Worth knowing
Jamaica
Ian Fleming named his spy after the author of a book on his shelf at Goldeneye, his Jamaican home: 'Birds of the West Indies', by an American ornithologist called James Bond.
Where its story happens
Goldeneye, Ian Fleming's house, at 18.41°N, 76.94°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Jamaica
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Jamaica, the island in the Caribbean just south of Cuba. See Jamaica on a map.
- Reggae was born here, and so were Bob Marley and the sprinter Usain Bolt.
- This tropical island sent a bobsled team to the 1988 Winter Olympics.
- The Rastafari movement began here in the 1930s.
- James Bond was created on this island: Ian Fleming wrote all of his 007 novels at his house here.