Quiz
Have a go at our quizzes - test your knowledge.
Online quizzes
QUIZ: Parihaka - The Canterbury Connection
Explore facts relating to the invasion of Parihaka, commemorated on 5 November every year, and Canterbury connections to this event.
QUIZ: Active Heritage - Sports, Recreation and Leisure
Test your knowledge of local sporting and leisure facts of an bygone era in our active heritage quiz.
QUIZ: Spring
Ah, spring – the season of pretty flowers and blossom, baby animals and sometimes extreme weather!
QUIZ: Chinese in Aotearoa New Zealand
This month's quiz highlights the history of Chinese people in Aotearoa New Zealand.
QUIZ: School holidays
Test yourself on some education and schooling facts in time for school holidays.
Quiz: On the road
Some local history questions about road safety, transport, and traffic.
QUIZ: Business
It's business time! Try our local history quiz focused on business and industry.
QUIZ: An Aotearoa/ New Zealand autumn
Test yourself with questions about March, April, May and autumn in general.
QUIZ: What's in a name?
What's in a name? Quite a lot! Explore interesting and unusual facts about placenames in Canterbury and test your knowledge.
QUIZ: A Christchurch summertime
Explore interesting and unusual facts about summers past and present in Canterbury!
QUIZ: Xth British Commonwealth Games, 1974
How much do you remember about the 1974 Commonwealth Games? Test your sporting knowledge with our online quiz.
QUIZ: The Twelve (slightly tenuous) Days of Christmas
Work your way through the 12 local history questions of this quiz loosely based on the famous Christmas song.
QUIZ: It's Show time
How much do you know about the history of The Show?
QUIZ: Christchurch Heritage
The Christchurch Heritage Festival is on 6 to 23 October. Test your knowledge about city heritage treasures, past and present.
QUIZ: Women's suffrage
Aotearoa gave women the right to vote in 1893. To commemorate this historic event, test your knowledge with our voting rights quiz!
QUIZ: Canterbury's 19th century settlers
Fun facts and frivolities of the forgotten forty-niners (plus a 50 or two) from books and newspapers in the Library collection.
