By The Huffington Post News Editors
Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) put talk of his likely U.S. Senate campaign and love of Twitter aside Tuesday night to engage in a “Star Trek” trivia contest while calling into a New Jersey radio station’s pledge drive.
Booker competed with comedian and “Daily Show” correspondent John Hodgman in the contest on WFMU, a Jersey City-based radio station, around 11 p.m. Tuesday. The Star-Ledger first reported Booker’s late night geek-a-thon Wednesday evening, posting audio of the 15-minute interview.
“John and I know the difference between a Vulcan mind meld and a Jedi mind trick,” Booker told host Tom Scharpling when he was challenged to battle Hodgman in the trivia contest.