Berbice river
Baracara
Berbice river
No. A tributary is a branch of a river. Canje river is a tributary of the Berbice river. I need a tributary of the Canje river, located about 57 miles from its mouth, on the right bank.
Baracara
Definitely not.
From my research there is no name change of the
Canje River/Creek the tributary is also named
Canje River.
My answer is Canje River.
calabash creek
From my research there is no name change of the
Canje River/Creek the tributary is also named
Canje River.
My answer is Canje River.
Please read the quiz again. Incorrect answer.
calabash creek
No.
Here we are again.
On the right bank of the Canje river/creek, about 57 miles from its mouth, there is a tributary. Name that tributary.
DEADLINE: 1:00PM
Mibikuru Creek
Torani Canal
Brotherson Creek
Torani Canal
A canal is not a tributary. A canal is a man-made waterway.
Icooroowa creek
Here we are again.
On the right bank of the Canje river/creek, about 57 miles from its mouth, there is a tributary. Name that tributary.
DEADLINE: 1:00PM
Time up. No winner.
Answer: Ikuruwa river, also called Ikuruwa creek. It empties into the Canje river. At the other end is Lake Ikuruwa.
Icooroowa creek
Hold on, there is a winner!
I will accept this spelling.
Congratulations!!
Here we are again.
On the right bank of the Canje river/creek, about 57 miles from its mouth, there is a tributary. Name that tributary.
DEADLINE: 1:00PM
Time up. No winner.
Answer: Ikuruwa river, also called Ikuruwa creek. It empties into the Canje river. At the other end is Lake Ikuruwa.
CORRECTION: Anjali is the winner.
I noticed her answer afterwards.
Here we are again.
On the right bank of the Canje river/creek, about 57 miles from its mouth, there is a tributary. Name that tributary.
DEADLINE: 1:00PM
Time up. No winner.
Answer: Ikuruwa river, also called Ikuruwa creek. It empties into the Canje river. At the other end is Lake Ikuruwa.
CORRECTION: Anjali is the winner.
I noticed her answer afterwards.
Thank you Sir Gil sorry I posted after 1 pm and thanks for accepting my spelling, actually I had wanted to post this one instead of calabash creek.
wiping my brow
Here we are again.
On the right bank of the Canje river/creek, about 57 miles from its mouth, there is a tributary. Name that tributary.
DEADLINE: 1:00PM
Time up. No winner.
Answer: Ikuruwa river, also called Ikuruwa creek. It empties into the Canje river. At the other end is Lake Ikuruwa.
I looked for names and could't find it i could see waterways
connecting to Canji River.
Here we are again.
On the right bank of the Canje river/creek, about 57 miles from its mouth, there is a tributary. Name that tributary.
DEADLINE: 1:00PM
Time up. No winner.
Answer: Ikuruwa river, also called Ikuruwa creek. It empties into the Canje river. At the other end is Lake Ikuruwa.
CORRECTION: Anjali is the winner.
I noticed her answer afterwards.
Thank you Sir Gil sorry I posted after 1 pm and thanks for accepting my spelling, actually I had wanted to post this one instead of calabash creek.
wiping my brow
kudos to Angali
Thank you Django
I read the info. in a British Guiana document but it would not let me copy anything to post but will try to paste the shortcut (please if it does not work sorry).
https://books.google.ca/books?...&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBA
courtesy google.ca/books.
YANKEE GUTTER is:
[A] a play
[B] a 19th century novel
[C] a stream
[D] a race horse
[E] the Panama Canal
A stream
A stream
I think you lived close to that place.
Yes, Yankee Gutter is a stream in East Berbice-Corentyne.
Congratulations!!
If Django shoots Clint Eastwood and runs to hide in Yankee Gutter, Uncle Sam is gonna get 'im. They have the map:
Next quiz.
In 1963 the Guyanese Minister of Home Affairs Claude Christian died suddenly of a heart attack. At his Le Repentir graveside funeral, a hostile crowd attacked mourners with stones and other objects. Among the injured was a singer who used to be heard frequently on a radio programme called Local Indian Performers. That singer lost an eye in the cemetery attack. He later emigrated to England and died about two years ago. What's his name?
Vidur Dindayal (sp) Onkar's brother
Vidur Dindayal (sp) Onkar's brother
No.
