Local Knowledge: Clubs, concerts and area codes

You may know Macon’s Little Richard once did a television commercial for GEICO and that Luther Williams Field is the second-oldest minor league ballpark in the country.

But you studied for the wrong test. Neither of those are questions on this week’s “Local Knowledge” quiz. Sharpen your pencils and get ready to work off some of those Thanksgiving calories.

1. Egerton Swartwout was the New York architect who designed the Macon City Auditorium. It opened in 1925 and will be celebrating its 100th anniversary next year. It boasts one of the largest copper domes (152 feet in diameter) in the world. Which of the following did Swartwout NOT design?

(A) Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Conn.

(B) Montsec American Monument in France

(C) I-75/I-16 interchange in Macon

(D) Missouri state capitol

2. What does the marker located 17 miles southeast of Macon off I-16 on Jeffersonville-Bullard Road in Twiggs County represent?

(A) Site of the first kaolin mine in the Southeast

(B) Origin of the Mason-Dixon Line

(C) Birthplace of Charles “Ches” McCartney, the infamous “Goat Man”

(D) Geographic center of the state 

3. Which women’s volunteer service organization has its international headquarters in Macon?

(A) Pilots Club

(B) Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

(C) Junior League

(D) Red Hat Society

4. Which of the following is NOT true about the Carpenters concert at the Macon Coliseum on Thursday, Nov. 22, 1973?

(A) It was on Thanksgiving night and the 10th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination

(B) The ticket prices were $6, $5, and $4

(C) Students from Macon’s McKibben Lane Elementary accompanied Karen and Richard Carpenter on their hit song “Sing”

(D) The opening act was Sonny & Cher

5. The Mercer football team won its first Southern Conference championship this past weekend. What nickname did Mercer’s athletic teams go by before they were known as the Bears?

(A) The Godseys

(B) The Baptists

(C) The Labradoodles

(D) The Axolotls

6. Next year will mark the 25th anniversary of Macon and most of Middle Georgia being assigned the “478” area code. What was it before?

(A) 404

(B) 912

(C) 317

(D) 666

7. Which movie did Macon native Luke Askew NOT appear in?

(A)  “Easy Rider” with Peter Fonda

(B) “The Green Berets” with John Wayne

(C)  “The Godfather” with Marlon Brando

(D) “Cool Hand Luke” with Paul Newman

8. How did the west Bibb County community of Lizella get its name?

(A) From a rap song by Kendrick Lamar

(B) A species of fish found near the dam at Lake Tobesofkee

(C)  The combined names of Lizzy and Ella Eubanks, daughters of the town’s first postmaster

(D) Selected after a bipartisan vote to secede from its sister city of Musella

9. Macon native Tommy Hart, who died last week at the age of 80, was one of the premier defensive ends in the NFL and was named All-Pro in 1977. Hart played for 13 seasons, 10 of them with which team?

(A) New Orleans Saints

(B) San Francisco 49ers

(C) Green Bay Packers

(D) Pittsburgh Steelers

10. W.J.”Bill” Usery Jr. was the first Georgian to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor when he was appointed in 1976 by President Gerald Ford. Usery was born in Baldwin County, attended Georgia Military College and Mercer University, and was a maintenance machinist at what Macon plant after World War II?

(A) Armstrong Cork

(B) Tractor Supply

(C) Amazon

(D) Graphic Packaging

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(1) C

(2) D

(3) A

(4) D

(5) B

(6) B

(7) C

(8) C

(9) B

(10) A

REPORT CARD:

(9-10) Turkey and dressing 

(7-8) Mashed potatoes and gravy

(5-6) Tasty pumpkin pie

(3-4) Mushy green bean casserole

(0-2) Week-old cranberry sauce