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Found: Almonte Ice Cream gift card

FOUND: Monday, April 22 on Church Street;...

Ticket available for ‘The Moth Project,’ April 27

The Moth Project Saturday April 27 7PM Almonte Old...

Kit Burke — obituary

Katherine Helena “Kit” Burke (nee Laderoute) 8-Mar-1930 -...

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Answer to Diana’s Quiz – April 20, 2024

by Diana Filer The will of the Swedish engineer and inventor Alfred Nobel allowed for the founding of prizes in his name in 1901.  The first person who won...

Diana’s Quiz – April 20, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  When did Nobel Prizes start to be awarded, and who was the first winner of the Prize for Peace? 2.  Who is the youngest person to be...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 13, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  The V2 rocket built by a team under the German Werner von Braun is considered to have launched the space age in 1942.  It was responsible...
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Diana’s Quiz – April 13, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  What device in effect launched the Space Age? 2.  What is the Book of Kells? 3.  Movie actor Tom Conway was the brother...

Diana’s Quiz – April 6, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  What is Havana Syndrome? 2.  What is the kelvin? 3.  What is the spice mace made from? 4.  Which Canadian-born movie actress and singer...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – March 30, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  The main theory for Easter being called Easter, is that it comes from Eostre, an ancient pagan goddess of harvest and...

Diana’s Quiz – March 30, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  Why is Easter called Easter? 2.  For what was the RMS Carpathia most notable? 3.  What is Occam's Razor? 4.  The Aztecs were members...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – March 23 2024

ANSWERS 1.  Don Flett, Conservative from Manitoba, is the Canadian Senate's Leader of the Opposition. 2.  The Cohiba is reputed to be the world's finest cigar. 3. ...

Diana’s Quiz – March 23 2024

QUESTIONS 1.  Who is the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate? 2.  What is known to be the world's finest cigar brand? 3.  Where is...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – March 16, 2024

ANSWERS 1.  'Mush' is the 'anglicization' of 'Marche', the French command the dogsled drivers use(d) to get the team moving. 2.  The capital city of Croatia...

Diana’s Quiz: March 16 2024

QUESTIONS 1.  What is the source of the dog sled driver's command, 'mush'? 2.  What is the capital city of Croatia? 3.  From what poem is the...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – March 9, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  The Andes Mountain Range in South America is the world's longest at about 7,000 km....the Rockies are the third longest. 2.  A...

Diana’s Quiz – March 9, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  What is the world's longest mountain range? 2.  What is a cunctator? 3.  What is the capital of Belize? 4.  Who is the first...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – March 2, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  Iquitos, Peru, with a population of approximately 490,000 is accessible only by air and water:  the Amazon River is its doorway...

Diana’s Quiz – March 2, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  Which is the largest city in the world inaccessible by road? 2.  Where in Ontario did The Binder Twine Festival take place? 3. ...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – February 24, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  The dog is the first animal to be domesticated, although so far there is no definite date when this occurred all...

Diana’s Quiz – February 24, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  What is the first animal to be domesticated? 2.  Who is the first Black woman artist to receive a Governor-General's Performing Arts...
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