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Golden Horseshoe

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the growing of both apples and peaches takes
place most in whichregion of West Virginia?

• Potomac Section

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In 2005, the Division of Tourism created this
ninth tourism region to showcasethe southern
coalfields.

• Hatfield-McCoy Mountains

4
Some explanations for very erratic weather
inWest Virginia in the last several years

• 1. EI Nino
• 2. Global warming
• 3. La Nina

5
This son of former United States Senator Jennings
Randolph was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall
of Fame in 2004.

• Jennings "Jay" Randolph, Jr.
• (Sportscaster)

6
The number of caves in West Virginia makes it
aperfect haven for what type of recreation
enthusiasts?

• spelunkers

7
These two men were shot and killed on the
McDowell County courthouse steps by
Baldwin-Felts detectives on August 1, 1921.

• Sid Hatfield
• and Ed Chambers

8
What phrase can be found on the signs welcoming
travelers into West Virginia?

• Open for Business

9
This county has more state and federally owned
land than any other county inWest Virginia.

• Pocahontas

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Teays Valley, one of West Virginia's two unique
geographical areas, was believed to have once
been covered by a

• river

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This company, which was West Virginia's largest
employer for years, producedchemicals that were
used in consumer products such as, Prestone
antifreeze,Eveready batteries, and the
insecticide called Sevin.

• Union Carbide

12
The first West Virginia chapter of the Congress
of Racial Equality was established in this city
in 1958.

• Charleston

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What is the state insect?

• honeybee

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On April 14, 1875, Hallie Davis, the daughter of
U.S. Senator Henry GassawayDavis, married this
man in Baltimore, Maryland.

• Stephen B. Elkins

15
The longest interstate highway system in West
Virginia is

• 1-77

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In West Virginia a person must be eighteen years
of age to

• Vote,
• Buy tobacco products

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Opponents to this industry cite the possibility
of toxic chemicals from the millspolluting the
surrounding waterways.

• pulp

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One of the two areas of West Virginia containing
flora that are actually foreign tothe state is

• Dolly Sods
• Cranberry Glades

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What recreation area became a civil rights
battleground because it remainedracially
segregated even after the 1964 Civil Rights Act
outlawed discriminationin places of public
accommodation?

• Rock Lake Pool

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In 2000, West Virginia ranked ninth in the
production of this natural resource, forwhich
the state had been the leading producer until
1917.

• natural gas

21
The West Virginia Legislature passed the Safe
Schools Law in 1995 in an effortto prevent

• guns from being brought into schools

22
This popular song by John Denver is not an
official state song

• "Take Me Home, Country Roads"

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This former WVU football coach was inducted into
the College Football Hall ofFame in 2005 and is
the 17th winningest coach in college football
history.

• Don Nehlen

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In 1918, 25 percent of all reported deaths in
West Virginia were due to

• influenza

25
The state tree, which is found in every region of
the state, is the

• sugar maple

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Which famous West Virginian recently had a
portion of highway on Corridor Gnamed for him?

• Chuck Yeager

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Which of the following qualifications is not
necessary for a West Virginian to register to
vote?a. United States citizenb. Resident of
West Virginia and of the county and municipality
in which the person is votingc. Possess no
criminal recordd. At least 18 years of age or
will be 18 years old before the next
generalelection

• c. Possess no criminal record

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This woman became poet laureate of West Virginia
in 1978.

• Louise McNeill Pease

29
Who is considered the "Father of St. Albans" for
being the first to bring his familyfrom eastern
Virginia to settle here in 1816?

• Philip Rootes Thompson

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Which West Virginia festival is held in
Clarksburg every Labor Day weekend?

• Italian Festival

31
In order to be randomly selected for jury duty in
West Virginia, a citizen must be

• a registered voter

32
This state college founded in 1901 began serving
as a regional campus for WestVirginia University
in 1951.

• Potomac State College

33
The Lost River, which disappears underground near
Wardensville in HardyCounty, reappears two miles
away as the headwaters of this river.

• Cacapon River

34
In the movie "We Are Marshall", actor Matthew
McConaughey portrays whichfootball coach who
took on the challenge of rebuilding Marshall
University'sfootball team after the 1970 plane
crash?

• Jack Lengyel

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This member of the Board of Public Works is not
an elected official.

• State Superintendent of Schools

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The Grave Creek Mound at Moundsville is a product
of this prehistoric culture.

