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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 – 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,...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – May 7, 2016

Damascus in Syria is currently the world’s least liveable city. This year’s Invictus Games are being held in Orlando, Florida. NASA is the acronym for the...

Diana’s Quiz – May 7, 2016

What is described as the world’s least liveable city? Where are this year’s Invictus Games being held? What does the acronym NASA stand for? What is the...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 30, 2016

Tor is a free online software enabling anonymous communication.  The letters TOR stand for 'the onion router’. Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice.  Vanilla...

Diana’s Quiz – April 30, 2016

What is the Tor Network? What is the world’s most expensive spice? What does KPMG stand for? What is the capital of Malawi? Who is the author of...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 23, 2016

In 1497, Savonarola, a Dominican priest, started what became known annually as the Bonfire of the Vanities during a time which would normally be...

Diana’s Quiz – April 23, 2016

What is the origin of the phrase, ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’? After Majorca, Ibiza and Minorca, what is the next largest Balearic Island? What is W-18? What...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 16, 2016

A jingle horse is a derogatory term for a reindeer. Tammy Cunnington broke the world women’s 50 meter paralympic breast stroke record this month. Lucy Maud...

Diana’s Quiz – April 16, 2016

What is a jingle horse? Who is Tammy Cunnington? Who wrote Anne of Green Gables? Who speaks Plautdietsch? What is terroir in agriculture?

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 9, 2016

Cambodia has stated that tigers are functionally extinct.  Merle Haggard died this last week.  Vancouver will have a Trump International Hotel and Tower this summer.  It is...

Diana’s Quiz – April 9, 2016

Which country has recently declared tigers to be ‘functionally extinct’? Who is the country and Western singer who died this last week? In which Canadian city...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 2, 2016

The lab instrument is the pipette. The accent placed over some Spanish ‘n’s is the tilde. Raynaud’s syndrome, or phenomenon, or disease, is a condition that...

Diana’s Quiz – April 2, 2016

What is a laboratory instrument for measuring and transferring small amounts of liquid? What is the accent placed over  some ‘n’s in the Spanish language? What...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – March 26, 2016

The Red Admiral was originally the Red Admirable.  William Horkins has been the presiding judge in the Jian Ghomeshi trial.  Bechamel sauce is a white sauce...
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