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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 Quiz – August 8, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  How many breaths do human beings take a day? 2.  Who is Canada's current Ambassador to the European Union? 3.  What does the Japanese term 'koku shobi' mean? 4. ...

Diana’s Quiz – August 8, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  What is the name of Harry Potter's school? 2.  How many legs does a spider have? 3.  Who was the head coach of Canada's FIFA World Cup contingent? 4. ...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 1, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  Alanis Morissette, the Canadian rock artist from Ottawa, composed Jagged Little Pill.  She has won 5 Grammys and 14 Juno Awards so far. 2.  American millionaire Ted...
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Diana’s Quiz – November 14, 2020

by Diana Filer 1.  Who has won this year's Giller Prize for Canadian Literature? 2.  Who is Keith Ellison? 3.  What is Rakuten? 4.  What are T-cells? 5.  Who...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – November 7, 2020

by Diana Filer 1.  Wyoming is the most Republican of the United States, having voted thus in every presidential election for the past 50 years. 2. ...

Diana’s Quiz – November 7, 2020

by Diana Filer 1.  What is the most Republican state in the USA? 2.  What is a jeremiad? 3.  What is harissa? 4.  What is a 'porky'...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 31, 2020

by Diana Filer Hallowe'en derives from the pre-Christian Celtic festival 'Samhain', which originated in what is now Ireland and Great Britain, when people...

Diana’s Quiz – October 31, 2020

by Diana Filer Where did Hallowe'en originate? Who accompanied Dante through the Inferno? What flies immediately above the topgallant sail? What are 'knockeruppers'? American...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 24, 2020

by Diana Filer Mordecai Richler was the author of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. Easter Island is a special territory of Chile. Blue Zone...

Diana’s Quiz – October 24, 2020

by Diana Filer 1.  Who is the author of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz?. 2,  Easter Island is part of which country? 3,  Where are 'Blue...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 17, 2020

by Diana Filer At the head of the Bay of Fundy, in its Minas Basin, at high tide the waters can record a...

Diana’s Quiz – October 17, 2020

by Diana Filer 1.  How deep can the waters reach in the Bay of Fundy during high tide? 2.  Who was the first non-Canadian to captain...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 10, 2020

by Diana Filer 1.  Tristan da Cunha, lying appx. 2,432 km miles from Capetown, South Africa, in the South Atlantic Ocean. is the world's...

Diana’s Quiz – October 10, 2020

by Diana Filer 1.  What is the remotest inhabited island chain in the world? 2.  Where did the expression 'the writing on the wall' originate? 3.  Who...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 3, 2020

by Diana Filer Gavin McInnes, a Canadian, is the founder of the far right, neo-Fascist, US-based movement Proud Boys. The Kingdom of Eswatini is officially...

Diana’s Quiz – October 3, 2020

by Diana Filer 1.  Who is Gavin McInnes? 2.  Where is Eswatini? 3.  Who is the current artistic director of the Stratford Festival? 4.  What is Parkinson's Law? 5. ...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 26, 2020

by Diana Filer 1.  The United Arab Emirates has become the first Middle Eastern gulf country to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. 2.  The Honourable Phyllis...
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