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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...

Diana’s Quiz – August 1, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  Who composed the music and lyrics for the rock album Jagged Little Pill? 2.  Who created the television channel CNN? 3.  Pink Ladies and Granny Smiths are what...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 18, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  The two Diomede Islands are located in the Bering Strait.  Big Diomede Island belongs to Russia, and Little Diomed to the USA. 2.  Mascarpone cheese is the...
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Diana’s Quiz – November 18, 2017

by Diana Filer Where was the WW1 armistice signed on November 11, 1918? What is the largest river system in Canada? Who wrote, “Oh,...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – November 11, 2017

by Diana Filer With thanks to Bob Lee who supplied three questions this week.  Before 1980 Zimbabwe was Southern Rhodesia. Chile honours Bernardo O’Higgins, who...

Diana’s Quiz – November 11, 2017

by Diana Filer With thanks to Bob Lee who supplied three questions this week.  What was Zimbabwe called prior to 1980? What country honors the...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 28, 2017

by Diana Filer The LA Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs, and the Houston Astros the New  York Yankees to qualify for this year’s World...

Diana’s Quiz October 28, 2017

by Diana Filer Which baseball team did the LA Dodgers beat to advance to this current World Series against the Houston Astros, who beat...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 21, 2017

by Diana Filer Grace Anne Lockhart in 1875 became the first woman to earn a bachelor’s degree in the whole British Empire.  She graduated from...

Diana’s Quiz – October 21, 2017

by Diana Filer Who was the first female graduate of a Canadian university? To which French king was Marie Antoinette married? What is a...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 14, 2017

by Diana Filer Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in 1790 wrote “A Vindication of the Rights of Man”,   2 years before she wrote “A Vindication of...

Diana’s Quiz – October 14, 2017

by Diana Filer Who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Men? What colour is a sorrel horse? What does ‘chimerism’ refer to in...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 7, 2017

The Inuit word inukshuk means ‘to act in the capacity of a human being. China now leads the world in renewable energy. The...

Diana’s Quiz – October 7, 2017

What does the Inuit word inukshuk, usually denoting a pile of stones shaped like a human figure, mean in English? Which country now leads the...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 30, 2017

by Diana Filer In summer, especially in a country like India so surrounded by water, the land is usually warmer than the ocean.  This...

Diana’s Quiz – September 30, 2017

by Diana Filer How are monsoons created? What do the letters MMIWI stand for? What is North America’s smallest bird? Who discovered the laws...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 23, 2017

by Diana Filer Brazil is the world’s leading exporter of coffee, followed by Vietnam, Colombia and Germany. Last September 13th, the spacecraft Cassini completed...
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