Set 4

This West Virginia Black Lung Association official was killed in Charleston in 1978.

Anise Floyd

This woman, known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz" was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

Ann Baker

This book, set in West Virginia's horse-racing world, won the National Book Award for fiction in 2010.

Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon

This tunnel that once was part of the West Virginia Turnpike was the first in the nation to be monitored by television.

Memorial Tunnel

On April 27, 1861, this man was assigned to command state troops at Harpers Ferry.

Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson

All but one of the following statements tell why the people of western Virginia desired to have a separate state. Which statement is NOT a reason?

Runaway slaves often fled to the western area

Hazel-Atlas Glass Corporation, which produced the first baby food jars, had its headquarters in this West Virginia community.

Wheeling

On March 3, 1921, this McDowell County deputy sheriff was shot and killed in Welch by Mayor J. H. Whitt.

William Johnson Tabor

An 1863 Confederate raid into West Virginia, designed to break up sections of the B&O Railroad and destroy the Restored Government of Virginia, was led by these two men.

William Jones and John Imboden

Mudwall" was the nickname for this Confederate general born in Clarksburg.

William Lowther Jackson

Which of the following is an important factor shaping life in the Potomac Section in the early 21st century?

the region's nearness to Washington, DC

This man is known as the "sage of Bethany."

Alexander Campbell

This Charleston native played college basketball for the University of Tennessee Lady Vols before being drafted by the WNBA's Detroit Shock.

Alexis Hambuckle

This Parkersburg native played the Hamburger Mom in Steven Spielberg's 2002 film Minority Report.

Allie Raye

West Virginia has this many senatorial districts in its state legislature.

17

These brothers from Kanawha County appeared on the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s.

Bailes Brothers (Kyle, Johnie, Walter, Homer)

This railroad reached Wheeling in 1853.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

This was NOT a battle of the Civil War in West Virginia.

Battle of Stanaford

This native of Smithers was manager and general counsel for the rock band R.E.M.

Bertis Downs

Name the 4 West Virginia towns in which Carnegie libraries were built.

Bethany, Hinton, Huntington, and Parkersburg

A park on E. 164th Street in the Bronx is named for this West Virginia native who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Korea.

Cornelius H. Charlton

This former Pineville High School football star holds a number of rushing and scoring records for the Seattle Seahawks.

Curt Warner

In 1989, these two presidents of the West Virginia Senate resigned in the face of charges of extortion.

Dan Tonkovich and Larry Tucker

The West Virginia Strawberry Festival is held annually in this Upshur County community.

Buckhannon

This Cabell County woman was selected Mrs. America in 1984.

Deborah Wolfe

This former head football coach at West Virginia State University was a three-time Pro Bowl player for the Minnesota Vikings.

Carl Lee

This governor undertook a study tour of the Soviet Union in 1959

Cecil Underwood

This former Marshall University quarterback was named the AP 2008 NFL Comeback Player of the Year.

Chad Pennington

At one time the world's largest axe manufacturer operated in this West Virginia town.

Charleston

In 2017, Eric Eyre of this newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting

Charleston Gazette-Mail

The world's largest teapot is located in this Hancock County community.

Chester

This Wheeling native and former Daily Mail reporter became a Fox News politics editor.

Chris Stirewait

In 1995, the FBI completed construction of its building complex in this town.

Clarksburg

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who created the sculptures of presidents at Mount Rushmore, was also responsible for this statue in Huntington.

Collis P. Huntington

This woman, winner of the 2007 Small Business Administration's West Virginia Minority Small Business Person of the Year award, was appointed to the WVU Board of Governors in January 2009.

Diane Lewis

In 1992, this man became the head of A. T. Massey Coal Company.

Don Blankenship

This Ceredo-Kenova High School graduate won three Silver Slugger Awards during his professional baseball career.

Donnie Robinson

This Wood countian served as president of the First Wheeling Convention.

Dr. John Moss

Apple and peach farming are most important to the economy of which region of the state?

Eastern Panhandle

The Institute for Scientific Research, which is currently working on the space elevator project, is located in this community.

Fairmont

Beury Mountain Wildlife Management Area is located in this county.

Fayette County

Carnival glass is produced by this Williamstown company.

Fenton Art Glass Company

This Moundsville native, whose credits include the theme for "The Brady Bunch," was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in November 2009.

Frank DeVol

Who was the first African American to serve on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals?

Franklin D. Cleckley

The bronze statue, "Lincoln Walks at Midnight," a plaster model of which was displayed at the 1939 World's Fair and now stands on the West Virginia State Capitol grounds, was created by this West Virginia sculptor.

Fred Martin Torrey

What is the longest cave in West Virginia?

Friars Hole Cave

This Alderson native, one of the most influential American theological writers of his time, debated Clarence Darrow and was the author of The Finality of the Christian Religion.

George Burman Foster

On September 4, 1784, this famous American visited Berkeley Springs, where he witnessed the steamboat constructed by James Rumsey.

George Washington

This county was named for Virginia's governor 1840-41, who, shortly after his appointment as Secretary of the Navy in 1844, was killed by a gun burst while aboard the U.S.S. Princeton.

Glimer County

The Stony River Reservoir is located in what county?

Grant County

The annual West Virginia Dandelion Festival is held in this county.

Greenbrier County

The Boone County Courthouse was designed by this Charleston architect.

H. Rus Warne

An anti-lynching law passed by the legislature in 1921 was named for this African American legislator from McDowell County who helped write the bill and introduced it in the House of Delegates.

