Trivia
1: Q: Newport’s Redwood Library Appears to be made of stone, but it is actually made of what material?
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2: Q: What Rhode Island native played in five consecutive AFC Championships and two Super Bowls?
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3: Q: Richard Gere is currently shooting a movie in Bristol. What 1974 movie was also shot in Bristol?
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4: Q: The wooden tower at the corner of Tower Hill Road and Route 138 in South Kingston was built for what purpose?
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5: Q: Name the Newport Mansion that celebrates Christmas with un-decked halls to show what a mansion really would have looked like in winter.
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6: Q: Name the 3000 pound Rhode Island statue that was recently moved from its site in order to be repainted?
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7: Q: The International Yacht Restoration School of Newport is currently restoring a yacht thought to be the oldest, largest, and most original grand yacht in the world. What is its name?
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8: Q: Name the three United States towns named after the traditional main course.
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9: Q: Which 1993 movie feature characters such as Max, Dani and Allison?
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10: Q: Name the Providence native who composed the theme song for the film “Rocky”? (Gonna Fly Now)
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11: Q: What statue was recently discovered to be missing some fingers and a thumb?
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12: Q: Poe Street in Providence intersects with what street that was named after Edgar Allen Poe’s betrothed?
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13: Q: When the Mt. Hope Bridge opened in 1929, what was the the toll?
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14: Q: There are two small islands in Narragansett Bay whose names are opposites. What are they called?
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15: Q: In Cumberland, what natural feature is known as “Mollie’s Bed-room”?
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16: Q: New England’s oldest Masonic Temple in Warren was built in the 18th century with timbers from what distinctive source?
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17: Q: In honor of the 4th of July, the question is: What is a vexillologist?
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18: Q: What family owned 6th generation business produces both surgical suture thread and world-class tennis racket strings?
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19: Q: Name the village in which the Historic Kenyon Grist Mill is located?
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20: Q: Name Rhode Island’s official State Bird, State Tree and State Flower?
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21: Q: Before South County was officially named Washington County, what was it called?
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22: Q: What character from the long-running sitcom Cheers was supposed to have grown up on Federal Hill?
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23: Q: Before it was the Avon, the theater on Thayer Street in Providence had a different name, what was it?
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24: Q: Name the Inn located on Benefit Street in Providence whose guests included George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
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25: Q: On April Fool’s Day 1986, Carolyn Fox, WHJY Disc Jockey made what announcement that threw the City of Providence into a tailspin?
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26: Q: Name the professional football team that was based in Providence from 1925 to 1931.
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27: Q: Rhode Islanders were the firsts to take military action against England by sinking one of her ships in the Narragansett Bay located between Newport and Providence. Name the Ship.
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28: Q: Cumberlandite, which you all know is Rhode Island’s state rock, has an unusual quality. What is it?
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29: Q: What is the only other state besides Rhode Island, which also has a town named Woonsocket?
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30: Q: The character Gladys Ormsby of TV’s Laugh-In fame was played by what native of Westerly?
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31: Q: What 19th century piece of Woonsocket folk art sold for 1.2 million in 2006?
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32: Q: America’s first oval auto race track was located in what Rhode
Island city?
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33: Q: What lake on the Alton Jones campus in West Greenwich is named after
a U.S. president?
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34: Q: In 1917, a Providence toy company began making authentic replicas of American antique houses and furniture. What was the name of this company?
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35: Q: Which home is #1 on the Top 10 list for most-visited Historic Home in the United States?
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36: Q: The Atlantic House hotel in Newport converted its dining room into what? Becoming the first of its kind in America, open to the public.
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37: Q: Name the 2 Rhode Island dairy farms that raise their own cows.
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38: Q: In 1900, Providence boasted the largest tool, file, engine, screw, and silver factories in the world: Name 2 of these companies.
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39: Q: What is the name of the elephant for whom Elephant Day in Chepachet
is celebrated?
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40: Q: What four route numbers cross the Washington Bridge in Providence?
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41: Q: Which country consumes the most turkey per year per capita?
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42: Q: Lands End Mansion on Cliff Walk in Newport was once the home of
what Pulitzer Prize-winning author?
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43: Q: What is the scientific name for the Fear of Halloween?
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44: Q: What Jack Nicholson film was to have been shot in Little Compton, but was moved to Cohasset, MA. when residents voted it down?
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45: Q: How old was Buddy Cianci when he was first elected Mayor of Providence?
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46: Q: Where in Rhode Island will you find both a Museum of Natural History and Planetarium?
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