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Quiz about US Senate Members of the 109th Congress Jan 200

U.S. Senate Members of the 109th Congress, Jan 200 Quiz

How much do you know about the people who were making decisions for Americans during the 109th Congress, which ran from Jan 2005- Jan 2007?

A multiple-choice quiz by boogerdog. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
boogerdog

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
248,986

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Easy

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8 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What Vietnam POW was first elected in 1986 to represent Arizona in the United States Senate? Hint

John McCain

Arlen Specter

Jeff Sessions

Frank Lautenberg

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Question 2 of 10

2. Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein were both elected to the United States Senate from one of three states with two female senators in 2005. Which state was it? Hint

North Carolina

California

Louisiana

Michigan

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Question 3 of 10

3. Maine was another state to elect two female senators in 2005. Who were they? Hint

Gregg & Sununu

Snowe & Collins

Leahy & Jeffords

Specter & Santorum

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 2005, both Massachusetts senators had last names that began with the letter K. One had a presidential brother, and both had a failed presidential bid. Who are they? Hint

Kennedy and Kerry

Kohl and Kerry

Kennedy and Kyl

Kerry and Kyl

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Question 5 of 10

5. What state elected former Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole to the United States Senate in 2002? Hint

North Dakota

North Carolina

Kansas

New York

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 2000, Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman was a candidate for which higher political office? Hint

President

Vice President

Governor

Supreme Court Judge

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Question 7 of 10

7. Elected in 2004, who was the senator from Illinois who many considered - correctly, as it turned out - to be the future of the Democratic party? Hint

Mark Dayton

Tim Johnson

Ben Nelson

Barack Obama

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Question 8 of 10

8. Senator Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania began serving as chairman of what powerful Senate Committee in 2005? Hint

Judiciary

Finance

Appropriations

Foreign Relations

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 2005, John Cornyn was the junior senator from Texas. Who was the senior senator? Hint

Laura Bush

Anne Richards

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Pete Dominici

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Question 10 of 10

10. First elected to the United States Senate in 1958, this man became the longest serving senator in American history on June 12, 2006. Who accomplished this feat? Hint

Daniel Inouye

Edward Kennedy

Robert Byrd

Joseph Biden

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What Vietnam POW was first elected in 1986 to represent Arizona in the United States Senate?

Answer: John McCain

Senator McCain was held for over five years in a North Vietnamese prison camp. His unsuccessful attempt to get the Republican nomination in the 2000 presidential election brought him to national prominence.

2. Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein were both elected to the United States Senate from one of three states with two female senators in 2005. Which state was it?

Answer: California

Maine and Washington were the other two states that had two female senators representing them at the 109th Congress. Senators Boxer and Feinstein were the first women to be elected from the same state in the same election.

3. Maine was another state to elect two female senators in 2005. Who were they?

Answer: Snowe & Collins

Senior Senator Olympia Snowe was first elected in 1994. Junior Senator Susan Collins was first elected in 1996. Maine is also the home of Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to be elected to both houses of congress.

4. In 2005, both Massachusetts senators had last names that began with the letter K. One had a presidential brother, and both had a failed presidential bid. Who are they?

Answer: Kennedy and Kerry

Edward (Ted) Kennedy was the younger brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy. John Kerry ran against President Bush in the presidential election. Kennedy ran in 1980 but lost during the primaries.

5. What state elected former Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole to the United States Senate in 2002?

Answer: North Carolina

Senator Dole was Secretary of Labor in President George H.W. Bush's cabinet. She also served as Secretary of Transportation under President Reagan. Her husband, former presidential candidate and senator, Robert (Bob) Dole represented the state of Kansas in the United States Senate.

6. In 2000, Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman was a candidate for which higher political office?

Answer: Vice President

Senator Lieberman was presidential candidate Al Gore's running mate. In 2004 he announced his desire for the Democratic nomination for president and failed in the primaries. In 2006 Senator Lieberman lost the Democratic party's primary race for Connecticut senator and announced he would run as an independent in the November election which he subsequently won.

7. Elected in 2004, who was the senator from Illinois who many considered - correctly, as it turned out - to be the future of the Democratic party?

Answer: Barack Obama

Senator Obama was the only African-American Senator in the 109th Congress. Only six African-American senators have served in the United States Senate. Hiram Revels, elected in 1870 from Mississippi was the first.

8. Senator Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania began serving as chairman of what powerful Senate Committee in 2005?

Answer: Judiciary

Shortly after Senator Specter's last successful campaign he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease and went through chemotherapy. He continued to work throughout the illness but died in 2012.

9. In 2005, John Cornyn was the junior senator from Texas. Who was the senior senator?

Answer: Kay Bailey Hutchison

Senators Cornyn and Hutchison are both Republicans. A Democrat has not been elected to the United States Senate from Texas since 1988 when Lloyd Bensten, a former vice presidential candidate, represented the state.

10. First elected to the United States Senate in 1958, this man became the longest serving senator in American history on June 12, 2006. Who accomplished this feat?

Answer: Robert Byrd

Senator Kennedy (Massachusetts) was first elected in 1962, Senator Inouye (Hawaii) in 1964 and Senator Biden (Delaware) in 1974. Senator Byrd represents West Virgina and was born in 1917.

Source: Author boogerdog

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