Pop Quiz: Test Your Observer Knowledge

1. Name of former Shepherdstown police chief who ran for sheriff of Berkeley County … and lost.

2. What is the new telephone area code for West Virginia announced by the State Public Service commission?

3. What is the name of the First World War hero, the last remaining soldier, who lives in Jefferson County and who was honored by the US Congress in 2008?

4. Which national politician visited Shepherdstown on the eve of the primary election and what did she ask her daughter to move prior to giving the stump speech?

5. In the Trust for America’s Health report on rankings for most obese state in the nation, where did West Virginia rank?

6. From what position did Sen. Robert Byrd announce he was stepping down?

7. Name the new Jefferson County officials following the ’08 election:
a) county commissioner
b) assessor
c) sheriff
d) prosecuting attorney
e) surveyor

8. Berkeley County voted to increase the number of county commissioners to what number?

9. In the last 40 years, West Virginia voted for the presidential runner-up only three other times, name these losers and the years. (Hint: One was an incumbent)

10. Penn National, owner of Charles Town Races and Slots, spent how much money in support of the referendum which will allow slots in Maryland?

11. For which university did the WV secretary of state-elect perform as a gun-wielding mascot and what
was her name?

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1.Chief Keller
2.681
3.Frank Buckles.
4.Hillary Clinton, the podium with Shepherd University logo.
5.Second worst in nation with 30.6% of the population.
6.Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee
7. a) Patsy Noland and Lyn Wydmyer b) Angie Banks, c) Bobby Shirley, d) Ralph Lorenzetti and e) John Kusner.
8. 5
9.Hubert Humphrey in 1968, Jimmy Carter in 1980, and Michael Dukakis in 1988.
10. Over $2 million. 11. WVU & Natalie Tennant