QUESTIONS:
1. The Democratic National Convention dominated national news last week, and keynote speaker Barack Obama got excellent reviews for his address. Who is the Republican keynote speaker?
2. Although much was made of Obama's background and life, the first black keynote speaker was at a Republican convention. Can you name him?
3. Former Presidents Clinton and Carter got heroes' welcomes for their convention addresses. When was the last Democratic convention that did not feature a former President?
4. Ted Kennedy's addresses have been fixtures at national conventions for years. When was the first Democratic convention that featured an address by Kennedy?
5. Teresa Heinz Kerry addressed the convention in Boston, and Laura Bush will speak to the convention in New York later this month. Who was the first First Lady to address a major party?
ANSWERS:
1. There is none. (Republicans will have several opening speakers, but no keynote address.)
2. Sen. Edward Brooke (R.-Mass.) at the Miami convention in 1972.
3. 1980. (There were no former Democratic Presidents living.)
4. 1972.
5. Eleanor Roosevelt, when she came to the Democratic National Convention in 1940 to second the nomination of Henry Wallace for Vice President.
