butterfly species in the Western Hemisphere, endemic to Jamaica, and named in honor of a famous Greek poet.

A. homerus swallowtail

B. variegated fritillary

C. ocola skipper

D. boisduval's yellow

What is A. homerus swallowtail?

400

This aquatic creature is normally unsafe to consume, and can give you ciguatera fish poisoning.

A. parrotfish

B. lionfish

C. green moray eel

D. stingray

What is C. green moray eel?

500

The agouti (found in areas like Trinidad and Tobago and St. Lucia) is nicknamed as the “____” rodent because of their stealth and acrobatic abilities, capable of outrunning predatory pumas and jaguars. 

What is "ninja"?