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Almonte Civitan Community Luncheon, October 1

The Almonte Civitan Community Luncheon will be...

Almonte’s 1st Metis Kitchen Party – Food, Fiddles and Frolic!

Ever been to a Métis Kitchen Party? ...

Three ways to support Home Hospice North Lanark’s hike for hospice this October

This October, Home Hospice North Lanark (HHNL)...

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Diana’s Quiz – September 19, 2026

by Diana Filer 1. From which schools did  Prime Minister Mark Carney graduate and with what degrees? 2.  What religious movement was founded by Madame Blavatsky? 3  .Petrichor is the smell produced...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 12, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  Jack fruit is the largest tree fruit in the world, some weighing up to 40 pounds.  It is related to figs and mulberries. 2.  A quokka is...

Diana’s Quiz – September 12, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  What is jack fruit? 2.  What is a quokka? 3.  What is the 3rd word in the slogan,  ''Reduce, reuse _______? 4.  What is the origin of the word...
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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...

Diana’s Quiz – September 26, 2020

by Diana Filer Which Middle Eastern state has become the first Gulf country to establish diplomatic relations with Israel? The mother of the late...
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