Do you think you know these four parishes? Take this fun test on your knowledge of Barbados…
1. Which Prime Minister was born in St. Lucy?
2. Where in Lucy was the U.S.A naval base located?
3. What is the name of the rum distillery in St. Lucy?
4. What is the name of the light house in St. Lucy?
5. What goods were traditionally exported from the docks in Speightstown, St. Peter?
6. What was Arlington House used for, before it became a museum?
7. What movie was filmed on location at Farley Hill?
8. Which Prime Ministers attended the Coleridge and Parry School?
9. True or false: The Atlantic Ocean only touches the east side of St. Thomas
10. Which natural wonder is the pride of St. Thomas?
11. Which popular car racing arena is located in St. Thomas?
12. Which two parishes were carved to make the parish of St. Thomas?
13. True or false: St. Joseph is the smallest and greenest parish?
14. What is the name of the St. Joseph river?
15. Who is the Cotton Tower name after?
16. What area in St. Joseph is also the name of a South American country?
Bajan Quiz – Answer Key
1. Barbados’ first Prime Minister and national hero, The Right Excellent Errol Walton Barrow
2. Harrison Point
3. Mount Gay Rum Distillery
4. Harrison’s Point Light House
5. Indigo, timber, cotton, tobacco, sugar
6. Arlington House was a ship’s chandlery, then a dwelling house
7. The 1957 movie, Island In The Sun, starring Harry Belafonte and Joan Fontaine
8. Owen Arthur and Erskine Sandiford
9. False – St. Thomas is one of two landlock parishes (St. George is the other)
10. Harrison’s Cave
11. Vaucluse Raceway
12. St. Michael and St. James
13. True
14. Joes River
15. Lady Catherine Cotton, the daughter of the Governor of Barbados – Lord Combermere
16. Surinam
