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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – March 23 2024

ANSWERS 1.  Don Flett, Conservative from Manitoba, is the Canadian Senate's Leader of the Opposition. 2.  The Cohiba is reputed to be the world's finest cigar. 3.  The Land God Gave to...

Diana’s Quiz – March 23 2024

QUESTIONS 1.  Who is the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate? 2.  What is known to be the world's finest cigar brand? 3.  Where is "The Land God Gave to...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – March 16, 2024

ANSWERS 1.  'Mush' is the 'anglicization' of 'Marche', the French command the dogsled drivers use(d) to get the team moving. 2.  The capital city of Croatia is Zagreb. 3.  'This is the...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – November 2, 2013

1.  The beak of the Darwin’s Finch of the Galapagos Islands can change shape, the change thus also affecting the songs it sings. 2.  Cochineal...

Diana’s Quiz – November 2, 2013

1.  Which bird’s beak changes shape depending on the supply of food and season? 2.  Where does the red dye cochineal come from? 3.  Which Scottish...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 26, 2013

1.  The famous white flower garden at Sissinghurst Castle was created so that Ms Sackville West’s sons could find their way to their quarters...

Diana’s Quiz – October 26, 2013

1.  Why did British novelist Vita Sackville West have only white blooms in one of her gardens at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent? 2.  To count...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 20, 2013

1. Cornel Wilde was Frederic Chopin in ‘A Song to Remember’.  The artist who played the piano for him in the movie was José...

Diana’s Quiz – October 20, 2013

1.  Who played Frederic Chopin in the movie, ‘A Song to Remember’? 2. What is ‘phubbing’? 3. What are jorts? 4. What company is the world’s leading...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 12, 2014

1.  Lake Country in Canada is on Okanagan Lake in British Columbia.  2. The Group of Seven was also referred to as the Algonquin School. 3. ...

Diana’s Quiz – October 12, 2013

1.  In which province is the municipality of Lake Country? 2.  What was the Group of Seven sometimes known as in the early days? 3.  Who was...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 5, 2013

 1.   Although an imprecise measurement to begin with, a hair’s breadth is now usually thought of as 1/48 of an inch. It is interesting that...

Diana’s Quiz – October 5, 2013

1.   How wide is a hair’s breadth? 2.   How many bones are there in the human wrist?. 3.   Where did the expression ‘’high falutin’’ originate? 4.   Who is the president of...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 28, 2013

1.   Tomography is imaging of sections of a body by a penetrating wave. A  CT scan is a shortened form of computerized tomography. 2.   Matins and compline...

Diana’s Quiz – September 28, 2013

1.   What is tomography? 2.   What are the first and last offices of the day in Catholic liturgy?  . 3.   Who is Nina Davuluri? 4.   How many countries are there in...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 21, 2013

 A rose of Sharon is a hibiscus flower. Mauna Kea in Hawaii rises, from its base on the sea floor, to a height of 33,480...

Diana’s Quiz – September 21, 2013

What kind of flower is a Rose of Sharon? What is the world’s highest mountain from base to peak? Egg tempera is a type of what? In...

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