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Proulx, Patrick Raymond Passed away suddenly on July...

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Volunteers needed for food festival

Festival Mississippi Mills Multicultural Food Festival Sunday...

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Answers to Diana’s Quiz, August 22 2026

ANSWERS Christine Fréchette is the 'Premier' or 'Premier Ministre' of Quebec since April 2026. Glamping is camping in a more comfortable way, which includes taking upgraded amenities and modern...

Diana’s Quiz, August 22 2026

QUESTIONS Who is the Premier of Quebec? What is 'glamping'? What is Hezbollah? After Greenland, what is the world's largest island? What are the names of the 'Gemini'—the Twins—of...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 14, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  The most popular breeds of dog are the Labrador Retriever, the French Bulldog and the. German Shepherd, along with the many mixed breeds. 2.  A pomander is...
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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 23, 2016

Newton’s Cradle is a device consisting of (usually 5) swinging metal spheres, hanging from a metal frame, that are just touching each other...

Diana’s Quiz – July 23 2016

What is Newton’s  Cradle?  What type of wood is used to make baseball bats?  What Newfoundland area has just been named a new...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 16, 2016

 Dark earth, or ‘terra preta’, is a soil building method from the distant past which involves mixing biochar - charcoal from plant matter...

Diana’s Quiz – July 16, 2016

What is ‘dark earth? Which province elected the first female premier in 1993?  Where is the largest urban rain forest on the planet? ...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 9, 2016

Basically, it is diet that makes a queen bee:  worker bees select larvae and feed them a rich creamy food called Royal Jelly. ...

Diana’s Quiz – July 9, 2016

How does a queen bee become a queen bee? In the Canadian parliament, what is a law called before it is passed? What...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 2, 2016

The simple and most ascribed answer is that our number system is based on a Hindu–Arab system first devised by 2 Hindus in...

Diana’s Quiz – July 2, 2016

Who invented our number system?  Name a people who are relatives of the Innu.  What is Eleanor’s surname in a Beatles song?  What...

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...
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