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Which of the following was the first organized golf club and course in the United States?
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What future baseball hall of famers played minor league ball in Martinsburg?
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Which 1940 National League Most Valuable Player played minor league ball for the Beckley Black Knights?
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Which future hall of famer once played minor league baseball for Williamson?
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Who was WVU's lead sports broadcaster on radio from 1947 to 1997 (with the exception of 1970-73)?
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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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What Wheeling native hit the first walk-off home run to win a World Series (1960) ?
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Which president was one of the first golfers to play The Greenbrier's Old White course?
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Which golfer won three PGA championships, three Masters Tournaments, and the British Open?
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Who led East Bank High to a state basketball championship before becoming an All-American at WVU?
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