Intermediate Capitol Quiz (Answers are at the end, but don't peak before completing this quiz.)

1. Name the U.S. president who visited the present West Virginia Capitol on the state’s 100th birthday and said: “The sun does not always shine in West Virginia, but the people always do.”

A. Harry Truman
B. John F. Kennedy
C. Dwight D. Eisenhower

2. After Virginia voters agreed to secede from the Union, a second convention met in this location in western Virginia and voted to designate 39 counties as a new state.

A. Empire Bank Building in Clarksburg
B. Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston
C. U.S. Customhouse in Wheeling

3. Congress approved West Virginia’s statehood in 1863 under one condition.

A. State must abolish slavery.
B. State must pay Virginia land tax
C. State must house Confederate prisoners

4. This section of the present day Capitol is also known as “the well.”

A. The House of Delegates chamber
B. Rotunda
C. State Supreme Court

5. The second Charleston Capitol building was the seat of state government for more than three decades until it was destroyed by fire in this year.

A. 1921
B. 1927
C. 1919

6. Cass Gilbert, the architect for the present day West Virginia Capitol, designed this well-known building in New York.

A. 1 Times Square
B. Empire State Building
C. Woolworth Building

7. Prior to a statewide election in 1877, Charleston promoted its bid to become the home of the West Virginia Capitol by enlisting the services of this young black leader and educator who was living in Malden.

A. George Washington Carver
B. Booker T. Washington
C. W.E.B. Du Bois

8. Cass Gilbert, the architect of the present day West Virginia Capitol, received his first major commission in 1895 when he won a competition to design this state’s capitol.

A. Minnesota
B. Nebraska
C. Rhode Island

9. The many moves that West Virginia’s Capitol made from Wheeling to Charleston earned it this nickname.

A. Rotating Capitol
B. Floating Capitol
C. Traveling Capitol

10. Where is the state Supreme Court located in the present day Capitol?

A. West Wing
B. Main Unit
C. East Wing

Answer Key:
1. B. John F. Kennedy
2. C. U.S. Customhouse in Wheeling
3. A. State must abolish slavery
4. B. Rotunda
5. A. 1921
6. C. Woolworth Building
7. B. Booker T. Washington
8. A. Minnesota
9. B. Floating Capitol
10. C. East Wing