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

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

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The Tunic Show at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

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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 — January 30

Answers Drake the rapper’s full name is Aubrey Drake Graham. The bird described in the Saturday question is a macaroni penguin. The lowermost part of a ship...

Diana’s Quiz — January 30

Questions What is Toronto-born rapper Drake’s first name? What is a species of penguin with a distinctive yellow crest that feeds mostly on krill and small...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 23

Answers to Diana's Quiz The world’s longest  suspension span is the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge in Japan from the island of Awaji to Kobe on Honshu, a...

Diana’s Quiz – January 23

Questions What is the world’s longest suspension bridge? In shipbuilding what are strakes? Who was Professor Cuthbert Calculus? What is the difference between an epiphyte and a parasite? Where...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 16, 2015

The word ‘Indian’ derives from the ancient Sanskrit term Sindhu, meaning river, specifically the Indus River. The commercial company that buys most explosives in the...

Diana’s Quiz – January 16, 2016

What is the origin of the word ‘Indian’? Which company in the USA is its  largest commercial purchaser of explosives? What is the name of Canada’s...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 9 2016

Answers Pistol in Shakespeare’s Henry V said that the king had a ‘heart of gold’, but he may not have meant it, as some of...

Diana’s Quiz – January 9 2016

Questions Who in literature was first described as having a ‘heart of gold’, and by whom? What is the name for a small iceberg that rises...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 1 2016

The price of a domestic Canadian stamp as of January 1st, 2016, is 90 cents.  As a measure of computer speed, a gigaflop is 1...

Diana’s Quiz – January 1 2016

Questions What is the cost of a domestic Canadian stamp (30 grams or less) as of today? What is a gigaflop? What is the word for a...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – December 26, 2015

Bandleader Guy Lombardo, who with his Royal Canadians, from the 1930s to the mid-1970s, regularly greeted the new year from New York ballrooms, said...

Diana’s Quiz – December 26, 2015

Which Canadian musician said, “When I go, I’m going to take New Year’s with me”? Where is the ‘rose-red city, half as old as time’? What...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – December 19, 2015

Putonghua is more commonly known as Mandarin. Pamela Wallin returned to the Senate this past week after being suspended two years ago over disputed expenses. The...

Diana’s Quiz – December 19, 2015

Putonghua is a language that is more commonly known as what?  Which senator has just gone back into the Senate after 2 years absence?  What is...
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