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For the variety of clam also known as Quahog, see Hard clam.

The skyline of Providence as viewed from the northwest looking southeast

Animated counterpart: suggesting a location mostly west of Providence for Quahog

Quahog (pronounced "koh-hawg", IPA /kohɑɡ/, is a fictional city in Providence County, Rhode Island where the animated television comedy Family Guy is set. The Griffin family, the Brown family, the Swanson family, and Glenn Quagmire live on Spooner Street, with the Griffin family residing at 31 Spooner Street. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... For other uses, see Clam (disambiguation). ... Quahog redirects here. ... Image File history File links Providence_skyline_close. ... Image File history File links Providence_skyline_close. ... Providence is the capital and largest city in Rhode Island, a state of the United States of America. ... Image File history File links Familyguyskyline. ... Image File history File links Familyguyskyline. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... FicTioNaL is a Gaming Legend. ... Providence County is a county located in the state of Rhode Island. ... Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the protagonist in the American animated television series Family Guy. ... This article is about the Family Guy character. ... Lieutenant Joseph Joe Swanson is a fictional character in the Fox animated television show Family Guy. ... Glenn Quagmire (sometimes spelled Glen) is a character on the animated series Family Guy, best known for his sexual deviancy. ...

History

According to Mayor Adam West in "Fifteen Minutes of Shame", the town was founded by Myles "Chatterbox" Musket. He was a sailor on the colony of New York boat and was thrown overboard for "speaking his mind" (non-stop). According to legend, a magical clam rescued him and brought him ashore, sharing the same vision as Musket: founding a new town named Quahog. The clam later left Musket, because Musket contemplated killing him. Musket never spoke again, and later died of a combination of tuberculosis and a tomahawk to the head. These events are celebrated every year as "Quahog clam festival". The fictional version of Adam West on the animated television series Family Guy is a caricature of actor Adam West, who also supplies his voice. ... “Fifteen Minutes of Shame” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or Tuberculosis) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ... Native American Afraid of Hawk, holding a tomahawk A tomahawk is a type of axe native to North America, traditionally resembling a hatchet with a straight shaft. ...

People and places in Quahog

Adam West, who portrayed Batman on the 1960s TV series, is the mayor of Quahog. The real Adam West voices the character. Quahog's local celebrities are the anchors of its Channel 5 news show, Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons. The Drunken Clam is a bar that protagonist Peter Griffin and his friends frequently visit. Lois's Aunt Margarite left her estate in Newport, Rhode Island to the Griffins, which they made an extended visit to in Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater, and eventually sold. In the episode "E. Peterbus Unum" it is found out that Peter's house is not part of Quahog, and not even part of the United States of America, in which he calls the new territory Petoria. The fictional version of Adam West on the animated television series Family Guy is a caricature of actor Adam West, who also supplies his voice. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... This article is about the 1960s television series. ... Adam West (born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928) is an American actor who is best known for playing the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne on the TV series Batman (which also had a film adaptation). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Quahog 5 is the local television station the FOX network TV show Family Guy. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Quahog (Family Guy). ... Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the protagonist in the American animated television series Family Guy. ... Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. ... Petoria was a land-locked nation in existence for several months during the year 2000, in the heart of the American state of Rhode Island. ...

Possible real-world locations

Seth MacFarlane, the show's creator, had been a resident of Rhode Island, and leaves unequivocal Rhode Island landmarks from which one may infer intended locations for events. Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is a two-time Emmy-winning American animator, screenwriter, producer, actor, comedian and voice actor. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

