Sport in Rhode Island Trivia Quiz

Answer: Boston Red Sox

The Pawtucket Red Sox were founded in 1970 as members of the class AA Eastern League before moving to the class AAA International League in 1973. Playing home games at McCoy stadium, they are the leading Minor League affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. They were IL champions four times between 1973 and 2014.

Answer: Golf

Billy Andrade was born in Bristol in 1964, and attended college at Wake Forest, where he helped the Demon Deacons to the NCAA title in 1986. He turned pro in 1987 and won his first PGA tour title at the 1991 Kemper Open. He only had to wait another seven days for his second success when he won the Buick Classic.

Answer: Women's Rowing

Founded in 1764 as Rhode Island College, Brown is the seventh-oldest University in the USA. The Bears compete in the Ivy League, and their flagship programme is the women's rowing team. Under head coach John Murphy, they dominated the sport in the early 21st century - in 2011 they became the first school to win the NCAA title for a seventh time.

Answer: New YorkYacht Club

New York Yacht Club has bases in both New York and Newport. They won the very first America's Cup in 1851, and had the right to host the defence of the trophy, which they did until 1983. New York was the location of early editions before Newport took over in 1930.

The Royal Perth Yacht Club from Australia finally wrested the trophy from the Americans in 1983, when Australia II came back from 1-3 down to defeated Liberty 4-3.

Answer: Friars

Providence College was founded in 1917 and is a private Catholic institution. The school is run by the Dominican Order, which is where the Friars nickname comes from. In 2015, they defeated Boston University to win the Frozen Four NCAA ice hockey title.

Answer: Providence Steamrollers

The Providence Steamrollers were formed in 1916 and joined the NFL in 1925, playing home games at the Cycledrome. In 1928, they were named NFL champions after finishing the season with an 11-3-2 record (there was no post-seson championship game in those early years).

The team were unable to maintain that sort of form in the succeeding seasons and, with attendances declining during the Great Depression, they played their final season in 1931, officially folding in 1933.

Answer: Tennis

The United States Tennis Championships (later the US Open) were held at the Newport Casino from its original edition in 1881 until 1914, after which they relocated to New York. In 1954, the venue was chosen as the home of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum. Since 1976, an ATP tournament has been held there, the only grass court event in the USA.

Answer: Kingston

The University of Rhode Island was founded in Kingston in 1892. The Rams play in the Atlantic 10 Conference in all sports except American Football, in which they compete in the Colonial Athletic Association. The school's only national championship came in men's cross country in 1941.

Answer: Newport Country Club

Newport Country Club was founded in 1893, and, two years later, hosted the first editions of both the US Open and US Amateur Championship. Horace Rawlins and Charles MacDonald were the respective champions on a links which consisted of only nine holes at the time. 100 years later, the club hosted the Centennial amateur championship, with Tiger Woods winning the title. Anika Sorenstam won the US Women's Open on the course in 2006.

Answer: Baseball

Napoleon Lajoie was born in Woonsocket in 1874. He began his major league career with the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League in 1896, before moving across town to the American League Athletics in 1901. He joined the Cleveland Naps (Indians) the following years before returning to the Athletics for the final two years of his career, retiring in 1916. Playing at second base, Lajoie led the AL in home runs in 1901, and was the RBI leader three times.