Vickram Singh
Vickram Singh
Nooo!
i'm stumped....not the faintest idea
Ok some more names: Mohan Nandu, Gobin Ram, Beni Balkarran, Tilak.
Next quiz.
In 1963 the Guyanese Minister of Home Affairs Claude Christian died suddenly of a heart attack. At his Le Repentir graveside funeral, a hostile crowd attacked mourners with stones and other objects. Among the injured was a singer who used to be heard frequently on a radio programme called Local Indian Performers. That singer lost an eye in the cemetery attack. He later emigrated to England and died about two years ago. What's his name?
Gil i know a lot of Guyanese singers,all day i trying to
remember names,then finally i remembered listening
to songs played on my uncle turntable hook up to a
pye radio, i was a little boy and heard one of the singers
lost an eye,oh boy my memory strikes the singer name is....
Neville Kalicharan
hoping i am correct
I doan know the man but I aint win a dam ting yet so I goin with what django said
Next quiz.
In 1963 the Guyanese Minister of Home Affairs Claude Christian died suddenly of a heart attack. At his Le Repentir graveside funeral, a hostile crowd attacked mourners with stones and other objects. Among the injured was a singer who used to be heard frequently on a radio programme called Local Indian Performers. That singer lost an eye in the cemetery attack. He later emigrated to England and died about two years ago. What's his name?
Gil i know a lot of Guyanese singers,all day i trying to
remember names,then finally i remembered listening
to songs played on my uncle turntable hook up to a
pye radio, i was a little boy and heard one of the singers
lost an eye,oh boy my memory strikes the singer name is....
Neville Kalicharan
hoping i am correct
Watch yuh spelling, bai. How yuh goh feel if me write Jango, eh?
Yes, Neville Kallicharran is the correct answer.
Again, I knew somebody would find it, so I didn't close the quiz.
Congratulations, chum!!
I doan know the man but I aint win a dam ting yet so I goin with what django said
Cain my uncle had a 78rpm viynl with one of his song
i remembered from their conversation the singer lost
an eye.
i got this from the net.
"Neville Kalicharan" singer of the song "OH GUYANA"
A SONG THAT WAS A TRIBUTE IN THE CARIBBEAN AS WELL AS UK
Next quiz.
In 1963 the Guyanese Minister of Home Affairs Claude Christian died suddenly of a heart attack. At his Le Repentir graveside funeral, a hostile crowd attacked mourners with stones and other objects. Among the injured was a singer who used to be heard frequently on a radio programme called Local Indian Performers. That singer lost an eye in the cemetery attack. He later emigrated to England and died about two years ago. What's his name?
Gil i know a lot of Guyanese singers,all day i trying to
remember names,then finally i remembered listening
to songs played on my uncle turntable hook up to a
pye radio, i was a little boy and heard one of the singers
lost an eye,oh boy my memory strikes the singer name is....
Neville Kalicharan
hoping i am correct
Watch yuh spelling, bai. How yuh goh feel if me write Jango, eh?
Yes, Neville Kallicharran is the correct answer.
Again, I knew somebody would find it, so I didn't close the quiz.
Congratulations, chum!!
Bhai all day i tickling me brain,i ran two call on the road
came back to shop was shutting down my computer,got
a flash back and remembered the name.
I doan know the man but I aint win a dam ting yet so I goin with what django said
You remind me of Bill, of the notorious back bench in class.
Bill copied from Ram's exercise book, even the mistakes.
I doan know the man but I aint win a dam ting yet so I goin with what django said
Cain my uncle had a 78rpm viynl with one of his song
i remembered from their conversation the singer lost
an eye.
i got this from the net.
"Neville Kalicharan" singer of the song "OH GUYANA"
A SONG THAT WAS A TRIBUTE IN THE CARIBBEAN AS WELL AS UK
Actually, Neville Kallicharran composed and sang that song to mark Guyana's Independence in 1966. If I remember correctly, his wife accompanied him in the duet. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I doan know the man but I aint win a dam ting yet so I goin with what django said
Cain my uncle had a 78rpm viynl with one of his song
i remembered from their conversation the singer lost
an eye.
i got this from the net.
