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Us from boston. on monday's show we talked about the tiny, tiny tiny republican delegation in the massachusetts state senate. republicans hold only six of the 40 seats. but open and every one of those six lonely republicans gets something surprisingly great in the state senate. do they all get, a leadership title and if extra $15,000 salary that comes with that. do they get, b, taxpayer funded cars which happen to be all painted republican red. c, free college tuition for their own kids but for all their staffer's kids. or d, a t-shirt that says i got elected to the massachusetts senate as a r...

Which one do you think sees the most tornadoes per square mile? >> c. >> c. >> oklahoma. >> all right. the correct answer is florida. >> what? >> the state that's not even in tornado alley. >> oh, per square mile. >> exactly. you have to remember that they just don't see tornadoes from severe weather that we would typically see in tornado alley, but hurricanes also bring tornadoes to the state of florida from some of those outer rain bands. by the way, i have a doughnut, i'm ready to eat it for breakfast. sips you government the question right or wrong, i guess. >> i ate the whole thing. the w...

>> bob sagat has been elected to play. >> i know. we're going to go to the cherry blossom festival along the tidal basin. bob, that's maria molina and she's got a science trivia question and you're going to play along with us. >> excellent. >> thanks for playing along. here is today's question. it's about how many cherry trees are there on the national mall? is it a, about 250. b, about 1580. c, 3800. or d, 9440. about how many cherry blossom trees do you think are on the national mall? >> we should tell bob if he gets it wrong, we do not talk about his book. so there is a lot of pressure, bob...

Singing the whole flight. >> on maria molina gives us quizzes. >> that's right. science trivia day. so you ready for today's question? >> let her rip. >> today is about how many lightning bolts strike the earth each second? is it a, 1. b, ten. c, 100. or d, 1,000. so every second, how many lightning bolts strike the earth's surface? >> i say we go big. >> you want to go 1,000? >> yeah. why not. >> steve, you want to go 1,000? >> it's either 100 or 1,000. >> let's go 1,000. d. >> very, very close. it's c. 100. >> you're done, elisabeth. >> and today you could actually see more lightning strikes...

Or d, 861 miles per hour. this is on average, 'cause it can vary a little bit based on temperatures and things like that. what do you guys think? >> i'm thinking b. >> i'm thinking c. >> i'm going a. we're all over the board. what is it? >> i say d. >> the answer is c, elisabeth. way to go. approximately 761 miles per hour and the blue angels are more than capable of breaking that. the plane can fly up to 1400 miles per hour, which is just incredible. by the way, tomorrow start of spring. get ready. it's going to be warming up across the country. already expecting to be warming up coming up to...