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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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Diana’s Quiz – November 26, 2016

Where did the word ‘hoosegow’ originate What is the term for the ratio of the speed of a moving object to the speed...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – November 19, 2016

A kakistocracy is a government by the least qualified or worst citizens. For the past several years, Anticosti Island,along with private interests, has been...

Diana’s Quiz – November 19, 2016

 What is a kakistocracy? What national resource is a current development project for Anticosti Island? What is copal? Who plays detective William Murdoch...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – November 12, 2016

  Trump’s wives first names were Ivana, Marla and Melania Qigong is a Chinese system of breathing exercises, body postures and movements, and mental...

Diana’s Quiz – November 12, 2016

What are the first names of Donald Trump’s 3 wives? What is Qigong? Who was Wilder Penfield? Who was the first musician to...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – November 5, 2016

November 5th is Guy Fawkes Day in Britain. One of the world’s largest and biologically rich inland seas, the Salish Sea includes the...

Diana’s Quiz, November 5, 2016

What do the British celebrate today, November 5th? Where is the Salish Sea? Which metals do not rust? Who is Premier of Quebec? ...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 29, 2016

The Jack-o-lantern originated in Ireland, and was originally a hollowed-out turnip.  Named after a stingy character called Jack, who had trouble with the...

Diana’s Quiz – October 29, 2016

What is the origin of the Hallowe’en jack-o-lantern? For what sport is the Rogers Cup awarded? Who was the first person to win...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 22, 2016

Persons Day is celebrated in Canada on October 18th every year, marking the historic 1929 decision to include women in the legal definition...

Diana’s Quiz – October 22, 2016

What important day was honoured in Canada this past week? What bill failed to pass in the House of Commons this week? What...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 15, 2016

A bloomer is a loaf of bread with oval ends and diagonal stripes cut into the top. The planet Jupiter has a ‘great...

Diana’s Quiz – October 15, 2016

 In baking, what is a bloomer?  Which planet has a ‘great red spot’?  Who won this year’s Nobel Prize for literature?  What dance...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 8, 2016

The Nobel Prize for physics, won by 3 British scientists this year, is for condensed matter physics, which is currently the most active...
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