QUIZ: Christchurch Heritage Festival

The October quiz looks at our heritage as Ōtautahi/Christchurch celebrates the Christchurch Heritage Festival, opens a new window.

Here are some resources to help you answer this month's questions:

Christchurch Photo Hunts
Historic statues on Canterbury Stories and our website
Community sourced Canterbury Stories collections
The history of the demolished old central library
Cemetery plans
The Bricks site memorial
Discovery Wall
Ngaio Marsh
Ballantynes' Fire
Robert Falcon Scott statue

The first central library in Ōtautahi/Christchurch was run by by the Mechanics Institute in temporary premises in the then Town Hall on High Street. Which of the below streets has NOT hosted temporary libraries?

A: Tuam

B: Manchester

C: Peterborough

D: Kilmore

The Discovery Wall is a large interactive exhibition which allows several people to simultaneously explore images and stories of the history of the people and places of Ōtautahi/Christchurch. Which of the following is NOT true?

A: The permanent Discovery Wall at Tūranga, and the smaller, Mobile Discovery Wall can be used by anyone

B: Anyone can contribute images by going to discoverywall.nz and selecting “Contribute”

C: Uploaded images and comments are viewable by the general public immediately after submission

D: Images uploaded to the Discovery Wall will be included in canterburystories.nz which is the Christchurch City Libraries digital heritage repository website

In 1947 Ōtautahi/Christchurch witnessed the worst fire in New Zealand history. What was the name of the department store that was gutted by this tragedy?

A: J. Ballantyne & Co

B: Ballantynes

C: Ballantynes Department Store

D: K. & R. Ballantyne Company

Ōtautahi/Christchurch has 9 statues depicting people with historic connections to Ōtautahi/Christchurch. Which three survived the Canterbury Earthquakes intact?

A: The statues of James Cook, James Fitzgerald, John Robert Godley

B: The statues of William Moorhouse, Queen Victoria, and James Cook

C: The statues of William Rolleston, William Moorhouse, and James Fitzgerald

D: The statues of John Robert Godley, Robert Falcon Scott and Queen Victoria

What, and where in Ōtautahi/Christchurch, was “The Bricks”?

A: A brick making factory on the banks of the Heathcote River

B: A red-brick ‘drunk tank’ holding cell at the first central Police Station

C: A boat landing site up the Avon River

D: A small hotel built by Mr Bricks in Papanui

Canterburystories.nz is the Christchurch City Libraries digital heritage repository website, where users can create their own ‘collections’ of images. How many images are in the Cathy White Earthquake collection?

A: 210

B: 534

C: 346

D: 100

Which of the following statements about the Robert Falcon Scott statue are NOT correct?

A: The statue in Ōtautahi/Christchurch is a replica of a cast bronze statue in Englan

B: Robert Falcon Scott’s wife, Kathleen Scott, is the sculptor of this statue

C: The statue is carved from marble as there was a shortage of bronze due to WW1

D: The statue is positioned facing southward, symbolising the direction in which the expedition team travelled

On Canterbury Stories, Christchurch City Libraries has digitised maps of many of the large historic cemeteries in Ōtautahi/Christchurch. In the Barbadoes St Cemetery map area 1A, who is buried in plot 73 beside Tyson (number 72)?

A: Betts

B: Brice

C: Booth

D: Boggis

Christchurch City Libraries have been running an annual Photo Hunt since 2008. The Theme of the 2015 Photo Hunt was “Arrivals and Departures: the journeys that have shaped us”; what was the entry that was the overall winner for 2015?

A: Avonside Girls' High School Old Girls Tramping Club at the Sign of the Kiwi, late 1930s (from Ali Beken)

B: Wedding party leaving St Mary's Church, Merivale, 1910 (from Margaret Esplin)

C: School bus at Coopers Creek, Oxford, 1922 (from Dave Howell)

D: Kaye Neely from Wellington leaving from Christchurch Airport with an NAC air hostess, 1974 (from Jill Blacklock)

Internationally-renowned crime writer Dame Ngaio Marsh is one of Canterbury’s most famous authors. She was also a highly respected theatre director with the University of Canterbury Drama Society. What year did the University of Canterbury name a theatre after her?

A: 1987

B: 1967

C: 1982

D: 1975

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