Answers revealed in the comments.
GAME 1
What person, previously best-known outside of the world of politics, completes the following list of officeholders?
Rudy Perpich, Arne Carlson, _____, Tim Pawlenty, Mark Dayton
Rudy Perpich, Arne Carlson, _____, Tim Pawlenty, Mark Dayton
GAME 2
What James Clavell novel, published in 1975 and the first, chronologically, in a six-novel series called The Asian Saga is set in feudal Japan and was adapted into a TV miniseries in 1980?
Game one answer: Jesse Ventura
Game two answer; Shogun