The House, the Senate, and the Governors, too

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1. Which of the following governors was tainted by a sex scandal in 2002? Mike Leavitt (R-Utah) Bill Owens (R-Colorado) Paul Patton (D-Kentucky) Frank O'Bannon (D-Indiana)

2. Which U.S. representative's father is South African? Michael Capuano (D-Massachusetts) Henry Waxman (D-California) Cass Ballenger (R-North Carolina) Mark Green (R-Wisconsin)

3. Which U.S. senator is trained to fly their own plane? Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) Bill Frist (R-Tennessee) Elizabeth Dole (R-North Carolina) Carl Levin (D-Michigan)

4. Which of the following governors was born in the state that they govern? Mark Sanford (R-South Carolina) Ted Kulongoski (D-Oregon) Gray Davis (D-California) George Pataki (R-New York)

5. Which of the following U.S. representatives slipped and fell on a bowl of the Senate's famous bean soup? John Spratt (D-South Carolina) Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-New Jersey) Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) Albert Wynn (D-Maryland)

6. How old was former senator Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina) when the Titanic sunk? 11 9 6 4

7. Which of the following governors served also as a senator from their state? Judy Martz (R-Montana) Dirk Kempthorne (R-Idaho) Jennifer Granholm (D-Michigan) John Baldacci (D-Maine)

8. Which former U.S. representative famously yelled "We will stay here until doomsday!" on the House floor? Bob Livingston (R-Louisiana) Bruce Vento (D-Minnesota) Jay Dickey (R-Arkansas) Corrine Brown (D-Florida)

9. Which U.S. senator was once a member of the Ku Klux Klan? Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) John Breaux (D-Louisiana)

10. Who among the following is the first governor of Chinese ancestry? Linda Lingle (R-Hawaii) Gary Locke (D-Washington) Rod Blagojevich (D-Illinois) Ed Rendell (D-Pennsylvania)

11. Rep. Phil Crane (R) is the dean of the ________ congressional delegation. Answer: ((Same state as Danny Hastert and Henry Hyde))

12. Fred Thompson, besides being a former senator, also did what as an occupation? Actor Chef Firefighter Plumber

13. Which of the following governors was not born in the U.S.? Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts) Jennifer Granholm (D-Michigan) Bob Ehrlich (R-Maryland) Mike Easley (D-North Carolina)

14. Rep. Artur Davis (D-Alabama) defeated Rep. Bud Cramer (D-Alabama) in his district's Democratic primary. True False

15. Sen. George Allen (R-Virginia) is the son of a former San Francisco 49ers coach. True False

16. Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-Maryland) has a taste for peanut butter and mayonaisse sandwiches. True False

17. Which of the following representatives won the 2003 'Zestiest Legislator' contest? Joe Baca (D-California) Darrell Issa (R-California) Max Sandlin (D-Texas) Kay Granger (R-Texas)

18. Which governor ran into the Chesapeake Bay this winter wearing only their skivvies to raise money for charity? Mark Warner (D-Virginia) Bob Ehrlich (R-Maryland) Ruth Ann Minner (D-Delaware) John Rowland (R-Connecticut)

19. Former Maryland governor Parris Glendening has been married _______ times. Answer: ((Not half as many times as Liz Taylor))

20. Who among the following was NOT a member of the Singing Senators? Larry Craig (R-Idaho) Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) Jim Jeffords (I-Vermont) Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)