Kanawha Alumni Association Quiz
May 24, 2008
1. What graduate of Burnsville High School is the only alumnus to participate in a sports car race at the Sebring 500?
2. What Kanawha Alumni Association member is the only alumnae to graduate from high school the same year as her mother?
3. There is a wing of a large elementary school in Arlington, Virginia named after a Burnsville High School graduate. Who is the Burnsville graduate?
4. What Burnsville graduate participated in the Mrs. West Virginia beauty contest and came in second?
5. What Burnsville High School graduate was Homecoming Queen at Glenville State College?
6. What Burnsville High School graduate was Superintendent of School of Boone County, West Virginia?
7. What Burnsville High School graduate, along with his brother James, recorded country music on phonograph records?
8. What honorary Burnsville High School alumni member attened the one room Pine Run (Lewis County) school that was sawed in half and moved by truck and re-built at Cedar Creek State Park?
9. What Burnsville High School graduate was a President of the Glenville State College Alumni Association?
10. What Burnsville High School graduate was the punter for the Glenville State College football team?
11. What Burnsville High School graduate was a polgraphy operator for the West Virginia State Police?
12. What Burnsville High School graduate earned a Ph. D. from Yale University in 1963?
13. What Burnsville High School graduate earned his Ph. D. from Catholic University with majors in Greek and Aramaic?
14. The son of this Burnsville High School graduate is a noted author of children's books and among others wrote "Cupid's Secret". Who is the graduate?
15. This Burnsville High School graduate was the second drum major in the history of Burnsville High School band?
16. Who was the first drum major for the Burnsville High School band?
17. This world famous fiddle player had seven children to graduate from Burnsville High School. Who is he?
18. What other family had seven children to graduate from Burnsville High School?
19. What former principal of Burnsville High School was president of the Glenville State College Alumni Association?
20. What Burnsville High School graduate was president of the Glenville State College Foundation Board of Directors?
21. What Burnsville High School graduate was the minister of the Burnsville Circuit of the Methodist Church when he graduated from high School?
22. What Burnsville High School graduate recently won the "Golden Apple" award, which recognizes outstanding teachers in West Virginia?
23. This Burnsville High School graduate was a star football and basketball player. He served as an Air Force pilot during World War II in the European theatre and earned the Air Medal with bronze battle participation stars. He died at age 30 in 1949. Who was he?
24. Besides the "Bruins" do you know another nickname of Burnsville High School athletic teams?
25. Name two Burnsville High School graduates who were prisoner of World War II?
26. What Burnsville High School graduate is the only female to serve as a deputy sheriff in West Virginia and act as a court bailiff?
27. What Burnsville High School graduate, later a graduate of Glenville State College and West Virginia University, was the first executive director of the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association? This outstanding graduate also a frequent contributing writer for the Braxton Historical Journal.
28. The Class of 1966 includes two set of twins. Who are they?
29. Recently a panel of academic experts was appointed by the President of West Virginia University to determine whether Governor Manchin's daughter was properly awarded a Master's Degree. One of those panel members is the son of a former teacher and coach at Burnsville High School. Who was the Burnsville High School teacher?
30. This 1945 graduate of Burnsville High School became a successful businessman in the Detroit area and has generously remembered his alma mater with scholarship grants to graduating seniors from Braxton County High School who live in the former Burnsville High School area?
