How it works
These trivia questions about the Caribbean come in five rounds: what counts as the Caribbean, winds, reefs and wildlife, first peoples and the colonial centuries, flags that came and went, and tongues, dishes and sights.
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Caribbean island trivia questions, group by group
What counts as the Caribbean sorts the Lucayan Archipelago, the Windward Islands and Bermuda. Flags that came and went asks which island was Swedish, which was Danish and which is shared by France and the Netherlands.
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After a tap the card points out the right answer and explains it in a line, source included. Play runs in sets of ten. For a contest, Scored round lines up 20 and holds every mark to the end.
Questions and answers
What are some easy Caribbean trivia questions?
Which older term is often used for the islands? Which word names a pirate of the region? On which island is ackee and saltfish a favorite dish? The answers are the West Indies, buccaneer and Jamaica.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the Wikipedia article Caribbean, linked under the question. Four statements were not used because other articles give another date or place, such as where Columbus first landed.
Is Bermuda part of the Caribbean?
No. Bermuda lies in the Sargasso Sea to the north. The Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands and Barbados are counted as Caribbean although they do not border the Caribbean Sea.
Which Caribbean country was the first republic?
Haiti, established in 1804 after a rebellion that began in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791.