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Second Annual EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton...

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Edgerton, Brenda Pauline Brenda passed peacefully after fighting a...

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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 13, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  The V2 rocket built by a team under the German Werner von Braun is considered to have launched the space age in 1942.  It was responsible...

Diana’s Quiz – April 13, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  What device in effect launched the Space Age? 2.  What is the Book of Kells? 3.  Movie actor Tom Conway was the brother of which other movie star? 4. ...

Diana’s Quiz – April 6, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  What is Havana Syndrome? 2.  What is the kelvin? 3.  What is the spice mace made from? 4.  Which Canadian-born movie actress and singer made her first movie with...
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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 19, 2015

David Cornwell is the real name of John le Carre. London, England, has the most billionaires – over 70. Homo Naledi is the new species of...

Diana’s Quiz – September 19, 2015

Who is David Cornwell? Which city currently has the most billionaires? What is the name of the recently discovered new species of hominid? The half  brother of...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 12, 2015

 Newfoundland’s most recent avalanche occurred in Lark Harbour last February 5.  Lolo Soetoro, also known as Lolo Soetoro Mangunharjo, was the Indonesian stepfather of Barack...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 5, 2015

Damien Warner is a one of Canada’s most winning  decathletes.  He has been called the anonymous superstar, most recently winning several medals last week...

Diana’s Quiz – September 5, 2015

Who is Damien Warner? What is the meaning of the term ‘vocal fry’? Between which cities is currently the longest non-stop passenger airline flight? What is the...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 29, 2015

 ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle begins with ‘To Sherlock Holmes she is always a woman’.  Gerald Bull was a Canadian artillery...

Diana’s Quiz – August 29, 2015

Which book opens with the line:  “To Sherlock Holmes she is always a woman”? Who was Gerald Bull? What was a major discovery of the Greek...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 22, 2015

 Although there are over 100 definitions for the acronym SWAT, the one that is currently most common is Special Weapons and Tactics Team.  ‘The first...

Diana’s Quiz – August 22, 2015

What does the acronym SWAT stand for? Where does the saying, ‘The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers’, originate? Which country holds the...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 15, 2015

The Greek playwright Aristophanes in his drama, The Birds, first performed in 414 BC, wrote about a world to be created by birds called,...

Diana’s Quiz – August 15, 2015

What is the origin of the phrase ‘cloud cuckoo land’? To what family does the Brazil nut belong? What does smoke do for bees? What is a...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 8, 2015

Ultimate Frisbee, recently announced as a new Olympic category is the fastest growing team sport, although lacrosse – not soccer - is currently recognized...

Diana’s Quiz – August 8, 2015

What is the fastest growing team sport?  What is Hangeul?  What sound signal does a locomotive use approaching a railroad level crossing?  Who was Olof Palme?  What word...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 1, 2015

Dolby is a noise reduction system invented by Ray Dolby, an American engineer.  The system changed our listening experience.  Before him, movies and television...
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