Music
Guyana History
Everyone Should Know
Tour of Guyana
100
Name on popular music style in Guyana.
Soca, Calypso, Reggae, Shanto etc....
100
Name one of the many peoples that settled in Guyana
Africans, Chinese, East Indians, Europeans, Amerindians, Portuguese
100
This black woman refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. Who was she?
Rosa Parks
100
Where is the Guyanese Coast Guard located now? (HINT: Fort.....)
Fort Groyne
200
What music style in black history was used as a way to portray someone's sadness or troubles?: (HINT: Lemon Brown)
The Blues
200
What did Cuffy bring to Guyana?
He brought a slave uprising among slaves in Guyana.
200
I was very good at baseball but everyone booed me because I was black. Who was I?
Jackie Robinson
200
Bonus: How many windows is the State House supposed to have?
100 windows
300
A style of music that Louis Armstrong played. (HINT: Scat -singing)
Jazz
300
Who were the first settlers in Guyana?
The Dutch
300
He was a very famous black musician who started off with four of his brothers. Who was he?
Michael Jackson
300
Dr. Cheddi Jagan lived here from 1961-1964. It now houses the Cheddi Jagan Research Center. What is this place called?
The Red House
400
A big African-American music style based on Christian foundations.
Gospel music
400
What are some main crops of Guyana?
Cotton, Sugar, Coffee, Rice, etc....
400
He was an important African-American Civil Rights leader and gave the famous speech "I Have A Dream" Who was he?
Martin Luther King Jr.
400
In what year was the Guyana National Museum established?
1868
500
This was also a a big style of music that originated in the late 1970's. It includes dance, art*, and fashion. It can also be called a culture. What style was this? *art as in graffiti
Hip-hop
500
Name one major industry in Guyana.
Logging, Mining, Sugar cultivation,
500
This man said that black people should cast off the chains of racism "by any means necessary" including violence. Who was he?
Malcolm X
500
I am the tallest timber church in the world. Who am I?
Saint George's Cathedral
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