Times of the Islands Summer 2016

astrolabe newsletter of the Turks & Caicos National Museum
DWYANE KRZANOWSKI
The Quiz: Celebrating TCI’s history and cultural heritage
By Museum Manager Candianne Williams
The first annual Turks & Caicos National History and Cultural Heritage Secondary Schools Quiz was held in
February and March as one of the events marking the Museum’s 25th anniversary. It was conceptualized to
support the Museum’s first outdoor exhibit—the Caicos
Heritage House and Garden in the Village at Grace Bay.
Facilitators from the TCI Government Departments of
Culture, Education, Environment & Maritime Affairs,
and the Museum worked with teachers from six high
schools to provide study material and appropriate
questions for the quiz. Because the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s
all-inclusive definition of “Cultural Heritage” was used
to establish the parameters of the quiz, an excursion
to Cap Haïtien in Haiti to visit the Citadelle, a UNESCO
protected world heritage site, was chosen as the prize The Quiz was created to support the Caicos Heritage House on the
Museum’s campus in the Village at Grace Bay.
for the winning team and their coach.
The six participating schools were Marjorie Basden High School, Raymond Gardiner High School, Maranatha
High School, Wesley Methodist School, TCIPS Comprehensive High School and Clement Howell High School.
Sponsor Fortis TCI hosted the closely contested preliminary round on February 25, 2016 in the training room
of their corporate office. All of the teams
performed outstandingly in the preliminary
round. Maranatha and Clement Howell High
Schools emerged as winners from the group
of very well prepared teams who did a fantastic
job of representing their schools. They
have made us all proud.
At the finals held at Gustarvus
At the Quiz preliminaries, participating teams got down to business. Lightbourne Sports Complex on March 1,
both teams appeared a little nervous—or perhaps
just a little anxious to begin—but once we started there was
never a delay to hit the buzzers and answer the questions. Both
teams seemed to have the answers ready, while some of the adults
were still racking their brains.
What were the questions like? This will give you some idea and
test your “TCI IQ” at the same time:
Question 5) How many tons of salt did the Turks islands produce
on average, annually between 1888 and 1907?
Question 18) Please complete this sentence by giving us the year: Rachel Harvey served as Quiz moderator, with
Alexander R. McLeod as judge.
Still considered the “Hurricane of the Century,” the Great Hurricane
of XXXX devastated all the Islands from Grand Turk to Florida.
Question 27) Which tree also known as “Wood of Life” is indigenous to the Caribbean and sinks in water?
Question 33) Name the only recorded female boat builder in the Turks & Caicos Islands.
(See answers on page 65.)
CANDIANNE WILLIAMS
VIVIAN TYSON
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