How to Know the Rhode Island State Symbols

Amaze everyone you meet in your travels to Rhode Island with your knowledge of both obscure and well-known state facts and trivia. Follow these steps to impress your boss, friends or even your children and grandchildren.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Talk about the state bird of Rhode Island. It's the Rhode Island Red.
2. Speak about the state yacht, the "Courageous."
3. Divulge the name of the state flower. It is the violet.
4. Chat about the striped bass, Rhode Island's state fish.
5. Mention that the state drink of Rhode Island is the coffee milk.
6. Sing the state song, "Rhode Island's It for Me."
7. Utter the Rhode Island state motto: Hope.
8. Astonish your audience by reciting Rhode Island's nicknames: the ocean state, little Rhody, the plantation state, the smallest state and the southern gateway of New England.

Tips & Warnings

• Rhode Island is the birthplace of the first polo game and the first circus.
• A person from Rhode Island is considered a Rhode Islander.