WV Quiz

Where is the geographic center of West Virginia?

1. Braxton County
2. Clay County
3. Kanawha County
4. Lewis County

What are the "Young Appalachians"?

1. A 1950s movie about a band of outlaws from West Virginia after the Civil War
2. A collection of rock and sediment that has accumulated since the last Ice Age
3. A gospel singing quartet from Monroe County
4. A mountain-building event that occurred 275 million years ago

Which one of the following natural resources—found in many West Virginia caves— was used as a key ingredient in manufacturing gunpowder during the Civil War?

1. Dolomite
2. Guano
3. Limestone
4. saltpeter

In West Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley lies solely in which one of the following counties?

1. Berkeley
2. Morgan
3. Jefferson
4. Greenbrier

Which one of the following rock formations is NOT located in Pendleton County?

1. Champe Rocks
2. Seneca Rocks
3. Trout Rock
4. Pinnacle Rock

What is Elkinsia polymorpha?

1. A folk legend about the ghost like apparition of U.S. Senator Stephen B. Elkins
2. A nocturnal marsupial found only in Randolph County
3. A rare muscular degenerative disease first discovered in Elkins
4. The oldest seed bearing plant in North America

Miners have given this nickname to a dangerous geologic formation that increases the risk of roof falls in underground coal mines.

1. Apple peeler
2. Hotcake griddle
3. Kettle bottom
4. Teapot spout

Where was the Guinness World Record set for “stalagmite sitting”?

1. Carlsbad Caverns
2. Cumberland Caverns
3. Lost World Caverns
4. Luray Caverns

Which West Virginia River has two names?

1. Gauley River
2. Lost River
3. Monongahela River
4. New River