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| Where is the Grave Creek Mound located? |
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| What West Virginian wrote "Butterflies of North America"? |
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| What is the largest subdivision of WV? |
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| What NBA hall of famer was originally known as "Zeke from Cabin Creek"? |
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| In what community was the WV industrial school for women located? |
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| At one time this mercer county town was the home of 19 millionaires |
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| Who designed the Great Seal and Coat of Arms of WV? |
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| What martinsberg native was probably the most noted female spy for the confederacy? |
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| I am a Soldier, Too documents the wartime experiences of the Wirt County native in Iraq |
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| The first capital of WV was located in what city? |
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| This motion picture released in 2006 tells the story of the tragedy's aftermath |
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| What West Virginian sat on the commission which tried the conspirators against president Abraham Lincoln? |
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| What county was named for the Revolutionary War general killed at the battle of Princeton? |
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| The first brick street in the US was paved in this city |
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| This WVU basketball star became the first woman to dunk a basketball in an NCAA game on Dec 21 1984 |
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| What is the state insect of WV? |
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| The murder of this Matewan police chief sparked events which led to the battle of Blair Mountain |
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| Cass Scenic Railroad is located in what county? |
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| What WV native served as Secretary of the Interior during the administration of President Wilson? |
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| Panther State Forest is located in what county? |
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| Blackwater Falls is located in what WV county? |
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| Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area is located in what WV county? |
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| This Randolph County community was formerly known as Fisher |
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| This pioneer worked as the head of physiology and pharmacology at marshall |
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| This host of the original version of the TV show Hollywood's Squares was born in Huntington |
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| Bethany College is located in what county? |
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| This US Senator once served as territorial delegate to Congress for New Mexico |
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| The first Black college to establish a civilian pilot training program |
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| Who was the first WV woman nominated for governor by a major political party? |
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| This Randolph county community was reportedly named for the mother of Edmund Randolph |
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| The northern part of WV has which type of salt deposit? |
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| Oglebay Park is located in what WV community? |
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| Cathedral State Park is located in this WV county |
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| This WV native was the first woman to chair a republican party state convention |
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| This county has the highest average elevation west of the Mississippi |
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| This WV native represented the school systems in the historic US Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education |
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| This man was the last owner of White Sulphur Springs |
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| Thomas Jefferson described the scenic view at this town as "worth a voyage across the Atlantic" |
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| This MAson County native was WV's first official state historian |
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| This Monongalia native was the first to use geology's Anticlinal Theory |
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| This person spent time as an inmate of the WV Penitentiary for violation of the Espionage Act |
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| This Morgantown native was the radio Play-by-Play announcer for the steelers for 28 years |
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| Who was WV's first poet laureate? |
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| This Wayne county community was formerly known as Trout's Hill and Fairview |
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| This Jefferson County was charged as being a spy and executed |
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| Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Park is located in what county? |
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| THe author of "The West Virginia Hills" was born in glenville on april 22, 1846 |
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| Gravely originally built the tractor's in an old factory in this Kanawha County community |
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| This former resident of Keyser co-wrote the songs Here Comes Peter Cottontail and Frosty the Snowman |
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