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Which one of the following songs was supposedly inspired by Fairmont native Johnnie Johnson?
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Which one of the following instruments was Frank George NOT associated with?
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The blind musician Ed Haley was best known for playing what instrument?
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This band is largely credited with popularizing bluegrass music in both Boston and Japan.
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This Webster County musician won the fiddle contest at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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In 2011, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. received national acclaim after winning this TV contest.
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This person was NOT an inaugural inductee into the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 2007.
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In 1966, this country singer had a hit with the recitation "History Repeats Itself."
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Who had a hit with the 1947 country song "Beyond the Sunset?"
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This Mingo Countian was the first West Virginian to be honored with a National Heritage Fellowship.
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