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Jamaica Country Quiz

Can you answer these questions about the country of Jamaica?
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Last updated: April 3, 2020
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What is the capital of Jamaica?
Kingston
What is the official language of Jamaica?
English
In what major sea is Jamaica located?
Caribbean Sea
Which Jamaican athlete is the fastest sprinter of all time?
Usain Bolt
What Jamaican athlete is the the second fastest man ever in both 100 m and 200 m?
Yohan Blake
What is the more specific name for the Jamaican Creole language?
Patois
What popular music genre originated from Jamaica in the late 1960s?
Reggae
Which Jamaican singer is the most famous musician from that genre of all-time?
Bob Marley
What Afrocentric religion originally from Ethiopia developed in Jamaica in 1930s?
Rastafari
What country controlled Jamaica from 1509 until 1655?
Spain
What city has the second highest population in Jamaica?
Portmore
In what style of cooking is meat dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a hot spice mixture?
Jerk
Which Jamaican model sung "Slave to the Rhythm" and played as the
Bond girl in "A View to a Kill"?
Grace Jones
Which Jamaican rapper got caught cheating and said "it wasn't me"?
Shaggy
Which city in Jamaica has the most international visitors?
Montego Bay
Which city used to serve as the capital from 1655 until 1872?
Spanish Town
What do Jamaicans colloquially refer to their home island as?
The Rock
What mainland country is Jamaica closest to?
Honduras
Who were the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the island?
Taíno
Which British admiral and politician served as the first governor of Jamaica?
(he also founded a northeastern U.S. state)
William Penn
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4 Comments
Jozi
+1
Level 70
Jul 9, 2020
Jamaican here. Born, raised, living in Jamaica all my life. We don't refer to it as The Rock. Correct answers would be Jamrock as heard in Damian Marley's song "Welcome to JamRock", Yaad or Jamdown
worldtraveler
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Level 55
Jan 30, 2021
Answer also puzzled me as I though maybe I'm away from the island for too long. I've never heard Jamaica referred to as "the Rock" by any Jamaican either but I don't know everything about Jamaica. This answer needs to be reported to the quiz master as suspect now that you mention it.
sarielise
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Level 68
May 16, 2023
I thought Newfoundland was “the Rock”. Or Dwayne. Just kidding, great quiz!
sarielise
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Level 68
May 16, 2023
Dang, I was convinced it was spelled Tieno. That’s what my professor always did. Guess she was wrong.
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