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Which 1940 National League Most Valuable Player played minor league ball for the Beckley Black Knights?
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Who is generally considered WVU's greatest basketball player before World War II?
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This pitcher who grew up in Marion County was the first African American to toss a no-hitter in Major League Baseball after its integration.
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What year did the "old" original Mountaineer Field open in Morgantown?
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What year did the current Mountaineer Field open in Morgantown?
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Shenandoah Downs, one of the East Coast's first night horse racing tracks, opened in what town in 1959?
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Which girls' high school basketball team set a state record by winning 105 straight games between 2008 and 2012?
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Which Princeton native drafted Michael Jordan to play for the Chicago Bulls?
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Which West Virginian won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics?
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What long-time resident of Martinsburg holds the Major League Baseball single-season runs-batted-in (RBI) record?
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