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JAMAICAN QUIZ

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHAT DATE AND YEAR DID JAMAICA GAIN INDEPENDENCE ?

a)

April 6, 1962

b)

August 6, 1962

c)

August 1, 1962

d)

July 4, 1776

2.

HOW MANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS ARE ON JAMAICA ?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

2

d)

0

3.

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CURRENT PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA ?

a)

Donald Sangster

b)

Paul Bogle

c)

Andrew Holness

d)

Marcus Garvey

4.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A JAMAICAN TOURIST ATTRACTION ?

a)

Blue Hole

b)

Dunns River Falls

c)

Mystic Mountain

d)

All Of The Above

5.

IN WHAT YEAR DID CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ARRIVE ON THE ISLAND ?

a)

1509

b)

2013

c)

1494

d)

1449

6.

WHAT IS THE HIGHEST PEAK OF JAMAICA ?

a)

Blue Mountain Peak

b)

Widows Peak

c)

Coffee Peak

d)

None Of The Above

7.

WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF JAMAICA ?

a)

MONTEGO BAY

b)

KINGSTON

c)

MIAMI

d)

TRELAWNY

8.

WHICH OF THESE IS NOT A PARISH OF JAMAICA ?

a)

SAINT MARY

b)

SAINT ELIZABETH

c)

SAINT CATHERINE

d)

SAINT JANE

9.

FINISH THE MOTTO: "OUT OF MANY, ONE _______

a)

PEOPLE

b)

COUNTRY

c)

ISLAND

d)

HUMAN

10.

THE NATIONAL BIRD OF JAMAICA IS THE ___________

a)

EAGLE

b)

DOCTOR BIRD

c)

PIGEON

d)

VULTURE

11.

JAMAICA IS SHARES A BORDER WITH CUBA

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

THE TERM JAMAICA MEANS ___________

a)

Land of Tropical Weather

b)

Land of Sunshine and Laughter

c)

Land of Wood and Water

d)

Land of the Free

13.

WHAT ARE THE THREE COLOURS OF THE JAMAICAN FLAG?

a)

RED BLACK YELLOW

b)

BLACK YELLOW GREEN

c)

RED GREEN YELLOW

d)

BLACK GREEN GOLD

14.

WHAT IS USAIN BOLTs 200M DASH WORLD RECORD ?

a)

20.14 seconds

b)

19.19 seconds

c)

19.31 seconds

d)

19.88 seconds

15.

WHICH JAMAICAN SPRINTER HAS THE MOST 100M OLYMPIC AND WORLD CHAMPS MEDALS IN HISTORY ? (9)

a)

Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce

b)

Usain Bolt

c)

Asafa Powell

d)

Merlene Ottey

16.

JAMAICAN WOMEN WON ALL 100m MEDALS AT THE OLYMPICS IN THESE TWO YEARS , ____ AND ____

a)

1988 and 2004

b)

2012 and 2016

c)

2008 and 2021

d)

1996 and 2000

17.

WHO IS THE KING OF REGGAE ?

a)

RITA MARLEY

b)

STEPHEN MARLEY

c)

ZIGGY MARLEY

d)

BOB MARLEY

18.

THE LONGEST RIVER IN JAMAICA IS THE ___________

a)

WHITE RIVER

b)

RIO MINHO

c)

RIO COBRE

d)

RIO GRANDE

19.

HOW MANY PARISHES DOES JAMAICA HAVE ?

a)

3

b)

10

c)

14

d)

25

20.

IN WHAT YEAR DID JAMAICA EXPERIENCE HURRICANE GILBERT ?

a)

1998

b)

1988

c)

1908

d)

2005