Q 01/05

Who founded Providence in 1636?

A) Roger Williams

B) William Penn

C) John Winthrop

D) Anne Hutchinson

Answer · why

A) Roger Williams

Roger Williams bought the land from the local sachems rather than claim it under a royal charter, and offered it as a shelter for people persecuted fo...

Q 02/05

Which greeting, called out to Providence's founder as he landed in 1636, became the city's motto?

A) Well Met

B) What Cheer

C) Good Morrow

D) God Save You

Answer · why

B) What Cheer

What Cheer comes from 'What cheer, netop?' (netop meaning friend), the hail said to have met him at Slate Rock, which city workers accidentally demoli...

Q 03/05

Providence sits at the head of which bay?

A) Buzzards Bay

B) Cape Cod Bay

C) Narragansett Bay

D) Casco Bay

Answer · why

C) Narragansett Bay

Narragansett Bay made an inland town a seaport: from a wharf built in 1680, Providence merchants joined the triangular trade in molasses, rum and ensl...

Q 04/05

Besides Boston, which New England city topped Providence in the 2020 census?

A) Hartford

B) Springfield

C) Bridgeport

D) Worcester

Answer · why

D) Worcester

Worcester counted 206,518 residents to Providence's 190,934 in 2020, yet at the 2000 census Providence had still been ahead, by fewer than a thousand ...

Q 05/05

Which animated sitcom, created by a Rhode Island School of Design graduate, draws Providence's skyline behind its main characters' home?

A) Family Guy

B) The Simpsons

C) Bob's Burgers

D) King of the Hill

Answer · why

A) Family Guy

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane studied at RISD in Providence, so he set the show in a fictional Rhode Island town, Quahog, and drew three real dow...