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LOCAL Friday 18 November 2022

Successful Edition of the Big Live Nature Quiz Kids

Kralendijk, Bonaire- 17th of November first-place team, ‘Kenatra Palarchie’, won
2022- The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alli- a sailing and snorkeling trip around Sint
ance (DCNA) just hosted the Big Live Na- Maarten, on which we are sure they will
ture Quiz for young people, aged 12-14, treat their fellow sailors with lots of interest-
living on Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, ing trivia facts about the marine life they
Sint Maarten, and Sint Eustatius. With 134 see. Also, several local prizes were avail-
participating teams (consisting of 1 to 4 able for the island winners. The highest
kids per team) competing from across the scoring team was ‘Lions’ for Bonaire, ‘4x4’
six Dutch Caribbean islands, the event was for Curacao, ‘Perros’ for Saba, ‘Fun-tastic
a great opportunity to bring nature into the four’ for St Eustatius, and ‘Kenatra Palar-
classrooms. After many exciting and thrill- chie’ for St Maarten. DCNA would like to
ing nature question rounds, a team on Sint congratulate all the teams on their impres-
Maarten won. sive trivia knowledge!

Multi-island effort Endangered Species
The Big Live Nature Quiz- kids edition is a This year’s quiz included questions about
live online nature trivia game hosted by the endangered animals and plants within
DCNA and played in high schools across the Dutch Caribbean. From rare flowers to
the Dutch Caribbean. The quiz is a true burrowing owls, this quiz covered a whole
multi-island team effort: created and sup- host of island inhabitants, showcasing the
ported by the six Dutch Caribbean islands unique and extraordinary wildlife across
including the nature conservation organi- the islands.
zations (parks), high schools, (local) spon-
sors, and Dutch Caribbean TV. The quiz Yearly Free Event for Adults and youth
questions were made available in 4 lan- The Big Live Nature Quiz is created to
guages: English, Dutch, Papiamentu, and teach citizens about nature in a fun and in-
Papiamento. Due to the extreme weather teractive way, to instill pride in the islands’
and school closures on some of the islands, wildlife, support nature-friendly practices,
the quiz was postponed for a week, to No- support the projects of the nature parks,
vember 15th. and to bring people in the Dutch Carib-
bean into contact with each other. This is
Winners a free annual event for adults and youth
There were 134 teams competing. The since 2020. q