QUESTIONS:
1. Former Sen. John Danforth (R.-Mo.) was recently appointed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Two other former senators have previously held that ambassadorship. Can you name them?
2. Two women have served as UN ambassador. Can you name them?
3. Two distinguished professional journalists have held the UN ambassadorship. Who were they?
4. Who was the one retired general to serve as UN ambassador?
5. Two former governors have served as UN ambassador. Can you name them?
ANSWERS:
1. Former Senators Warren Austin (R.-Vt.), ambassador from 1946-52, and Henry Cabot Lodge (R.-Mass.), ambassador from 1952-60.
2. Jeane Kirkpatrick, ambassador from 1981-83, and Madeleine Albright, who held the job from 1992-96.
3. J. Russell Wiggins, former publisher of the Washington Post, who was ambassador in 1968, and ABC-TV reporter John Scali, ambassador from 1975-76.
4. Gen. Vernon Walters, ambassador from 1983-88.
5. Former Democratic Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, ambassador from 1961-65, and former Republican Gov. William W. Scranton of Pennsylvania, ambassador in 1976.
