Trini Proverbs
What is the Trini word for a very quiet and shy person
Cunumunu
This annual festival in Port of Spain celebrates Caribbean literature and features the NGC Bocas Prize.
What is the Bocas Lit Fest?
In 1976, this athlete won the first-ever Olympic medal for T&T.
Who is Hasely Crawford?
This dish might sound violent, but it’s really soft and flaky—perfect for soaking up a good curry.
Buss Up Shut
What are the CLEARR Values of Grant Thornton?
Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect, Responsibility
What is the Trini word to describe a child asking everyone for something to eat?
Lickrish
This city is where traffic goes to suffer, and dreams go to die between 3pm and 6pm.
What is Port of Spain?
Where is the Privy Council (who gives the final court appeal for T&T) located.
United Kingdom
This musical artiste transitioned from Trinibad to be a successful Soca and Calypso artiste
Who is Yung Bredda?
In what year did GTOS do TTARP 5K Run?
2013
What is the Trini word to describe someone who has bad behaviour
wajang
This musical instrument, used in Parang music, is a traditional stringed instrument similar to a small guitar.
What is the Cuatro?
Trinidad’s highest point.
El Cerro del Aripo
How many times did Machel Montano win the Roadmarch competition?
11
What year did GTOS have its first sports day and where?
2014
Woodbrook Youth Facility
What is the Trini phrase for someone who is experiencing hard times or adversity
Catchin me Nennen
The names of the three boats that Christopher Columbus came on.
This Trinidadian-born author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.
Who is V.S. Naipaul?
The “Canboulay Riots” of 1881 were a response to colonial restrictions on this pre-Carnival tradition involving burning sugarcane fields. What is the name of this event?
Canboulay festival or “cannes brulees”
The exact date that ORBIT Solutions joined Grant Thornton global network (Date, month, year)
What happened on January 1st 2015
You see a Trini walking in 35°C heat wearing jeans, a hoodie, and a beanie. What does this tell you?
They’re trying to “look foreign”
In 1937, this leader organized the Oilfield Workers’ Strike, a pivotal labor movement in Trinidad. Who is he/she?
Tubal Uriah Butler
How long exactly did Stuart Young serve as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago? (exact number of days)
43
6 weeks + 1 day
This popular person within the Carnival space has been rumored to be dead for the last couple of years.
Who is Peter Minshall?
The year that Alexander Richardson Grant, founder of Alexander Grant & Co., died.
What occurred in 1924?