Quiz
Have a go at our quizzes - test your knowledge.
Online quizzes
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.
QUIZ: Water
Celebrate ‘Te Kātao a Matariki – the water stars of Matariki’, with our local history quiz based around all things watery!
QUIZ: Winter sports and snowy expeditions
Try your luck with our questions that dig into wintry activities and exploration in snowy conditions.
QUIZ: Sports and recreation
Test your knowledge of local sporting history and perhaps learn a few facts.
QUIZ: Easter and Anzac Day
Test your knowledge of Easter traditions, and Anzac history.
QUIZ: More parks and gardens
Christchurch isn't called the "Garden City" for nothing. Find out how much you know about our local parks and gardens with our quiz.
QUIZ: Food and drink
From flour mills to pavlovas, and cookbooks to whitebait - whet your appetite for local food knowledge with our online quiz.