QUESTIONS:
1. The ethical troubles of Connecticut GOP Gov. John Rowland have become nationwide news and there is talk of his impeachment. Who was the last Connecticut governor to leave office before completing an elected term?
2. Who was the last governor of any state to be impeached by the state legislature?
3. While Rowland is getting considerable publicity for his troubles, he succeeded a much more famous governor. Can you name him?
4. Who is the only President born in Connecticut?
5. What was the last time a national party ticket included a Connecticut resident?
ANSWERS:
1. Democratic Gov. Ella T. Grasso, who died while in her second term in 1980.
2. Republican Gov. Evan Mecham of Arizona, elected in 1986 and impeached and removed from office in 1988.
3. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Republican senator from 1970-88 and independent governor from 1990-94.
4. George W. Bush, born in New Haven in 1946.
5. 2000, when Sen. Joe Lieberman was the Democratic nominee for Vice President. (While Bush was the Republican nominee for President, he was by then a resident of Texas.)
