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.
Here we have gathered some informative West Virginia trivia questions for you to enjoy and get some information.
46 West Virginia is located in what mountain range?
Answer: The Appalachian Mountain range
47 What are the West Virginia State Colors?
Answer: Old gold and Blue
48 How big is the state of West Virginia in square miles?
Answer: 24,229.76 square miles
49 West Virginia’s longest border is with Virginia and how many miles long?
Answer: 381
50 What is the highest point in West Virginia?
Answer: Atop Spruce Knob, at 4,863 ft
51 The Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia are among the oldest mountains on our planet, having formed how many years ago?
Answer: Over 300 million
52 What is the West Virginia State Tree?
Answer: Sugar maple
53 What is the highest recorded temperature in the state of West Virginia?
Answer: 112 °F at Martinsburg on July 10, 1936
54 In West Virginia, the lowest recorded temperature is what?
Answer: −37 °F at Lewisburg on December 30, 1917
55 Weather-wise, West Virginia is one of the “what” states in the nation.
Answer: Cloudiest
56 The state of West Virginia has some of the most frequent precipitation in the nation, with Snowshoes averaging nearly how many days per annum with either rain or snow?
Answer: 200
57 West Virginia has less severe weather than most other eastern states, and it ranks among the least tornado-prone states where?
Answer: East of the Rockies
58 The Census Bureau estimates the population of West Virginia to have been how many people on July 1, 2013?
Answer: 1,854,304
59 What is the West Virginia State Reptile?
Answer: Timber rattler
60 What hotel, originally built in 1778, has been frequented by numerous world leaders and U.S. Presidents over the years?
61 A major mineral resource in West Virginia’s economy is what?
Answer: Coal
62 West Virginia as a coal producer is second only to what other US State?
Answer: Wyoming
63 What is the West Virginia State Mammal?
Answer: Black bear
64 In so far as energy production, West Virginia also produces large amounts of what?
Answer: Natural gas
65 Almost all of the electrical energy being generated in West Virginia is from what type of power plants?
Answer: Coal-fired power plants
66 Near the city of Charleston west Virginia, in January of 2014, a chemical spill contaminated the water supply of how many people?
Answer: 300,000
67 In West Virginia the death rate exceeds what?
Answer: The birth rate
68 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?
Answer: 43rd for all kids, and last for white kids
69 What is the West Virginia State Insect?
Answer: Western honey bee
70 What is the West Virginia State Flower?
Answer: Rhododendron
71 Charleston, West Virginia has the worst rate of what among 100 cities in the nation?
Answer: Divorce rate
72 Where does West Virginia rank in 20 categories, including cancer, child immunization, diabetes, disabilities, drug deaths, teeth loss, low birth weight, and more?
Answer: Either last or second-to-last
73 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?
Answer: Last
74 What did a study by West Virginia’s Marshall University show for the health of newborn babies in the state?
Answer: 19% of babies born in West Virginia have evidence of drug or alcohol exposure
75 West Virginia Governors can serve only two consecutive terms but must do what before serving a third term
Answer: Sit out a term
76 How many miles of public roads are in the state of West Virginia?
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