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Trinidad History Quiz
« on: February 13, 2012, 06:48:34 PM »
1.     In 1854, a devastating epidemic assaulted the people of Trinidad and Tobago.   What disease was     responsible for this epidemic?

2.     Before being called Woodford Square, what is now known as the People's University was called?

3.     In 1899, this man under the advice of the British secretary of State, abolished the Borough of Port of Spain and its Council, which was deemed petty and inefficient in the management of its own affairs.

4.    The abolition of the Borough and its council was viewed as a slight and with bitterness by Black Nationalism that was spreading through the Island. Emmanuel Lazare (1864-1929) had great influence in the forming of the Rate Payers Association.  He took an African name and added it to his name, what was that African name?   

5.     Started by Edward Tanner, this Director of Public Works finished running pipes from the Maraval reservoir to POS and its environs, a prominent POS road also bears his name.

6.   The first sugar union was formed at the Be of Good Cheer Lodge.  Where was the Be of Good Cheer Lodge located and in what year was the union formed?  (Louis Smart was elected first President.) 

7.     Who was Adrian Cola Reinzi and what was his role in the Sugar Unions?

8.     What was the Wood Commission and what was its mandate?   (1921)

9.    Between the years 1965-1968, how man Trinidadians emigrated to the US and Canada?  (Specific numbers for each country required)

10.   In August, 1816, former Black slaves from the US South, who had escaped to the British lines during the War of 1812 and been recruited into the Royal Marines, were rewarded for their service to the British Crown during the war by being granted land on Trinidad and Tobago.  How many of these ex-slaves came to T&T?

11.    This famous Trinidadian was a staunch opponent of racism and imperialism, he was a prominent scholar who also specialized in the study of the abolition of the slave trade.

12.     This Oil Company drilled what is said to be “the first successful well in the world” at La Brea in Trinidad and Tobago in 1857. Oil was found at a depth of 280 feet and Trinidad became one of the largest producers of petroleum in the world.

13.     Trinidad and Tobago's first elections with universal adult suffrage were held in 1946.  Labor riots about 10 years before paved the way to further democratization of the country years later in terms of workers rights. They also fueled demands for independence.

The riots erupted in 1937. The leader of this uprising was (THIS MAN), an immigrant from the neighboring island of Grenada. The riots shook the country and led to the formation of the modern trade union movement in Trinidad and Tobago.

   
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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2012, 08:57:44 PM »
2. Brunswick Square

3. Governor Hubert Edward Jerningham

4. Mzumbo

5. Walsh Wrightson

6. Ste. Madeleine (1937)

10. 761

11. Eric Williams

12. The Merrimac Oil Company

13. Uriah "Buzz" Butler
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Re: Trinidad History Quiz
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2012, 08:57:59 PM »
i answer all in  meh head,not postin yet..ah givin allyuh chance.
soon ah go b ah lean mean bulling machine.

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Re: Trinidad History Quiz
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2012, 09:05:43 PM »
2. Brunswick Square

3. Governor Hubert Edward Jerningham

4. Mzumbo

5. Walsh Wrightson

6. Ste. Madeleine (1937)

10. 761

11. Eric Williams

12. The Merrimac Oil Company

13. Uriah "Buzz" Butler

ah shoulda ban you from de damn ting...lol

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Re: Trinidad History Quiz
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2012, 12:11:56 AM »
1.  Yellow fever

There was a cholera outbreak in 1854 the plague hit Trinidad after the turn of the 19th century. So my guess is yellow fever
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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2012, 08:28:35 AM »
1.  Yellow fever

There was a cholera outbreak in 1854 the plague hit Trinidad after the turn of the 19th century. So my guess is yellow fever

oops my bad it should have read 1854, you are right it was cholera.

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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2012, 08:58:39 AM »
Tallman used to real pay attention to he history teacher in Presentation oui
Although no's 11 and 13  was too easy

No. 10 is a real interesting question though.....whatever happened to their descendants? cause I doh recall trinbago havin no 'yankee' surnames likie washington and jackson et al
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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2012, 10:09:10 AM »
8. Wood commission was a committe set up by the British government to determine the neccessity of constitutional amendments to include provisions for self-government in Trinidad and several other islands. Due to resistance from entrenched class, race and commerical divisions in our society at the time the commission was stymied. We had to wait another 20 years for unversal sufferage.
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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2012, 10:56:16 AM »
No. 10 is a real interesting question though.....whatever happened to their descendants? cause I doh recall trinbago havin no 'yankee' surnames likie washington and jackson et al

Ah right here. As ah matter of fact, ah could trace meh ancestry back tuh ah fella named Amphy Jackson who was in dat batch of former slaves. Dey had settled primarily in Moruga. For more information check de new thread ah jes create.
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« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2012, 03:18:50 PM »
TT whey is de ans. to 9
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« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2012, 05:20:33 PM »
12,00 to USA, 7000 to Canada.  The cause behind this immigration is another matter.   And will be addressed in another thread...but a liitel had to do with unemployment, despite great strides in providing free education the unemployment remained around 15% in T&T during those years and more so for women than men.

 

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