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Diana’s Quiz – September 19, 2026

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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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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – June 08, 2013

Toronto-born Sydney Newman created Dr Who in 1963 while he was Head of BBC TV Drama.  As well, he is credited with developing The Avengers.  His...

Diana’s Quiz – June 8, 2013

Who was the creator of Dr Who? According to Greek mythology, what 3 animals comprise a chimera? What is a natural source of anthrax? Who was the...

Diana’s Quiz – June 1, 2013

What was Mercutio's dying curse in 'Romeo and Juliet?' Who composed the Yellow River Concerto? Give an example of a polyomino. Who was Marc-Aurèle du Foy Suzor-Coté? Who...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – June 1, 2013

Mercutio's dying curse was "A plague o(n) both your houses''. The Yellow River Concerto was composed by the 'Yellow River Composers' Committee' of at least...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – May 25, 2013

Chocolate as a drink we would recognize originated with the Mayan culture Elizabeth II said that she was going home to Canada tomorrow at the end...

Diana’s Quiz – May 25, 2013

In which culture did chocolate as a drink originate? Who said, on leaving California for British Columbia, ''I am going home to Canada tomorrow''? Name at...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – May 18, 2013

Emil Zatopek was named the best runner of all time by Runners' World on February 28 of this year.  It had been a very long and...

Diana’s Quiz, May 18, 2013

What athlete did Runners' World magazine name the greatest runner of all time? Which New World explorer sailed from ''the seaport of St Malo on...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – May 11, 2013

Lord Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, was the author of 'The Thirty-nine Steps'. East St Louis, Illinois, is the site of a huge pyramid, Monk Mound.  It is...

Diana’s Quiz – May 11, 2013

Which Governor General of Canada was also an internationally famous novelist?  In which area of North America have ancient pyramids been discovered?  What is the name...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – May 4, 2013

1.  A heldentenor, German for ''hero tenor'' is one who is able to sing above the volume of a full orchestra. 2.  Jules Leotard, a...

Diana’s Quiz- May 4, 2013

1.  What is a heldentenor? 2.  What is the origin of the word ''leotard''? 3.  Devil's apron and purple laver are types of what? 4.  Who wrote...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 27, 2013

 1.  Beltane is May Day, May 1, or the Wiccan festival held on that date. 2.  King George V appointed the Canadian delegate to the...

Diana’s Quiz – April 27, 2013

1. What is Beltane? 2.  Who appointed Canada's first foreign representatives? 3.  What does ''bb'' stand for in a bb gun? 4.  Who coined the term Generation...
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