Know your Country's History Quiz.

[truetrini]

I am going to ask a series of questions on issues,  events, and personalities related to the History of Trinidad and Tobago.

I am a Historian although not in the field of West Indian History, but I have read several books on the historiography of the Caribbean and I think that this will be an opportunity to teach somethings and for me to personally learn some new things about my country.

Here goes:

1.  This arouca born son of the soil was expelled from Howard University after he protested against the Brtish treatment of Africans during q visit to Howard U. by the then British Ambassador to the USA.  (his parents were Bajan)  Hint :  He changed his name from Nurse to and he was a communist and even lived in the then Soviet Union for a time)  he was ah old CIC boy too 

2.  This fella formed a Political party in T&T that was first called The ACDC ( liveAction Committee of Democratic Citizens)

3.  These two young officers of the T&T Regiment led an aboritive militay coup in Tetron Barracks in 1970.

4.  Name the trini of East Indian descent who assisted in the start of the Black power movement in T&T, the man I am looking for was a lawyer and a trade unionist at the time.

5.  Eric Williams and the PNM were accused of disenfranchising rural indo-trinis becasue they introduced a BILL that was supposed to modernize the electoral syatem...name the Bill.

6.  This QRC old boy was both a cricket enthusiast and a writer of notable fame.  He was a friend of the fella in question number 1 and a serious Pan africanist.

7.  This fella was a founding father of T&T albeit from the position as opposition leader.  He had to give consent to Eric Williams before T&T could become an independent state.

8.  This Grenadian born activist served oil workers for most of his adult life.  He was a strong opponent of the PNM and Eric Williams.

9.  The Canboulay or more properly "Cannes Brulees", riots took place in T&T in 1881.  What caused these riots?  (This is going to be a fairly long answer, but be brief.)

and finally....

10.  This man was elected mayor of Port-of-Spain 8 times!!!  He was a white trini too.

[Trini _2026]

2. i think number 2 is ANR
3. Raffique
4.   Pandy
6 .  CLR James

have to figure out the rest .

[DeSoWa]

8. Uriah Buzz Butler  daiz all I know 

Big Up!

[Trini _2026]

well yeah 8 is butler

[Organic]

i woulda say number one is kawame ture aka stokley carmicheal..but u said his anme wa snurse.
evereyhtign else fits with kwame ture...

[Jah Gol]

1. George Padmore

[Organic]

u said keep it breif..the riots were mianly because of the british govenrment tryign to stop de canrival...
slaves revolted

[dombasil]

Yeah, i thought Ture too.
4 is not Panday.

[Organic]

true well anwer we nah we hadd aknwo if we smart liek u and TI.??

[truetrini]

Jah Gol correct, and Triniman right on all he answers too.
Uriah is also correck.

keep trying.

look ah hint...de white man had a statue in POS...
if yuh cyar get dat...den yuh in trouble

[Organic]

so sotkely charmicheal eh right...answer meh fus before i give u de name de ppl statue ,de one down by de savannah :

[Trini _2026]

Yeah, i thought Ture too.
4 is not Panday.

pandy was dey with weeks and them in they black power movement in the 1970's

[truetrini]

so sotkely charmicheal eh right...answer meh fus before i give u de name de ppl statue ,de one down by de savannah :

no it eh right...anmd i know de name ah de man in de statue....lol

jah gol give de right answer.

[Organic]

hm ok..if u say it eh he...and cranboulay riots

[truetrini]

hm ok..if u say it eh he...and cranboulay riots

http://www.trinisoca.com/features/canboulay.html

[Organic]

hm ok..if u say it eh he...and cranboulay riots

http://www.trinisoca.com/features/canboulay.html

yeah i knwo thats the site u got the info from...i go to www.triniview.com all the time

[truetrini]

hm ok..if u say it eh he...and cranboulay riots

http://www.trinisoca.com/features/canboulay.html

yeah i knwo thats the site u got the info from...i go to www.triniview.com all the time

http://www.trinidad-tobago.net/Article.aspx?PageId=80

[dcs]

10.  Rahael? (except he syrian not white)

[truetrini]

10.  Rahael? (except he syrian not white)

he have ah statue in POS?

