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Caribbean Sea General Knowledge

Can you answer these general knowledge questions about the Caribbean Sea?
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Last updated: August 14, 2020
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What canal connects the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean?
Panama Canal
What is the only Central American country that does not border the sea?
El Salvador
What city along the Caribbean coast is the home to the oldest European
settlement in the New World?
Santo Domingo
What country controls the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao (aka ABC Islands)?
Netherlands
What is the easternmost city in Mexico?
Cancún
The Caribbean Sea is named after the "Caribs". What are they?
Indigenous People
What umbrella term refers to the islands and waters in and around the sea?
West Indies
What is the northernmost major Colombian city - also the hometown of Shakira?
Barranquilla
What major lake does the San Juan River connect Caribbean Sea to?
Lake Nicaragua
What country moved its capital to an island city after Hurricane Hattie devastated
its coastal capital in 1961?
Belize
On what island are Haiti and the Dominican Republic located?
Hispaniola
What popular Jamaican tourist destination is featured in the song "Kokomo"?
Montego Bay
What island is shared by France and the Netherlands?
Saint Martin
What ocean bay is sometimes considered to be South America's largest lake?
Lake Maracaibo
What unpleasant-sounding historical region the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua?
Mosquito Coast
What island group includes St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John?
Virgin Islands
What are the capitals of the "Saintly" countries in the Caribbean Sea?
(name any of them)
Basseterre | Castries |
Kingstown
The residents of what island refer to their home island as "Bim"?
Barbados
What British overseas territory is located between Cuba and Central America?
Cayman Islands
What hurricane devastated Dominica and Puerto Rico in 2017?
Hurricane Maria
What mainland country shares the shortest border with the sea?
Guatemala
What is the biggest Cuban city that overlooks the Caribbean Sea?
Santiago de Cuba
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Level 69
Dec 26, 2018
Nice quiz, good theme, thank you

It’s not Bhutan though, it’s Sri Lanka.

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Level 72
Dec 26, 2018
fixed :)
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Level 73
Dec 26, 2018
Bhutan is land locked.
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Level 43
Dec 26, 2018
wow I beat 100% people with 26 points, I dont know where are those places so I was just randomly typing countries XD
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Level 75
Aug 14, 2020
This needs way more time
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Level 72
Aug 14, 2020
Sorry, didn't check the time.
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Level 37
Mar 18, 2022
West Indies is misnomer that keeps being perpetrated. It is the Caribbean.
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Level 53
Feb 10, 2023
maybe accept "natives" for indigenous people?
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Level 48
Nov 5, 2023
Good grief. I tried a gazillion different terms for the Caribs. Why make a simple question so tricky?
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Level 72
Mar 21, 2024
I tried "ethnic group"
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Level 72
Mar 21, 2024
Inland city, not island.