# Rhode Island has lost it's trivia status
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-has-lost-its-trivia-status/281079
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 22, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-has-lost-its-trivia-status/281079 "2004-12-22T00:12:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-has-lost-its-trivia-status/281079/41 "2005-01-19T02:00:28Z")
> [@Laughing Lagomorph](#):
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> While looking for a picture of that Crawford St. bridge monstrosity I found this page of RI-related trivia:
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> [Quahog.org: Rhode Island Facts and Trivia](http://www.quahog.org/factsfolklore/index.php?id=14)
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> BTW **wolf\_meister** it looks like the bridge hasn’t had that status since the early nineties (scroll down linked page).
From your link:
> [@](#):
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> Per square mile, Rhode Island has more shipwrecks than any other state.
I…I…wh…huh? 🙂
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### Author:  [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-has-lost-its-trivia-status/281079/42 "2005-01-19T16:01:25Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#):
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> We shall repel any invasion from Rogue Island with our crack infantry, [The Governor’s Foot Guard.](http://governorsfootguard.com/gallery/misc/2003094-7.jpg)
Love the red coats and crossed belts but the buff pants have simply got to go.
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### Author:  [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-has-lost-its-trivia-status/281079/43 "2005-01-19T16:10:17Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> Not that I hold any opinion as to whether he’s hot, but here’s a photo and some info on [Patrick Lynch.](http://www.naag.org/ag/ag_bios.php?id=98)
My boyfriend, I mean Attorney General Lynch, looks a little doofy in that picture, but the time I saw him in front of the Cafe La France on South Main he just about took my breath away. I keep wanting to go in my boss’s place when she has meetings at his office.
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### Author:  [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-has-lost-its-trivia-status/281079/44 "2005-01-19T16:14:29Z")
> [@Dolores Reborn](#):
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> Are you _serious???_ I knew it was small, but jeez! You can’t get across my city in an hour, at 3:00 in the morning!
The Houston metro area (8,778 square miles) is larger than four states. Rhode Island is 1,545 square miles.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-has-lost-its-trivia-status/281079/45 "2005-01-19T20:07:49Z")
> [@cuban ninja](#):
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> Rhode Island may still (correct me if I’m wrong) may have the dubbious distinction of being the most densely populated state. though New Jersey (where I live) may have surpassed it.
By “densely populated” did you mean . . .
cuz I thought we had that.
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### Author:  [@cuban\_ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuban_ninja)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhode-island-has-lost-its-trivia-status/281079/46 "2005-01-20T23:04:49Z")
> [@lieu](#):
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> By “densely populated” did you mean . . .
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> cuz I thought we had that.
By densely populated I means having the most amount of people to square mile.
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