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Wayne County native Fanny Belle Fleming later gained renown as an entertainer using what pseudonym?
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What is Fasnacht?
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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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An exit on I-64 is named for Sam Black. What was his profession?
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The Battle of Blair Mountain was the last wide-scale episode in what series of events?
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Where is the annual Contemporary American Theater Festival held?
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What West Virginian was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for president in 1924?
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Who designed West Virginia's state seal?
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Which one of the following is NOT known as a West Virginia-based fiddle tune?
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This old-time musician was nicknamed the "Dulcimer Man."
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