QUIZ: First World War

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Quiz: First World War

Test your knowledge of New Zealand’s involvement in the First World War I ahead of Anzac Day commemorations on 25 April.

The Canterbury Mounted Rifles regiment acquired horses through two different means. The first was for soldiers to enlist with their own horse, while the second was to allocate men a horse from the stock the army purchased. What was one of these purchased horses known as?
How many soldiers belonging to the Canterbury Infantry Regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross for services during World War I?
Tūranga’s Research Collection holds a 1916 book that featured personal stories and humorous cartoons relating to New Zealand’s involvement in the war. What is the title?
Several Christchurch streets are named after people or places linked to World War I, with Anzac Drive in the east of the city being the most recognisable. Somme Street was also named after an event in the war, the 1916 Battle of the Somme in France. Which suburb can the street be found in today?
During the war, Christchurch’s well-known sporting facility Lancaster Park was sown with what vegetable?
The Sun newspaper published an article on 3 August 1914 that noted the outbreak of the war was giving Christchurch residents what?
The Nurses Memorial Chapel is the only chapel in the world that is dedicated to the memory of nurses who died in World War I. Which Ōtautahi hospital site houses the chapel?
Christchurch City Libraries Archive 927 contains letters written by which Canterbury soldier (hint: try using Christchurch ArchivesSpace to figure it out)?
A red chevron patch on a soldier’s New Zealand army uniform sleeve indicated what?
Hohepa Teihoka of Kaiapoi joined the Māori Pioneer Battalion before departing New Zealand in which year?
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