Time up. Ball named one but I couldn't award him the prize.

ANSWERS:

[1] Puma

[2] Monsanto

Puma was sold in Guyana one year after Monsanto introduced it in the US market. Sales in Guyana were encouraging for the first year but diminished gradually thereafter. Monsanto supplied the Puma concentrate to  Banks DIH which then mixed, bottled and marketed the drink.

Today's quiz.

Which of the following is correct?

The founder of the Dharam Shala in Guyana was related to:

[A] Peter Ramsaroop

[B] Boyo Ramsaroop

[C] Stella Ramsaroop

[D] Bishwaishwar Ramsaroop

[E] Gerhard Ramsaroop

Bishwaishwar Ramsaroop

or all of the above

I'll take your first answer. As for this answer, you need a spanking for being a spoiled pupil.

That was quick.

Congratulations!!

The last one was a fun answer 

YES YES YES..will be her cry.

Gilly, do you know if it's the same Monsanto as the bad guys always being taken to court for growing crap food?

Cain......

you bahine

they had this other man mad use to walk around kitty,he get mad after he went in the world war shell shock we use to call him walker the n--igger,he always have a rock in his hand every time we call him his false name he will run us and shout the British is coming the British is coming 

Same Monsanto. There's a big problem with them in India. Their genetically modified seeds and bullying behaviour have forced scores of farmers to commit suicide after incurring heavy debt to pay for seeds.

One more for today.

What was the original name of the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation [New GPC]?

I shall be back this evening to check your answers.

Bookers Pharmaceutical

No, it was Bookers Drug Stores initially, I think

Bookers British Drug House [Bookers BDH] owned the pharmaceutical plant, which carried its own name.

Bookers BDH also owned Bookers Drug Stores, which didn't make but sold drugs.

So, try again.

We used to call it Limacol company. But I think it was Bookers Manufacturing Drug Company Limited (BMDCL).

i should know, as a lil bai, my mother worked there

That's better. It was later renamed Carib Drug Company. Then, in 1976 when the Guyana government nationalized Bookers Industrial Holdings and Bookers Sugar Estates Ltd., it was further renamed Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation. After President Bharrat Jagdeo "gifted" GPC to his partner Dr Bobby Ramroop, it was finally renamed New GPC.

Congratulations!!

Read this passage carefully and answer the question:

Guns are a common feature of crimes in Guyana today. Not so 54-55 years ago. At that time, one lonesome fugitive armed with a "primitive" shotgun created havoc throughout West Coast Demerara. Among other things, he allegedly killed two policemen. He captured the attention of the whole country through newspaper, radio and the grapevine. Assistant Police Commissioner David Rose headed a manhunt for the fugitive, cornering and shooting him fatally, to the relief of all.

What is the full name of that fugitive?

This is a famous story in law enforcement  ...Cuffy.

I think Clement Cuffy. 

Thou thinkest correctly, my lord.

Congratulations!!

Yes, Clement Cuffy was killed in September 1959.

Assistant Police Commissioner David Rose later became Guyana's Governor-General Sir David Rose. He too was killed 10 years later.

Cuffy's obeah?!

To thine own self be true. Do not check a dictionary or any online resource. Make an educated guess for this quiz.

A billycock is:

[A] a ram

[B] a man's hat

[C] a goat's genitals

[D an alarm clock

[E] a policeman's baton

I would say B by process of elimination.

I remember 'billy goat" so billycock is goat's genitals.

definitely a man's hat

kp, hold on to that goat's genitals until the verdict is announced.

Riya, someone else brought home the beef 28 minutes before you. So sorry.

Maybe goat bite he

TI, your elimination organs are functioning well.

Congratulations!!

@kp, we're having fun with this thread. Don't take offence. Let go of the goat's genitals.

that's what happen when you snooze.....you lose

A billycock:

Ah, fits tightly over the head!

New week's challenges begin NOW!

For over 50 years a bookshop stood at the corner of Church and Carmichael Streets, Georgetown. Name that bookshop.

Forde bookshop

No, sir. Try again.

SPCK Bookshop

You're guaranteed a place in Heaven, O.

Tell St Peter you have a recommendation from Gilbakka.

SPCK = Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

Established 317 years ago in England, SPCK is the oldest Anglican organization.

St George's Cathedral in Georgetown is run by the Anglican Church.

Not for nothing was the SPCK Bookshop situated across the street from St George's.

For many years that bookshop sold textbooks besides Christian literature.

Congratulations!!

Next quiz.

Give me a single word for writing desk beginning with the fifth letter of the alphabet.

Gilly, thanks for securing my heavenly abode. I'll need lots of help getting past St. P.  I've been going thru some tough stuff but things have eased up now and I'll try not to skip classes anymore.  

I just got an idea how to attract all dem sinners to this thread.

ANSWER A QUIZ AND WIN A TRIP TO HEAVEN!