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Which Ritchie County native coached basketball teams to two National Invitational Tournament championships and authored a series of books about fictional sports star Chip Hilton?
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What baseball pitcher played with the old Charleston Senators and went on to the United States Senate?
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What is the only national forest that lies entirely within the boundaries of West Virginia?
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Who is generally considered WVU's greatest basketball player before World War II?
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Why was the bare-knuckle prize fight for the championship of the world held in Brooke County in 1880?
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This Kanawha County native set football and track records at Marshall University in the 1990s before going on to a hall of fame career in the NFL.
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What McDowell County high school won eight consecutive state basketball championships in the 1970s and 1980s?
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After his retirement from baseball, what Negro Leagues star worked more than 20 years for West Virginia state government?
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Which West Virginian won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics?
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Who is the winningest coach in West Virginia University basketball history?
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