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SOUTH COUNTY TRIVIA

12:21 AM EDT on Thursday, May 8, 2008

Claudine Schneider celebrates victory on election day in November 1982.


THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL / WILLIAM K. DABY

1. Claudine Schneider, of Narragansett, defeated Edward Beard in 1980 to become Rhode Island’s first woman elected to Congress. She won by this many votes:

a) 9,316

b) 12,054

c) 22,087

d) 15,001

2. The Brown-URI football series began in 1909, but URI did not manage to score a touchdown until:

a) 1915

b) 1920

c) 1916

d) 1929

3. The late R. Livingston Kelley was a Providence banker and philanthropist, and a South County resident. He made a substantial gift called “Kelgrant” — extensive lands in North Kingstown — to this organization:

a) Girl Scouts

b) Boy Scouts

c) YWCA

d) YMCA

ANSWERS :

1 — c

2 — d

3 — b

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