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WV 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| According to legend, members of this famous gang were involved in the robbery of the Bank of Huntington on September 6, 1875. | James Gang |
| From 1947 to 1985, the state operated a women's prison in a former hotel in this community. | Pence Springs |
| Harman Blennerhassett was indicted for this crime because of his plot with Aaron Burr. | treason |
| In 2000, the West Virginia Legislature approved this alternative to the regular juvenile justice process for 12- to 17-year olds accused of non-violent crimes. | Teen Court |
| On February 6, 1979, this woman, who was convicted of the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford, was captured and returned to the women's federal penitentiary at Alderson after escaping the previous day. | Sara Jane Moore |
| On January 19, 1894, this McDowell County railroad worker was hanged in Welch after being convicted of murder. | John Hardy |
| On January 28, 1921, the murder trial of police chief Sid Hatfield for his role in the Matewan Massacre began in this Mingo County community. | Williamson |
| On November 5, 1874, this Wheeling man was convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to be hanged. | Taylor Strauder |
| This anarchist, who assassinated President William McKinley, worked for a time at a nail factory in Charleston. | Leon Czolgosz |
| This five-time Socialist presidential candidate and labor organizer spent time as an inmate of the West Virginia Penitentiary for violation of the Espionage Act. | Eugene Debs |
| This medium security prison is located in Randolph County. | Huttonsville Correctional Center |
| West Virginia's most famous mass murderer was known as the "Bluebeard of Quiet Dell." What was his real name? | Harry Powers |
| Albert's Chapel in Calhoun County is the only known church in the state built in this shape. | octagon |
| Among the pioneer scientists of West Virginia was Israel C. White, whose most outstanding contribution to the State's economic progress was his: | application of the anticlinal theory of oil and gas accumulations. |
| Architect Alfred B. Mullett designed this Morgan County house for Samuel Taylor Suit. | Berkeley Castle |
| Baltimore architect Richard Snowden Andrews designed this 19th century Lewis County facility. | Weston State Hospital |
| Bluestone Dam is located in this Summers County community. | Hinton |
| Cass Scenic Railroad is located in what county? | Pocahontas County |
| Of what material is the governor's mansion constructed? | brick |
| On December 15, 1967, a bridge located in this Mason County community collapsed, killing 46 people. | Point Pleasant |
| On January 29, 1873, this railroad, which linked the Atlantic Coast with the midwestern United States, was completed, with the last spike driven at Hawk's Nest in Fayette County. | Chesapeake and Ohio |
| On May 17, 1854, a suspension bridge in this community, the first to cross the Ohio River, was blown down by severe winds. | Wheeling |
| Sutton Dam is on this river. | Elk River |
| The Boone County Courthouse was designed by this Charleston architect. | H. Rus Warne |
| The building of Hawk's Nest Tunnel in Fayette County in 1930-31 is remembered for: | the deaths of hundreds of laborers from silicosis. |
| The Coal House, a 65-ton coal-block building designed by architect Hassel T. Hicks, stands in this West Virginia community. | Williamson |
| The construction of this road through Wheeling in 1818 facilitated the opening of the western part of the United States. | National Road |
| The first brick street in the United States was paved in this West Virginia community. | Charleston |
| The governor's mansion was designed by this Charleston architect. | Walter F. Martens |
| The Great Chestnut Lodge, located at this former 4-H facility, is the largest all-chestnut log structure in West Virginia. | Camp Washington-Carver |
| The Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce in Williamson is located in a building made of 65 tons of this substance. | coal |
| The Upshur County courthouse, built 1899-1901, was designed by this architect. | Harrison Albright |
| This 3,030 foot bridge is open to pedestrian traffic each year on the third Saturday of October. | New River Gorge Bridge |
| This Berkeley Springs resident invented a steam-powered boat which was first demonstrated at Shepherdstown in 1787. | James Rumsey |
| This Beverly native was renowned for his design and construction of covered bridges on western Virginia turnpikes. | Lemuel Chenoweth |
| This bridge is the longest spanning, steel single-arch bridge in the world. | New River Gorge Bridge |
| This bridge that spanned the Ohio River at Pt. Pleasant collapsed in 1967, killing 46 people. | Silver Bridge |
| This Charlestonian is credited with inventing the first brick pavement in the United States. | Mordicai Levi |
| This computerized mass transit system has carried WVU students between campuses since the 1970s. | PRT |
| This man, who in 1852 received a patent for his improvement to churns, served in the West Virginia Legislature from 1866 to 1870. | Rufus Maxwell |
| This Marion County bridge, built in 1853, is the second oldest covered bridge still standing in West Virginia. | Barrackville Covered Bridge |
| This Monongalia native was the first to use geology's Anticlinal Theory. | I. C. White |
| This tunnel that once was part of the West Virginia Turnpike was the first in the nation to be monitored by television. | Memorial Tunnel |
| This turnpike, which ran from Parkersburg to Winchester, was completed in 1838. | Northwestern Turnpike |
| Which of these architectural plans describes the state capitol? | U-shape |
| Who designed the Wheeling Suspension Bridge? | Charles Ellet Jr. |
| With a final concrete pour on June 17, 2009, an I-64 bridge across this river became the longest concrete box girder span in the United 2 States. | Kanawha River |
| According to some sources, the first Father's Day service was held in this West Virginia community on July 5, 1908. | Fairmont |
| February 26, 2002, marked the thirtieth anniversary of what disaster? | Buffalo Creek flood |
| Following Hurricane Katrina, West Virginia hosted displaced persons at Camp Dawson in this county. | Preston County |
| Following Hurricane Katrina, West Virginia hosted displaced persons at: | Camp Dawson |
| In 1960, West Virginia played a key role in which of the following national events? | selection of Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy |
| In January 2000, Israeli and Syrian leaders held peace talks in this West Virginia community. | Shepherdstown |
| On April 17, 1924, the business district of this community was devastated by fire. | Franklin |
| On February 26, 1972, an impoundment dam on Buffalo Creek collapsed, sending millions of gallons of water down a narrow valley, killing 125 and leaving more than 4,000 homeless. The disaster resulted 3 in: | the erection of a memorial at Kistler. |
| On February 27, 1912, this steamer sank in the Ohio River near Waverly in Wood County. | H. K. Bedford |
| On February 29, 1888, the West Virginia Immigration Convention met in this town. | Wheeling |
| On July 5, 1908, Father's Day was observed at this Fairmont church. | Willliams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South |
| On July 8, 1886, the West Virginia Bar Association was organized in this Taylor County community. | Grafton |
| On June 23, 1944, a tornado struck this Harrison County community. | Shinnston |
| On March 10, 1920, the West Virginia state legislature ratified this amendment to the United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote. | 19th Amendment |
| On March 14, 1891, the West Virginia Legislature passed an act appropriating money to fund the collection and display of West Virginia products at this event. | Columbian Exposition |
| On March 26, 1956, the North American Summit Conference, attended by President Dwight Eisenhower, convened at this hotel. | The Greenbrier at White Sulphur Springs |
| On March 3, 1921, this McDowell County deputy sheriff was shot and killed in Welch by Mayor J. H. Whitt. | William Johnson Tabor |
| On March 30, 1870, this steamboat arrived in the new state capital of Charleston carrying records and officials from the former capital of Wheeling. | Mountain Boy |
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