Patois quiz
Jamaican Culture and History in Patois
Maroons, yaad, dutchie — the words that carry the island’s story.
12 questions
15 seconds a question. Faster answers score more, and a run of correct answers builds a streak bonus. Every word you miss links straight to its dictionary entry at the end.
The 12 words this quiz covers
Every one of them has a full entry — meaning, origin, pronunciation and example sentences. Read them first if you would rather study than guess.
- Common Entrance COM-mon EN-trance
- Culcha KUL-cha
- Dinki-mini DIN-ki MI-ni
- Drum DRUM
- Easter EES-ta
- Falmouth FAL-mout
- Gumbay GUM-bay
- Heroes Day HE-roes DAY
- Indian IN-dian
- Merino me-REE-no
- Pitchy-patchy PICH-i-PACH-i
- Set-up SET-up