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What color is the cover of the West Virginia Legislature's official handbook?
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Where was the Guinness World Record set for "stalagmite sitting"?
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Who was the first woman from West Virginia to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
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Where was West Virginia's first state capital?
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Where was the first Confederate general of the Civil War killed?
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Which one of the following counties was NOT created after West Virginia became a state?
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Who was the first West Virginia native elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame?
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Donald F. Duncan, who grew up in Huntington, invented this.
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Nearly how much of West Virginia is covered by forests?
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This old-time musician was nicknamed the "Dulcimer Man."
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