Bahama Host Exam Questions with Answers
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Lucayans Answer: - The first inhabitants of THE BAHAMAS.
Which group of people were given the name "Indians" by Columbus ? Answer:
Lucayans
What did Lucayans refer to themselves as? Answer: Lukku Kairi
What does Lukku Kairi mean? Answer: people of the small islands
What is the word "Cay" derived from? Answer: LuyCAYans
Who was the first tourist to THE BAHAMAS? Answer: Christopher Columbus
Where did Columbus first land and when? Answer: He landed on Guanahani
(San Salvador) on October 12 1942
What did Columbus rename Guanhani to? Answer: San Salvador
What does San Salvador mean ? Answer: Holy Saviour
What was Eleuthera once known as? Answer: Cigatoo
Who did the Eleutheran Adventurers reach out to for assistance during their
economic hardship? Answer: Residents of Boston Massachusetts
What is the significance of Braziletto wood? Answer: It was the wood the
Eleutheran Adventures shipped to Boston in gratitude for the help, the wood
was used to build Harvard University.
Who did King Charles II grant THE BAHAMAS to in 1670? Answer: 6
proprietors of South Carolina
Who was the first appointed Royal Governor ? Answer: Royal Governor
Woodes Rodgers, who was committed to eradicating piracy.
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When was the first meeting of Parliamentary Democracy held? Answer: 29
September, 1729. established by Woodes Rodgers after his reappointment
What was the colony's first motto? Answer: "Ezpulsis Piratis Restituta
Commercia" meaning The pirates being expelled, commerce was restored.
When was THE BAHAMAS restored to Great Britain? Answer: 1783, by a
treaty with Spain. ( The Spanish invaded Nassau, occupied Forts, took the
Governor captive, and remained there for a year.
Define Tourism Answer: comprises the activities of persons travelling to and
staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one
consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes.
What is the multiplier effect? Answer: Tourism not only creates jobs in tertiary
sector, it also encourages growth in the primary and secondary sectors of the
industry.
- essentially how many times money is spent by a tourist circulates through a
country's economy.
Moment of Truth Answer: an impression that a customer gets of your brand,
product, service or organization whenever he or she has some sort of
interaction with it.
Describe Allocentric Guests Answer: Adventurous
Seeks new experiences
love meeting new people
risk takers
out-going
self-confident
controls the experience