West Virginia Knowledge Check

1. What is the capital of West Virginia? Wheeling Charleston Morgantown Parkersburg

2. Which landmark is located in West Virginia and features one of the largest steel-arch bridges in the Western Hemisphere? Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Blackwater Falls State Park New River Gorge National Park Seneca Rocks

3. West Virginia is often known by which nickname? The Evergreen State The Keystone State The Silver State The Mountain State

4. What year did West Virginia become a state? 1776 1863 1907 1945

5. Which city was the birthplace of Stonewall Jackson? Clarksburg Wheeling Beckley Morgantown

6. What was once the site of the emergency relocation of Congress in case of nuclear threat? The Tamarack Beckley The Greenbrier Wheeling

7. Where is West Virginia University Beckley Charleston Wheeling Morgantown

8. Which historic town is at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers and played a key role in the Civil War? Morgantown Harpers Ferry Wheeling Charleston

9. Ironically, what river is one of the oldest on Earth? Shenandoah River Potomac River New River Ohio River

10. Which West Virginia landmark is featured on the back of its state quarter? New River Gorge The Greenbrier The Tamarack The Charleston Capitol Building

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