Quiz 160

Question 1

This Morgantown High School math teacher was named the 2010 West Virginia Teacher of the Year.

Answer 1

B. Gretchen Shaffer

Question 2

This man, supposedly the first permanent white settler in present-day West Virginia, died on November 17, 1766, at Bunker Hill in Berkeley County.

Answer 2

C. Morgan Morgan

Question 3

This man named the Greenbrier community of Anjean by combining the names of his mother Ann and daughter Jean.

Answer 3

A. Andrew Leckie

Question 4

This Harrison County native became president of the National Education Association in 1950.

Answer 4

D. Corma Mowrey

Question 5

Which of the following did NOT occur during World War I?

Answer 5

E. The U.S. Army operated Ashford General Hospital at White Sulphur Springs

Question 6

This former New England Patriots wide receiver lives in Huntington.

Answer 6

B. Troy Brown

Question 7

This Oak Hill television went on the air on December 14, 1954.

Answer 7

C. WOAY-TV

Question 8

Architect Alfred B. Mullett designed this Morgan County house for Samuel Taylor Suit.

Answer 8

B. Berkeley Castle

Question 9

This native of Moundsville was the first president of the West Virginia Board of Control.

Answer 9

D. James S. Lakin

Question 10

This Preston County town formerly was known as Portland and Cranberry Summit.

Answer 10

B. Terra Alta