Narragansett
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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