Quick Quiz 27

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Quick Quiz 27

This Monongalia native was the first to use geology's Anticlinal Theory.

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L. B. Thomas

A. C. Binford

I. C. White

I. T. Mann

J. T. Carroll

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This institution of higher education is the oldest permanent West Virginia college which has not changed its name.

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Bethany College

West Virginia University

West Liberty State College

Marshall University

West Virginia State College

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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.

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Bill Blizzard

John Mitchell

Tony Boyle

Eugene Debs

John L. Lewis

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This Morgantown native, formerly the voice of the West Virginia University Mountaineers, was the radio play-by-play announcer for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 28 years and is known for his dramatic call of the "Immaculate Reception," Franco Harris' miraculous TD catch in a 1972 Steelers-Raiders playoff game.

1 point

Jack Fleming

Hoppy Kercheval

Woody O'Hara

Myron Cope

Keith Jackson

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Which of the following was NOT a result of the Virginia constitutional convention of 1850?

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The practice of counting slaves in determining legislative representation was discontinued.

All white men who had reached the age of 21 were given the right to vote..

The selection of governor was made subject to popular vote.

A head tax was imposed on every voter.

Slaveowners had to pay taxes on the full value of their slaves.

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Who was West Virginia's first poet laureate?

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Louise McNeill

Thomas Scott

Karl Myers

Roy Lee Harmon

Irene McKinney

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This Charleston native coached the UCLA Bruins to a men's national basketball title in 1995.

1 point

Lute Olsen

Jim Harrick

John Wooden

Steve Lavin

Greg White

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This Jefferson County native, a prominent minister and educator, was the first African-American accepted to study at what is now Penn State University.

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James Boulware

Jared Arter

Thomas Noble

Ellison McPherson

Booker T. Washington

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This Wayne County community was formerly known as Trout's Hill and Fairview.

1 point

Wayne

Kenova

Ceredo

Fort Gay

Prichard

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This former resident of Keyser co-wrote the songs "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" and "Frosty the Snowman."

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Wesley Allen

Emanuel Romero

Joseph Weir

Anthony Eplin

Jack Rollins

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