Saturday, December 01, 2007

Answers to the second quiz

Here are the answers to the second quiz, which appeared last Sunday.
  1. Which member appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a professional athlete?
    • Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) in the March 1, 1965 issue. (He was a professional baseball player.)
  2. How many current governors served in Congress?
    • 10 of 50 (Bob Riley - Alabama, Butch Otter - Idaho, Rod Blagojevich - Illinois, Ernie Fletcher - Kentucky, John Baldacci - Maine, Jim Gibbons - Nevada, Jon Corzine - New Jersey, Bill Richardson - New Mexico, Ted Strickland - Ohio, Mark Sanford, South Carolina)
  3. How many Senators served in the House?
    • 49 of 100
  4. How many Senators are children of Senators?
  5. How many presidents has Representative John Dingell (D-Mich.) served under since he was sworn in?
    • Ten, Dingell took office in December 1955.
  6. Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore failed to win 30 percent of the vote in four states in 2000. Name them.
    • Alaska (28%), Idaho (28%), Utah (26%), Wyoming (28%)
  7. Which three states switched their presidential vote from 2000 to 2004?
    • Iowa, New Hampshire, New Mexico

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