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ANNOUNCER: Let's get the game started.

Here's the host of the Pennsylvania Game, the probing, trying for ever questioning, Scott Bruce.

[applause] Oh, you turned my head.

Thank you, studio audience.

Thank you, folks at home, for joining us for another exciting round of the Pennsylvania Game.

I'm so excited, I can't wait to start.

Let's meet our panelists for this week.

Oh, heavens to Betsy.

It's Marie Johns McCall.

She's a news anchor for Eyewatch News 13 on Blue Ridge Cable, where she hosts the children's show Kids Express.

I should also mention that she's the mother of 16-month-old triplets.

So if you see her falling asleep during the middle of the show, you'll know why.

Marie Johns McCall.

[applause] Also joining us is Patrick Reynolds.

Patrick was born at a very early age in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

For the past 20 years, he's been creating weekly illustrated newspaper features on stories your history teacher never knew.

Which all means he may actually know the answers to our questions.

Welcome, Patrick Reynolds.

[applause] And finally, this is so exciting.

Our next guest is Judy Kelly.

She won her seat on the Pennsylvania Game in a special fundraising contest here on WPSX TV.

She's a book editor by profession, which means that if she answers any questions correctly, she might not be guessing.

Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to Judy Kelly.

[applause] We have a fine studio audience.

A great set of panelists.

What do you say we jump in and have a question?

Wendy, help me out.

ANNOUNCER: Born in Bohemia, John Neumann emigrated to the United States in 1836 and devoted his life to the spread of Catholicism.

Known as the father of the parochial school system, the preacher, retreat master, and champion of the poor was appointed Fourth Bishop of Philadelphia in 1852.

For what else is Bishop Neumann famous?

A, he introduced bingo as a church fundraiser.

B, he became the first American male to achieve sainthood.

C, one of his most acclaimed sermons was adapted into a popular song, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime.

Or D, he published a landmark text outlining 60 arguments against the practice of corporal punishment.

SCOTT BRUCE: Ooh, I know my gambling panel and I know they want it to be bingo.

But could it be bingo?

Could it be sainthood?

Could it be Brother, Can You Spare a Dime, or the practice of corporal punishment?

Getting that out of the way.

Time for us to find our answers.

We're going to go first to you, Marie.

I said A. SCOTT BRUCE: A?

Bingo.

SCOTT BRUCE: Bingo, of course.

I just think you'd have to be really famous.

I mean, it's famous is the word there, and bingo is a very important thing, I think.

Yeah, so much more important than sainthood.

[laughter] But whatever works for you, Marie.

Patrick what do you think?

When I was in college at the turn of the century, I was a member of the Neumann Club.

So I went with B. SCOTT BRUCE: B, sainthood.

Which is, in fact, maybe more important than bingo, as we said before.

Judy, what do you think?

I picked D. I thought corporal punishment was very suitable for someone like this.

An honorable person.

Very important answers.

Corporal punishment, sainthood, bingo.

Let's see if anyone has it right.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B. Bishop John N. Neumann was the first American male to achieve sainthood.

Although he lived less than 50 years, his accomplishments were great, and his vision even greater.

Known for developing the nation's first parochial school system, he was proficient in six languages, so he could preach to the swelling masses of immigrants.

He introduced six teaching orders into the diocese, established the first parochial school to serve a Black neighborhood, and founded the religious order The Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis of the Glen Riddle in Aston, Pennsylvania.

He was nominated for sainthood in 1897 and was declared venerable 14 years later.

In 1963, after two miraculous cures obtained through the intercession of Bishop Neumann were medically authenticated, he was beatified, proclaimed worthy of religious veneration, and canonized in 1977.

He actually performed one of his miracles right at Villanova in Pennsylvania.

There was a situation where a young man was in an auto accident, and his parents applied the cassock of the bishop to the body.

And this boy who they didn't expect to survive fully recovered in just a matter of hours.

So fascinating stuff.

I'm sure he went out to play bingo right afterwards.

