This Week In Political Trivia: March 11

1. The mother of Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., formerly worked at a casino in what city?

Las Vegas

Reno

Carson City

South Lake Tahoe

2. What congressman-turned-senator, partly inspired by the death of his chain-smoking father, led a successful fight to ban smoking on domestic airline flights?

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa

3. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., clerked one summer at the law firm of what famous American politician?

Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif.

Former Sen. Al D'Amato, R-N.Y.

Richard Nixon

Former Gov. Michael Dukakis, D-Mass.

4. Who is the only current member of Congress who served with Barack Obama in the Illinois State Senate?

Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Ill.

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill.

5. What former member of Congress learned to fly before learning to drive?

Rep. Nick Begich, D-Alaska

Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio

Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M.

Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn.