Scavenger Hunt - West Virginia

Scavenger Hunt
West Virginia
by GEAR UP Web Team
Fairmont State College
Updated September, 2005

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Instructions:

Visit the site's listed below to answer the questions.  Use the BACK button to return to this page for the next question.  Write your answers of the sheet provided.  

 


1. What pseudonym did Julia Davis use when she was writing her mysteries?

    For what book did West Virginia author Pearl Buck win the Pulitzer and the     Nobel Prizes?

      http://www.mountainlit.com/centuryauthos.htm


2. What is unusual about the New River?

     http://www.nps.gov/neri/home.htm


3. When was New River Gorge Bridge constructed?

     http://www.nps.gov/neri/bridge.htm


4. The oldest university in West Virginia is Marshall . For whom was it named?

    When was it founded?

      http://www.marshall.edu/www/aboutmu.asp


5. What is the mascot of Fairmont State College?

    Which FSC team sport is available only for women?

    Which FSC team sport is available only for men?

     http://www.fightingfalcons.com


6. What is the West Virginia State Flower?

    What is our state motto?

     http://www.50states.com


7. When was the original Prickett’s Fort built?

    What are some of the recreational facilities available at Prickett’s Fort?

     http://www.prickettsfort.org/


8. What is the West Virginia Golden Horseshoe Award for?

    In what grade is the test given?

    What are the winners called?

     http://wvde.state.wv.us/goldenhorseshoe/about.html