Q 01/05

Rhode Island is the smallest state; which state is second smallest by area?

A) Delaware

B) Connecticut

C) New Jersey

D) Hawaii

Answer · why

A) Delaware

Delaware covers about 2,490 square miles, making it second smallest; Rhode Island totals just 1,545, and roughly a third of that is water.

Q 02/05

Which animated sitcom is set in a fictional Rhode Island town full of real Providence landmarks?

A) Family Guy

B) American Dad!

C) The Cleveland Show

D) Bob's Burgers

Answer · why

A) Family Guy

Family Guy was dreamed up in 1995 while Seth MacFarlane was studying animation at the Rhode Island School of Design, which is why the Griffins' hometo...

Q 03/05

What single word is Rhode Island's official state motto?

A) Hope

B) Liberty

C) Unity

D) Virtue

Answer · why

A) Hope

Hope is fixed in state law as the motto and sits on the state seal; the word is thought to echo a verse in the biblical Letter to the Hebrews.

Q 04/05

What flower was officially adopted as Rhode Island's state flower in 1968?

A) Violet

B) Rose

C) Sunflower

D) Daisy

Answer · why

A) Violet

The violet had been voted in by schoolchildren back in 1897, but the state did not make it official until 1968, the last state in the country to adopt...

Q 05/05

What tree is recognized as Rhode Island's official state tree?

A) White Oak

B) Eastern White Pine

C) Red Maple

D) Paper Birch

Answer · why

C) Red Maple

Red Maple won a vote of Rhode Island's schoolchildren in the 1890s, but the state took until 1964 to make the choice official.