[laughs] Almost certain.

Wendy, give me a new question now.

ANNOUNCER: The town of Pigeon, located in Northwestern Pennsylvania, received its name because it was a major nesting site for passenger pigeons, up until the late 1800s.

The town, however, has long outlived its namesake, which became extinct in 1914.

What caused the passenger pigeon's extinction?

A, farmers poisoned passenger pigeons to protect their crops.

B, pigeon feather hats and jackets were the fashion craze of the 1800s.

C, passenger pigeons were commercially hunted for their meat.

Or D, a parasitic mite prevented passenger pigeons from laying eggs.

SCOTT BRUCE: Folks, what do you think?

Could it be poison, could it be a fashion craze, could it be the fact that they were commercially hunted for their meat, or a parasitic mite?

Patrick, we're going to first.

Not having any idea.

I went with the dumbest answer, B. SCOTT BRUCE: B, very good.

Well, that's a great answer.

A fashion craze.

I like it.

And how about you, Judy?

The parasitic mite.

SCOTT BRUCE: Parasitic mite?

I'm not sure why, but just, yeah.

SCOTT BRUCE: It felt good?

Yeah.

SCOTT BRUCE: Felt right.

It felt right.

OK, Marie, how about you?

JUDY KELLY: Which is wrong.

I went with the poisoning, only because I knew they used to spray some really nasty things on their crops to protect them, but-- Poisoning.

So we really have all three different answers.

And there are only four answers, and I think the other one's the right one.

[laughs] ANNOUNCER: The answer is C. Passenger pigeons were indiscriminately slaughtered for their meat.

Some naturalists contend that the main cause of the bird's extinction was the destruction of the food supply due to clear cutting.

But most agree that the combination of overhunting and logging led to the bird's extermination.

In the early 1800s, the passenger pigeon was the most numerous species of bird on Earth, containing more individuals than all North American birds combined.

A single flock could contain over two billion birds.

Their nesting colonies, which were mainly in large forests, were sometimes 40 miles in length.

Tree branches often broke under their great weight.

The large numbers and breeding habits of passenger pigeons made them easy prey for commercial hunters.

Guns, clubs, nets, and smoke bombs were used to capture large numbers of passenger pigeons, which were then packed in barrels and sent to market.

Billions of passenger pigeons were killed each year.

By 1880, only a few thousand remained.

By 1900, only one or two were seen in the wild.

The very last passenger pigeon died in captivity in 1914.

I have a note here that the last passenger pigeon taken in Pennsylvania was shot October 23rd, 1895, in Monroe County.

And I think after that-- [gunshot sound] [laughter] I think we all know a bird in the hand can be kind of messy.

So you want to be careful.

Let's take a second and meet our panelists now.

Time for a little panel chat.

Marie-- Yes?

I got to know something right off the bat.

First of all, you've got a job as a news anchor.

You've got interests in theater and dance, and you have triplets.

How do you juggle-- not the triplets.

I'm sure you don't get them in the air.

But how do you juggle all of those interests?

Well, I can still hold two of them.

But the third one is on her own right now.

Well, theater is kind of on hold for now.

I'm waiting till they get old enough to come along with me-- SCOTT BRUCE: And start dancing and-- Right, and dance and sing, and hopefully I can direct and choreograph some shows that they're in.

Ooh, excellent.

And if you need a job that-- you know, for three sisters.

MARIE JOHNS MCCALL: That's it.

We're OK. All right, Patrick.

You've illustrated history features have been quite successful.

Now I've read some of these.

Not just in Pennsylvania, by the way, but in New York, Texas, Washington, DC, I understand.

Right, right.

I've got to tell you, a lot of stuff that I've written is rather unusual.

I find it hard to understand some of this stuff.

It's very bizarre things.

Tell us a little bit about it.

You mean the stuff that I've written about?

SCOTT BRUCE: Yes.

Oh, I usually go for oddball stuff in history.

