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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 March 2, 2013

 Of which British dynasty was Richard III the last king? Which Canadian comedian was related to one of the co-creators of Superman? Who was actor Tommy...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, February 23 2013

Katherine Hepburn is still the record holder Oscar winner with 4, although Meryl Streep has had the most nominations, with 17, having won 3 Oscars. Rumpelstiltskin...

Diana’s Quiz February 23, 2013

 Who has won the most Academy Awards to date, man or woman? Which fairy tale character spun straw into gold? Who said ``we live in fictitious times...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, February 16, 2013

 Al Jolson cowrote the song Avalon with Buddy da Sylva and Vincent Rose, but the tune resembles the Tosca aria ''e lucevan le stelle"...

Diana’s Quiz – February 16, 2013

 What is the connection between Al Jolson and the Puccini opera Tosca? What was Mrs. Warren's Profession in the Shaw play of that title? In Greek...

Diana’s Quiz, February 9, 2013

St Valentine is the patron saint of love, engaged couples, happy marriages, beekeeping, epilepsy, fainting, plague, travellers  and young people. February 14, 269, is the...

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...
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