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Which of these apple varieties originated in West Virginia?
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Which of the following tall tale folk figures originated in West Virginia?
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This Pocahontas County native was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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The Battle of Blair Mountain was the last wide-scale episode in what series of events?
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The Cherry River Navy is associated with this city.
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What was the first major railroad built in southern West Virginia?
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What Shawnee leader was murdered in Point Pleasant while trying to warn American militia of an impending attack?
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What is the oldest continuous institution of higher learning in West Virginia?
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Nearly how much of West Virginia is covered by forests?
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In what county was the earliest known Episcopal church built in present West Virginia?
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