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the growing of both apples and peaches takes place most in which

region of West Virginia?

Potomac Section

In 2005, the Division of Tourism created this ninth tourism region

to showcasethe southern coalfields.

Hatfield-McCoy

Mountains

Some explanations for very erratic

weather inWest Virginia in the

last several years

1. EI Nino

2. Global warming

3. La Nina

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)

The number of caves in West Virginia makes it a

perfect haven for what type of recreation enthusiasts?

spelunkers

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

What phrase can be found on the signs welcoming travelers into

West Virginia?

Open for Business

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

Pocahontas

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

river

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

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

Charleston

What is the state insect?

honeybee

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

Stephen B. Elkins

The longest interstate highway system in West Virginia is:

1-77

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

Vote,

Buy tobacco products

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

pulp

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

Dolly Sods

Cranberry Glades

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

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

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

guns from being brought into schools

This popular song by John Denver is not an official state

song:

"Take Me Home, Country

Roads"

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

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

were due to:

influenza

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

sugar maple

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

Chuck Yeager

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

This woman became poet

laureate of West Virginia in 1978.

Louise McNeill

Pease

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

Which West Virginia festival is held in Clarksburg every Labor

Day weekend?

Italian Festival

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

citizen must be:

a registered voter

This state college founded in 1901 began serving as a regional

campus for WestVirginia University in 1951.

Potomac State

College

The Lost River, which disappears underground near

Wardensville in HardyCounty, reappears two miles

away as the headwaters of this river.

Cacapon River

In the movie "We Are Marshall", actor Matthew McConaughey portrays which

football coach who took on the challenge of rebuilding Marshall University's

football team after the 1970 plane crash?

Jack Lengyel

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

official.

State Superintendent of Schools

The Grave Creek Mound at Moundsville is a product of this

prehistoric culture.

Adena Culture

The worst mining disaster in decades occurred on January 2,

2006 when anexplosion killed 12 miners at this

coal mine.

Sago

An example of some government powers that are concurrent are:

levying taxes

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

school textbooks

Which NCAA collegiate

sporting event did West Virginia University

recentlysend a team two

consecutive years?

The Sweet Sixteen basketball tournament

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

Otis Rice

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

the most denselypopulated.

Ohio

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

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.

President of the Senate

Earl Ray Tomblin

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

Randolph

With one four year break from 1989 - 1993, this Democrat has

served as StateCommissioner of Agriculture

since 1965.

Gus Douglas

On May 3, 1960, the Diamond Department Store in this city

opened its eatingfacilities to African Americans.

Charleston

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

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

Flour, sugar, beans, tobacco

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

The opening of thestate's vast coal resources

depended upon the building of:

Railroad

West Virginia's backwoods whiskey makers resisted the

federal government'sexcise tax in the late 1800's by:

producing moonshine

How many times has West Virginia's state constitution been

rewritten?

one

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

Philippi

The proposed fourteenth colony :

Vandalia

The method used by pioneers to claim land in 18th Century

Virginia was referredto as:

corn rights

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

found:

inscribed on miniature golden horseshoes given to explorers by Alexander

Spotswood

In 1751, cartographers Peter Jefferson and Joshua Fry published a new map of

western Virginia based on information that came from the

journal of: John Peter Salley

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

affiliated?

Presbyterian

One commodity in short supply on the frontier was:

sugar

The "Pride of West Virginia" is the:

West Virginia University Marching Band

During World War I a large munitions powder plant was built

leading to thedevelopment of which West

Virginia town?

Nitro

In which 20th Century war did West Virginia

have the largest number of deaths

per 100,000 state residents than any other

state in the nation?

Vietnam

This mathematician, who won the 1994

Nobel Prize in Economics, was born

in Bluefield.

John F. Nash

What is the county seat of

Braxton County?

Sutton

This county was named for a famous early

frontiersman who lived in the

Kanawha Valley from 1789 - 1795.

Boone County

As of 2005 the estimated resident population of West Virginia was

recorded as:

1,816,856

(1.8 million)

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

History".

Carter G. Woodson

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

office of:

the county clerk

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

Constitutional Union

Who is the only African-American born in West Virginia

to be inducted in amajor sports hall of fame?

Hal Greer

This distinguished educator and civil rights leader served as

president of WestVirginia State College from

1919 through 1953.

John W. Davis

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

Margaret Workman

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

Flatwoods Monster

The current Chief Justice for the West Virginia State Supreme

Court of Appeals is:

Robin Davis

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