History trivia
To celebrate Neal’s (Morning Brew Editor) birthday today, let’s see if you can answer the Final Jeopardy clue from when he was on the show as a 10-year-old in 2001.
He did not get this question correct and lost in epic fashion.
“In August 1959, a coin toss helped Hiram L. Fong become this state’s senior senator.”
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@Madken65 Before I look at the answer, I will guess the State of Confusion.
Or California. Same thing.
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Hawaii. Hawaii became a state on August 21, 1959 (65 years ago today), and since it was new, they needed to determine which senator would be the “senior” one and which would be the junior.