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I’m always thrilled when Rhode Island makes an appearance on "Jeopardy!".
I was surprised this week to learn it happens a lot when Brian Amaral of the Boston Globe’s Rhode Island team explored it in their emailed Rhode Map.
Brian found something called the J!Archive, which catalogs most past "Jeopardy!" questions, including – who knew – almost 600 about Rhode Island.
That inspired me to try my hand at creating 30 more. I mean, just in case Ken Jennings is looking to hire a Rhode Island contributor.
So here, today is some Rhode Island "Jeopardy!".
Questions are at the bottom – no cheating, please. And no need to hit the buzzer.
The Independent Man, known for holding a spear, also has a grip on this emblematic item.
Besides Massachusetts and Connecticut, Rhode Island also has a water border with this state.
The name of this prominent male facial hair feature came to be by reversing the surname of a Rhode Island Civil War general, who sported an impressive pair of them.
What two local beverages were at the heart of a Smith Hill legislative battle over which would be named the official Rhode Island state drink?
Jackie Kennedy spent summers at this Newport estate, not far from the pounding sea.
When you order three “all the way” of these in Providence, don’t you dare ask for ketchup.
There are only five American place names with an apostrophe, including Martha’s Vineyard and this pond on Block Island.
A famous – and infamous – Providence mayor used to refer to his toupee as this common small mammal.
The motto of Federal Hill’s “Wise Guys Deli” is to “take the sandwich” and “leave” this.
Portrait painters aspire to be in museums, but this one born in Saunderstown did better, still sporting his work on the dollar bill.
The one-time Davisville-based Navy Construction Battalion’s “Fighting Seabee” statue still stands guard, holding this intimidating weapon.
You don’t have to travel to the Middle East to go commercial fishing off these two biblically named Rhode Island towns.
Some say the Vikings built this quirky Newport tower, which they didn’t, but others claim it could go back to the late 1500s.
Ironically, Caribbean-bound Columbus never set foot in North America, but three decades later in 1524, this Italian explorer did, including Narragansett Bay.
Eighteen months before the Boston Tea Party, Rhode Island patriots sank this British tax ship off Warwick.
No, it’s not a pineapple hanging off the Atwells Avenue arch, it’s this.
This tobacco heiress was a great Newport benefactor, despite that unpleasantness around driving her limo over her chauffeur.
Appetizers anyone? How about this official state appetizer.
Not easy for you to say – it’s the official name of the town affectionately called Quonny.
In 1872, Walter Scott sold food through windows off this horse-drawn wagon outside the Providence Journal building, the first of this now iconic American restaurant genre.
What one-time national holiday is now celebrated only in Rhode Island?
This pretty good ballplayer was known for his bat but pitched for the Providence Grays in 1914.
Rhode Island was the first colony to renounce the crown, but the last to ratify this.
Name these two still vibrant Rhode Island houses of worship that were the first in America in their respective faiths.
Everyone knows the quahog is our official shellfish, but this is Rhode Island’s state fish.
It doesn’t have the topography to build another Jackson Hole, but this town in Hope Valley reminds of that ski mountain’s home.
Besides John Kennedy, this was the other president who summered in Newport, and his home there still bears his name as a site of weddings and other functions.
This very first American indoor mall still today hosts shops and micro-lofts.
This store, named for the wives of its two owners, began the department store shopping model still carried on by Walmart and Target.
And finally, to wear a certain kind of jewelry, you need these – often pronounced in the local dialect as “P.S.D.S.”
Questions
What is an anchor?
What is New York?
What are sideburns?
What are Coffee Milk and Del’s?
What is Hammersmith Farm?
What are N.Y. System wieners?
What is John E’s Pond?
What is “the squirrel.”
What is “the gun”?
Who is Gilbert Stuart?
What is a machine gun?
What are Jerusalem and Galilee?
What is the Old Stone Mill?
Who is Giovanni da Verrazzano?
What is the Gaspee?
What is a pigne, or pinecone?
Who is Doris Duke?
What is calamari?
What is Quonochontaug?
What is a diner?
What is Victory Day?
Who is Babe Ruth?
What is the constitution?
What are the First Baptist Church and Touro Synagogue?
What is the Striped Bass?
What is Wyoming?
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
What is The Arcade?
What is Ann & Hope?
What are pierced ears?
mpatinki@providencejournal.com
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: RI-themed `Jeopardy!' answers and questions from Mark Patinkin