Feb. 6, 2026

Bob Marley

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Question 1: Bob Marley’s birthday is widely marked with concerts, community service, and tributes around the world. On what date was he born—a day Jamaica spotlights with its month-long Reggae Month celebrations?

Question 2: In April 1978, amid violent political tension in Jamaica, Bob Marley invited rival leaders Michael Manley and Edward Seaga on stage and joined their hands in a symbolic call for unity. What was the name of this historic Kingston event?

Question 3: Which Bob Marley song draws its lyrics from Emperor Haile Selassie I’s 1963 United Nations speech condemning racism and oppression, underscoring Marley’s Rastafari beliefs?

Question 4: Rooted in Rastafari ritual, what name is given to the communal drum tradition—featuring bass, funde, and repeater—that shaped reggae’s heartbeat and appears throughout Marley’s music?

Question 5: Bob Marley wrote and performed a song celebrating African liberation and later played it at Zimbabwe’s independence festivities in 1980, even as tear gas drifted into the venue. What is the title of that anthem?

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Calaruga, Shark Media, hi am Mark Ellison, and today's theme

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is celebrating Bob Marley's birthday, Reggae, Rastafari and musical activism.

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Question one. Bob Marley's birthday is widely marked with concerts,

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community service and tributes around the world. On what date

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was he born? A day Jamaica spotlights with its month

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long Reggae Month celebrations. Question two. In April nineteen seventy eight,

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amid violent political tension in Jamaica, Bob Marley invited rival

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leaders Michael Manley and Edward Siega on stage and joined

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their hands in a symbolic call for unity. What was

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the name of this historic Kingston event? Question three? Which

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Bob Marley song draws its lyrics from Emperor Haile Selassie

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firsts nineteen sixty three United Nations speech condemning racism in

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a depression, underscoring Marley's Rastafari beliefs. Question four rooted in

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Rastafari ritual. What name is given to the communal drum

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tradition featuring bass, fun day and repeater that shaped reggae's

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heartbeat and appears throughout Marley's music. Question five. Bob Marley

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wrote and performed a song celebrating African liberation, and later

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played it at Zimbabwe's independence festivities in nineteen eighty even

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as tear gas drifted into the venue. What is the

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title of that anthem? We'll be right back with these

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answers after this break welcome back. Question one on what

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date is Bob Marley's birthday? Answer February sixth, nineteen forty five.

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Marley was born on February sixth, nineteen forty five and

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nine mil Saint Anne, Paris, Jamaica. Jamaica designated February as

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Reggae Month, aligning with Marley's birthday in Dennis Brown's to

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honor the genre's cultural impact. Question two. What concert featured

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Marley joining Manly in Siaga's hands on stage? Answer the

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One Love Peace Concert, held at the National Stadium on

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April twenty second, nineteen seventy eight. The concert became a

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landmark moment of musical activism. Marley's gesture urged peace during

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Jamaica's polarized era. Question three which Marlee song uses Haile

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selasses nineteen sixty three un speech answer War War's lyrics

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adapt Selassie's address on racial equality reflecting Rastafari reverence for

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the Ethiopian emperor. The song frames music as a vehicle

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against injustice. Question four. What Rastafari drum tradition influenced reggae's

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pulse Answer, Niabingi drumming. Nyabingie Gatherings used three drums to

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create polyrhythms and call and response chanting. Their spiritual cadence

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helped define reggae's feel in songs and live performances. Question five.

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Which Marlee song honored Zimbabwe and independence in nineteen eighty

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Answer Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe appears on Marley's nineteen seventy nine album Survival,

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a work focused on Pan Africanism and social justice. Marley

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performed it during the Independent celebrations, highlighting music's role in

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political change. That concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm

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Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help

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of AI technology. See you tomorrow.

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