Several times every episode, the actual Providence skyline can be seen in the distance. The three buildings that are depicted are, from left to right and furthest to closest, One Financial Center, 50 Kennedy Plaza, and the Bank of America Tower. This ordering of buildings and the angle at which they are viewed (see figure at right) indicates that Quahog is primarily west of downtown Providence. If Quahog is to have a counterpart in Rhode Island geography and be consistent with this, it would have to be either Johnston, Cranston, North Providence, Scituate, or a western portion of Providence itself. However, in a few episodes Quahog is shown to have a coastline (see "Fifteen Minutes of Shame", "Fore Father", and "The Perfect Castaway"), which only Cranston and Providence possess. This is supported by the fact that the real-world "31 Spooner Street" is located in Providence ^[1][2], immediately west of Roger Williams Park. In "E Peterbus Unum", a map of Rhode Island is shown with Quahog shown in red. Providence is the capital and largest city in Rhode Island, a state of the United States of America. ... The Sovereign Bank Tower, also known as One Financial Center, and fomerly known as the Hospital Trust Tower, and the Bank Boston Tower, is a International Style skyscraper in the heart of downtown Providence, Rhode Island. ... 50 Kennedy Plaza (formerly known as Fleet Center) is an International style skyscraper in Providence, RI. At a height of 285ft (87m)[1], it is currently the fifth tallest building in the city and state. ... The Bank of America building (or The Superman Building to locals) is the tallest building in the city of Providence and the state of Rhode Island. ... Johnston is a town located in Providence County, Rhode Island. ... Country State County Providence Government  - Mayor Michael Napolitano Area  - City 29. ... Location of North Providence, Rhode Island. ... Lapham Institute in Scituate at the turn of the 20th Century Scituate is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. ... “Providence” redirects here. ... “Fifteen Minutes of Shame” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... This article is about the Family Guy episode. ... Perfect Castaway is an episode from the fourth season of the FOX animated series Family Guy. ... Roger Williams Park in southern Providence, Rhode Island is a city park featuring small lakes. ... E. Peterbus Unum is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ...

The name Quahog

The choice of the name "Quahog" for the town is possibly inspired by the real Rhode Island village of Quonochontaug. Many of the features of Quahog exist in Quonochontaug, such as a coast. Additional more conspicuous evidence can be seen on the reverse of the UK DVD, clearly stating, "Meet the Griffins and find out what in the name of Quonochontaug, Rhode Island is going on in their heads!" Many people living in Quonochontaug commonly refer to their home as Quahog. However, the real Quonochontaug is a tiny village community of no more than a few hundred people located within the rural town of Charlestown, more than halfway across the state from Providence where the aforementioned urban skyline would not be visible. Quonochontaug is a small beach community in Charlestown, Rhode Island. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Charlestown is a town located in Washington County, Rhode Island. ...

A quahog is an edible clam. The word "quahog" has been absorbed into the American English language as a loanword from the original Narragansett language, which is of the Algonquian languages family. This, along with the fact that the town Quahog was co-founded by a clam, might suggest a different scenario for the reason of the name. There is a restaurant in Newport which is named the Rhode Island Quahog Co but is known just as "Quahog's". Peter and his friends also frequently visit the bar "The Drunken Clam". Quahogs (pronounced KO-hog, IPA , kwag, or kwa-HOG, IPA ), mercenaria mercenaria or venus mercenaria, are also called hard-shell clams, and by terms referring to different sizes from smallest to largest, littlenecks, cherrystones, quahogs, and chowders. The Quahog takes its name from the Narragansett Indian word poquauhock (the word... A loanword (or loan word) is a word directly taken into one language from another with little or no translation. ... Tribal flag The Narragansett tribe, or more accurately Nahahiganseck Sovereign Nation, are a Native American tribe who controlled the area surrounding Narragansett Bay in present-day Rhode Island, and also portions of Connecticut, and eastern Massachusetts. ... The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (the two Algic languages that are not Algonquian are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ... This is a list of notable places that have been shown on the popular TV series Family Guy. ...

References

1. ^ Arrow Map, Inc.. Arrow Street Atlas of Rhode Island with Southeastern Massachusetts and Southeastern Connecticut [map]. (1999) ISBN 1-55751-405-4. Page 13, section L5.
2. ^ Google Maps: 31 Spooner St, Providence, RI. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.

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See also

• List of places on Family Guy