* Balata is part of the Manilkara bidentata family---it grows up to 148 ft---not sure that's the tallest.

Rev

Silk cotton trees in Guyana do not grow up to 230 feet high. In Central America and other places they reach that height. The book I'm consulting here was written by a British forestry expert who worked in Guyana about a century ago. He had helped to catalog the timbers in Guyana's forest.

Congo pump tree

This Tomboy put all those so-called Men to shame.

You're absolutely right.

According to the British forestry expert who will remain unnamed for obvious reasons [future quiz], in Guyana the Mora is "king of the forest" that "towers above every other tree" and is considered "superior to oak."

Congrats!!

From this tomboy  a big Thank you Sir Gil  that was my last 2 answers btw, wiping my brow

Mora is a genus of large trees in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the legume family Fabaceae. There are seven species, all native to lowland rainforests in northern South America, southern Central America and the southern Caribbean islands

QUESTION FOR GILBAKKA:

* You have any information on how tall Mora trees grow ?

* I know trees in the Ceiba pentandra family get up to 230 feet.

Rev

• Mora excelsa: Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Good morning. Sorry to be late on Social.

Let's start.

Who was Guyana's first ever Minister of Education?

Forbes Burnham

Good morning

Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham

Comrade Linden Forbes sampson Burnham

Your answer is correct, but Anjali and Riya showed the Big Man more respect.

The three of you share the prize.

Congrats!!

Next one.

Who were the first and the last colonial governors of Guyana? You must give two full names.

1 st one:  Sir Benjamin D'urban

last one: Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt

Sir Benjamin d'Urban

Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt

Gilly.. i never liked the word Comrade,never use it.

I address the Prime Minister of Guyana in the 80's

on the red phone from his home as Mr........

 Sir... me think's Angali and Riya answer is correct.

Do you know if they still use that term in Guyana?

Anjali gets First Prize and this picture of Sir Benjamin D'Urban:

Riya gets Second Prize and this picture of Sir Richard Luyt:

Congrats!!

Next quiz.

Who was the first Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force? Give his name and rank.

Colonel Ronald Pope

No, Captain.

Me policeman papa help me out.

Correct!!

In December 1965 Colonel Ronald Pope was appointed Commanding Officer of the newly formed 1st Battalion of the Guyana Defence Force, where he was elevated to become Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force in May 1967.

He was succeeded by Brigadier Clarence Price.

Give your dad this picture of Colonel Pope:

You get second prize.

Congrats!!

Next one.

Who was Guyana's first Ombudsman?

I will. Papa always said it was a toss up between the GDF and the Force.

Errol Gillette

Errol (Ping) Gillette

I know i don't like it because of this

"Comrade —used as a title for a member of a communist party"

You better take a second look at that name.

Thank you Sir Gil

Hon.Mr. Justice S.Y.Mohamed

Guys, FYI, not only communists use the word "comrade." True, the communists made maximum use of it and their unsavory deeds gave the word a bad name. But the essential meaning of comrade is ": a close friend you have worked with, been in the military with, etc." That had been so before Karl Marx appeared. I love the word.

My apologies!

Gordon Gillette

I suspect Riya and Anjali saw this in the Kaieteur News: "Sarah Lam-a-Poo, born in 1870, who was the grandmother of Errol “Ping” Gillette, Guyana’s first Ombudsman after independence, went into business as a young woman making Chinese cakes and Minshee, a seasoning produced from beans in her home."

The Ombudsman's relatives gave the KN reporter the name they know him as, but the Guyanese nation officially got a different first name. Try again.

Now you've got it!

Congrats!!

Class dismissed.

yep! see my correction above

Thanks!

Today's class was very informative. Thank you.