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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

by Edith Cody-Rice On Saturday August 1, the...

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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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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...

Diana’s Quiz – June 28, 2014

1.  What were Scylla and Charybdis? 2.  Frederick’s of Hollywood is an old label.  For what? 3.  What tree has three colours in its leaves? 4.  In...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – June 21, 2014

 Elected last month, Hassan Yussuff is the President of the Canadian Labour Congress.  Sima is the lowest layer of the earth’s crust.  It is sometimes...

Diana’s Quiz – June 21, 2014

Who is the president of the Canadian Labour Congress? What is sima?  What does VAIO mean?  What is ichor?  Who is Luci Li?  

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – June 14, 2014

Two thirds of the caviar eaten in the world is consumed on the QE2. Tennessee Williams choked to death on a bottle cap in 1983.  The...

Diana’s Quiz – June 14, 2014

Two-thirds of what food is consumed on the QE2? What was the cause of death of American playwright Tennessee Williams? The Russian dandelion is being tested...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – June 7, 2014

The word ‘Kobo’ is an anagram for ‘book’.  A barn in particle (and nuclear) physics is a unit of cross-section, equal to 10-28 m 2,...

Diana’s Quiz – June 7, 2014

Why is one of the e-readers called a Kobo? In particle physics, how big is a barn? What is the wind speed of the fastest hurricane? What...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – May 31, 2014

 The filament of Edison’s first patented light bulb was made of bamboo.  The Onyx is the only river in Antarctica. Frank Sinatra biggest regret regarding movie...
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