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Diana’s Quiz, September 7 2024

QUESTIONS 1. What is a bandicoot? 2. What was the Leviathan? 3. Who sculpted the statue of David in Florence, Italy? 4, How many indigenous languages are spoken in Canada? 5. How high is...

September 7, 2024

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, August 31 2024

ANSWERS The Province of Alberta is free of rats, meaning that there is no resident population. If rats do appear, they are isolated and eradicated through proven control methods. ...

Diana’s Quiz, August 31 2024

QUESTIONS What area of Canada is rat-free? What cooking staple was created in Canada? Which country is the world's biggest oil producer? Who were the flag bearers for Canada...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – March 16, 2013

March 18, 2013

St. Patrick was born in England around 420 CE, in the village of Bannavem of Taburnia, which has never been properly located, although it...

Diana’s Quiz – March 16, 2013

March 16, 2013

Where was St Patrick born? Where was the board game ''crokinole'' invented? Who is the premier of Alberta? What is the first opera to feature a libretto...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz March 9, 2013

March 11, 2013

The growing season in Almonte is about 150 days a year. The extreme southwest of British Columbia, e.g. Vancouver and environs in the only...

Diana’s Quiz March 9, 2013

March 9, 2013

How long is the growing season in Almonte? Which novel did Charles Dickens never finish? Where was the first modern day skyscraper built? What was/is unusual about...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz March 2, 2013

March 4, 2013

Richard III was the last Plantagenet king as well as the last king of the House of York. So far. Frank Shuster of Wayne and Shuster...

Diana’s Quiz March 2, 2013

March 2, 2013

Of which British dynasty was Richard III the last king? Which Canadian comedian was related to one of the co-creators of Superman? Who was actor Tommy...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, February 23 2013

February 25, 2013

Katherine Hepburn is still the record holder Oscar winner with 4, although Meryl Streep has had the most nominations, with 17, having won 3 Oscars. Rumpelstiltskin...

Diana’s Quiz February 23, 2013

February 23, 2013

Who has won the most Academy Awards to date, man or woman? Which fairy tale character spun straw into gold? Who said ``we live in fictitious times...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, February 16, 2013

February 18, 2013

Al Jolson cowrote the song Avalon with Buddy da Sylva and Vincent Rose, but the tune resembles the Tosca aria ''e lucevan le stelle"...

Diana’s Quiz – February 16, 2013

February 16, 2013

What is the connection between Al Jolson and the Puccini opera Tosca? What was Mrs. Warren's Profession in the Shaw play of that title? In Greek...

Diana’s Quiz, February 9, 2013

February 11, 2013

St Valentine is the patron saint of love, engaged couples, happy marriages, beekeeping, epilepsy, fainting, plague, travellers and young people. February 14, 269, is the...

Diana’s Quiz – February 9, 2013

February 9, 2013

Besides love, of what else is St Valentine the Patron Saint? Why is February 14th celebrated as St Valentine's Day? What are the 100 folds on a...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – February 2, 2013

February 3, 2013

Wiarton, Ontario, is the home of the original ''Wiarton Willie". Seth MacFarlane will host the Oscars this year. A slash on a bowling scoresheet indicates a...

Diana’s Quiz – February 2, 2013

February 2, 2013

For what town is Groundhog Willie named? Who will host this year's Academy Awards? What does a slash on a bowling scoresheet indicate? What does the Dewey...

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