Jamaica
Jamaica lies south of Cuba. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 9 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Jamaica trivia questions
Jamaica is an island country in which region?
Answer: Caribbean
Bonus fact: Jamaica lies south of Cuba.
What is the capital of Jamaica?
Answer: Kingston
Bonus fact: Kingston is Jamaica's capital and largest city.
What music genre originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s?
Answer: Reggae
Bonus fact: Reggae became internationally famous through artists such as Bob Marley.
The Greater Antilles include Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and what other major island?
Answer: Puerto Rico
Bonus fact: Puerto Rico is part of the Greater Antilles.
UNESCO’s "Reggae music of Jamaica" heritage listing belongs to which country?
Answer: Jamaica
Bonus fact: UNESCO inscribed Reggae music of Jamaica on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2018.
Reggae originated in which country?
Answer: Jamaica
Bonus fact: Reggae emerged in Jamaica in the late 1960s.
Which two boxers contested the first world heavyweight title fight between Olympic heavyweight gold medalists in 1973?
Answer: George Foreman and Joe Frazier
Bonus fact: Foreman stopped Frazier in the second round in Kingston, Jamaica.
Reggae music is most strongly associated with which country?
Answer: Jamaica
Bonus fact: Reggae developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s.
Which song from "Houses of the Holy" has a reggae-influenced sound?
Answer: D'yer Mak'er
Bonus fact: Its title is a play on the British pronunciation of "Jamaica."