Hero's Day Questions

By Voice of Barbados

Questions for Hero's day


1. Who is Sir Garfield Sobers?

   A Politician

   The Prime Minister

   A famous local cricketer

   A Boxer

2. Who lived at Tyrol Cot?

   Sir Grantley Adams

   The mighty Gabby

   The Govenor General

   The Market Vendor

3. Where was the first statue of Lord Nelson erected?

   Guyana

   Nelson's Dock Yard, Antigua

   Trafalgar Square, Bridgetown Barbados

   Trafalgar, England

4. Where is Condrington College?

   St. Lucy

   St. John

   St. Joseph

   St. Michael

5. Who was Samuel Jackman Prescod?

   The First coloured statesman in Barbados

   The Polytechnic

   Olive Jackman's father

   The President of the USA

6. In what year did the Barbadian riots occur?

   1912

   1829

   1937

   1837

7. On what boat did the first settlers arrive in Barbados?

   Olive Blossom

   May Flower

   The Carnival Inspiration

   Stavronakita

8. Which country has the oldest Parliment in the Caribbean?

   Figi

   Hati

   Barbados

   St. Kitts

9. Who was Bussa?

   A Slave

   A Plantation owner

   A cricketer

   A politician

10. Who is the only woman honoured as a national hero?

   Billie Miller

   Mia Montley

   Sarah Ann Gill

   Dame Nita Barrow