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What West Virginia native wrote the musical drama Hatfields and McCoys?
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Which West Virginia company was a leading producer of an iridescent pressed glass later known commonly as "carnival glass"?
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Which West Virginia songwriter wrote "Frosty the Snowman"?
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Who was the first woman from West Virginia to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
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The Cherry River Navy is associated with this city.
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What West Virginian was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for president in 1924?
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This Charles Town native was the only Black Civil War officer to be given a field command.
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Donald F. Duncan, who grew up in Huntington, invented this.
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This woman was the daughter, wife, and mother of U.S. senators from West Virginia.
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Which of the following was NOT an old-time fiddler?
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