Golden Horseshoe

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Golden Horseshoe

• Review 9

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The candidates for Congress from the 2nd District
in the 2002 election -

• Capito and Humphries

3
U.S Senators are elected for a term of how many
years?

• 6 years

4
In the early 1900s the production of chemicals
in West Virginia increased due to the drop in
trade between The US and what country?

• Germany

5
The National Labor Relations Board was
established by the passage of what act?

• Wagner Act

6
In the 1800s the major market for Kanawha salt
was -

• Meat-packing industry

7
The Tuskegee Institute was founded by -

• Booker T. Washington

8
A person who explores caves -

• spelunker

9
Another name for surface mining -

• Strip mining

10
The process of bringing different groups (races)
into society as equals is -

• integration

11
An election of members of a county board of
education is an example of what kind of election?

• nonpartisan

12
Which two future U.S. Presidents served in the
military in western Virginia during the Civil War?

• Rutherford B. Hayes
• William McKinley

13
At the end of the French and Indian War settlers
were prevented from moving west of the Allegheny
Front due to the -

• Proclamation of 1763

14
In recent years interest has been generated in
building a new regional airport in what county?

• Lincoln

15
In the spring of 2003 the Sunrise Art Museum and
Science Hall will move into the -

• Clay Center

16
Wheeling, Parkersburg, and Huntington are found
in which geographic region of WV?

• Ohio Valley

17
The state rock of West Virginia is-

• Fossil Coral

18
The first governor of West Virginia was -

• Arthur I. Boreman

19
Dave Hardy and Henry Shores were recently elected
to what governing body?

• Kanawha County Commission

20
In the November election voters defeated an
attempt to allow what activity on Sunday?

• Hunting

21
At one time miners were paid with tokens or paper
certificates called -

• Script

22
The Coal River was given its name by which
explorer?

• John Peter Salling

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The Angel of the Miners was -

• Mother Jones

24
What town is named for the youngest daughter of
Chief Cornstalk?

• Oceana

25
Compulsory enrollment in military service is
called -

• Draft

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Blennerhassett Island is in the middle of which
river?

• Ohio

27
The Tygart, Cheat, and West Fork are all
tributaries of what river?

• Monongahela

28
The explorer who traveled down the Allegheny to
the forks of the Ohio to claim land for France.

• Celeron de Blainville

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Devil Anse was the patriarch of what family?

• Hatfield

30
Meadow River, Pardee and Curtin, and Cherry River
were examples of what kind of industries?

• Lumber

31
A person who wants to start a corporation in West
Virginia must register with what office?

• Secretary of State

32
The first oil well in West Virginia was at
Burning Springs in what county?

• Wirt

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The farmer from Lewis county who became a famous
Union General during the Civil War was?

• Joseph A.J. Lightburn

34
The first state park organized in West Virginia
was -

• Droop Mountain

35
How a bill becomes a law in WV

• Bill introduced in the House of Delegates
• Committee studies the bill
• Public hearings
• Read on the floor 3 separate times
• Approved with or without amendments

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How a bill becomes law in WV (continued)

• Sent to the other house (Senate)
• Committee studies the bill
• Public hearings
• Read on the floor
• Approved without amendments
• Bill sent to the Governor
• Governor approves or vetoes

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The first railroad to cross southern West
Virginia was the -

• C O

38
What brave woman is recognized as the heroine of
the 2nd Attack on Fort Henry?

• Betty Zane

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Money used to produce more money is called -

• Capital

40
During World War II German, Japanese, and Italian
diplomats were detained in what West Virginia
resort?

• White Sulphur Springs
• (The Greenbrier)

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Collectively the governor, secretary of state,
auditor, treasurer, commissioner of agriculture
and attorney general are called -

• Board of public works

42
What West Virginian launched the first steamboat
at Shepherdstown in 1787?

• James Rumsey

43
The official State Seal of West Virginia was
designed by -

• Joseph H. Diss Debar

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On what date did West Virginia become a state?

• June 20, 1863

45
The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe were first
recognized by -

• Alexander Spotswood

46
Buffalo Licks, Salt Burrow, Terra Salis, and
Kanawha Salines were all former names for what
town?

• Malden

47
Larry Groce is host of what popular musical
program?

• Mountain Stage

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What state borders West Virginia on the southeast?

• Virginia

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Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, and Marshall Counties are
part of what section of West Virginia?

• Northern Panhandle

50
What Mingo chief became an enemy of the white men
after his family was murdered?

• Logan

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The Coalwood Way was written by what West
Virginian author?

• Homer Hickam

52
What person is usually credited as being the
first white settler in the state?

• Morgan Morgan

53
Pioneers believed that kissing the middle rail of
a split rail fence was a good way to cure what?

• Chapped lips

54
Michael J. Owens revolutionized what industry?

• Glass making

55
Most coal in West Virginia is -

• Bituminous

56
The first West Virginian to become president of
the United Mine Workers was -

• Arnold Miller

57
The University of Charleston has expressed in
adding what two programs to its curriculum?

• Pharmacy and Law

58
At Gauley Bridge the Gauley and New Rivers come
together to form the -

• Kanawha

59
Arthurdale, Eleanor, and Tygart Valley are
examples of what program created by President
Franklin Roosevelt?

• Homestead Program

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What government agency is responsible for locks
and dams?

• Army Corps of Engineers

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The trial of John Brown was held in -

• Charles Town

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In 1743 the Baptists established their first
church in West Virginia in -

• Gerrardstown

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The first capital of West Virginia was located in
-

• Wheeling

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The geographic center of West Virginia is near -

• Flatwoods

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A grant was awarded in November to support what
attraction in Quincy?

• NASCAR track

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Fiesta ware is made by what glass company?

• Homer Laughlin

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What former governor is now head of the College
Board?

• Gaston Caperton

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What former secretary of state was a war
correspondent during World War II?

• Ken Heckler

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This former governor passed away in November,
2002 at the age of 90.

• Wally Baron

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Who was both the oldest and youngest governor of
West Virginia?

• Cecil Underwood

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The State Superintendent of Schools is chosen by -

• The State Board of Education

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The founder of Mothers Day -

• Anna Jarvis

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Who was the U.S. President that signed the
statehood bill admitting West Virginia to the
Union?

• Abraham Lincoln

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The chambers of the West Virginia Supreme Court
were designed by -

• Cass Gilbert

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Sid Hatfield engaged in a deadly shootout with
Baldwin-Felts detectives in what town?

• Matewan

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What is the state bird of West Virginia?

• Cardinal

77
What West Virginian was a space shuttle pilot?

• Jon McBride

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What is the location of the Fairfax Stone?

• Grant County

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What is the location of the WV School for the
Deaf and Blind?

• Romney,
• Hampshire County

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What is the location of the Capital of West
Virginia?

• Charleston,
• Kanawha County

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What is the location of the Exhibition Coal Mine?

• Beckley,
• Raleigh County

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What is the location of Canaan Valley?

• Tucker County

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What is the location of Tu-Endie-Wei Park?

• Point Pleasant,
• Mason County

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What is the location of Oglebay Park?

• Wheeling,
• Ohio County

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What is the location of West Virginia Wesleyan
College?

• Buckhannon,
• Upshur County

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What is the location of the Lewisburg Historic
District?

• Lewisburg,
• Greenbrier County

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What is the location of Holly River State Park?

• Webster County