Stories your history teacher never heard of.

Things with crazy, bizarre endings.

Working on a story about the unknown soldier.

They're having this gorgeous parade with pomp and ceremony, taking the unknown soldier from the capitol to the Arlington Cemetery.

And President Harding, Chief Justice Taft, and these other big shots decide to take a shortcut.

And they got held up in traffic.

So they were late for the dedication of the unknown soldier.

Dopey story.

So lots of good stories.

Well, that's good.

It's going to help you out in the Pennsylvania Game.

Judy.

Now you're a book editor by profession, currently freelancing.

I imagine you've had to read some pretty boring books.

Yeah.

I kind of jump from Jane Austen to Jacqueline Susann and things like that.

But yeah, it's very interesting, because there are lots of different things to read.

Not just one kind of thing.

So yeah, it's fun.

OK. Well, a lot of fun.

Well, thanks for joining us on the show.

Time for a new question.

Yes, let's have one from Wendy.

ANNOUNCER: In 1948, a state historical marker was erected in Lititz, Pennsylvania, to mark the cemetery where John Augustus Sutter was laid to rest.

Sutter made his home there from 1871 until his death in 1880. Who was he?

A, he gained fame in the 1848 California Gold Rush when gold was discovered on his property.

B, a member of Lincoln's cabinet.

He helped write the Emancipation Proclamation.

C, he invented the nation's first steam powered mill in what's now Sutters Mills.

Or D, he sculpted the statue of William Penn that sits atop Philadelphia's City Hall.

SCOTT BRUCE: All right.

Did he have property in the California Gold Rush?

A member of Lincoln's cabinet, invent the first steam powered mill, or sculpt the statue of Penn?

We're going to go to Judy Kelly first on this.

Judy?

It's got to be A, gold.

SCOTT BRUCE: Got to be A, gold.

Go for the gold.

It's gold.

SCOTT BRUCE: I like your thinking.

Yes.

MARIE JOHNS MCCALL: I went for steam.

SCOTT BRUCE: Steam.

Gold and steam.

It's got to be steam.

SCOTT BRUCE: It's got to be-- I've heard of Sutters Mills, that's why-- SCOTT BRUCE: You've heard of Sutters Mills.

Yeah, I think so.

OK I think Judy did, too.

We'll find out about Patrick.

Have you heard of it?

I've eaten at Sutter's Restaurant as many times.

I went with A.

A, also for gold.

We have two golds, and it may all go up in steam.

We're going to find out right now.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A.

Born in Germany in 1803, John Augustus Sutter immigrated to the United States in 1834 and settled in the Sacramento Valley on a large tract of land granted him by the Mexican governor of California.

Sutter prospered.

But in 1848, James Marshall, who was building a sawmill for Sutter, discovered gold.

The California Gold Rush followed.

Sutter's workers quit to dig for gold, and his property was soon overrun by squatters and fortune hunters.

Within four years, Sutter was ruined.

For the rest of his life, he unsuccessfully petitioned the state and federal government for aid.

Ruined by the Gold Rush, he made Lititz his home in 1871.

He died there on June 18th, 1880, at 77, while the bill he sought was being argued in the House of Representatives.

No gold for Sutter.

That question was submitted to us by Fred Kasten of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Fred will be getting a year's subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine, published in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

And we thank you very much.

Send in your answers, too.

Now, it's time to check the big tote board.

Let's see how our scores are doing.

I see Marie with a zero, Patrick with a two, and Judy with a one.

Patrick's leading with two points.

[applause] All that history pays off.

Time for our first clue of the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Get your pens ready.

Here we go.

The first of three clues.

Born in Bethlehem, this middle son was destined to become a star.

Born in Bethlehem, this middle son was destined to become a star.

Now you're going to write that down right on your first line.

And if you get the answer right all three times, you'll get three points.

Get the point down.

And as soon as you're ready, we're going to move on to our next question.

And Wendy, if you could, bring it now.

