WV Quiz

Constitutional amendments approved by West Virginia voters in 1920 and 1928 led to this development.

1. Construction of Mountaineer Field
2. Expansion of the state road system
3. The Great Depression
4. Tighter regulations on coal mining

Bridge Day celebrates which famous West Virginia highway span?

1. New River Gorge Bridge
2. Silver Bridge
3. Wheeling Suspension Bridge
4. Brinkley Bridge

Where was the last spike driven to complete the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Baltimore to the Ohio River?

1. Fairfax Stone
2. Harpers Ferry
3. Hawks Nest
4. Rosbys Rock

Lemuel Chenoweth is best remembered for what type of construction?

1. Banks
2. Courthouses
3. Covered bridges
4. Roads

Which one of the following railroads did not extend into the heart of southern West Virginia’s coalfields?

1. Chesapeake and Ohio
2. Coal and Coke
3. Norfolk and Western
4. Virginian

Which one of the following major transportation routes did NOT pass through Wheeling?

1. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
2. National Road
3. Northwestern Virginia Turnpike
4. Ohio River

In 1877, a national strike in which one of the following industries escalated into violence at Martinsburg?

1. Coal
2. Railroad
3. Steel
4. Textile

What railroad found itself under construction in the middle of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud?

1. Baltimore & Ohio Railway
2. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
3. Coal & Coke Railway
4. Norfolk & Western Railway

Which was the last Interstate highway completed in West Virginia?

1. Interstate 64
2. Interstate 77
3. Interstate 79
4. Interstate 81