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Which of the following is NOT known to be a creek name in West Virginia?
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Which of the following was human?
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The Mountain State's only known mummies were created in which of these West Virginia communities?
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Why is the 1904 murder of Jay Legg in Clay County remembered today?
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When was the last public execution in West Virginia?
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What serial killer, known as the "Bluebeard of Quiet Dell," murdered at least five people in Clarksburg in 1931?
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What Shawnee leader and his son were murdered at Fort Randolph in Point Pleasant in 1777?
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Who was the only person related to the Mine Wars convicted of treason?
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Who was the first former West Virginia governor to serve prison time for corruption?
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What folk song is about a murder and subsequent 1894 hanging in McDowell County?
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