West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. It is lined by Pennsylvania toward the north and east, Maryland toward the east and northeast, Virginia toward the southeast, Kentucky toward the southwest, and Ohio toward the northwest. West Virginia is the tenth smallest state by area and ranks as the twelfth least crowded state, with a population of 1,793,716 inhabitants. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key boundary state during the war. It was the main state to shape by separating from a Confederate state, the second to separate from a state after Maine separated from Massachusetts, and one of two states (along with Nevada) admitted to the Union during the Civil War.
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West Virginia trivia questions
1 Where is West Virginia University located?
Show AnswerMorgantown, West Virginia2 Which town was founded by the youngest full brother of George Washington?
Show AnswerCharles Town3 How many states does West Virginia border?
Show Answer54 What is the capital of West Virginia?
Show AnswerCharleston5 West Virginians call which animal their official state animal?
Show AnswerBlack Bear6 Which town was named after an explosive chemical, and was an area for manufacturing explosives during World War I?
Show AnswerNitro7 Which river flows through West Virginia’s capital city of Charleston?
Show AnswerKanawha8 What is West Virginia’s state bird?
Show AnswerCardinal9 West Virginia was a key Civil War border state. and the only state to form by seceding from a what?
Show AnswerConfederate state10 What is the southernmost county in West Virginia?
Show AnswerMcDowell11 What is West Virginia’s state flower?
Show AnswerRhododendron12 What is West Virginia’s nickname?
Show AnswerMountain State13 Which town has a burial mound that was built by Native Americans of the Adena culture?
Show AnswerMoundsville14 What city was the site of the first state capital of West Virginia ?
Show AnswerWheeling15 What is West Virginia’s state tree?
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16 What city in West Virginia comes to mind when I say the Greenbrier Hotel?
Show AnswerWhite Sulphur Springs17 Which mountain is the highest land point in the Mountain State?
Show AnswerSpruce Knob18 What is West Virginia’s state animal?
Show AnswerBlack Bear19 Where is Yeager airport located in West Virginia?
Show AnswerCharleston20 Which mountain used to be home to the largest red spruce forest south of the state of Maine?
Show AnswerCheat Mountain21 What is the mean elevation of West Virginia?
Show Answer1500 ft22 Which is the giant waterfall that is created by the Blackwater River and flows into the Canaan Valley and a nearby canyon?
Show AnswerBlackwater Falls24 What is the oldest town in West Virginia?
Show AnswerShepherdstown25 West Virginia’s motto is written in Latin below the seal on the state flag. “Montani Semper Libris” is Latin for “Mountaineers Are Always ____.”
Show AnswerFree26 West Virginia is bordered by what US State to the southeast?
Show AnswerVirginia27 What is the West Virginia Sate Slogan
Show AnswerWild and Wonderful28 What state borders West Virginia to the southwest?
Show AnswerKentucky29 Which U.S. State borders West Virginia to the northwest?
Show AnswerOhio30 What is the West Virginia Sate Rock?
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West Virginia trivia quiz
31 Where does West Virginia rank among the US states in size?
Show Answer41st largest by area32 Where does the state of West Virginia rank in so far as population?
Show Answer38th33 What is the capital of West Virginia?
Show AnswerCharleston34 What is the West Virginia Sate Gemstone?
Show AnswerSilicified Mississippian fossil coral35 West Virginia became a state after the Wheeling Conventions of 1861, in which 50 counties in Virginia decided to do what?
Show AnswerBreak away from Virginia36 What is the West Virginia Sate Fossil?
Show AnswerJefferson’s ground sloth37 The new state of West Virginia was admitted to the Union on what date?
Show AnswerJune 20, 186338 What is the West Virginia Sate Food?
Show AnswerGolden delicious apple39 The State of West Virginia was one of only two states that were established during the what?
Show AnswerCivil War40 What is the West Virginia Sate Butterfly?
Show AnswerMonarch butterfly41 Studies have shown that native American Indians, as early as 100 BC, were doing what to to clear land?
