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Which one of the following songs was supposedly inspired by Fairmont native Johnnie Johnson?
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This Wheeling native was one of the most highly regarded saxophonists of the jazz era.
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This singer and pianist earned the title "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music."
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Folklorist Pat Gainer founded this festival in 1950.
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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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This person was NOT an inaugural inductee into the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 2007.
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What's the nickname of the West Virginia University marching band?
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What popular country music radio program aired for 10 years on Fairmont's WMMN?
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Who had a hit with the 1947 country song "Beyond the Sunset?"
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What West Virginian, playing with the Lilly Brothers, helped popularize bluegrass music in Boston?
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