Quick Quiz 21

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Quick Quiz 21

This Berkeley Springs resident invented a steam-powered boat which was first demonstrated at Shepherdstown in 1787.

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David Hunter Strother

James Rumsey

Willard McClung

Robert Taylor

Robert Fulton

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According to recent State Tax Department statistics, the largest source of state government general revenue is the:

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cigarette tax.

business and occupation tax.

personal income tax.

gasoline and motor carrier taxes.

severance tax.

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American film, television, stage and radio actress Joan Banks was born in this West Virginia county.

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Cabell County

Ohio County

Greenbrier County

Taylor County

Grant County

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The oldest continuously used Presbyterian church west of the Allegheny Mountains is located in this Greenbrier County community.

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Lewisburg

Alderson

Rainelle

White Sulphur Springs

Caldwell

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West Virginia's most famous mass murderer was known as the "Bluebeard of Quiet Dell." What was his real name?

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John Hardy

Octavio Jerome

Ted Bundy

Harry Powers

John Morgan

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Under West Virginia's election law:

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the party requesting a recount must show that ballot boxes were stuffed at one or more precincts.

no recount of ballots is allowed if the margin of victory is greater than 500 votes.

a separate recount of ballots in each precinct must be undertaken for each party requesting a recount within 48 hours of an election.

the party requesting a recount must pay the costs of recounting ballots when the recount does not change the results of the election.

when a recount is requested, ballots for all precincts must be hand counted twice during the recount by each member of the board of canvassers.

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Pricketts Fort State Park is located in what county?

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Wirt County

Taylor County

Monongalia County

Marion County

Mason County

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On the morning on April 27, 1978, scaffolding collapsed at a Monongahela Power Company station in this Pleasants County community, killing fifty-one construction workers.

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Parkersville

Hebron

Belmont

St. Marys

Willow Island

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In 1960, West Virginia played a key role in which of the following national events?

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Woodstock

selection of Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy

man's first walk on the moon

first celebration of Mother's Day

opening of the first McDonald's

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This Ritchie County community was named for the British general whose army was forced to surrender to the Americans at Yorktown.

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Shumley

Harrisville

Cornwallis

Pullman

Washburn

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