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Proulx, Patrick Raymond Passed away suddenly on July...

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Answers to Diana’s Quiz, August 22 2026

ANSWERS Christine Fréchette is the 'Premier' or 'Premier Ministre' of Quebec since April 2026. Glamping is camping in a more comfortable way, which includes taking upgraded amenities and modern...

Diana’s Quiz, August 22 2026

QUESTIONS Who is the Premier of Quebec? What is 'glamping'? What is Hezbollah? After Greenland, what is the world's largest island? What are the names of the 'Gemini'—the Twins—of...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 14, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  The most popular breeds of dog are the Labrador Retriever, the French Bulldog and the. German Shepherd, along with the many mixed breeds. 2.  A pomander is...
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Diana’s Quiz August 16, 2014

What is a quarter horse?  What is giclée? Which Canadian journalist has declared himself a candidate for mayor of Vancouver in the upcoming November election?  To which...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 9, 2014

 Riding Mountain National Park is in Manitoba, sitting on the Manitoba Escarpment. Dr. Kay Scarpetta is the medical examiner heroine of the crime novels of...

Diana’s Quiz – August 9, 2014

Where is Riding Mountain National Park? The heroine of which crime writer is a medical examiner? What do Billie Holiday, Sophia Loren and Mae West have...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – August 2, 2014

 1.  Members of the Royal 22e Regiment, also known as the Van Doos (corruption of the French vingt-deux) performed at Buckingham Palace’s Changing of...

Diana’s Quiz – August 2, 2014

1.  Which Canadian regiment participated in the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace this month and why?  2.  Where  were the Danish West Indies?  3. ...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 26, 2014

 1.  Pinocchio is the subject of the bronze statue in Collodi, Italy, the village where the writer, Carlo Lorenzini, lived as a child.  Lorenzini...

Diana’s Quiz – July 26, 2014

1. There is a bronze monument in Collodi in Tuscany.  It is of which ‘story book’ and cartoon character? 2.  Which 1944 film, starring Robert Donat...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 19, 2014

  1. Coffitivity refers to a process which streams the ambient noise of a coffee shop to a desktop or other device to stimulate creativity.  2.  ...

Diana’s Quiz – July 19, 2014

 1.  What is coffitivity?  2.  Name 4 literary works with birds in their title.  3. What is the fastest growing international exchange medium in the world today?  4. ...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 12, 2014

1.  Howe Sound, British Columbia, is the southernmost fjord in North America.  2.  Assonance is the similarity or sameness of sound of vowels in a...

Diana’s Quiz – July 12, 2014

1.  Where is North America’s southernmost fjord? 2.  What is assonance? 3.  What is OCD? 4.  What are nekton? 5.  What is the oldest commercial logo in existence?

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 5, 2014

 1.  H J Heinz Co. will close its Leamington, Ontario plant, next year.  2.  Prince Charles has been the longest serving heir to the British...

Diana’s Quiz – July 5, 2014

1.  Which American food company recently announced that it will shut down its Ontario plant after over a century in operation, and where? 2.  For...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – June 28, 2014

1. To be between Scylla and Charybdis means to be between the devil and the deep blue sea.  Homer mentions them but later Greek mythology...
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