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Which TWO of the following scenic attractions were used for military training during World War II?
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What color is the cover of the West Virginia Legislature's official handbook?
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Which of the following songs was possibly inspired by Fairmont native Johnnie Johnson?
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Muriel Rukeyser's "The Book of the Dead" was about what disaster?
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What town on U.S. 33 is home to a massive sandstone state highways maintenance shop?
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Who was the first woman from West Virginia to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
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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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Marmaduke Dent was the first to do this.
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Donald F. Duncan, who grew up in Huntington, invented this.
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Which one of the following is NOT known as a West Virginia-based fiddle tune?
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