WV History Jeopardy PPT

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Where Am I?
On This Date
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Famous People

• On October 14, 1947, he was the first airplane
  pilot to break the sound barrier.

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Famous People

• Who is Chuck Yeager?

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Famous People

• Born in 1951 in Mullens, he is the current head
  coach of the NBAs Phoenix Suns.

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Famous People

• Who is Mike DAntoni?

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Famous People

• She graduated from George Washington High School
  in Charleston in 1990. Later she would become
  CIA Agent Sydney Bristow, and more famously known
  as Mrs. Ben Affleck.

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Famous People

• Who is Jennifer Garner?

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Famous People

• Born in 1892 in Hillsboro, she would later win a
  Nobel Prize for her novel, The Good Earth, in
  1931.

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Famous People

• Who is Pearl S. Buck?

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Famous People

• Born into slavery, he and his family moved to
  Malden in 1865. Later, he founded Tuskegee
  University in Alabama as well as being an
  African-American civil rights activist.

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Famous People

• Who is Booker T. Washington?

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Where Am I?

• Located along the banks of the Potomac and
  Shenandoah rivers, this is where John Brown led
  his raid in 1959.

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Where Am I?

• What is Harpers Ferry?

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Where Am I?

• Established as a town in 1795, it was twice named
  the capital of West Virginia. Once from 1863 to
  1870, and the second from 1875 to 1885.

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Where Am I?

• What is Wheeling?

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Where Am I?

• The largest city in the state, it is at the
  confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers.

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Where Am I?

• What is Charleston?

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Where Am I?

• This is the city in which Mothers Day was
  founded in 1908.

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Where Am I?

• What is Grafton?

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Where Am I?

• This is the second largest city in the state, and
  is located along the Ohio River. It was also the
  location for the 2006 movie, We Are Marshall.

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Where Am I?

• What is Huntington?

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On This Date

• May 13, 1861

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On This Date

• What is the First Wheeling Convention?

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On This Date

• June 20, 1863

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On This Date

• What is the date West Virginia became a state?

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On This Date

• August 22, 1872

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On This Date

• What is the adoption date of the latest West
  Virginia constitution?

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On This Date

• June 11, 1861

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On This Date

• What is the Second Wheeling Convention?

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On This Date

• October 16, 1859

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On This Date

• What is the date of John Browns Raid on Harpers
  Ferry?

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State Officials

• This red-colored bird is the official state bird.

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State Officials

• What is the cardinal?

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State Officials

• This official state flower is known for its large
  dark evergreen leaves and pale pink or white
  bloom, and is sometimes called The Big Laurel.

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State Officials

• What is the Rhododendron?

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State Officials

• This official state fish is olive skinned with
  lighter sides and a red belly, and averages 6 to
  8 inches long.

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State Officials

• What is the Brook Trout?

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State Officials

• This is the official state animal. Weighing in
  at about 250 pounds, it is also is seen in 36
  states other than West Virginia.

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State Officials

• What is the Black Bear?

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State Officials

• This is the official state fruit. It is also one
  of many kinds of these that are native to West
  Virginia, and was discovered by Anderson Mullins
  in 1905.

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State Officials

• What is the Golden Delicious Apple?

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County Seats

• This is the county seat of Barbour County, as
  well as home to Alderson-Broaddus College.

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County Seats

• What is Philippi?

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County Seats

• This town is well known for its poultry farms.
  Nestled on the South Branch Potomac River, this
  is the county seat of Hardy County.

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County Seats

• What is Moorefield?

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County Seats

• This Gateway to the Coalfields town is the
  county seat of Boone County, as well as sharing
  the same name as this mid-western college town.

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County Seats

• What is Madison?

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County Seats

• Located along the New River, this county seat of
  Summers County, also has an Amtrak station that
  can take you as far as Chicago or New York.

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County Seats

• What is Hinton?

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County Seats

• This town is the home of Potomac State College
  and former baseball player John Kruk, and one
  time was called Paddy Town, but chose this name
  for good in 1874.

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County Seats

• What is Keyser?