Rhode Island Trivia

1. Where does Rhode Island rank among the states as to population?

From Quiz Outline of Rhode Island

Answer: 44

The state had 1,005,984 people, according to the 1990 census, as compared to 947,154 people in 1980. In 2018, the population was over one million.

From Quiz Rhode Island--The Ocean State

Answer: Little Rhody

Rhode Island is the smallest of the fifty states.

From Quiz Little Known Rhode Island Facts

Answer: Foster

It spans the Hemlock Brook.

From Quiz All About Rhode Island

Answer: Providence

Providence, RI. A key state capitals question.

From Quiz Outline of Rhode Island

Answer: Thomas Bray

It was established in Newport in 1700. Roger Williams founded the city of Providence in 1636. Nehemiah and Seril Dodge began America's jewelry industry.

From Quiz Little Known Rhode Island Facts

Answer: Adrian Block

Adrian Block, a Dutch explorer landed on the island in 1641.

From Quiz All About Rhode Island

Answer: Roger Williams

If you want info, here it comes. Roger Williams, in 1636, founded the first settlement. He was a minister banished from Massachusetts. Daniel Shays started a rebellion stopped by the army after the Revolution. John Smith was at the Jamestown colony, and William Penn founded the Quaker establishment in the colony of Pennsylvania, named after you-know-who.

From Quiz Rhode Island Is Neither a Road Nor an Island

Answer: 3

Rhode Island borders with Massachusetts to the east and north. It also has a land border with Connecticut to the west. And the tricky part to this question is that it also has a water border with New York to the south west. Long Island, which stretches into the Atlantic Ocean and is the part of New York which has a border with Rhode Island, is an island and it's bigger than Rhode Island!

From Quiz Outline of Rhode Island

Answer: The Redwood Library and Athenaeum

It was founded in Newport in 1747. Modern-day Rhode Island has approximately 45 public libraries, 18 university and college libraries and 50 special libraries.

From Quiz Rhode Island--The Ocean State

Answer: Hope

In spite of economic and social problems facing the state, Rhode Islanders still have hope.

From Quiz Little Known Rhode Island Facts

Answer: William Strickland

Built in 1863, it is the 4th oldest private library in America.

From Quiz All About Rhode Island

Answer: The Industrial Revolution & Industrial Revolution

Initiated by Slater's mill, the Industrial Revolution swept the nation, much as it had swept the Old World not long before.It inspired Americans into new, more inventive ways of doing things.

From Quiz Outline of Rhode Island

Answer: Jerimoth Hill

Jerimoth Hill is 812 feet tall. There are no mountains in Rhode Island.

From Quiz Rhode Island--The Ocean State

Answer: Cumberlandite

Cumberlandite, a dark brown or black rock with white markings, is found on both sides of the southern part of Narragensett Bay.

From Quiz Little Known Rhode Island Facts

Answer: Providence

From Quiz All About Rhode Island

Answer: Massachusetts protestants

While the other three followed, protestants founded the colony.

From Quiz Rhode Island Is Neither a Road Nor an Island

Answer: Jamestown Bridge

The (Old) Jamestown Bridge was a cantilever truss bridge (supported on only one end with the cantilever supports projected horizontally) and was first constructed in 1939. The bridge was considered to be unsafe with only two undivided lanes and was slippery when wet. The bridge was closed in 1992 after the new, replacement Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge was opened. The Old Jamestown Bridge was destroyed in a controlled demolition in April 2006.

From Quiz Outline of Rhode Island

Answer: Narragansett Bay

Rhode Island's general costline is 40 miles long. Narragansett Bay stretches 28 miles inland. Aquidneck Bay is not a real bay. The island of Aquidneck was officially named Rhode Island in 1644.

From Quiz Rhode Island--The Ocean State

Answer: Bowenite

Bowenite, found in northern Rhode Island, is named for George Bowen, the geoligist who discovered it.

From Quiz Little Known Rhode Island Facts

Answer: Nibbles Woodaway

It's the only giant insect that is actually 'hurricane proof'!

From Quiz Rhode Island Is Neither a Road Nor an Island

Answer: He was forced out of Massachusetts and sought a land of religious freedom

Roger Williams left England and arrived in Boston in 1631. He believed, however, in separatism, freedom of religion and separation of church and state, and he declared that the Church of England was corrupt. After many hearings before the General Court in Boston for "dangerous opinions", he was banished from Massachusetts. When he got his land in Rhode Island, he had officially founded the first place in modern history where the church and state were separated and there was freedom in religious beliefs.

From Quiz Rhode Island--The Ocean State

Answer: Quahog

Native Americans used this clam shell for money. Quahogs are now used to make quahog chowder.

From Quiz Little Known Rhode Island Facts

Answer: Nicholas Ball

From Quiz All About Rhode Island

Answer: 1,000,000

Imagine if California's population was this dense. Better yet, if Alaska was this crowded. These states would have around 50 to 100 million people. It's a good thing Alaska isn't this crowded.

From Quiz Rhode Island Is Neither a Road Nor an Island

Answer: I-95

The Interstate-95 is the longest north-south highway of the Interstate Highway System and serves the East coast of the United States. It first started in 1957.

From Quiz Outline of Rhode Island

Answer: 104 degrees Fahrenheit

Rhode Island's record high temperature of 104 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded at Providence on August 2, 1975. The state's lowest temperature of -23 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded at Kingston on January 11, 1942.

From Quiz Little Known Rhode Island Facts

Answer: 1872

The petition stated that vessels passing were, 'exposed to as much danger as at almost any other place on the entire U.S. coast'.

From Quiz All About Rhode Island

Answer: 1764

From Quiz Rhode Island Is Neither a Road Nor an Island

Answer: The Ocean State

Rhode Island's official nickname is The Ocean State, and it has a second accepted nickname of Little Rhody. It is called the Ocean State since water does account for 14% of the state's total area. The Ocean's Playground is a derivation of the nickname of Nova Scotia: Canada's Ocean Playground. Arcadia of the Atlantic was made up; I derived it from one of Hawaii's nicknames: Paradise of the Pacific.

From Quiz Outline of Rhode Island

Answer: Lobster

Rhode Island's annual fish catch is worth about $85 million. The catch consists of varieties of fish, mollusks and shellfish. Other valuable catches, besides lobster, include anglerfish, clams, cod, flounder, scup, squid, whiting and yellowfish.

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