Food
What starchy side dish, often fried or boiled, is served with almost every Caribbean meal?
Plantain
This steel instrument, created in Trinidad and Tobago, is made from oil drums. What is this instrument?
Steelpans
It’s midnight, the lights go off, and glow sticks come out — what kind of Carnival event is this?
Jouvert
The island of Hispaniola is shared today by Haiti and this country.
Dominican Republic
Who says the phrase, “Muddasick”?
The Bahamas
What pastry is baked, filled with spiced meat, and is a popular snack?
Beef Patty/Hot Patty
Finish the lyrics, “Rise up this morning."
Smiled with the rising sun, Three little birds pitch by my doorstep…
Celebrated on Boxing Day and New Year’s, costumes, cowbells, and goatskin drums fill the streets. Which festival is this?
Junkanoo
What Caribbean nation was the first in the region to gain independence from colonial rule?
Haiti
Who says the phrase, “Every mickle mek a muckle”?
Jamaica
What is a well-known pastry staple in a Caribbean home during Christmas?
Black Cake/Fruit Cake/Christmas Cake
What is the most well known genre of music in Haiti?
Kompa
Crop Over is a major festival celebrated on what island and when?
Barbados - July to August
This pirate, famous in the Caribbean during the early 1700s, was known for his long black beard and terrorizing ships.
Blackbeard
Explain what this phrase means, “What sweet your mouth will bitter your tail.”
What seems good now, can cause problems later
What drink is thick, sweet, made from hibiscus flowers and other spices?
Sorrel
Who has a folk music style played by a ‘Scratch Band’?
USVI & BVI
Who celebrates Festival del Merengue?
Dominican Republic
Sugar, rum, and this crop were key exports of Caribbean plantations during the colonial period.
Coffee/Tobacco/Cotton
Explain the phrase, “A crab never forget he hole.”
There is no place like home.
What is the Trinidadian dish of rice cooked with pigeon peas and coconut milk?
Pelau
This French Caribbean music style from Guadeloupe and Martinique blends African rhythms and electronic beats, what is the genre?
Zouk
Who celebrates the festival Jounen Kwéyòl (Creole Day)?
Before gaining independence in 1981, Belize was known by this name under British colonial rule.
British Honduras
Complete the phrase,, “Jack of all trades, ________"
Master of none