e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia Online

Music

Sign in or create a free account to curate your search content.

1
Folklorist Pat Gainer founded this festival in 1950.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
2
During his career, this South Charleston instrument maker made made 86 violins, 14 violas, 65 cellos, one double bass, and six bows.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
3
In 1966, this Kanawha County fiddler performed on the Grand Ole Opry, The Today Show, and at the prestigious Newport Folk Festival.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
4
"Walk the Way the Wind Blows" was the first major hit for this native West Virginian.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
5
This Webster County musician won the fiddle contest at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
6
This person was NOT an inaugural inductee into the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 2007.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
7
This Summers County songwriter recorded one of the earliest known songs about the Monongah Mine Disaster.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
8
Giving its first concert in 1929, this is the longest-running orchestra in West Virginia.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
9
"The Wreck on the C&O" is a folk song about a deadly train wreck near which city?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
10
This musician co-created and served as host of the Mountain Stage radio program for 38 years.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.

Most quizzes offer a different set of 10 questions each time you test your knowledge, pulled from hundreds of facts about West Virginia. To test your West Virginia knowledge, choose an answer for each question and click the "Submit" button at the bottom, then we'll score your results!

Optionally, if you're not interested in this Quiz, please feel free to choose a different one!

Choose a different Quiz