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State Quiz - West Virginia

Can you guess these facts about the U.S. state of West Virginia?
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First submittedSeptember 5, 2019
Times taken17,386
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Capital city
Charleston
Most populous metro area
Huntington
States that border West Virginia
Kentucky
Maryland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
State nickname
The Mountain State
West Virginia is famous for mining this, but today mines less than a third
as much as Wyoming
Coal
West Virginia is the only state that has two of this type of "handle"
Panhandle
May holiday that was invented in 1908 by Anna Jarvis of Grafton, West Virginia
Mother's Day
Notable person who originally surveyed parts of West Virginia from 1748–1751
George Washington
West Virginia became a state during this war
Civil War
18 states have territory in this mountain range, but West Virginia is the only state
that lies entirely within it
Appalachian Mountains
West Virginia native who broke the sound barrier in 1947 and whose drawl is the
source of the "accent" that many pilots try to imitate today
Chuck Yeager
West Virginia is the epicenter of this "epidemic" that has swept the U.S. in recent years
Opioid Epidemic
19.9% of West Virginia's population is over the age of 65. Name one of the two
states that have a higher percentage.
Maine / Florida
Radical abolitionist who raided Harpers Ferry in 1859
John Brown
Harpers Ferry sits on the confluence of these two rivers (name either)
Potomac / Shenandoah
Singer who wrote "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
John Denver
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36 Comments
brainchild
+13
Level 69
Sep 7, 2019
First to say it: West Virginia, Mountain Mama...

Nice Quiz! ⭐

JackintheBox
+4
Level 79
Jan 18, 2021
Take me home, country roads!
SirPhilippines
+3
Level 67
Feb 23, 2021
To the place, I belong!
GrantisAtlantis3
+2
Level 25
Dec 26, 2021
West Virginia, mountain mama

Take me home, country roads

I hear her voice in the mornin' hour, she calls me

The radio reminds me of my home far away

Drivin' down the road, I get a feelin'

That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday!

ruudsje
+3
Level 69
Jan 12, 2020
thanks for accepting just 'painkillers'. would've never guessed opioid epidemic
mannyortiz2001
+3
Level 60
Jan 12, 2020
On the age question, what's your source? PBS shows that Maine is number one, followed by Florida, followed by West Virginia.

https://www.prb.org/which-us-states-are-the-oldest/

Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 12, 2020
I'll double-check that and get back to you.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 12, 2020
Looks like you are right. I updated the quiz.
Jacktheguy
+3
Level 90
Feb 22, 2021
I'm pretty sure Delaware is actually the oldest. :)
SpencerGT
+2
Level 68
Feb 25, 2021
I think he meant by age of the population.
TheCrusher
+12
Level 71
Apr 13, 2020
Harpers Ferry is also the headquarters of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, which is the psychological halfway point when you thru hike. Somewhere in a binder there is a polaroid picture of my bearded self. ("The Crusher' was actually my trail name on my 2010 thru hike.) Shout out to all other thru hikers out there!
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 85
Sep 9, 2020
Q: On November 14, 1970, 37 players and 8 coaches of this University's football team were killed (along with 25 supporters and 5 crew members) in a plane crash while returning home from an away game.

A: Marshall

Calmac64
+2
Level 93
Mar 14, 2022
Marshall
OfficerDibble
+1
Level 81
Sep 10, 2020
I suggest you allow 'American Civil' for the war - it might not occur to a non-American just to type 'Civil'.
ing
+10
Level 71
Sep 11, 2020
Is there really a need to distinguish the event as not being from, say, the Yemeni civil war?
OliviaPG
+18
Level 68
Feb 22, 2021
Pretty sure WV saw the civil war in Sudan and went "fuck this, I'm out"
SirPhilippines
+4
Level 67
Feb 23, 2021
NO BAD WORDS
aloepottt
+2
Level 48
Jun 25, 2021
EEEE
NV1
+3
Level 51
Dec 30, 2020
Best performance on a state quiz!
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Jan 18, 2021
For me too!
NV1
+2
Level 51
Mar 2, 2021
Beaten by Alaska!
Cagliari
+5
Level 55
Jan 21, 2021
Fun Fact: Me and my dad are good friends with John Denver's brother here in Ireland and we call him skelletor because of how clearly we can see he uses drugs on the daily.
jmellor13
+4
Level 67
Feb 22, 2021
John Denver was not the principal author of Take Me Home, Country Roads. It was written mostly by a husband and wife team. They showed what they had to Denver, who wanted the song for himself, and the three of them finished it together. But most of the iconic lyrics and the verse and chorus melodies were written before Denver got involved.
Walacama
+3
Level 82
Feb 22, 2021
Bill Danoff! He was also a singer, so at the very least Bill Danoff should be accepted. Although .001% will guess that, but I actually tried it first. Danoff toyed with the "Massachusetts" first instead of "West Virginia" as they have the same number of syllables.
david2013
+4
Level 85
Feb 22, 2021
Credit should also go to his then-wife Mary Catherine "Taffy" Nivert-Danoff. And the song originated from a roadtrip through Maryland. Alas, the state was one syllable short.
FyreSt0rm
+2
Level 45
Feb 15, 2022
It was actually about a road in germantown, maryland called clopper road, which did have the right amount of syllables.
Tymi
+2
Level 68
Mar 28, 2022
A lot of western Maryland is a lot like West Virginia, but as Maryland is a much wealthier state, the roads and other public services are much better. There are many places where you can be on a paved road with painted lines in Maryland and then cross into West Virginia on a gravel road.
thegoatisgoaty
+3
Level 71
Feb 22, 2021
Can u please accept mother, I kept trying that.
thegoatisgoaty
+3
Level 71
Feb 22, 2021
And I tried mothers with apostrophe. Accept one of these options
Damangio
+2
Level 64
Feb 22, 2021
All the highway signs leading into West Virginia say "Wild and Wonderful," not "The Mountain State." How long do those signs have to be there for it to count as a state nickname?
aglelm
+3
Level 64
Feb 22, 2021
thats a slogan not a nickname
ChickenMascot
+2
Level 50
Mar 1, 2021
Is the term ‘radical abolitionist’ a reference to a certain mask-off PragerU video? 😜
aloepottt
+3
Level 48
Jun 25, 2021
probably not
JFM01
+1
Level 54
Dec 7, 2021
Only missed 4, pretty good for someone who has only been there for one day in his life.
BrunoLP
+1
Level 74
Jun 1, 2022
I tried The poverty state as the nickname ahah
Lukose
+2
Level 69
May 9, 2023
Cmon now, you don’t accept “mothers”?
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