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Diana’s Quiz – June 6, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  In which year, on June 6, did the original D-Day occur? 2.  Which plant of the olive family has fragrant pale purple flowers? 3.  Of what critical minerals...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – May 30, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  The opposite of a full moon is a new moon. 2. The Bossa Nova style of samba was invented in Rio de Janiero. 3. The densest population of...

Diana’s Quiz – May 30, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.. What is the opposite of a full moon? 2.  What is a style of samba developed in Rio de Janeiro? 3.  Where in North America is the densest...
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Diana’s Quiz – January 20, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  How many staffed lighthouses are there currently in Canada? 2.  What was the capital of the Inca Empire? 3.  What is a new...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 13, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  The proposed new name for Dundas Square in Toronto is Sankofa Square, from the Ghanaian language Twi: ''to retrieve", implying '''to...

Diana’s Quiz – January 13, 2024

by Diana Filer 1  What is the new name for Dundas Square in Toronto? 2.  "Do not go gentle into that good night" is the title and...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 6, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  Balthazar is the name of the third wise man. 2.  Gnawa music originated in Morocco with the Gnawa tribe.  It mixes classical...

Diana’s Quiz – January 6, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  The names of the three wise men were Gaspar, Melchior and who? 2.  What is gnawa music? 3.  What were the first candles made...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – December 30, 2023

by Diana Filer 1.  Bonar Law, of Kingston, NB, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from October 23, 1922, until May 20.1923. 2.  The first message of...

Diana’s Quiz – December 30, 2023

by Diana Filer 1.  Which Canadian was once the Prime Minister of Great Britain? 2.  What was the first message sent by Morse Code? 3.  What is the...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – Decmeber 23, 2023

by Diana Filer 1.  Irving Berlin's 'White Christmas' sung by Bing Crosby for the 1942 movie Holiday Inn, is the first secular Christmas pop song. 2. ...

Diana’s Quiz – December 23, 2023

by Diana Filer 1.  What is considered to be the first secular Christmas song that became a hit? 2.  What are the WPHL? 3.  How many countries...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – December 16, 2023

by Diana Filer 1.  The original 'muffin man' of the children's rhyme was considered to be Frederick Thomas Lynwood, a 16th century pastry chef who...

Diana’s Quiz – December 16, 2023

by Diana Filer 1.  Who was 'The Muffin Man Who Lives on Drury Lane' in the children's ditty? 2.  What is the fastest fish in the...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – December 9, 2023

by Diana Filer 1. Cindy Woodhouse is the new Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. 2.  The Word of the Year according to the OED,...

Diana’s Quiz – December 9, 2023

by Diana Filer 1.  Who is the newly-elected chief of the Assembly of First Nations? 2.  What is the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – December 2, 2023

by Diana Filer 1.  Not counting Australia, which is a continent, New Guinea is the largest island in the Pacific Ocean. 2.  UTC is Universal Time...
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