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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 – 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...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 5, 2019

by Diana Filer Swoop is the name of Canada’s new low-cost airline. Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the sixties....

Diana’s Quiz – January 5, 2019

by Diana Filer What is the name of Canada’s new ultra-low-cost airline?    What kind of music is rocksteady?    Where is Twillingate?     Which country...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – December 29, 2018

by Diana Filer Greeks traditionally hang an onion on front doors on New Year’s Eve, as a symbol of rebirth during the next year. ...

Diana’s Quiz – December 29, 2018

by Diana Filer What is traditionally hung on front doors in Greece on New Year’s Eve? What are bump stocks? Who was Marie-Joseph-Rose de...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz: December 22 2018

Answers The Fourth Wise Man was a priest of the Magi named Artaban, a Mede from Persia who stopped on the way to Bethlehem...

Diana’s Quiz: December 22 2018

Questions Who was the Fourth Wise Man? What part of Sigmund Freud’s model of the psyche is responsible for morality? For whom is the...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – December 15, 2018

by Diana Filer This year’s Miss Universe Pageant will be held on December 16th in Bangkok, Thailand Lassi is a healthy Indian drink made of...

Diana’s Quiz – November 15, 2018

by Diana Filer When is the Miss Universe Pageant this year? What is lassi? Who was Rawhide on CBC Radio? What is a technological...
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