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Jamaican Heritage Celebration 2020

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which National Hero is the only national hero to receive his title while alive?

a)

Norman Manley

b)

Marcus Garvey

c)

Sam Sharpe

d)

Alexander Bustamante

2.

How many COLOURS are actually in the Jamaican flag? Think wisely *wink wink*

a)

2

b)

3

c)

1

d)

5

3.

Which National Icon is this?

a)

Usain Bolt

b)

Ziggy Marley

c)

Oliver Samuels

d)

'Fancy Cat'

4.

Which of these are PAST capitals of Jamaica?

a)

Spanish Town

b)

Kingston

c)

Port Royal

d)

Port Antonio

5.

Port Royal was once coined the

a)

" wickedest city in the world"

b)

"richest city in the world"

c)

"finest city in the world"

d)

"wickedest and richest city in the world"

6.

Yendi Phillips won Miss Jamaica World in

a)

2010

b)

2007

c)

2008

d)

2012

7.

The following lines are from which popular poem:

Yuh jaw drop, yuh mout open,

Jus like when jackass start yawn;

a)

Miss Lou’s Love Letter

b)

Nuh Likkle Twang

c)

Mout a Massi

d)

Bun a Cheese

8.

Paul Bogle walked ______ miles to Stony Gut.

a)

60

b)

35

c)

40

d)

22

9.

Which National Hero started a shipping company?

a)

Sam Sharpe

b)

Marcus Mosiah Garvey

c)

Nanny of the Maroons

d)

George William Gordon

10.

In what year did Jamaica form its first football club?

a)

1862

b)

1987

c)

1893

d)

2000

11.

Cudjoe was the brother of which National Hero

a)

Nanny of the Maroons

b)

Paul Bogle

c)

Sam Sharpe

d)

George William Gordon

12.

What is the birth name of Alexander Bustamante?

a)

Alexander William Clarke

b)

Alexander Bustamante

c)

William Alexander Clarke

d)

William Alexander Clarke Bustamante

13.

The first Jamaican National Hero is

a)

George William Gordon

b)

Marcus Mosiah Garvey

c)

Paul Bogle

d)

Nanny of the Maroons

14.

Who won the first Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album?

a)

Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers – ‘Conscious Party’

b)

Bob Marley- 'Legend'

c)

Black Uhuru - 'Anthem'

d)

Shabba Ranks – ‘As Raw As Ever’

15.

What does this Jamaican phrase mean?

Any dutti waata kool hat iron.

a)

Not because something is unclean doesnt mean it cant be used

b)

Desperate times calls for desperate measures

c)

Not everyone who says they’re your friend is really is a friend.

d)

To cool off something hot, you just need something that will work.

16.

Who won the Jamaica Festival Song 2020?

a)

Alley Bless

b)

Buju Banton

c)

Papa Michigan

d)

Shuga

17.

The bandana is also known as

a)

quadrille skirt

b)

mintball suit

c)

quadrille dress

d)

madras

18.

The Jamaican version of dodgeball is known as

a)

bat and ball

b)

dandy shandy

c)

handball

d)

brown girl in the ring

19.

Jamaican Pepperpot soup is mainly derived from

a)

Arawak Culture

b)

European Culture

c)

African Culture

d)

Asian Culture

20.

Jamaica gained indepence in

a)

1965

b)

1896

c)

1692

d)

1962