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Which of the following foods is NOT honored with a major festival in West Virginia?
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What West Virginia native wrote the musical drama Hatfields and McCoys?
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Wayne County native Fanny Belle Fleming later gained renown as an entertainer using what pseudonym?
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What did oceanfront lots in Myrtle Beach, a vacation spot for many West Virginians, initially cost?
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Which one of the following colleges was NOT associated with a religious institution when it was founded?
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What Pocahontas County Civil War battle was one of the bloodiest of the war's first year?
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Where was the Aracoma Hotel located?
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Marmaduke Dent was the first to do this.
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Among the 50 states, where does West Virginia rank nationally in coal production?
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This old-time musician was nicknamed the "Dulcimer Man."
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