West
Virginia Questions:
1. What
is West Virginia's nickname?
2.
What is the capital of West Virginia?
3.
Who is the Govenor of West Virginia?
4.
What is the largest city in West Virginia?
5.
What is the state flower of West Virginia?
6.
What is the state bird of West Virginia?
7.
What is the state tree of West Virginia?
8.
How many counties are in West Virginia?
9.
What is West Virginia's geographic area ranking?
10.
What is the principle industry of West Virginia?
11.
What is the principle manufacturing good in West Virginia?
12.
What is the state motto?
13.
In what year did West Virginia become a state?
14.
What is West Virginia's population in the 2000 Census?
15.
Who are West Virginia's Senators?
16.
Who was the mayor of Harpers Ferry killed during John Brown's
Raid in 1859?
17.
What was the last county formed in West Virginia?
18.
What was the name of the first African-American college in West
Virginia?
19.
What West Virginian won a gold medal in gymnastics during the
1984 Olympics?
20.
Who was the first governor of West Virginia?
21.
What Native American leader led the attack on Point Pleasant
on October 10, 1774?
22.
What Lincoln County native became the first to break the sound
barrier on October 14, 1947?
23.
The first capital of West Virginia was located in what city?
24.
What West Virginia-born author won the Nobel Prize for writing
"The Good Earth"?
25.
What tragedy occurred in Whitesville on July 24, 1926?
26.
What county was named for a journalist?
27.
What West Virginia native became the highest ranking African
American during the Civil War?
28.
Name the oldest Methodist church west of the Allegheny Mountains?
29.
Who was the first woman from West Virginia to be elected to
the United States Congress?
30.
The construction of this road through Wheeling in 1818 facilitated
the opening of the western part of the United States?
31.
What West Virginian wrote "The Bridge at Remagen"?
32.
The Golden Delicious Apple (the state fruit) originated in what
county?
33.
Where is the Grave Creek Mound located?
34.
What West Virginia governor gained national attention by refusing
to extradite members of the Hatfield family during the Hatfield-McCoy
feud?
35.
Who was the first African-American woman to serve in a legislative
body in the United States?
36.
The first land battle of the Civil War was fought in this community?
37.
National Geographic judges this Morgan County spot one of the
most scenic views in the country?
38.
What West Virginian founded the Disciples of Christ Church?
39.
What West Virginia community is known as "Nature's Air Conditioned
City"?
40.
What West Virginia city is known as the "Nail City"?
41.
Where was the first brick street in the world constructed?
42.
What NBA Hall of Famer was initially known at "Zeke from Cabin
Creek"?
43.
What West Virginian was the first soldier killed in the Civil
War?
44.
In what community is the West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls
located?
45.
At one time this Mercer County town was the home of nineteen
millionaires?
46.
This Huntington native was the father-in-law of Charles Lindbergh?
47.
Where is the highest point in West Virginia?
48.
What West Virginia native gave up Babe Ruth's first two major
league home runs?
49.
In what field of arts and entertainment did West Virginians
Eleanor Steber, Phyllis Curtis and Suzanne Fisher become well-known?
50.
Who designed the Great Seal and Coat of Arms of West Virginia?
51.
What Martinsburg native was probably the most noted female spy
for the Confederacy?
52.
What baseball Hall of Famer was born in Glen Dale, West Virginia?
53.
What county is nicknamed the "Birthplace of Rivers"?
54.
Who designed the current West Virginia State Capitol building?
55.
The city of Huntington was originally known as?
56.
Where in West Virginia can you find ice occuring naturally all
year round?
57.
This West Virginian, who ran for president in 1932 on the Liberty
Party ticket, believed in free coinage of silver.
58.
What West Virginia native won the gold medal in the shotput
during the 1996 Olympic Games?
59.
What Martinsburg native served as Secretary of War during World
War I?
60.
This man is believed to be the only conscientious objector in
the 20th century to win the Congressional Medal of Honor.
61.
What is the state animal of West Virginia?
62.
This Spanish-American War Hero from Monroe County was immortalized
in Elbert Hubbard's classic, "A Message to Garcia".
63.
This former Huntington resident is known as "the father of Black
History".
64.
This mathematician, who won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics,
was born in Bluefield.
65.
This West Virginia State Fair is held in this community?
66.
This former second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who hit
a gaming-winning home run in the seventh game of the 1960 World
Series, as born in Wheeling.
67.
This United States Senator from West Virginia wrote the constitutional
amendment giving 18 year olds the right to vote.
68.
This Morgantown native played the role of Barney Fife on the
Andy Griffith Show?
69.
This woman, who was murdered in 1897, became known as the "Greenbrier
Ghost"?
70.
This Marshall County native is the only West Virginia governor
to be elected to three four-year terms?
71.
What was the name of the first newspaper published in present-day
West Virginia?
72.
Where was the trial of John Brown held?