Show AnswerBurning forests42 As of 2009, how many archaeological sites have been documented in West Virginia?
Show AnswerOver 12,50043 How many troops did the area that is now West Virginia provide to both the Union and Confederate war efforts?
Show AnswerAbout 22,000 to 25,000 troops to each side44 What is the West Virginia Sate Fish?
Show AnswerBrook trout45 Access to what was opened upon the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) to the city of Huntington on the Ohio River in 1872?
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46 West Virginia is located in what mountain range?
Show AnswerThe Appalachian Mountain range47 What are the West Virginia Sate Colors?
Show AnswerOld gold and Blue48 How big is the state of West Virginia in square miles?
Show Answer24,229.76 square miles49 West Virginia’s longest border is with Virginia and is how many miles long?
Show Answer38150 What is the highest point in West Virginia?
Show AnswerAtop Spruce Knob, at 4,863 ft51 The Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia are among the oldest mountains on our planet, having formed how many years ago?
Show AnswerOver 300 million52 What is the West Virginia State Tree?
Show AnswerSugar maple53 What is the highest recorded temperature in the state of West Virginia?
Show Answer112 °F at Martinsburg on July 10, 193654 In West Virginia, the lowest recorded temperature is what?
Show Answer−37 °F at Lewisburg on December 30, 191755 Weather wise, West Virginia is one of the “what” states in the nation?
Show AnswerCloudiest56 The state of West Virginia has some of the most frequent precipitation in the nation, with Snowshoe averaging nearly how many days per annum with either rain or snow?
Show Answer20057 West Virginia has less severe weather than in most other eastern states, and it ranks among the least tornado-prone states where?
Show AnswerEast of the Rockies58 The Census Bureau estimates the population of West Virginia to have been how many people on July 1, 2013?
Show Answer1,854,30459 What is the West Virginia Sate Reptile?
Show AnswerTimber rattler60 What hotel, originally built in 1778, has frequented by numerous world leaders and U.S. Presidents over the years?
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West Virginia Trivia Questions and Answers
61 A major mineral resource in West Virginia’s economy is what?
Show AnswerCoal62 West Virginia as a coal producer is second only to what other US State?
Show AnswerWyoming63 What is the West Virginia Sate Mammal?
Show AnswerBlack bear64 In so far as energy production, West Virginia also produces large amounts of what?
Show AnswerNatural gas65 Almost all of the electrical energy being generated in West Virginia is from what type of power plants?
Show AnswerCoal-fired power plants66 Near the city of Charleston west Virginia, in January of 2014, a chemical spill contaminated the water supply of how many people?
Show Answer300,00067 In West Virginia the death rates exceeds what?
Show AnswerThe birth rate68 Where did the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s National Index of Children’s Progress rank the state of West Virginia in the nation for all kids?
Show Answer43rd for all kids, and last for white kids69 What is the West Virginia State Insect?
Show AnswerWestern honey bee70 What is the West Virginia Sate Flower?
Show AnswerRhododendron71 Charleston, West Virginia has the worst rate of what among 100 cities in the nation?
Show AnswerDivorce rate72 Where does West Virginia rank in 20 categories, including cancer, child immunization, diabetes, disabilities, drug deaths, teeth loss, low birth weight, and more?
Show AnswerEither last or second-to-last73 The national birth rates for teenagers were at historic lows during the period of 2007-2010, except West Virginia, however, which ranked where with a 3% increase in teen birth rates?
Show AnswerLast74 What did a study by West Virginia’s Marshall University show for the health of newborn babies in the state?
Show Answer19% of babies born in West Virginia have evidence of drug or alcohol exposure75 West Virginia Governors can serve only two consecutive terms, but must do what before serving a third term
Show AnswerSit out a term76 How many miles of public roads are in the state of West Virginia?
Show AnswerOver 37,300 miles77 What is the West Virginia Sate Bird?
Show AnswerNorthern cardinal
