WEST VIRGINIA HISTORY BOWL

1. What is West Virginias state butterfly? correct answer: Monarch 2. What is West Virginias state flower? correct answer: Rhododendron 3. What is West Virginias state tree? correct answer: Sugar Maple 4. What is West Virginias state bird? correct answer: Cardinal 5. What is West Virginias state animal? correct answer: Black Bear 6. What is West Virginias state fruit? correct answer: Golden Delicious Apple 7. What is West Virginias state fish? correct answer: Brook Trout...

Quiz 1: 2 WV natives nominated for President in 1924 correct answer: John Davis & John Zahnd Harpers Ferry mayor killed during the John Brown Raid correct answer: Fontaine Beckham Last county in WV formed correct answer: Mingo County First African American college in WV correct answer: Storer College Which of the following would NOT be a member of the judicial branch of government in West Virginia correct answer: Municipal Judge 2 women artists, distant cousins in 1878 & 1903...

This city was the most populous in West Virginia in 2000. correct answer: Charleston This county was formed in 1787 from Harrison County. correct answer: Randolph County This West Virginia native formally received the Nobel prize for literature from King Gustaf of Sweden on December 10, 1938. correct answer: Pearl Buck This Pocahontas County town was named for Jacob Marlin who, together with Stephen Sewell, settled there in the mid-1700s. correct answer: Marlinton Which of the fo...