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On June 11, 1861, delegates to the First and Second Wheeling Conventions convened in this building.
What is Washington Hall?
100
On March 12, 1835, this county was created from part of Ohio County, with Elizabethtown as its county seat.
What is Marshall County ?
100
On March 28, 1978, this man was named the men's basketball coach at West Virginia University.
Who is Gale Catlett ?
100
This coach led the Northfork High School basketball team to eight straight state championships, a national record.
What is Coach Jennings Boyd?
100
This Charleston native, author of Woman, Thou Art Loosed, serves as senior pastor for The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas.
Who is T. D. Jakes?
200
This Fairmont native is the author of the award-winning novel, A Separate Peace.
Who is John Knowles?
200
This Charleston native is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Washington Monthly, and author of How Washington Really Works.
Who is Charles Peters?
200
On March 29, 1851, this county was formed from parts of Wood, Tyler, and Ritchie counties.
What is Pleasants County?
200
On May 1, 1862, this Mercer County community was burned by Confederate troops.
What is Princeton?
200
This television and radio personality, who served as a panelist on What's My Line? and is known as the world's leading authority on pie-throwing, was raised in Huntington.
Who is Soupy Sales?
300
The Raleigh County community of MacArthur is named for this man.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
300
On January 29, 1873, this railroad, which linked the Atlantic Coast with the midwestern United States, was completed, with the last spike driven at Hawk's Nest in Fayette County.
What is Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad?
300
On April 19, 1896, this man, who was West Virginia's first governor, died in Parkersburg.
Who is Arthur I. Boreman?
300
Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area is located in this West Virginia county.
What is Hampshire County?
300
This woman was appointed West Virginia's first female secretary of state in December of 1957.
Who is Helen Holt ?
400
Should the governor not be able to complete his term, the remainder of his unexpired term would be filled by whom?
Who is the president of the Senate?
400
The federal "Help America Vote Act" of 2002 required states to make several changes in the way they handle voter registration and elections by January 2006. Which of the following changes in West Virginia took place as a result of this act?
What is replacement of punch card and lever voting machines, placement of a handicap-accessible voting machine at each voting precinct, adoption of a centralized voter registration system, and modification of provisional voting requirements
400
Hillcrest Wildlife Management Area is located in this county.
What is Hancock County?
400
The parents of this heavyweight boxing champion, whose nickname was the "Manassa Mauler," were from Logan County, West Virginia.
Who is Jack Dempsey?
400
This West Virginia county was named for the Revolutionary War hero whose nickname was "The Old Wagoner."
What is Morgan County?
500
This native of Cabin Creek currently serves as president of the United Mine Workers of America.
Who is Cecil Roberts?
500
The events in the "Legend of the Wizard Clip" occurred in this Jefferson County community.
What is Smithfield?
500
This Powellton native, who was appointed Commander in Chief of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe in 1996, is one of only two enlisted men in the history of the Navy to have risen to four-star rank.
Who is T. Joseph Lopez?
500
This Kenova native won his second Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album for his recording, I'll Lead You Home.
Who is Michael W. Smith?
500
Briery Mountain Wildlife Management Area is located in this West Virginia county.
What is Preston County?
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