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Worksheets'IRIE' Quiz: Jamaican Culture
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
On what day is Jamaican Independence observed each year?
The first Monday of August
August 6 (or, in case August 6 falls on a Sunday, then the following Monday)
August 7
Government decides on a date each year
Which artistes listed below were members of the "Wailing Wailers" band?
Neville "Bunny" Livingston
Dennis Brown
Bob Marley
Peter Tosh
Beres Hammond
Jamaica gained independence in the year (a)
(a) is known as the "Bread Basket Parish".
Which Reggae artist starred in the film, "The Harder They Come"?
Spragga Benz
Jimmy Cliff
Billy Mystic
Ninja Man
Identify the legendary Jamaican in the photograph.
Martin Luther King
Rex Nettleford
Marcus Mosiah Gravey
Walter Rodney
Which group won Jamaica's first Festival Song Competition with the hit, "BAM BAM" in 1966?
The Wailing Wailers
The Astronauts
The Maytals
The Jamaicans
Which of these Maroon villages is located in St. Elizabeth?
Moore Town
Accompong
Scotts Hall
Charles Town
What is the meaning of 'Lignum Vitae'?
national flower
leaf of life
tree of life
tropical flower
Which of Jamaica's attractions is also a World Heritage Site?
Dunn's River Falls
Holland Bamboo
Blue & Johncrow Mountains
Cockpit County
What traditional Maroon instrument is pictured here?
abeng
shofar
fife
flute
Which of these individuals have been Prime Ministers in Jamaica?
(Check all the correct responses.)
Which movie tells the story of the first Jamaican Bobsled team to participate in the Winter Olympics?
Cool Runnings
The Harder They Come
Sprinter
Made in Jamaica
If Jamaica should select another National Hero or Heroine, which of these notable Jamaicans do you think it should be?
Bob Marley
Louise Bennett Coverley
Jimmy Cliff
Dennis Brown
Merlene Ottey
What makes you proudest to be Jamaican?
Give your answer in one or two sentences.
