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Jim Comstock founded which one of these?
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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 city contains West Virginia's largest cemetery?
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Which of the following songs was possibly inspired by Fairmont native Johnnie Johnson?
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What is West Virginia's longest hiking trail?
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Which one of the following counties was NOT named after a governor or former governor of Virginia?
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Which state forest is home to the Henry Clay Furnace, an iron furnace built about 1836?
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Where was the first Confederate general of the Civil War killed?
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Rebecca Harding Davis wrote about iron workers in this city.
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Marmaduke Dent was the first to do this.
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