QUIZ: Local people and places

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Quiz: Local people and places

Test your knowledge of local personalities and places of Ōtautahi Christchurch in our quiz. How many can you get right?

Which suburb was NOT named after a person?
Captain Lorraine, famed early balloonist gave a public hot air balloon demonstration on the 3 November 1899. The event did not go as planned and this resulted in Captain Lorraine losing his life. Which park did the balloon ascend from?
John Robert Godley, William S Moorhouse, William Rolleston and James Edward Fitzgerald all played an important role in administering the affairs of Christchurch during the colonial period. Each had a statue erected in their honour. Only one is poised in a sitting position. Who?
Who was the first 'Ice Cream Charlie'?
A cliché Christchurch question... what high school did award winning author Keri Hulme attend?
Christchurch writer Essie Summers sold more than 19 million copies of her romance novels over 105 countries. How many novels in total did she write?
Mary Ursula Bethell was at the centre of Christchurch's cultural and intellectual life in the early half of the twentieth century. Was she:
Why did Mabel Howard, first female Cabinet Minister for New Zealand, hold up women's bloomers in parliament?
Which early Canterbury photographer famously constructed a “portable darkroom” that was used for processing photographs?
John Britten is well known for his motorcycles. When the Britten bike set world speed and accelerations records in Canterbury in 1993, how fast was it going?
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