Jamaican National Heroes Quiz
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ANSWERS To Jamaica Trivia Questions For Kids

1. 7 individuals were conferred with the order of national hero of Jamaica (6 heroes and 1 heroine)
   
   
2. Alexander Bustamante
   George William Gordon
   Marcus Mosiah Garvey
   Nanny of the Maroons
   Norman Manley
   Paul Bogle
   Samuel Sharpe
   
   
3. Marcus Mosiah Garvey
   
   
4. Samuel (Sam) Sharpe. He was buried in the sands of the Montego Bay Harbour but the remains were later exhumed and reburied beneath the pulpit at Burchell Baptist Church in Montego Bay.
   
   
5. Paul Bogle was hanged with his brother. The name of his brother was Moses.
   
   
6. Bustamante and Norman Manley
   
   
7. Paul Bogle was born in the parish of St. Thomas
   
   
8. Sam Sharpe was conferred with Nanny Of The Maroons
   
   
9. 43 years old. According to the JIS, he was born in 1822 and died October 24, 1865.
   
   
10. Hanged. He was illegally tried by Court Martial and, despite a lack of evidence, he was convicted and sentenced to death. He was hanged on October 23, 1865.
    
    
11. Paul Bogle is buried at National Heroes Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
    By the way,  The National Heroes Park (est 1973) was known before as the "George V1 Memorial Park".. It is now the place dedicated to the memory of our heroes and former Prime Ministers of Jamaica who have passed on.
    
    Interestingly too, it was in 1953 that the name had changed from Kingston Race Course to George V1 Memorial Park.
    
    
12. Norman Manley died of a Respiratory Disease.
    
    
13. George Washington Gordon was featured on the 10 dollar note, now coin.
    
    
14. Technically yes, the term then was not prime minister then but Chief Minister - from 1955 to 1959 and Premier from 1959 to 1962, when the JLP won the elections.
    
    
15. Alexander Bustamante was born in the parish of Hanover.
    
    
16. Marcus Garvey died in England in 1940 of a stroke.
    
    
17. The Order of National Hero of Jamaica was created by the National Honours and Awards Act, which was passed by Parliament in 1969.
    
    
18. Sir Alexander Bustamante. He was proclaimed a National Hero Of Jamaica during his lifetime.
    
    
19. Nanny was awarded the order of national hero in 1982.
    
    
20. Nanny's given name was Sarah Elizabeth Curry.
    
    
21. Samuel Sharpe was born in the parish of St James.
    
    
22. The national hero who was a free colored land owner was George William Gordon.
    
    
23. Sam Sharpe was 31 years old when he died.
    
    
24. Nanny of the maroons. She is believed to have been buried on a hill in Moore Town in 1750 that is known as 'Bump Grave' regarded as sacred ground. Read more.