Mike Brady told us a hilarious story this morning about former New Jersey governor/EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman’s appearance on Jeopardy in 2004.

The final Jeopardy question asked how many members of the Senate there were in 1958. Now, the only possible answers that make sense are 96, 98, and 100 given that the only two states that had not entered the Union by World War I were Alaska and Hawaii. Whitman’s guess? 46. Yes, that would mean there were 23 states in the Union in 1958 — something that was true in … 1820-1821. It doesn’t even make sense if she thought each state had one senator. (Correct answer: 96. Alaska and Hawaii entered in 1959.) Time to go back to civics class, Governor.