Harry J. Capehart

Theron Crawford's An American Vendetta, published in 1889, is a collection of articles covering this famous event.

Hatfield-McCoy Feud

The song "Mama's Hand" was written by this West Virginian.

Hazel Dickens

This bridge is the largest reinforced concrete arch bridge in West Virginia.

High Level/Million Dollar Robert H. Mollohan Bridge in Fairmont

In 2010, this former WVU basketball player's uniform No. 33 was retired.

Hot Rod Hundley

This West Virginia town was established as the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.

Huntington

In December 2009, a federal judge halted construction of a wind farm in Greenbrier County because of potential harm to this animal.

Indiana bat

This first lady was the widow of Union soldier John Bullock when she married the governor of West Virginia.

Laurane Tanner Bullock Boreman

This circuit court judge is the first African American to serve as a federal judge in West Virginia.

Irene Berger

The 2009 U.S. Postal Service commemorative stamp series includes one for this Martinsburg attorney and newspaper publisher, who was the first African American admitted to the West Virginia Bar.

J.R. Clifford

The West Virginia Baptist Conference Center is located in this county

Jackson County

This county's first recorded public hanging took place on May 12, 1850, when Charles Green was hanged for the murder of Timothy Fox.

Jackson County

This man, who served as principal of Marshall College 1872-1873, was the grandfather of Charles Lindbergh's wife Anne.

James E. Morrow

This former chair of the Social Science Department at Glenville State College was known for his compilations of Appalachian folklore and ghost stories, including A Wayfaring Sin Eater.

Jay Gay Jones

Which 2 counties existed but were not included in the State of West Virginia until after the state was formed?

Jefferson and Berkeley

This Ritchie County native was the only Democrat to serve as governor of West Virginia between 1897 and 1933.

John J. Cornwell

This Charles Town native was the only West Virginian to win the Medal of Honor in the Spanish-American War.

John Quick

The acting credits of this Diana native include The Dark Knight Rises and The Hunted, which the actor also directed.

Josh Stewart

This mystery writer, whose first novel, The Corpse Grows a Beard, was published in 1940, was born in Fairmont on April 1, 1908.

Margaret Scherf

The Roadkill Cook-Off is held annually in this Pocahontas County community.

Marlinton

The Revolutionary-era fort near the confluence of Muddy and Mill creeks in Greenbrier County bears the name of this militia captain who fought in the Battle of Point Pleasant in October 1774.

Matthew Arbuckle

This Doddridge County native was the only man to serve as governor and in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

Matthew M. Neely

On December 29, 1908, and January 7, 1909, mine explosions at Switchback in this county killed 117 miners.

McDowell County

These two counties were created from the West Augusta District in 1776.

Monongalia and Ohio counties

This Mercer County community was named for the general who served as commander of French forces in North America during the French and Indian War.

Montcalm

This West Virginia native was awarded Best Director at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for his documentary Super Size Me.

Morgan Spurlock

This Wheeling school for young women was founded in 1848 by the Sisters of the Visitation.

Mount de Chantal

On June 29, 1986, National Public Radio began national distribution of this West Virginia live performance radio show.

Mountain Stage

This poet authored The Book of the Dead, a documentary poem portraying the Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster.

Muriel Rukeyser

This man was the only African American among John Brown's men to escape successfully after the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.

Osborne P. Anderson

On December 15, 1967, a bridge located in this Mason County community collapsed, killing 46 people

Point Pleasant

The first county 4-H camp conducted in the United States was held at Camp Good Luck in this county.

Randolph County

The community of Left Hand is located in this county.

Roane County

On November 16, 1979, Arnold Miller resigned as president of the United Mine Workers and was replaced by this native of Matewan.

Sam Church

Salem College (now Salem International University) was founded in 1888 by this religious denomination.

Seventh Day Baptists

This early Francis Ford Coppola film starring Shirley Knight, James Caan, and Robert Duvall, was partially filmed in West Virginia.

The Rain People

Aside from Republican and Democrat, this is the only political party affiliation to be held by a member of the U.S. Congress from West Virginia.

Unionist

In 2016, this was the largest private employer in West Virginia.

WVU Medicine

On February 18, 1905, the West Virginia Legislature passed an acting creating this state bureau, which was first headed by Virgil A. Lewis.

West Virginia Archives and History

In 2008, the West Virginia Legislature adopted this as the official state tartan.

West Virginia Shawl

On March 13, 1948, this team won the national black college basketball championship.

West Virginia State College

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was the original name of this former state hospital in Lewis County.

Weston State Hospital

At the general election in November 1956, the following amendment to the state constitution was approved by the voters: "Regardless of sex, all persons, who are otherwise qualified, shall be eligible to serve as petit jurors, in both civil and criminal cases, as grand jurors and as coroner's jurors." What did this amendment do?

allowed women to be jurors

Former Bluefield resident Alex B. Mahood was prominent in this field.

architecture

When Confederates surrounded the town of Spencer on August 16, 1861, a man was shot and killed while in this part of the courthouse

cupola

On March 28, 1863, Union troops under Colonel William Brown held off an attack by Confederates led by General Albert Gallatin Jenkins in a skirmish fought at this location in Putnam County.

hurricane

This amphibian is the oldest known terrestrial vertebrate in the Carboniferous period coal swamps of West Virginia.

labyrinthodont

Although many pioneer families were subsistence farmers, some also raised crops for resale. Which of the following groupings of cash crops might have been found on a typical farm family in western Virginia in the 1800s?

tobacco, corn, apples