History
This country took control of the islands from the Spanish in the 1700s.
What is Britain?
This is the hilariously named capital of Turks and Caicos?
Cockburn Town
This slow-moving marine mammal sometimes drifts through the shallow waters of Turks and Caicos, munching on seagrass.
What is a manatee?
This type of shellfish is a national symbol and a local delicacy.
What is the queen conch?
With fewer than 60,000 residents, Turks and Caicos has about this many tourists visiting each year.
What is over a million?
This was the main industry of Turks and Caicos in the 17th and 18th centuries.
What is salt production?
List the 4 islands that surround the Turks and Caicos.
Haiti, the Dominican Republic, northeast of Cuba, and the Bahamas.
From January to April, visitors to Turks and Caicos can witness these gentle giants making their annual migration—just like in Finding Nemo.
What are humpback whales?
This local brewery produces craft beer inspired by the islands.
What is Turk’s Head Brewery?
Despite not being a territory of this country, Turks and Caicos uses its currency.
What is the United States?
This European explorer may have been the first to set foot on Grand Turk in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus
Although the country is called “Turks AND Caicos,” it is actually made up of this many islands and cays.
What is around 40?
This shark, a frequent star of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, cruises the reefs of Turks and Caicos and shares its name with a popular tropical region.
What is the Caribbean reef shark?
This traditional Caribbean cooking style, often involving slow-cooking meats with spices and seasonings, is popular in Turks and Caicos.
What is jerk cooking?
Unlike most Caribbean nations, Turks and Caicos doesn't have this, making it a tax haven for the wealthy.
What is income tax?
This group of indigenous people were the first known inhabitants of Turks and Caicos.
Who are the Lucayans?
The temperature in Turks and Caicos can range from this cool temperature at night in the winter months to this higher temperature during the hottest part of the summer.
What is 65°F to 95°F?
This colorful fish, a symbol of the Caribbean, is often found in the reefs of Turks and Caicos. (Pretty sure Bob had a shirt with it on it)
What is a parrotfish?
This is the national sport of Turks and Caicos.
What is cricket?
This is the only fast-food chain restaurant in Turks and Caicos.
What is KFC?
The islands are named after these two things: a type of this plant and a Lucayan/Spanish term for "low-lying islands."
What is a cactus (Turks Head Cactus) and what is the Lucayan term 'caya hico' or 'cayos' (which means string of islands)
The Turks and Caicos Islands are separated by a deep-water channel called this, which runs between the Turks Islands and the Caicos Islands.
What is the Columbus Passage?
This is the name of the tiny, glowing organism that lights up some waters at night.
What is bioluminescent plankton?
The traditional music of Turks and Caicos is called this, named after the sound of scraping metal.
What is Ripsaw music?
This Canadian star owns a vacation home in Turks and Caicos.
Who is Justin Bieber?