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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 – 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...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – December 12, 2015

The fourth Magus was Artaban.  The story seems to originate from a tale by Henry van Dyke. Blood diamonds, also called hot, converted, conflict or...

Diana’s Quiz- December 12, 2015

Who was ‘the other wise man’?  What are blood diamonds?  What are oronyms?  In the visible spectrum, what colour lies between blue and violet?  When and where was...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – December 5, 2015

 On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, leading to the entry of the USA into both European and Pacific theatres....

Diana’s Quiz – December 5, 2015

December 7th is the day in 1941 when what happened? Who said, ‘It is a great happiness to escape a religious education.’? In wine bottle measurement,...

Diana’s Quiz – November 28

Questions A part of which Canadian park is the only World Heritage site that is protected from ’ocean floor to mountaintop’? What is an intrapreneur? Which...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – November 21, 2015

Answers The Brayons are Francophone people from the Madawaska area of New Brunswick, mostly from in and around Edmundston.  They feel most closely related to...

Diana’s Quiz – November 21, 2015

Who are the Brayons? Cymatics is the study of what? What was the Women’s Social and Political Union more commonly known as? What kind of fish do...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – November 14, 2015

Wood turpentine is a distilled resin which comes from a variety of trees, mainly pines.  Canadian balsam is turpentine made from the resin of...

Diana’s Quiz – November 14, 2015

Questions What tree is the source of wood turpentine? What religious festival was celebrated this week? Who was the Canadian piper who won a Victoria Cross in...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – November 7, 2015

Jody Wilson-Raybould has been appointed Minister of Justice in the Canadian Government.  She is a member of the Kwakwaka’wakh nation of British Columbia. There are...

Diana’s Quiz – November 7, 2015

Who has been appointed the Minister of Justice in Justin Trudeau’s Canadian government? How many horses are there on a polo team? When was the word...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – October 31, 2015

 A turnip was another vegetable used in which to carve a jack o’lantern.  Shore power is the provision of electricity while a ship is in...

Diana’s Quiz – October 31, 2015

What other vegetable was traditionally used for jack o’lanterns in the 19th century where Hallowe’en was celebrated?  What is shore power?  Who is Katie Telford?  What is...
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