"Neville Kalicharan" singer of the song "OH GUYANA"
A SONG THAT WAS A TRIBUTE IN THE CARIBBEAN AS WELL AS UK
Actually, Neville Kallicharran composed and sang that song to mark Guyana's Independence in 1966. If I remember correctly, his wife accompanied him in the duet. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I am trying to remember the beat of the song,
surprised there is none of his song on you tube.
I doan know the man but I aint win a dam ting yet so I goin with what django said
Cain my uncle had a 78rpm viynl with one of his song
i remembered from their conversation the singer lost
an eye.
i got this from the net.
"Neville Kalicharan" singer of the song "OH GUYANA"
A SONG THAT WAS A TRIBUTE IN THE CARIBBEAN AS WELL AS UK
Actually, Neville Kallicharran composed and sang that song to mark Guyana's Independence in 1966. If I remember correctly, his wife accompanied him in the duet. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I am trying to remember the beat of the song,
surprised there is none of his song on you tube.
Something near to Muhamad Rafi's "sunno sunno hai dunya walo bapu ki hai hamar kahani..."
Next quiz.
In 1963 the Guyanese Minister of Home Affairs Claude Christian died suddenly of a heart attack. At his Le Repentir graveside funeral, a hostile crowd attacked mourners with stones and other objects. Among the injured was a singer who used to be heard frequently on a radio programme called Local Indian Performers. That singer lost an eye in the cemetery attack. He later emigrated to England and died about two years ago. What's his name?
Gil i know a lot of Guyanese singers,all day i trying to
remember names,then finally i remembered listening
to songs played on my uncle turntable hook up to a
pye radio, i was a little boy and heard one of the singers
lost an eye,oh boy my memory strikes the singer name is....
Neville Kalicharan
hoping i am correct
Watch yuh spelling, bai. How yuh goh feel if me write Jango, eh?
Yes, Neville Kallicharran is the correct answer.
Again, I knew somebody would find it, so I didn't close the quiz.
Congratulations, chum!!
Gm Congrats Django, good for you.
ahem...ahem...ahem...
Ohhhh well lookeee heeereee..I was correct...me and da main man Django were correct.
Today is Monday 13. Not an unlucky day. Easy quiz.
LONG ISLAND is in the:
[A] Barima river
[B] Essequibo river
[C] Demerara river
[D] Berbice river
[E] Corentyne river
Vickram Singh
sound like a kitty person
Today is Monday 13. Not an unlucky day. Easy quiz.
LONG ISLAND is in the:
[A] Barima river
[B] Essequibo river
[C] Demerara river
[D] Berbice river
[E] Corentyne river
(E)Corentyne River
or Courantyne River
Today is Monday 13. Not an unlucky day. Easy quiz.
LONG ISLAND is in the:
[A] Barima river
[B] Essequibo river
[C] Demerara river
[D] Berbice river
[E] Corentyne river
(E)Corentyne River
or Courantyne River
That was easy, as I said.
Congratulations!!
Today is Monday 13. Not an unlucky day. Easy quiz.
LONG ISLAND is in the:
[A] Barima river
[B] Essequibo river
[C] Demerara river
[D] Berbice river
[E] Corentyne river
(E)Corentyne River
or Courantyne River
That was easy, as I said.
Congratulations!!
I had a glimpse of the island in early 1996 on trip to
Suriname.
Today is Monday 13. Not an unlucky day. Easy quiz.
LONG ISLAND is in the:
[A] Barima river
[B] Essequibo river
[C] Demerara river
[D] Berbice river
[E] Corentyne river
(E)Corentyne River
or Courantyne River
That was easy, as I said.
Congratulations!!
Django bright bad the man swallow a light bull,you got to come better
Honesty is the best policy. For this quiz, please don't check online resources. Depend on your memory, or call family or friend.
In Guyana before the 1970s, BLUE CROSS was associated with:
[A] insurance
[B] ambulance service
[C] evangelical church
[D] condensed milk
[E] laundry whitening
condensed milk
C
(c) evangelical church
condensed milk
I hope you never sipped your mom's Blue Cross behind her back. I did. I love condensed milk. Had my coffee with some this morning. Congrats!!
Today is Monday 13. Not an unlucky day. Easy quiz.
LONG ISLAND is in the:
[A] Barima river
[B] Essequibo river
[C] Demerara river
[D] Berbice river
[E] Corentyne river
(E)Corentyne River
or Courantyne River
That was easy, as I said.
