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Diana’s Quiz – September 19, 2026

by Diana Filer 1. From which schools did ...

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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 – April 20 – 2013

1.  Sao Paulo, Brazil, is the southern hemisphere's largest and most populous city. 2.  Leonard Lee, who recently spoke at a Civitan Hall community meeting....

Diana’s Quiz – April 20, 2013

1.  What is the largest city in the southern hemisphere?  2.  Who is one of the founders of Lee Valley Tools? 3.  How did Buddhism spread...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 13, 2013

1.  The Rubicon River is a small stream (about 80 km long) in the Emilia Romagna region of northeastern Italy.  It was instrumental in...

Diana’s Quiz – April 13, 2013

Where is the Rubicon? How did the hipster burn his tongue? Pogonology is the study of what? Which measure is larger, a Jeroboam or a Methuselah? Which element has the...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 6, 2013

1.  The first oil well in North America was dug in Oil Springs, Ontario, in 1858, a full year before the first one in...

Diana’s Quiz – April 6, 2013

Where was the first oil well dug in North America? What is peculium?  Who is the current secretary-general of the United Nations? Name 3 members of the Canadian...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz March 30, 2013

The Kremlin in Moscow lies within a walled city. The last book of the Old Testament is Malachi The Last Supper is a fresco painted on...

Diana’s Quiz March 30, 2013

 What other seat of power in the modern world lies completely surrounded by walls         besides the Vatican City? What is the name of...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – March 23, 2013

1. Coffee beans originated in Ethiopia, and were first exported to Yemen for use as a drink.  The word coffee is a short version...

Diana’s Quiz – March 23, 2013

In which country did coffee originate? What company is now produces the greatest number of smartphones, having overtaken Apple? What are the only recognized legal entities? Who invented...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz – March 16, 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

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

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

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...
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