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by Allan Goddard Hello readers! I have had numerous...

Noreen Young’s early drawings on exhibit at the Sivarulrasa Gallery.

by Edith Cody-Rice Don’t let your daughter go...

The Tunic Show at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

by Edith Cody-Rice On Saturday August 1, the...

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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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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – June 25, 2016

 The sciatic nerve is the longest and widest nerve in the human body. The ocelot was revered by ancient Peruvians.  Dunstable Ramsay was the...

Diana’s Quiz – June 25, 2016

What is the longest and widest nerve in the human body? What animal was revered by ancient Peruvians? Who was the narrator of...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – June 18, 2016

18-year-old Brroke Henderson from  Smiths Falls, Ontario won the LPGA title last week in Sammamish, Washington, beating reigning title holder, Lydia Ko.  The...

Diana’s Quiz – June 18, 2016

Who won the Ladies’ Professional Gold Association Tournament this month?  Where and what is the Siq? Who said,  “You can either buy clothes...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – June 11, 2016

An Arctic tern has just this week made the longest ever recorded annual migration from the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland...

Diana’s Quiz – June 11, 2016

Which species of bird makes the longest migration ever recorded? What is the current status of Canada’s only Atlantic submarine, HMCS Windsor? In...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – June 4, 2016

Little Manitou Lake near Watrous, Saskatchewan, is the saltiest lake in Canada.  About 2/3 the salinity of the Dead Sea. Pompeii and Herculaneum...

Diana’s Quiz – June 4, 2016

Where in Canada is there a salt lake? Which two Roman towns were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD? ...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – May 28, 2016

“The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it arose” – Ecclesiastes, 1:5. Ejecta is material...

Diana’s Quiz – May 28, 2016

What is the source of the Ernest Hemingway novel title phrase, “The Sun Also Rises”?  What is ejecta?  What is the poetic name...

Answers to Diana’s quiz – May 21, 2016

In tv production, grips work with camera or electrical crews.  The key grip supervises these crews, along with dolly, crane and special equipment operators. ...

Diana’s Quiz – May 21, 2016

What is the function of a ‘key grip’ in television production? What is the ‘cognitive revolution’? Which novel opens with the line, ‘It...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – May 14, 2016

A gibbous moon is one when that particular phase is larger than a semicircle.  From the Latin ‘gibbus’  humpback or hunched. The Sadiq...

Diana’s Quiz – May 14, 2016

What is a gibbous moon?  Why is a man named Sadiq Khan in the news?  Who played Eudora, the mother of Princess Tiana,...
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