Congratulations!!
Django bright bad the man swallow a light bull,you got to come better
at my age Gil,keeping my brain active i like the challenge.
Same rules apply as in the last quiz.
In Guyana EDGER BOY was associated with:
[A] a womanizer
[B] men's jeans
[C] a race horse in Berbice
[D] biscuits
[E] a speedboat
(A)a womanizer
biscuits
(A)a womanizer
???? is two answer allowed for the quiz.
biscuits
I backing Riya to be the winner.
(A)a womanizer
you said that a little too proudly
biscuits
I backing Riya to be the winner.
now I feel like a race horse
(d) biscuits
condensed milk
I hope you never sipped your mom's Blue Cross behind her back. I did. I love condensed milk. Had my coffee with some this morning. Congrats!!
to this day I love to eat condensed milk with Guyana bread
Congrats Riya.. I still eat condensed milk with salt biscuits or sometimes by itself.
EDGER BOY was a brand of salted biscuits, made by Weiting & Richter.
Riya gets first prize.
Anjali gets second prize.
Django has to look for another woman.
Wasn't W & R also an ice factory in New Amsterdam? I remember that huge place on the stelling road.
Wasn't W & R also an ice factory in New Amsterdam? I remember that huge place on the stelling road.
W & R had an ice factory on Water Street Georgetown too. I don't know if it still works. It was producing ice when I left G in 1996.
Juicy was the brand W&R sold
B
Juicy was the brand W&R sold
Correct. Except the spelling was slightly different. Juicee.
Who sold "Red Spot"
Who sold "Red Spot"
rahaman
Wasn't W & R also an ice factory in New Amsterdam? I remember that huge place on the stelling road.
W & R had an ice factory on Water Street Georgetown too. I don't know if it still works. It was producing ice when I left G in 1996.
they had a problem the ice was not cool
Wasn't W & R also an ice factory in New Amsterdam? I remember that huge place on the stelling road.
W & R had an ice factory on Water Street Georgetown too. I don't know if it still works. It was producing ice when I left G in 1996.
they had a problem the ice was not cool
Wah rass did jackass ah seh hey? If de ice nah cool, den de man muss sell cole watah?
Wasn't W & R also an ice factory in New Amsterdam? I remember that huge place on the stelling road.
W & R had an ice factory on Water Street Georgetown too. I don't know if it still works. It was producing ice when I left G in 1996.
they had a problem the ice was not cool
Wah rass did jackass ah seh hey? If de ice nah cool, den de man muss sell cole watah?
old man you born long long time
Ow surro and durro battie and posie
I open my condensed milk,cover it with a silver foil and place it in the freezer...it doesn't freeze, but not as runny. Every so often when I got a lil munchie going on, I get a small spoon and have fun.
Attachments
hurricane weed
Senna
carion crow bush
Black sage
Carrion crow bush,this is the common name we called the plant.
Correct. It is known by other names too, such as senna alata.
This plant has antifungal and antibacterial properties. It gets rid of ringworm and skin infections.
Django gets first prize.
Mars gets second prize.
Riya gets third prize.
Congrats!!
@Anjali. I checked for hurricane weed on the Internet. It looks surprisingly similar but it's not carrion crow bush/senna alata.
@Django, I'm smiling here because I presume you might have discovered what I did to file the pic. Check properties.
Next quiz.
In 1831 Essequibo and Demerara joined with Berbice to form British Guiana. What was the population of BG in 1831?
98,000.
98,000
Next quiz.
In 1831 Essequibo and Demerara joined with Berbice to form British Guiana. What was the population of BG in 1831?
Anjali and Riya clocked in at the same time with the correct answer.
You share the win 50-50.
Congratulations!!
Now, think about this: 184 years ago our population was 98,000. Today it's around 800,000. This means it has grown by 702,000 in 184 years. We ent tekking in dem who dead or leff de country.
Carrion crow bush,this is the common name we called the plant.
Correct. It is known by other names too, such as senna alata.
This plant has antifungal and antibacterial properties. It gets rid of ringworm and skin infections.
Django gets first prize.
Mars gets second prize.
Riya gets third prize.
Congrats!!