Kanawha Alumni Quiz Answers
May 24, 2008
1. Chuck Moran, Class of 1963
2. Minnie McNemar, Class of 1983 with daughter Sharon
3. Vaughn Duffield, Class of 1923
4. Martha Currance, Class of 1959
5. Betty Brown, Class of 1960
6. Gary Sumpter, Class of 1955
7. Charles Henline, Class of 1939
8. Mary Robey Butler, Wife of Bayward Butler, Honorary Alumnus
9. Mike Posey, Class of 1928
10. Kermit Mick, Class of 1949
11. Bill Wiant, Class of 1945
12. Harry "Sonny" Wiant, Jr., Class of 1950
13. Dr. Homer Heater, Class of 1951
14. Nancy Steele Kalinowski, Class of 1952
15. Eugene Parrish, Class of 1952
16. Charles Henline, Class of 1939
17. Melvin Wine, father of Elmer, Rita, Havonda, Letcher, Lewis, Melvin, Jr. and Susie.
18. Harry Wilson family: Wanda Sue, Dixie Lee, Harry Junior, Margret Ann, Terry Tim, Jerry Jim and Randy Gale
19. Gilbert Reed
20. Tom McPherson, Class of 1954
21. Hayward Rowh, Class of 1943
22. Brenda Snyder Gibson, Class of 1970
23. Buck Marple, Class of 1936
24. Nighthawks
25. Denver Barnett, Class of 1927 and Chester Brown, Class of 1942
26. Pauline McCauley Ziegler, Class of 1941
27. Alfred McCauley, Class of 1932
28. Judith and Julie Posey Terry and Jerry Wilson
29. Ray Nutter, Faculty 1928 and 1933
30. Claud "Bud" Mick, Jr., Class of 1945
BURNSVILLE STUDENTS SUCCEED
(May 2007 QUESTIONS)
1. Who was the tallest basketball player at BHS?
2. Who was the highest-ranking military officer to attend a Burnsville School?
3. Who was the first Burnsville football player to receive a major college division one scholarship?
4. What graduate was the most decorated military man for valor?
5. Who was the first Burnsville High School graduate to return to Burnsville High School to teach?
6. Who was the first and only female principal of Burnsville High School?
7. What graduate is presently a member of the WVU football team?
8. What Burnsville High School graduate has a school named for her?
9. Who was the Burnsville High School student who left school for World War II and played football for Maukato College in Minnesota?
10. What graduate was selected Student Body President at Glenville State
College?
11. What graduate was elected Student Body President of Davis and Elkins
College?
12. What graduate was elected to the Davis and Elkins College Hall of Fame?
13. What Burnsville High School faculty member was the father of the first
female U.S. Marine Corps officer to have a child and remain in service?
14. What grad holds a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from West Virginia
University and taught at the University of New Mexico?
15. What graduate was a federal judge in West Virginia?
16. What graduate was a national finalist in a national cooking contest for
his Yuletide Sage and Apple Pork Loin Roast?
17. What graduate was awarded the NASA medal for exceptional service?
18. What graduate served as a Major in the West Virginia Police?
19. The daughter of what graduate was a two time Class A all state girl’s
basketball player?
20. What graduate later graduated from Ohio State University as a Doctor
of Veterinary Medicine?
21. What graduate is the father of an Olympic two time medal winner?
22. What graduate ran for president of the United States in 1944, spent three
three cents and got over 59,000 votes?
23. What graduate led the state in scoring points in football?
24. What graduate played quarterback for West Virginia Wesleyan?
25 What graduate is the mother of a former Tampa Bay football cheerleader?
26. What graduate was Princess of West Virginia Strawberry Festival in
1967?
27. What graduate retired as an agent of FBI with over thirty years services?
28. What graduate played football for Columbia University?
29. What graduate was the Director of Mental Health Service in West
Virginia?
30. What graduate was President of Gulf Oil, Asia?
BURNSVILLE STUDENTS SUCCEED
(May 2007 ANSWERS)
1. Jim Cobb 1951
2. Admiral Chester Bender, Commandant, USCG (1932)
3. Tommy Zinn 1936
4. Conrad Stinogle 1964
5. Vaughn Duffield 1923 (1927)
6. Ada Bovey 1916-1917
7. Zack Flint 2004
8. Mary Alice McHenry Kauffman 1955
9. Leland Mick (1943)
10. Mike Morrison 1957
11. Vaughn Duffield 1923
12. Ran McKinney 1923
13. Gail Auldridge 1929-1930
14. Ronnie McPherson 1952
15. Billy Matt Kidd 1936
16. Harry Lynch 1957
17. Richard Barrett 1952
18. John Bragg 1967
19. Debbie Conrad, daughter of Delmer Conrad 1958
20. Sammy Godfrey 1964
21. Gail Smith 1967, father of Rusty Smith
22. Claude Linger 1924
23. Larry Casto 1967, 135 points in 8 games
24. Allen Mackey 1935
25. Roberta Lindsay 1965, mother of Shannon Riffle
26. Cherry Dale Ratliff 1967
27. Hughie Ratiff 1962
28. Shannon Shreve 1968
29. Garrett Moran 1968
30. Sammy Thomas 1960