Nah it eh he....dey even name ah big wide road after he too....some kind ah boulevard or something

[WestCoast]

Ciprianni  buh he oliver colour 

ah goin an get meh Forum Degree

[truetrini]

Ciprianni  buh he oliver colour 
ah goin an get meh Forum Degree

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Henry Cipriani, of Corsican and French stock, Arthur Andrew Cipriani was born in Trinidad on January 31, 1878. His parents had arrived in Trinidad in the middle of the 19th century and set up an agricultural business in the city of port of spain



look cipriani on de left

[WestCoast]

ok allya so smart

What is de first University in Trinidad and Tobago

de University of Woodford Square..

check pictures on pages 17, 22 has a picture of Butler and then page 23 has a picture of Cipriani.
http://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/data/files/REP_INSIGHT_3_SISTERS.pdf

[Jumbie]

TT, this is the bess post in this sub-forum to date. Truly a lesson for me.

Full props for Triniman for going to the library to try and learn more about we country.

TT...Doh forget to update the post when you get all the correct answers..ah juss want to fudge.

[Dutty]

Ciprianni  buh he oliver colour 
ah goin an get meh Forum Degree

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Henry Cipriani, of Corsican and French stock, Arthur Andrew Cipriani was born in Trinidad on January 31, 1878. His parents had arrived in Trinidad in the middle of the 19th century and set up an agricultural business in the city of port of spain



look cipriani on de left

Ok so who is de fellah on de right?... Hitler had a black twin brudder too?

[WestCoast]

Theophilus Albert Marryshow from Grenada.

From 1784 until its independence in 1974, Grenada remained a member of the British Empire, passing through various stages of colonial status and multiple associations with other regional states. Early in the twentieth century, it produced one of the region's outstanding leaders, T. Albert Marryshow. His Representative Government Association, which inspired similar movements in other Windward Islands states and in Trinidad, did much to encourage the liberalization of British rule in the Caribbean.

http://www.britishislesgenweb.org/~grenada/

[fishs]

I am going to ask a series of questions on issues,  events, and personalities related to the History of Trinidad and Tobago.

I am a Historian although not in the field of West Indian History, but I have read several books on the historiography of the Caribbean and I think that this will be an opportunity to teach somethings and for me to personally learn some new things about my country.

Here goes:

1.  This arouca born son of the soil was expelled from Howard University after he protested against the Brtish treatment of Africans during q visit to Howard U. by the then British Ambassador to the USA.  (his parents were Bajan)  Hint :  He changed his name from Nurse to and he was a communist and even lived in the then Soviet Union for a time)  he was ah old CIC boy too 

2.  This fella formed a Political party in T&T that was first called The ACDC ( liveAction Committee of Democratic Citizens)

3.  These two young officers of the T&T Regiment led an aboritive militay coup in Tetron Barracks in 1970.

4.  Name the trini of East Indian descent who assisted in the start of the Black power movement in T&T, the man I am looking for was a lawyer and a trade unionist at the time.

5.  Eric Williams and the PNM were accused of disenfranchising rural indo-trinis becasue they introduced a BILL that was supposed to modernize the electoral syatem...name the Bill.

6.  This QRC old boy was both a cricket enthusiast and a writer of notable fame.  He was a friend of the fella in question number 1 and a serious Pan africanist.

7.  This fella was a founding father of T&T albeit from the position as opposition leader.  He had to give consent to Eric Williams before T&T could become an independent state.

8.  This Grenadian born activist served oil workers for most of his adult life.  He was a strong opponent of the PNM and Eric Williams.

9.  The Canboulay or more properly "Cannes Brulees", riots took place in T&T in 1881.  What caused these riots?  (This is going to be a fairly long answer, but be brief.)

and finally....

10.  This man was elected mayor of Port-of-Spain 8 times!!!  He was a white trini too.

1. Dont Know
2. Robinson
3. Shah and Lasalle
4. Panday
5. Electronic voting machines 
6. CLR James
7. Capildeo or was it Bahdase 
8. Uriah Tubal Butler
9. Too long to answer 
10 Bertie Gomes

[Organic]

HEY ....who from that list allyhu consider to be the most , NATURALLY INTELLIGENT.
now this is jus opnions eh... but u can use what ever evidence yuh want to back up yuh answer.


Mine (OIPNION) is CLR JAMES
I WILL GIVE MEH EVIDENCE WHEN ALLYUH GIVE ALLYUHN OPINION

[Dutty]

Here goes:

1.  This arouca born son of the soil was expelled from Howard University after he protested against the Brtish treatment of Africans during q visit to Howard U. by the then British Ambassador to the USA.  (his parents were Bajan)  Hint :  He changed his name from Nurse to and he was a communist and even lived in the then Soviet Union for a time)  he was ah old CIC boy too 

2.  This fella formed a Political party in T&T that was first called The ACDC ( liveAction Committee of Democratic Citizens)

3.  These two young officers of the T&T Regiment led an aboritive militay coup in Tetron Barracks in 1970.

4.  Name the trini of East Indian descent who assisted in the start of the Black power movement in T&T, the man I am looking for was a lawyer and a trade unionist at the time.