• Adena Culture

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The worst mining disaster in decades occurred on
January 2, 2006 when anexplosion killed 12
miners at this coal mine.

• Sago

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An example of some government powers that are
concurrent are

• levying taxes

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In 1974 Kanawha County was polarized by
disagreement over the selection of

• school textbooks

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Which NCAA collegiate sporting event did
West Virginia University recentlysend a team two
consecutive years?

• The Sweet Sixteen basketball tournament

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In 2003, this man became West Virginia's first
historian laureate.

• Otis Rice

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According to the census of 2000, this West
Virginia county was the most denselypopulated.

• Ohio

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This member of West Virginia's congressional
delegation in Washington DC, waselected in 1982
to the seat formerly held by his/her father.

• Alan B. Mollohan

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Under a change in the law in 2000, the person who
holds this state governmentposition also bears
the title of Lieutenant Governor of West
Virginia.
Earl Ray Tomblin

• President of the Senate

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This county is the largest in area in the state
of West Virginia.

• Randolph

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With one four year break from 1989 - 1993, this
Democrat has served as StateCommissioner of
Agriculture since 1965.

• Gus Douglas

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On May 3, 1960, the Diamond Department Store in
this city opened its eatingfacilities to African
Americans.

• Charleston

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A barter system took place in coal field
communities. Instead of cash, the coalcompanies
paid their miners in "scrip". This consisted of

• paper money printed by the coal company or Metal
  tokens

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Stores found in West Virginia during its
Statehood and Industrial periods soldwhat were
known as "dry goods". These included

• Flour, sugar, beans, tobacco

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Economic development in West Virginia has never
been exactly the same as national
development,because

1. Commercial agriculture did not contribute to the
   state's economic growth
2. West Virginia's manufacturing industries were not
   as numerous, as strong,or as diverse as those in
   other parts of the U.S.
3. West Virginia became more dependent than any
   other eastern state on extractive industries

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The opening of thestate's vast coal resources
depended upon the building of

• Railroad

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West Virginia's backwoods whiskey makers resisted
the federal government'sexcise tax in the late
1800's by

• producing moonshine

53
How many times has West Virginia's state
constitution been rewritten?

• one

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In what part of West Virginia did the first
full-scale fight of the Civil War

• Philippi

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The proposed fourteenth colony

• Vandalia

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The method used by pioneers to claim land in 18th
Century Virginia was referredto as

• corn rights

57
The Latin phrase, "Sic jurat transcendere monies"
can be found

• inscribed on miniature golden horseshoes given to
  explorers by Alexander
• Spotswood

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In 1751, cartographers Peter Jefferson and Joshua
Fry published a new map ofwestern Virginia based
on information that came from the journal of

• John Peter Salley

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With what religious denomination were the
Scots-Irish settlers of West Virginiaaffiliated?

• Presbyterian

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One commodity in short supply on the frontier
was

• sugar

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The "Pride of West Virginia" is the

• West Virginia University Marching Band

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During World War I a large munitions powder plant
was built leading to thedevelopment of which
West Virginia town?

• Nitro

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In which 20th Century war did West Virginia have
the largest number of deathsper 100,000 state
residents than any other state in the nation?

• Vietnam

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This mathematician, who won the 1994 Nobel Prize
in Economics, was born in Bluefield.

• John F. Nash

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What is the county seat of Braxton County?

• Sutton

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This county was named for a famous early
frontiersman who lived in the Kanawha Valley from
1789 - 1795.

• Boone County

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As of 2005 the estimated resident population of
West Virginia was recorded as

• 1,816,856
• (1.8 million)

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This former Huntington resident is known as "the
father of Black History".

• Carter G. Woodson

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To obtain a marriage license or to file a deed,
you would go to the office of

• the county clerk

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West Virginia's first governor was a member of
what political party?

• Constitutional Union

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Who is the only African-American born in West
Virginia to be inducted in amajor sports hall of
fame?

• Hal Greer

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This distinguished educator and civil rights
leader served as president of WestVirginia State
College from 1919 through 1953.

• John W. Davis

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Who was the first woman elected to the state
Supreme Court of Appeals?

• Margaret Workman

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What legendary creature from WV folklore is
believed to have been a UFO sighted in Braxton
County

• Flatwoods Monster

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The current Chief Justice for the West Virginia
State Supreme Court of Appeals is

• Robin Davis

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For which U.S. President did a victory in the
West Virginia primary serve as aturning point on
his road to the White House?

• John F. Kennedy