ANNOUNCER: The Pennsylvania community of Hanover is recognized as the mail order capital of the United States.

Mifflinburg in Union County was nicknamed Buggytown USA.

And Breezewood, located in the Southern Alleghenies, is called the Town of Motels.

What is Kane, located in McKean County, known as?

A, the Black Cherry Capital of the World, B, the Christmas Tree Capital of the World, C, the Mushroom Capital of the World, or D, the Outlet Capital of the World.

SCOTT BRUCE: Black cherries, Christmas tree, mushrooms, or outlets.

Everybody's got that look on their face.

Who knows?

Marie, we're going to start with you.

What do you think?

I should know, but I can't remember.

I met Jesse James last year here, and he's the Mayor of Keene.

SCOTT BRUCE: That's true.

And I think he told me A, black cherry.

SCOTT BRUCE: Black cherry is what you think, OK. Well, we'll find out if you're right.

Patrick?

By process of elimination, I said that black cherry, capital A. SCOTT BRUCE: Figuring that you knew the other ones.

Right.

Well, that works.

But then who knows?

Who knows?

Judy, what do you know?

I said B. SCOTT BRUCE: B.

So you went with Christmas trees.

I went with Christmas trees.

OK, so we have two Black cherries and a Christmas tree.

Let's find out.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A.

In recognition of its central location in the largest concentration of quality black cherry timber in the world, Kane was officially proclaimed the black cherry capital of the world.

Located in the rural Allegheny region of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Kane is surrounded on three sides-- north, south, and west-- by the Allegheny National Forest.

The only US national forest that consistently shows a profit from its timber management practices.

Fully one fourth of the Black cherry grown in the United States is found in Kane.

Where the trees grow larger, more densely, and of a higher quality than any other place in the world.

Buyers come from as far away as Europe and the Far East, citing the black cherry from cane as the finest in the world.

There you have it.

And incidentally, so you know, Indiana, Pennsylvania, is the Christmas tree capital.

Longwood is the mushroom capital.

And Reading is known as the outlet capital of the world.

And I think this one was just designated.

I think Scranton is the road construction capital of the world, if I'm not mistaken.

You'll want to look into that.

Wendy, bring me a new question.

ANNOUNCER: Ranked among the best of modern mystery writers, K.C.

Constantine of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, created the blue collar town of Rocksburg, Pennsylvania.

And what famous character?

A, V.I.

Warshawski, B, Philip Marlowe, C, Sam Spade, or D, Mario Balzac.

SCOTT BRUCE: Ooh.

It's a nice choice to pick from.

V.I.

Warshawski, Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, or Mario Balzac.

Patrick.

We're off to you first.

PATRICK REYNOLDS: It was a toss-up of A or D. I went with D. D. Mario Balzac.

OK, just kind of a toss-up.

No good answer, just Balzac.

OK, Judy, how about you?

It's D, I think.

SCOTT BRUCE: D, oh-- Yes.

SCOTT BRUCE: And a book editor.

Right.

What does that tell us, kids?

Jumping over to Marie.

It tells you that I'm wrong.

I picked B, complete guess.

SCOTT BRUCE: Philip Marlowe.

That's a fine guess.

That's the great thing about the Pennsylvania Game, we guess and we don't know.

Now let's find out what the real answer is.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, Mario Balzac.

K.C.

Constantine, who's regarded as one of the finest mystery writers in America, is somewhat of a mystery himself.

He's been writing for 20 years or more.

Yet no one knows who he really is.

Constantine is a pseudonym for the author who has written 13 novels set in the rust belt town of Rocksburg, Pennsylvania.

And featuring Serbo-Italian police chief, Mario Balzac.

The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes, Good Sons, and Family Values are among his best works.

The son of a Russian immigrant father, Constantine grew up outside of Pittsburgh.

In his youth, he dropped out of college and enlisted in the peacetime marine corps.

After his discharge, he returned to school, majored in English, and completed the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Most other personal details of his life, as they say, remain a mystery.

