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Diana’s Quiz – August 8, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  How many breaths do...

Diana’s Quiz – August 8, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  What is the name...

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Diana's QuizAnswers to Diana's Quiz, February 22 2020

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, February 22 2020

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  • An Acadian Hairstreak is a brown-gray butterfly found in Ontario and the rest of Canada.  It has blue, orange and black spots sprinkled on its upper wings.
  • Thimblerig is a swindling game with 3 inverted cups or similar shapes wherein the person being swindled has to guess under which of the 3 is a small object, such as a pea or penny, and which the swindled almost always gets wrong.
  • The author of the children’s book, Charlotte’s Web, is the American novelist E B White.
  • Jane Campion of New Zealand is the only female film director to win the Palme d’Or, and it was for the movie, The Piano, in 1993 .
  • Venezuela has the largest oil reserves of any country in the world.

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