Today, we go on a tropical, trivia trip, as Hallie brings six questions all about the Caribbean Sea! We also dive into discussions of current events, classic literature, and one of our favorite musical genres!
2:32: Q1 (Arts & Literature): In the novel Treasure Island, set on a fictional Caribbean island in the West Indies, Jim Hawkins meets Long John Silver who was previously quartermaster for what pirate Captain whose treasure is the focus of the novel?
9:18: Q2 (Sports & Games): At the age of 12, what athlete became the fastest runner at his school in Jamaica and today holds the record for running the 100 metres in just 9.58 seconds?
16:44: Q3 (Times & Places): What war that took place in the West Indies and lasted from 1739 to 1748 started after Spanish coast guards boarded a British man’s vessel and maimed him?
25:15: Q4 (Everything Else): On July 7, 2021 what president of Haiti was assassinated at his home, likely by someone involved in the Haitian drug trade, which he was trying to stop?
31:43: Q5 (Music): Combining elements from American jazz and Caribbean mento and calypso, what genre arose in Jamaica in the 1950s?
37:57: Q6 (Movies & TV): What actor, star of films like Porgy and Bess, A Raisin in the Sun, and In the Heat of the Night, was born to Bahamian tomato farmers?
Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0
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