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This actress, who was born in Charleston on March 6, 1930, starred in the 1958 movie Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman.
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This river basin is the only one in West Virginia to drain eastward.
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History Bowl 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This actress, who was born in Charleston on March 6, 1930, starred in the 1958 movie Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman. | Allison Hayes |
| This river basin is the only one in West Virginia to drain eastward. | Potomac River |
| This is the most abundant type of coal in West Virginia. | Bituminous |
| This Logan County sheriff, who was instrumental in preventing unionization in the coal fields of southern West Virginia, organized a force to defend Logan at the Battle of Blair Mountain. | Don Chafin |
| In 1916, Babe Ruth won his first post-season pitching victory when this Montrose native's base hit knocked in the winning run in the longest World Series game by innings. | Del Gainer |
| This county was named for the U.S. Secretary of State who was killed in an explosion aboard the USS Princeton in 1844. | Upshur |
| Known for its strong, garlic-like odor, this vegetable is also known as wild leek or spring onion. | Ramp |
| This man, who served as United States senator from 1881 to 1887, and from 1893 to 1895, was born in Lewis County on March 6, 1828. | Camden |
| What is the name of the woodland salamander that is found only in West Virginia in a 5-county area that includes Randolph County? | Cheat Mountain salamander |
| What West Virginia native is the author of Rocket Boys? | Homer Hickam |
| This Bluefield native, born in 1894, was a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and publisher whose company merged with Ridder Publications in 1974. | John Shively Knight |
| This native of Alsace was West Virginia's first commissioner of immigration. | Debar |
| This country music singer, whose debut album Where I Belong was released in 2004, is a native of Charleston. | Proctor |
| This Davis resident won the women's short track cross country event at the 2003 NORBA National Championship Mountain Bike Series. | Sue Haywood |
| This city was capital of the Restored Government of Virginia in 1864. | Alexandria |
| This man, the author of Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia, was born on October 14, 1769. | Doddridge |
| This county is the largest in area in the State of West Virginia. | Randolph County |
| Early on the morning of May 9, 1913, military authorities raided the offices of this socialist newspaper in Huntington. | The Socialist and Labor Star |
| In 1871, West Virginia voters approved this amendment to the state constitution that removed voting restrictions on former Confederate males. | Flick Amendment |
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