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Diana’s Quiz: August 29 2026

QUESTIONS What is a tuk tuk? Salvador...

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Diana’s Quiz: August 29 2026

QUESTIONS What is a tuk tuk? Salvador Dali's work is most associated with which art movement? Where is/was Frizzleton? 'W' is the symbol for which chemical element? What part...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, August 22 2026

ANSWERS Christine Fréchette is the 'Premier' or 'Premier Ministre' of Quebec since April 2026. Glamping is camping in a more comfortable way, which includes taking upgraded amenities and modern...

Diana’s Quiz, August 22 2026

QUESTIONS Who is the Premier of Quebec? What is 'glamping'? What is Hezbollah? After Greenland, what is the world's largest island? What are the names of the 'Gemini'—the Twins—of...
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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – February 23, 2019

by Diana Filer  Geechee, also known as Gullah, is the Creole dialect of the Georgia Sea Islands. Badminton is the sport that was first...

Diana’s Quiz – February 23, 2019

by Diana Filer  What is Geechee? Which sport made its official debut in the 1992 Olympics? What does TED stand for, as in TED...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – February 15, 2019

by Diana Filer February comes from Februa, a purification festival, beginning in the late 14th century. T.S. Eliot had a cat named Jellylorum? British...

Diana’s Quiz – February 16,2019

by Diana Filer What is the origin of the word February? Who had a cat named Jellylorum? Who was the first person to run...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – February 9, 2019

by Diana Filer St. Valentine – of Rome, to distinguish him from other saints Valentine – was canonized because as a priest during the...

Diana’s Quiz – February 9, 2019

by Diana Filer How did Saint Valentine become a saint? What is the Book of Sirach? What is the last country to have outlawed...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – February 2, 2019

by Diana Filer Groundhog Day began on February 2, 1867 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.  It is related to Imbolc, the pagan Celtic festival which evolved...

Diana’s Quiz – February 2, 2019

by Diana Filer When did Groundhog Day originate? What is copra? What is the deepest lake in the world? 2019 marks the 175th anniversary of...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 26, 2019

by Diana Filer Although St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador is the oldest Canadian city, founded in 1583,  it was not incorporated until 1921, so...

Diana’s Quiz – January 26, 2019

by Diana Filer What is the oldest city in Canada? Where is the Ionian Sea? Where does the word ‘tattoo’ originate? What is the...

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by Diana Filer The Great Wall of China at 21,196km is still the world’s longest wall.  But the Dingo Fence in Australia, built to...

Diana’s Quiz – January 19, 2019

by Diana Filer What and where is the world’s longest fence? What is a skep? Where does the term ‘hocus-pocus’ originate? Who is Canada’s...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 12, 2019

by Diana Filer John Harvey Kellogg invented corn flakes. James Clerk Maxwell calculated the speed of light, when he realized that light is an...

Diana’s Quiz – January 12, 2019

by Diana Filer Who invented corn flakes as a health food? Who accurately calculated the speed of light about 65 years before it was...
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