QUIZ: A warm and wintery quiz

Quiz: Warm and wintery

This June we look back at events and all things warm or wintery in Ōtautahi/ Christchurch.
Which of these events happened on 1 June 1862 in Ōtautahi/ Christchurch?
We can keep warm by using cookbooks from the library to cook something warm and delicious. At what dewey numbers would you find cookbooks on pies and cookbooks on soups?
Ice skating in Christchurch had its beginnings at the Centaurus Road Ice Rink in Cashmere. What year did this facility close?
Which of these coal range manufacturers/brand was Christchurch based?
What gifts from the people of Christchurch did Robert Falcon Scott write letters of thanks to the Town Clerk about? (The Letters have been digitized and are held by Christchurch City Libraries)
What website, created by Christchurch City Libraries in 1981, can you use to find ski clubs in Canterbury?
There is occasionally some snowfall in winter in Ōtautahi/ Christchurch but what year's snowfall came to be known as “the big snow”?
Christchurch City Libraries runs a number of courses and activities to keep you warm and busy this winter. From our website, what knitting events could you join?
Explorers Scott and Amundsen raced to reach the South Pole. Where is Captain Scott’s statue located in Ōtautahi and what was the date of its original unveiling?
Ōtautahi/Christchurch is the gateway to the Antarctic. Our Antarctic connection began in 1955 with Operation Deep Freeze when US aircraft flew to McMurdo Station. Archives relating to Operation Deep Freeze at Christchurch City Libraries relate to which Task Force?
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