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Which TV show did this Moundsville native NOT write the theme song for?
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In what city was country music star Hank Williams found dead on New Year's Day 1953?
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Folklorist Pat Gainer founded this festival in 1950.
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The blind musician Ed Haley was best known for playing what instrument?
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"Walk the Way the Wind Blows" was the first major hit for this native West Virginian.
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What's the nickname of the West Virginia University marching band?
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Which one of the following songs did Boone County native Billy Edd Wheeler NOT write or cowrite?
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What popular country music radio program aired for 10 years on Fairmont's WMMN?
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What West Virginian had a country hit with "Lonesome 7-7203?"
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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