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Who was the first native West Virginian elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame?
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Belgian immigrant Andre Van Damme created this Charleston institution.
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Cozy Records, one of the most successful companies of its kind in West Virginia, was located in this town.
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In 1966, this Kanawha County fiddler performed on the Grand Ole Opry, The Today Show, and at the prestigious Newport Folk Festival.
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West Virginia Hall of Fame member Butch Miles was a master of what instrument?
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What's the nickname of the West Virginia University marching band?
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At age 91, Randolph County's Woody Simmons won the over-60 banjo contest at what festival?
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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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This banjo player was the first woman to receive the Vandalia Award, West Virginia's highest folklife honor.
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This Tucker County native was known as "America's Polka King?"
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