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Diana's QuizAnswers to Diana's Quiz, December 28 2024

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, December 28 2024

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1.  Francis Dickens was the 3rd son of British novelist Charles Dickens.  He spent 12 years with the Northwest Mounted Police mostly in Alberta.

2.  Notch 8 in railway terminology is the highest throttle setting on a locomotive.

3.  Stan Rogers, who died tragically young in an airplane fire, wrote ‘Northwest Passage’, one Canada’s  greatest folk songs.  When broadcaster Peter Gzowski asked listeners what should be Canada’s national song, it won hands down.

4.  The Governor General delivers the Speech from the Throne on behalf of the King, in the Senate chamber to both houses at the opening of a new Parliament, referring to measures it proposes to put before Parliament in the coming session.

5.  Olympic gold medallist Summer McIntosh was named Canada’s Athlete of the Year, having won three gold medals at the summer Olympics in Paris

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