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‘Coldest Night of the Year’ February 22: Ending Youth Homelessness in Lanark County

Coldest Night of the Year!! February 22nd, at...

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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – February 15, 2025

by Diana Filer 1.  Finland has again been...

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Diana’s Quiz – February 15, 2025

by Diana Filer 1.  What has again been given the title of The World's Happiest Country by the World Happiness Report? 2.  What is micrographia? 3.  What is the 3 Minute Thesis? 4. ...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – February 8, 2025

by Diana Filer 1.  A metaphor to describe our people is the Canadian Mosaic. 2.  A Silver Y is a migratory moth. 3.  The next Winter Olympics are to be held in...

Diana’s Quiz – February 8, 2025

by Diana Filer 1.  Just as a melting pot is used as an image for Americans, what the metaphor for Canadians? 2.  What is a Silver Y? 3.  Where and when will...
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Diana’s Quiz – 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

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

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...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – January 26, 2013

San Simeon is the name of William Randolph Hearst's castle. T. S.Eliot was the poet whose work inspired the musical ''Cats". Linden MacIntyre, a host of...

Diana’s Quiz – January 26, 2013

1.  What is the name of press baron William Randolph Hearst's California castle? 2.  The work of which poet inspired the musical ''Cats''? 3.  Which CBC...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, January 19, 2013

Answers: 1.  Kivalliq is an administrative region of Nunavut.  It is the major part of the region known as Keewatin in the former Northwest Territories, and...

Diana’s Quiz – January 19, 2013

1.  What is Kivalliq? 2.  Which part of the human body is the least sensitive to touch? 3.  Which Canadian-born writer was awarded the Pulitzer Prize...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, January 12, 2013

1.  Gilead, the current day Jalad, is a mountainous region in Jordan.  It means ''hill of witness''. 2.   One day;  Twelfth Night occurs on January 5th...

Diana’s Quiz, January 12, 2013

1.  Where is Gilead? 2.  What is the difference between Twelfth Night and Epiphany? 3.  What is the Code of Hammurabi? 4.  Who is Canada's Minister of...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, January 5, 2013

 A 3 dog night is one so cold that it helps to have 3 dogs bundling in bed with you to keep warm.  Some...

Diana’s Quiz January 5, 2013

Where did the expression 3 Dog Night originate? What is a byte? What is a dormin? When, if ever, did Niagara Falls freeze over completely? Who invented scissors?

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, December 29, 2012

1. In Scotland, if the first person to enter the house on New Year's day is a dark, young and good-looking male, this indicates a...

Diana’s Quiz – December 29, 2012

1.  What well-known New Year's tradition involves a good-looking young dark-haired man? 2.  What are the New Year's traditions in Japan? 3.  According to the Chinese...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, December 22, 2012

St Nicholas - Father Christmas - was born in Demre (Myra) Turkey Chris Hadfield Christmas pudding originate in an old Celtic dish called ''frumenty'', a spiced...
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