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EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton Place

Second Annual EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton...

An Almonte baby boom

Springtime is often busy in the Almonte...

Brenda Edgerton — obituary

Edgerton, Brenda Pauline Brenda passed peacefully after fighting a...

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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 13, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  The V2 rocket built by a team under the German Werner von Braun is considered to have launched the space age in 1942.  It was responsible...

Diana’s Quiz – April 13, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  What device in effect launched the Space Age? 2.  What is the Book of Kells? 3.  Movie actor Tom Conway was the brother of which other movie star? 4. ...

Diana’s Quiz – April 6, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  What is Havana Syndrome? 2.  What is the kelvin? 3.  What is the spice mace made from? 4.  Which Canadian-born movie actress and singer made her first movie with...
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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...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 14, 2013

 1.  David Ben Gurion was the first prime minister of Israel. 2.  Louis Riel was hanged in Regina, on November 16, 1885. 3. The six wives of...

Diana’s Quiz – September 14, 2013

1.  Who was the first prime minister of Israel? 2.  Where was Louis Riel hanged? 3. The first 2 of the six wives of Henry VIII...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – September 7, 2013

 1.  DERP means ''a reply to stupid comment or action" in this computer age. 2.  King George the First of England took in a so-called...

Diana’s Quiz – September 7, 2013

1.  What is a DERP? 2.  Which British king kept a person as a pet? 3. What is an ''anabaptist"? 4.  How would one describe bamboo? 5.  What...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 31, 2013

 1. Uther Pendragon was the father of King Arthur of Camelot. 2. Mahatma Gandhi, the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism during the Raj, preached passive resistance. 3  Transuranic elements are...

Diana’s Quiz – August 31, 2013

1.  Who was Uther Pendragon? 2.  Who preached ''passive resistance" as a peaceful method of protest? 3.  What are transuranic elements? 4.  What is remarkable about the...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 24, 2013

1. Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett, was described in part, by Irish drama critic Vivian Mercier, as a two-act play in which nothing happens...

Diana’s Quiz – August 24, 2013

1.  What drama was once described by a critic as ''a play in which nothing happens, twice''? 2.  What is motocross? 3.  Who is Mark Breslin? 4. What is...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 17, 2013

1.  Al-Qaeda was created in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1998-1989 by Osama bin Laden.  The literal translation of the word is ''the basis'' or ''the...
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