Wild and Wonderful West Virginia Quiz

Answer: 5

West Virginia is bordered by Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland to the north and by Virginia to the south and east. It is also bordered by Kentucky to the west.

Answer: Kanawha

The Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, and is the longest waterway in West Virginia. It is joined in Charleston by the Elk River.

Answer: McDowell

McDowell County is the most southern county in West Virginia. It is home to the famous author and NASA scientist Homer Hickman. His best-selling novel became the movie "October Sky". It's a true story about his early life in the McDowell County town of Coalwood, West Virginia.

Answer: Wheeling

Wheeling became the first capital in 1863, but the capital was moved by the state legislature to Charleston on April 1, 1870.

Answer: True

According to WVGES Geology: Geology of the New River Gorge, the New River is the second oldest river in the world. The only river older is the Nile River in Africa.

Answer: 1500 ft.

West Virginia's is the highest mean elevation east of the Mississippi River.

Answer: Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown was established in 1730 by German settlers, under the name of Mecklenburg. It is located in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.

Answer: True

Anna Jarvis, a native of Grafton, West Virginia, held the first Mother's Day service on May 10, 1908. President Woodrow Wilson signed a Proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.

Answer: Organ Cave

Organ Cave is the largest cave in West Virginia. It was named Organ Cave because it resembles a huge church organ. This National Historic Landmark is open to the public for tours and was visited by Thomas Jefferson in 1791.

Answer: June

West Virginia was proclaimed as a state on June 20, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln. West Virginia is the only state to have achieved its sovereignty by proclamation of the President of the United States.