@Anjali. I checked for hurricane weed on the Internet. It looks surprisingly similar but it's not carrion crow bush/senna alata.
@Django, I'm smiling here because I presume you might have discovered what I did to file the pic. Check properties.
You smarten up ,soon i saw the pic i know the answer,
in a group of kids we used to crushed the dry leaves roll
in to cigaretes to smoke,we even used papaya leaves and
black sage leaves,boy we were trying to play bigman.
Next quiz.
In 1831 Essequibo and Demerara joined with Berbice to form British Guiana. What was the population of BG in 1831?
Anjali and Riya clocked in at the same time with the correct answer.
You share the win 50-50.
Congratulations!!
Now, think about this: 184 years ago our population was 98,000. Today it's around 800,000. This means it has grown by 702,000 in 184 years. We ent tekking in dem who dead or leff de country.
ANALYSIS OF POPULATION.
According to the Census of 5th October 1841 the whole population
of British Guiana consists of
Creoles, born in British Guiana 65,252
Creoles, immigrant from West Indies 9,899
Africans 15,796
Portuguese from Madeira 2,219
English, Irish and Scotch 2,162
French, Dutch and German 445
Coolies (Asiatic) 343
North Americans 159
Native Country not mentioned 1,320
Total 97,595
Up to 15th October 1841, the following immigrants were yet
landed :
From the West India Islands 2,285
From Madeira 3,066
From Africa 713
Total 6,064
From January 1842 up to January 1843 :
From Madeira 1,663
From the West India Islands 966
From Africa 2,218
Total, 4,847
Including the total number of immigrants from the years 1835 to
1843, it will be seen that in this interval there landed in Guiana :
Portuguese from Madeira 10,458
Inhabitants of the West Indian Islands 6,566
Freed Slaves and Emigrants from Africa 4,610
Coolies from Asia 560
Germans and Maltese 400
Native country not mentioned, who came
partly from over the West Indies Islands,
and from captured slave ships, and took
work 8,397
Total 30,981
Consequently on the 1st January 1843 the total population of British
Guiana, exclusive of aboriginal Indians, amounted to 120,000 souls,
of which 23,000 alone fall to the share of Georgetown, the capital.
Some info on census 1841
KICHARD SCHOMBUEGK'S
TRAVELS IN BRITISH GUIANA
1840-1844.
Carrion crow bush,this is the common name we called the plant.
Correct. It is known by other names too, such as senna alata.
This plant has antifungal and antibacterial properties. It gets rid of ringworm and skin infections.
Django gets first prize.
Mars gets second prize.
Riya gets third prize.
Congrats!!
@Anjali. I checked for hurricane weed on the Internet. It looks surprisingly similar but it's not carrion crow bush/senna alata.
@Django, I'm smiling here because I presume you might have discovered what I did to file the pic. Check properties.
You smarten up ,soon i saw the pic i know the answer,
in a group of kids we used to crushed the dry leaves roll
in to cigaretes to smoke,we even used papaya leaves and
black sage leaves,boy we were trying to play bigman.
no wonder you is a crack head
Sorry I'm late, guys.
The Chronicle newspaper is printed at Lama Avenue, Bel Air Park, Georgetown. Where was the Chronicle newspaper printed before?
whew! there you are
Okay, let me go put my thinking cap on
Sorry I'm late, guys.
The Chronicle newspaper is printed at Lama Avenue, Bel Air Park, Georgetown. Where was the Chronicle newspaper printed before?
Vlissengen Road
Sorry I'm late, guys.
The Chronicle newspaper is printed at Lama Avenue, Bel Air Park, Georgetown. Where was the Chronicle newspaper printed before?
Vlissengen Road
Nah bai.
Sorry I'm late, guys.
The Chronicle newspaper is printed at Lama Avenue, Bel Air Park, Georgetown. Where was the Chronicle newspaper printed before?
Vlissengen Road
Nah bai.
Bhai how many location that printery change,i got the
answer from this quiz.
Our quiz today:
On Vlissengen Road in Georgetown there are three gas stations side by side. Behind those gas stations there is the Demerara Tobacco Company [DEMTOCO] and after that, the Chronicle newspaper compound.
Now, ignore the gas stations. What had existed on the land now occupied by DEMTOCO and Chronicle, and what major historical event took place there?