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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James Rumsey

Willard McClung

David Hunter Strother

Robert Fulton

Robert Taylor

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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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severance tax.

business and occupation tax.

personal income tax.

gasoline and motor carrier taxes.

cigarette 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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Greenbrier County

Taylor County

Grant County

Cabell County

Ohio 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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Alderson

White Sulphur Springs

Caldwell

Rainelle

Lewisburg

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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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Octavio Jerome

Ted Bundy

John Morgan

John Hardy

Harry Powers

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Under West Virginia's election law:

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

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

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

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

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Pricketts Fort State Park is located in what county?

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Taylor County

Monongalia County

Marion County

Wirt 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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Willow Island

Belmont

Hebron

St. Marys

Parkersville

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

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first celebration of Mother's Day

opening of the first McDonald's

Woodstock

selection of Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy

man's first walk on the moon

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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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Harrisville

Pullman

Shumley

Washburn

Cornwallis

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