Rhode Island Quiz Questions
1. Rhode Island was the first of the original thirteen colonies to do what on May 4, 1776?
Answer: Declare independence from British rule.
2. Rhode Island was the last of the thirteen original colonies to ratify what?
Answer: The United States Constitution.
3. What is Rhode Island’s official nickname?
Answer: The Ocean State.
4. How many square miles of land area does Rhode Island have in square miles?
Answer: 1,045.
5. Among the US States, where does Rhode Island rank in size?
Answer: It is the smallest.
6. Where does Rhode Island rank as far as population density with the other states?
Answer: It’s the second most densely populated of the 50 states.
7. Rhode Island is bordered by what state to the west?
Answer: Connecticut.
8. Which US state borders Rhode Island to the north and east?
Answer: Massachusetts.
9. Of all the states, Rhode Island has the longest what?
Answer: Name. (State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
10. How long and wide is the state of Rhode Island?
Answer: 37 miles wide and 48 miles long.
11. What is Rhode Island’s highest point?
Answer: Jerimoth Hill, at 812 feet above sea level.
12. A rare type of rock found only in Rhode Island in the town of Cumberland, is known as what?
Answer: Cumberlandite.
13. Originally there were two known deposits of the mineral Cumberlandite , one of the deposits was extensively mined for its what?
Answer: Ferrous content.
14. What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Rhode Island?
Answer: 104 °F, in Providence on August 2, 1975.
15. What is the lowest recorded temperature in Rhode Island?
Answer: −23 °F, on February 5, 1996, in Greene.
16. Portsmouth was the site of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment which was the first African-American military unit, to fight for the U.S. in what battle?
Answer: Battle of Rhode Island of August 29, 1778.
17. Rhode Island was heavily involved in what kind of trade after the revolution?
Answer: The slave trade.
18. In 1774, the slave population of the state was nearly twice as high as any other what?
Answer: New England colony.
19. After the Revolution, Rhode Island merchants controlled what percent of the African slave trade?
Answer: Between 60% and 90%.
20. Teaming up with Samuel Slater, Moses Brown helped to create the second “what” in America?
Answer: Cotton mill.
21. For the Civil War, how many troops did Rhode Island provide to the war effort?
Answer: 25,236.
22. What institution was moved to Rhode Island temporarily during the war?
Answer: The United States Naval Academy.
23. In 1866, what did Rhode Island do in the public schools throughout the state?
Answer: Abolished racial segregation.
24. How many troops did Rhode Island provide during World War I?
Answer: 28,817.
25. In the 1920s and 1930s, Rhode Island saw a big increase in the membership of what group?
Answer: Ku Klux Klan.
26. In 2003, a fire in a nightclub in West Warwick took the lives of how many people?
Answer: Over a hundred.
27. What city is the capital of Rhode Island?
Answer: Providence.
28. The State of Rhode Island does not have an official residence for the what?
Answer: Governor.
29. Rhode Island had one of the best voter turnouts in America for the 2008 presidential election, with what percentage of turnout?
Answer: 83%.
30. Rhode Island is one of the 15 U.S. States that has abolished the what?
Answer: Death penalty.
31. In Rhode Island, until November 2009, the law made prostitution legal if it occurred where?
Answer: Indoors.
32. In 2011 Rhode Island was the third US state to allow the use of medical what?
Answer: Marijuana.
33. In Rhode Island, same-Sex Marriage became legal on what date?
Answer: May 2, 2013.
34. According to the U S Census Bureau the population of Rhode Island was what on July 1, 2013?
Answer: 1,051,511.
35. How many counties does Rhode Island have?
Answer: Five.
36. How many cities and towns are there in Rhode Island.
Answer: 39.
37. Where is Rhode Island ranked as far as energy efficiency compared with the other states?
Answer: It’s the 5th most energy efficient.
38. What industry is Rhode Island’s largest?
Answer: Health services.
39. What is Rhode Island’s primary airport for passenger and cargo transport?
Answer: T. F. Green Airport in Warwick.