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Caribbean

  1. Antigua was once called "Wadadad"?
  2. Trinidad and Tobago is the birthplace of calypso music?
  3. In Negril Jamaica buildings are not allowed to be built higher than the palm trees?
  4. Columbus called Tobago "Bellaforma"?
  5. The mongoose in Barbados are said to never cross a road unless someone is watching?
  6. Mount Gay Distilleries Ltd in Barbados produced the worlds oldest rum under the label "Mount Gay"?
  7. Barbados has never been successfully invaded by a Foreign power?
  8. Jamaica is the largest English-speaking island in the Caribbean?
  9. In the Caribbean there are some oysters that can climb trees?
  10. In Tobago goat racing is one of the most popular sport?
  11. The Arawaks were the first Caribbean people encountered by Columbus?
  12. Aruba has only 12 roundabouts?
  13. Hotel Caribe was the first hotel in Aruba. It opened in 1934?
  14. St. Elizabeth in Jamaica was the first town to have electricity?
  15. Pico Duarte (10,417 feet) is the highest point in the Caribbean?
  16. The Abaco Islands are known as the "sailing capital of the world"?
  17. Ernest Hemingway called the Bahama island "Bimini" home?
  18. Jamaica has 120 rivers?
  19. The first slaves in Barbados were white?
  20. In 1751 George Washington stayed in Barbados for six weeks?