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This Week’s Trivia Question

August 4, 2020

This week’s question: Of all the U.S. senators, governors and members of the House, who was the LAST to have born in China?

Submit your answer in the box below. We’ll pick a winner at random from the bunch. And the winner will get a fabulous Political Junkie button.

Last week’s question was: Not including Donald Trump, who was the last sitting president not to throw out the ceremonial first pitch on a major league baseball Opening Day?

The answer? Jimmy Carter. While Carter, by then a former president, did throw out the first pitch in Atlanta during the 1995 World Series, he never threw out a pitch on Opening Day.

And the randomly selected winner is … Del Atwood, of Nova Scotia, Canada. Del wins the coveted Political Junkie button.

Past Trivia Questions

Archived trivia questions are current as of the date they were posted. We do not update published answers to reflect more recent events.

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December 14
Who was the last congressman forced to resign his seat over allegations of a stolen election?
December 11
Who was the last woman appointed to the Senate who was defeated in her bid to keep the seat?
December 3
Who was the last Republican to lose a Senate race in Mississippi?
November 15
When was the last time a member of the Cabinet quit or was fired the day after an election?
November 10
What state has gone the longest since last electing a Democrat as governor?
October 26
In the past half century, who was the most senior woman of the House to be defeated in her bid for re-election?
October 21
Who was the last person to serve as mayor and later go on to become president?
October 10
Who was the last defeated Supreme Court nominee to later run for office?
October 1
Who was the last member of the House to win re-election while under indictment?
September 20
Since World War II, what first term elected president suffered the worst net loss in his party’s House and Senate seats in the midterm election?
September 17
Who was the last senator to die in office and be replaced by his widow?
August 31
Who was the last former governor to regain his or her job after a period of absence?
August 26
Before Kansas’ Jeff Colyer, who lost to Kris Kobach in this year’s GOP primary, who was the last un-elected Republican governor to be toppled in a primary?
August 12
Who was the most recent African-American member of the House who came to Congress by ousting a white incumbent?
August 2
Who was the last Virginian to serve as governor, a member of the U.S. Senate AND a member of the House?
July 30
Who was the last American presidential candidate born in France?
July 20
Since World War II, what Supreme Court nominee named by a Republican president received the most no votes from Senate Republicans?
July 17
Before Joe Crowley in New York, who was the last male Democratic member of the House beaten in the primary by a non-incumbent woman?
July 3
When was the last time a state held two Senate elections at the same time, and the two winners were from different parties?
June 22
When was the last time a horse won the Triple Crown in an election year when either the House or Senate switched party control?
June 14
Who was the last female member of Congress to lose her seat in a primary?
June 10
Other than Richard Nixon, who was the most recent president to have served in the House and Senate, as well as vice president?
June 4
Before Mike Pence, who was the last vice president whose sibling ran for office while he was still VP?
May 11
Who was the last senator defeated for re-election who later went on to win the governorship?
May 5
Who was the last first lady born in the same hometown as her husband?
April 19
Who was the last House speaker to announce his retirement but serve out his final term?
April 16
In the past 40 years, who was the first senator whose political career ended because of alleged sexual harassment?
March 23
Who was the last adult film actress to not only declare a bid for office but also make it to a primary?
March 19
Who was the last Democratic member of the House to win a Senate race in Texas?
March 8
Who was the last Republican member of Congress who was defeated for voting against gun restrictions?
March 2
Who was the last Republican senator to announce his retirement, change his mind and run again, only to be defeated in November?
February 12
What African-American female presidential candidate received the most votes in a general election?
February 3
When was the last presidential election that featured two major party nominees who were born on the East Coast?
January 29
When was the last presidential year in which neither the Democratic nor Republican winner in the Nevada primaries or caucuses became their parties’ nominees?
January 13
Who was the last unsuccessful presidential nominee — not serving in the Senate — who later won a Senate seat?
January 7
Before Tina Smith in Minnesota, who was the last woman appointed to fill a vacancy in the Senate?

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