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Enslaved workers in the cane fields brought traditional West African cultural expressions into Carnival. These included all except...?

Hosay. Hosay is an East Indian festival that was incorporated into Carnival much later.

The three main arts of Trinidad Carnival are all these except:

Mumming. Competitions are held in all three forms every year.

Which of the following is not a well-known steelband?

Xtatik. Xtatik is a brass band.

Which of the following is not a revered calypsonian?

Dr. Eric Williams. Dr. Eric Williams served as Prime Minister of Trinidad. The rest are calypsonians of international reputation.

There are dozens of traditional Carnival masquerade figures, including all of the following except...?

Soucouyant. A soucouyant is a scary supernatural female from Trinidad and Tobago folklore. A burroquite is a horse-and-rider costume; Jab Molassie is a painted devil, while Midnight Robber is a pirate-like manifestation of Death.

At one time Carnival was mainly participated in by the underclasses and "nice" people didn't take part. Certainly the jamettes have always taken part. Who is a jamette?

A woman of the streets. The word comes from Creole French "diametre", meaning literally the lower half (diameter) of the social circle.

Trinidad and Tobago Carnival is timed to correspond with what season of the Christian calendar?

The last two days before Lent. Carnival is held on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which usually falls in February/March, although the preparatory season begins months ahead.

The two days of Carnival are broken into various parts. For example, what's "jouvert"?

The hours before dawn on Monday morning. It comes from the French "jour ouvert", meaning the opening of the day, and it's the time for rough-and-ready satirical masquerade and primal rituals like the greased Jab Molassies who smear other revellers with messy oil, paint or other ooze to ease their transition into the sacred space of Carnival.

In which of the following cities would you fail to find a huge annual Carnival-style festival based on the Trinidad model?

Glasgow, Scotland. There are dozens of Caribbean Carnivals around the world. Brooklyn, Notting Hill and Toronto's Caribana are among the biggest. Each attracts hundreds of thousands of revellers to the streets every year.

Finally, if you were visiting Trinidad or Tobago at Carnival, you'd want to keep your strength up. But which of these would you be least likely to sample?

Jerk pork. Jerk pork is really a Jamaican specialty. The rest of the foods are easy to find in Trinidad: Callaloo is a green vegetable-based soup; doubles are chickpea-filled treats, and pelau is a rice dish.