WV Quiz

Which of the following statements about Nathan Goff Jr. is NOT true?

1. During the Civil War, he was imprisoned in the Confederate Libby Prison.
2. He lost the controversial 1888 election for governor.
3. He was the Democratic party boss in West Virginia in the late 1800s.
4. He was West Virginia's first U.S. senator chosen by popular election.

What West Virginian was the Democratic candidate for president in 1924?

1. Henry G. Davis
2. Herman Guy Kump
3. Howard Sutherland
4. John W. Davis

Which Martinsburg native served as secretary of war under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I?

1. John J. Pershing
2. Lewis Strauss
3. Newton Diehl Baker
4. Louis Bennett Jr.

What Clarksburg native served as secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter?

1. Lewis Strauss
2. Nathan Goff Jr.
3. Newton Diehl Baker
4. Cyrus Vance

Who was the first woman to represent West Virginia in the U.S. Congress?

1. Elizabeth Kee
2. Helen Holt
3. Pearl Buck
4. Shelley Moore Capito

Who was the first black woman in West Virginia to hold a high level state administrative position?

1. Elizabeth Drewry
2. Helen Dobson
3. Mildred Mitchell Bateman
4. Minnie Buckingham Harper

Prior to the Civil War, how many governors of Virginia came from counties in present West Virginia?

1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3

What baseball player played with the old Charleston Senators and went on to the United States Senate?

1. Hack Wilson
2. Jim Bunning
3. Lefty Grove
4. Lew Burdette

Which West Virginia governor served for only seven days?

1. Arthur Ingraham Boreman
2. Henry Hatfield
3. William Gaston Caperton, III
4. Daniel D. T. Farnsworth