So mysterious.

You know, according to one of the nation's leading geographers, Pennsylvania is one of the most popular settings for mysteries.

Other popular states include California, New York, and Texas.

And there's one thing that certainly isn't a mystery, and that would be our scores.

Let's go and see them right now.

Marie is up off her goose egg.

She has one, Patrick four points, and Judy, two.

Everybody doing very well.

[applause] Very well.

High scoring game.

Time for your second clue on the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Get ready, here we go.

The teen idol worked as a fashion and print model before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.

The teen idol worked as a fashion and print model before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.

Born in Bethlehem, this middle son was destined to become a star.

Remember, all these words count.

And you will love this game.

Just so you understand, if you get the answer right on all three lines, you get three points.

If you change your answer, trouble ahead.

OK, time to move along.

Wendy Williams, bring me a new question, please.

ANNOUNCER: Although the American bald eagle is our national bird, Benjamin Franklin proposed that it be the wild turkey.

What is Pennsylvania's state bird?

A, ring-necked pheasant, B, ruffed grouse, C, robin, or D, red-tailed hawk.

SCOTT BRUCE: The ring-necked pheasant, the ruffed grouse, the robin, the American woodcock.

Judy, how do you do on birds?

Oh boy, I think I took D. SCOTT BRUCE: D?

The hawk?

SCOTT BRUCE: The woodcock.

Yeah.

SCOTT BRUCE: The American woodcock.

Yeah.

SCOTT BRUCE: Boy, you seem-- you seem so confident on that.

Right.

Yeah, I know.

SCOTT BRUCE: I take that to mean it's a pure and blind guess.

Absolutely.

SCOTT BRUCE: Very good for you.

All right, Marie, how about you?

I took B. I see a lot of ring-necked pheasants, but I believe it's the ruffed grouse.

SCOTT BRUCE: The ruffed grouse, she went with.

You got a feeling about it.

Patrick?

I picked B, because it is.

[laughter] Boy, you know, nothing is as sexy as confidence.

Way to go, Patrick.

This is a guy who knows-- I don't know if we need Wendy Williams, but Wendy, tell us anyway.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B.

On June 22nd, 1931, by act of the General Assembly, Pennsylvania adopted the king of the gamebirds, the ruffed grouse, as the official game bird of Pennsylvania.

Like their relatives, the turkey and the quail, grouse are heavy-bodied, chicken-like ground dwellers.

They have a short heavy bill and short rounded wings and are nearly immune to starvation because of their varied diet.

I realized that it was my card that was wrong and not your answer that was wrong on the American woodcock.

I apologize, Judy.

JUDY KELLY: OK. And it is, in fact, the ruffed grouse.

The grouse is not our state bird until it has been roughed up just a little bit.

[laughter] I don't really know why that is.

I love this studio audience.

They laugh even at the bad jokes.

Is that a great thing, or what?

I think it's time for another question.

Get me out of here, Wendy.

ANNOUNCER: Matthias William Baldwin was trained as a jeweler, but later became a toolmaker and inventor.

When the Philadelphia Museum asked him to make a model of something, his work was so successful that Baldwin established his own company.

During his lifetime, he sold more than 1,500 of his products throughout the United States, except in the South, where they were boycotted because he was an abolitionist.

What did Baldwin make?

A, pipe organs.

B, railroad locomotives.

C, pianos, or D, long-range artillery.

SCOTT BRUCE: What a variety here.

Pipe organs, railroad locomotives, pianos.

(LAUGHING) He's trying to find a piano.

Long-range artillery.

We don't know which one it is.

Marie, I know you're going to know, because you know everything.

Oh, I do.

I picked C, pianos.

I've heard of Baldwin pianos.

I've seen the name.

Pianos.

Baldwin Pianos.

Makes sense.

I like that.

Logical thinking.

It doesn't usually work on this show, but I like it.

Patrick, what do you think?

He built a circular track in the museum so they can ride choo-choo trains on it.

