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Pop Quiz Garden State governors

As New Jersey prepares for the inauguration of Christopher J. Christie as governor Tuesday, a look at the office and some of the previous occupants:

New Jersey Gov.-elect Christopher J. Christie announces that Kim Guadagno will serve as secretary of state as well as lieutenant governor.
New Jersey Gov.-elect Christopher J. Christie announces that Kim Guadagno will serve as secretary of state as well as lieutenant governor.Read moreMEL EVANS / Associated Press

As New Jersey prepares for the inauguration of Christopher J. Christie as governor Tuesday, a look at the office and some of the previous occupants:

1. How many individuals have served as governor of New Jersey (not including acting governors)?

a. 77.

b. 63.

c. 54.

d. 45.

2. Kim Guadagno will be sworn in as lieutenant governor Tuesday. How many people have served in that office?

a. 63.

b. 54.

c. 45.

d. None.

3. Who was the last person to serve two four-year terms as governor?

a. Jim Florio.

b. Christie Whitman.

c. Thomas Kean.

d. Brendan Byrne.

4. Who was the last Democrat to serve two four-year terms as governor?

a. Jim Florio.

b. Christie Whitman.

c. Thomas Kean.

d. Brendan Byrne.

5. What governor resigned to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency?

a. Jim Florio.

b. Jim McGreevey.

c. Christie Whitman.

d. Richard Codey.

6. This former New Jersey governor served as cochairman of the 9/11 commission.

a. Jim McGreevey.

b. Thomas Kean.

c. Christie Whitman.

d. Jim Florio.

7. This former governor is studying to become an Episcopal priest.

a. Jim McGreevey.

b. Thomas Kean.

c. Christie Whitman.

d. Jim Florio.

8. Fourteen years after being his party's nominee for president, this Democrat became governor of New Jersey.

a. Grover Cleveland.

b. George McClellan.

c. Woodrow Wilson.

d. Foster M. Voorhees.

9. True or false: Woodrow Wilson, governor from Jan. 17, 1911, to March 1, 1913, was born in New Jersey.

10. The name Drumthwacket - home of New Jersey governors - comes from what work of literature?

a. A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott.

b. Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving.

c. Satanstoe by James Fenimore Cooper.

d. The Hall of Fantasy by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Answers: C3.