QUESTIONS:
1. Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez recently announced that he would not, as originally reported, resign this year and return to politics in California. How many current U.S. representatives were once Peace Corps volunteers?
2. Only one current U.S. senator is a past Peace Corps volunteer. Can you name him?
3. Two state governors are past Peace Corps volunteers. Can you name them?
4. What past Peace Corps director went on to serve as a U.S. senator?
5. Who was the only former Peace Corps director be on a national party ticket?
ANSWERS:
1. Four: Democrat Mike Honda (Calif.) and Republicans Tim Petri (Wis.), Chris Shays (Conn.), and James Walsh (N.Y.).
2. Democrat Christopher Dodd of Connecticut.
3. Republican Gov.Robert Taft of Ohio and Democratic Gov. James Doyle of Wisconsin.
4. Paul Coverdell, director from 1989-91, was Republican U.S. senator from Georgia from 1992 until his death in 2000.
5. R. Sargent Shriver, director from 1961-65, was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1972.
