Wild Wonderful West Virginia by HightB

Champion(s):

MeyerS
I'm just this guy, you know?


Runner(s)-Up:

FryedBetaKappa
Don't read this.


Quiz Description

Questions about people, places, and things from The Mountain State.

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Questions:

One of the biggest current stories in West Virginia is the ongoing trial of Don Blankenship; the former CEO of THIS COAL COMPANY, who is on trial for his role in the management of the Upper Big Branch Mine, the site of a 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners.

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MASSEY Energy

This son of a coal miner from Slab Creek and Beckley, WV is a member of the 2015 Class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the strength of songs such as "Grandma's Hands" and "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone"

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BILL WITHERS

Upon the passing of Robert C. Byrd in 2010, this then-West Virginia governor won the special election to complete Byrd's term and then won his own full term in 2012.

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Joe MANCHIN

In 1974, a pitched debate over textbooks in THIS COUNTY, the largest by population in West Virginia, drew national media attention in the wake of protests that grew to include thousands of striking coal miners.

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KANAWHA

On August 3, 1984, this native of Fairmont's performance at Pauley Pavilion vaulted her ahead of Ecaterina Szabo in the standings and onto America's Wheaties boxes.

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Mary Lou RETTON

In 2014, THIS MAN became President of West Virginia University for the second time, with his previous term spanning the years 1981-1985. He may be better known for his time in between at Colorado, Brown, Vanderbilt, and two stints as the president of The Ohio State University and for his penchant for bow ties in school colors.

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Dr. E. Gordon GEE

Fairmont claims to be the origin city of this iconic West Virginian food, created by an Italian immigrant around 1937. A recent kerfuffle centered around a proposal by the Pennsylvania-based Sheetz convenience store chain to sell versions of this product in West Virginia locations from non-West Virginia bakeries.

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PEPPERONI ROLL

This largest city by population in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, located off I-81 and with access to MARC's Brunswick Line, was the birthplace of longtime U.S.Senators Harry F. Byrd and A. Willis Robertson, who represented Virginia together from 1946 to 1965.

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MARTINSBURG

The first season of this TV food personality's "(BLANK'S) Food Revolution" program on ABC centered around his effort to improve food choices by citizens in Huntington, WV.

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Jamie OLIVER

West Virginia's most famous Presidential primary occurred in 1960, when John F. Kennedy defeated this opponent, with other potential nominees waiting out a potential JFK defeat.

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Hubert Horatio HUMPHREY

This resort near White Sulphur Springs has hosted 26 Presidents, the 1979 Ryder Cup, the New Orleans Saints' summer training camp, and was the site of an underground bunker designed as an emergency fallout shelter for Congress.

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GREENBRIER

This graduate of Keyser High hit for a .300 career batting and exactly 100 home runs in his MLB career, but may be best known for two plate appearances at Camden Yards, one during the 1993 All-Star Game, the other being his final major league at-bat.

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John KRUK