5.  Eric Williams and the PNM were accused of disenfranchising rural indo-trinis becasue they introduced a BILL that was supposed to modernize the electoral syatem...name the Bill.

6.  This QRC old boy was both a cricket enthusiast and a writer of notable fame.  He was a friend of the fella in question number 1 and a serious Pan africanist.

7.  This fella was a founding father of T&T albeit from the position as opposition leader.  He had to give consent to Eric Williams before T&T could become an independent state.

8.  This Grenadian born activist served oil workers for most of his adult life.  He was a strong opponent of the PNM and Eric Williams.

9.  The Canboulay or more properly "Cannes Brulees", riots took place in T&T in 1881.  What caused these riots?  (This is going to be a fairly long answer, but be brief.)

and finally....

10.  This man was elected mayor of Port-of-Spain 8 times!!!  He was a white trini too.

1) Red Plastic Bag

2) Was he on the 'Dirty Deeds done Dirt Cheap' album cover? or he come later on?

3) Shah of Iran and Lieutenent stitchie

4) Boysie Singh

5) Trotman

6) De only real serious Pan africanist I know of is Boogsie Sharpe...but Ellie Mannete or Rudolph Charles might be right too

7) The roaring Lion

The mighty sparrow

9) This is a trick question...the canboulay is a dance on Best Village..so the answer is D

10) You sure he was white? coulda be a red dougla wit he hair press like james brown...it was fashinable back then to do that...I think dat is a trick question...the answer is D


TT dis is good...keep these things commin

Yuh see how ah good at it...I like to keep mih brain cell sharp

[Organic]

Here goes:

1.  This arouca born son of the soil was expelled from Howard University after he protested against the Brtish treatment of Africans during q visit to Howard U. by the then British Ambassador to the USA.  (his parents were Bajan)  Hint :  He changed his name from Nurse to and he was a communist and even lived in the then Soviet Union for a time)  he was ah old CIC boy too 

2.  This fella formed a Political party in T&T that was first called The ACDC ( liveAction Committee of Democratic Citizens)

3.  These two young officers of the T&T Regiment led an aboritive militay coup in Tetron Barracks in 1970.

4.  Name the trini of East Indian descent who assisted in the start of the Black power movement in T&T, the man I am looking for was a lawyer and a trade unionist at the time.

5.  Eric Williams and the PNM were accused of disenfranchising rural indo-trinis becasue they introduced a BILL that was supposed to modernize the electoral syatem...name the Bill.

6.  This QRC old boy was both a cricket enthusiast and a writer of notable fame.  He was a friend of the fella in question number 1 and a serious Pan africanist.

7.  This fella was a founding father of T&T albeit from the position as opposition leader.  He had to give consent to Eric Williams before T&T could become an independent state.

8.  This Grenadian born activist served oil workers for most of his adult life.  He was a strong opponent of the PNM and Eric Williams.

9.  The Canboulay or more properly "Cannes Brulees", riots took place in T&T in 1881.  What caused these riots?  (This is going to be a fairly long answer, but be brief.)

and finally....

10.  This man was elected mayor of Port-of-Spain 8 times!!!  He was a white trini too.

1) Red Plastic Bag

2) Was he on the 'Dirty Deeds done Dirt Cheap' album cover? or he come later on?

3) Shah of Iran and Lieutenent stitchie

4) Boysie Singh

5) Trotman

6) De only real serious Pan africanist I know of is Boogsie Sharpe...but Ellie Mannete or Rudolph Charles might be right too

7) The roaring Lion

The mighty sparrow

9) This is a trick question...the canboulay is a dance on Best Village..so the answer is D

10) You sure he was white? coulda be a red dougla wit he hair press like james brown...it was fashinable back then to do that...I think dat is a trick question...the answer is D


TT dis is good...keep these things commin

Yuh see how ah good at it...I like to keep mih brain cell sharp

dutty? sparrow sue to"serve" oil workers. lol i knwo alot ah grenadians went to pt fortin n south to work in the oil. but dais de capacity sparrow went in as?
lol...hmmmmmmmm no wonder he have so much children