Local Knowledge: Round two of notable Macon graduates

This week is the final round of a two-part “Local Knowledge” with trivia questions about some of the city’s notable high school graduates over the years.

1. Singer Maggie Renfroe, who graduated from First Presbyterian Day School in 2017, appeared as a contestant on the 2016 season premiere of what popular NBC talent show with Blake Shelton, Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys and Adam Levine as the judges? 

(A) “America’s Got Talent”

(B) “The Masked Singer”

(C) “The Voice”

(D) “American Idol”

2. Chris Hatcher, the head football coach at Samford, is a 1991 graduate of Mount de Sales. He played quarterback at Valdosta State and won the 1994 Harlon Hill Award, the Division II equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. He is the winningest head coach in Valdosta State  history. What two future SEC head coaches were assistants on his staff when he coached there?

(A) Kirby Smart and Will Muschamp

(B) Nick Saban and Tommy Tuberville

(C) Lane Kiffin and Steve Spurrier

(D) Brian Kelly and Hugh Freeze

3. Macon-born actress Hannah Kasulka, known for her role as Casey Rance in the 2016 Fox television series, “The Exorcist,’’ is a 2006 graduate of what Macon high school?

(A) Westside High School

(B) Howard High School

(C) Tattnall Square Academy

(D) Covenant Academy

4. The late Milton Askew Jr. went by the nickname “Doc” when he graduated from Macon’s Lanier High School in 1950. After serving in the Air Force during the Korean War and attending law school at Mercer, he became an actor and started going by the name of Luke Askew. He appeared with Paul Newman in “Cool Hand Luke” and John Wayne in “The Green Berets.’’  He gained fame as the hitchhiker in which 1969 counterculture classic starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson?

(A) “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”

(B) “Easy Rider”

(C) “Midnight Cowboy”

(D) “True Grit”

5. Jason Aldine Williams graduated in the Class of 1995 from Windsor Academy, where he was a standout baseball player. He has become one of the biggest country music superstars over the past 20 years. What is his stage name?

(A) Hank Williams Jr. 

(B) Morgan Wallen

(C) Garth Brooks

(D) Jason Aldean

6. Another Windsor Academy graduate gained celebrity status as a legal commentator and television personality with CNN’s Headline News, Court TV and as a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.’’ She graduated from the South Bibb County private school in 1977. What is her name?

(A) Judge Judy

(B) Janet Reno

(C) Nancy Grace

(D) Katy Perry Mason

7. Actor Grey Henson, a 2008 Stratford Academy graduate, had the lead role of Buddy this past Christmas in what Broadway production?

(A) “White Christmas”

(B) “Elf”

(C) “A Christmas Carol”

(D) “The Polar Express”

8.  Maj. Gen. John Grinalds graduated 70 years ago this spring as a member of  Lanier’s Class of 1955. Grinalds went on to become the president of which military school?

(A) U.S. Air Force Academy

(B) U.S. Naval Academy 

(C) U.S. Military Academy

(D) The Citadel

9. Macon native Norm Nixon, who graduated from Southwest High School in 1973, was a standout NBA player with the Los Angeles Lakers. He is married to actress Debbie Allen, who is the younger sister of another famous television actress. Who is Allen’s sister?

 (A) Phylicia Rashad (Clair Huxtable on “The Cosby Show”)

 (B) Isabel Sanford (Louise Jefferson on “The Jeffersons”)

 (C) Janet Hubert (Vivian Banks on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”)

  (D) Bern Nadette Stanis (Thelma on “Good Times”)

10. Natalia Livingston is a 1994 graduate of Mount de Sales, where she was homecoming queen. Twenty years ago, in 2005, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in which soap opera?

(A) “The Young and the Restless”

(B) “All My Children”

(C) “General Hospital”

(D) “The Bold and the Beautiful”

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(1) C

(2) A

(3) A

(4) B

(5) D

(6) C

(7) B

(8) D

(9) A

(10) C

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