So I went with B.

So you went with B, locomotives.

Anybody else think that this guy knows an awful lot about Pennsylvania?

Judy, I hope you're watching what he plugs in.

I used the same logic as Marie.

SCOTT BRUCE: And came up with the Baldwin Piano.

Yes, yes.

SCOTT BRUCE: So we have a couple of people tinkling around a locomotive is what we have on their pianos.

Let's find out what the right answer is.

Oh.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, railroad locomotives.

In 1832, Matthias Baldwin built old Ironsides, Pennsylvania's first locomotive, and went on to establish what became the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia.

It built more locomotives than any other company in the world and exported them to 78 countries.

His engines could carry more steam pressure than any others then available.

The company thrived in Philadelphia for almost a century, closing in 1926.

And that can only mean it's time for Mystery Pennsylvanian clue number three.

Here we go.

His given surname is Weiss.

But he's been known on the big and little screens as everything from Brady, to Taylor, to Archer.

But true fans know him by his three initials.

His given surname is Weiss, but he's been known on the big and little screens as everything from Brady, to Taylor, to Archer.

But true fans know him by his three initials.

Born in Bethlehem, the middle son was destined to become a star.

The teen idol worked as a fashion and print model before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.

Everybody seems to be just about done.

Judy's not altogether positive.

But she's got an answer, and that's good enough for us.

Patrick, we're going to start with you.

Hold that right square up so the camera can see it.

You came up with-- I have no idea.

SCOTT BRUCE: Brashear?

Brashear.

SCOTT BRUCE: Brashear?

He's a stargazer from Pittsburgh.

SCOTT BRUCE: I see.

And then Paul Anka, and absolutely not even a wild guess.

We stumped him!

Finally.

How did that happen?

The genius.

OK, we'll go to Judy.

What do you have?

Oh gosh, I don't know.

SCOTT BRUCE: Oh gosh, I don't know.

Pat Boone and Fabian.

And Fabian.

Well, OK. Could be, you never know.

We'll find out.

Marie, what do you think?

I thought I was going to be right after the first question.

But then as the questions went.

SCOTT BRUCE: Daniel Roebuck.

Daniel Roebuck.

I just followed it down, but I don't-- SCOTT BRUCE: But you don't know.

We don't know, because we haven't heard from Wendy yet.

And now we're going to hear from Wendy.

Tell us what it is.

ANNOUNCER: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, whose real name is Jonathan Taylor Weiss, was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1981.

At age five, his family moved to California so he could pursue his career, which he began, as many actors do, in fashion modeling.

The chipmunk-cheeked teen heartthrob put his career in high gear when he got the role of Randy Taylor on the top rated TV series Home Improvement.

He got the job because he looked so much like his TV dad, Tim Allen.

But it was a scratchy voice they wanted for the lead character Simba in the animated Disney hit The Lion King.

JTT, as he's known to his fans, has built on that big screen success with the roles in such films as Man of the House, Tom and Huck, and The Adventures of Pinocchio.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas, a famous Pennsylvanian.

OK. John, a health freak and vegetarian and straight-A student, by the way.

So time to take a look at our tote board and see where we stand.

It's Marie with one point, Judy with three points, Patrick, five big points and our champion.

[applause] Wendy Williams, tell him what he's won.

ANNOUNCER: A beautiful gift basket from Delgrosso Foods of Tipton, and 50 chances to win $1,000 a week for life from the Pennsylvania lottery.

And there it is!

The giant gift basket and 50 chances to win on the lottery.

We couldn't be happier.

Another round of applause for Patrick.

[dings] PATRICK REYNOLDS: I'll start the diet next week.

Remember, folks at home, if you send your questions in to the Pennsylvania Game at WPSX Wagner Annex University Park PA 16802, you will win a one-year subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine.

Pennsylvania Magazine of Camp Hill.

Thank you so much for joining us.

Thanks to everybody, studio audience.

Bye.

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