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Where was the first commercial ski area in West Virginia?
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What future baseball hall of famers played minor league ball in Martinsburg?
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Which 1940 National League Most Valuable Player played minor league ball for the Beckley Black Knights?
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Which minor league team relocated in 1952 to give Charleston its first AAA team?
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This Farmington High and Marshall College football star won eight championships with the Cleveland Browns.
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This basketball coach at Davis & Elkins College and Marshall College is credited with pioneering the zone defense as well as the modern fast break.
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In what year did Marshall University's football team suffer the deadliest plane crash in U.S. history?
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From what city was the popular Saturday Night Wrestling TV show broadcast from 1954 to 1977?
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Which one of the following did NOT win an Olympic gold medal?
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Who was the first WVU graduate elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
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