ANTIGUAN-BARBUDAN QUIZ ANSWERS

The questions, shown below, are on page 94 in the Antiguan & Barbudan Independence Edition

1. The country of Antigua and Barbuda was born in 1981 but two major Caribbean personalities died in 1981. Name them.
2. Name the other British colony in CARICOM that achieved independence in 1981?
3. Name the Caribbean music band that played at official independence events in Antigua in 1981?
4. Name two Caribbean prime ministers who visited Antigua and Barbuda for independence?
5. Princess Margaret visited Antigua and Barbuda for independence. Whom did she represent?
6. Who was the first chief justice of independent Antigua and Barbuda?
7. Name the first governor general of Antigua and Barbuda?
8. Name the first Independence Calypso King of Antigua and Barbuda?
9. Name the last premier of the Associated State of Antigua and Barbuda?
10. As a young man, P.M. Vere Bird, the Father of the Nation, was a member of what religious denomination?
11. Tim Hector, an activist, established what newspaper?
12. Who was Antigua and Barbuda first ambassador to the United Nations?
13. What year Antigua hosted its first Test cricket match?
14. Name the first Antiguan to represent Antigua on a West Indies Test Team?

THE ANSWERS

1. Dr. Eric Williams, PM of Trinidad & Tobago; Bob Marley
2. Belize then known as British Honduras
3. Elli Matt & GI Brass from St. Kitts
4. Edward Seaga, Maurice Bishop, Tom Adams, Lynden Pindling
5. Queen Elizabeth II
6. Neville Peterkin
7. Sir Wilfred Jacobs
8. Lord Zero
9. Premier V. C. Bird
10. Salvation Army
11. Outlet
12. Lloydstone Jacobs
13. 1981
14. Andy Roberts