- [Announcer] Pennsylvania architects and carpenters built a fleet of ships.

During the war of 1812, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry used those ships to defeat the British on Lake Erie.

Do you know what famous words Perry spoke at that time?

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(audience applauding) Now, here's the host of "The Pennsylvania Game," Lynn Hinds.

(audience applauding) - There I am.

I got lost back there.

Thank you, thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

(audience applauding) Enough.

We got some good questions to stump you at home and to stump our studio audience.

And let me say, we're glad to have the Golden Age Club of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania in our studio audience today.

Thank you much for joining us.

(audience applauding) Give yourself a hand of a applause.

We can applaud them.

And let's meet our panel.

He is a gentleman who has learned to love to play games and especially "The Pennsylvania Game".

Bernie Asbell.

Welcome back, Bernie.

(audience applauding) And she has been a newspaper editor and she is now a professor of journalism at Penn State, Leola Johnson.

(audience applauding) And from Pittsburgh, from channel four in Pittsburgh, Lynn Cullen.

(audience applauding) Okay, we got a good panel and some good questions.

And as you've just had a little preview of, the first question is about a famous battle fought up off the coast of Pennsylvania.

- [Announcer] During the war of 1812, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British in the famous battle of Lake Erie.

On that occasion, Perry spoke what memorable words?

A, We have met the enemy and they are ours.

B, You may fire when ready, Gridley.

C, Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.

Or D, I have not yet begun to fight.

- Well, those are all famous quotes from American history.

The question is which one did Perry say in the war of 1812?

And Bernie, you didn't cover that war as a journalist, I don't believe, but what- - No, I didn't cover it as a journalist.

Matter of fact, a much more recent that for that reason, I was sure, as soon as I heard the question, it was, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."

But I'm gonna go with A, "We have met the enemy and they are ours."

- [Lynn Hinds] You do that a lot.

You're sure of one thing and go with another.

- That's the way I've lived my life, Lynn.

- I see.

(audience laughing) Leola, which one of those did Perry say in the war of 1812?

- Well.

Actually, I think that he said D. "I have not yet begun to fight.

- [Lynn Hinds] Okay.

All good quotes.

Lynn Cullen?

- Being dive bombed by a fly here, heavens.

Somebody said, "I have not yet begun to fight."

I don't think he said "Damn the torpedoes" because I don't think they had torpedoes then.

And, "We have met the enemy and they are ours."

I thought for sure Pogo said that, but he said something like that, right?

- No, no, he said "We've met the enemy and they are us."

- It's us.

Right, and they are us.

And I just love B, so I'm going with it 'cause I like to think that Gridley was standing by during that battle.

So, "You may fire when ready."

- To which Gridley replied, "Who, me?"

(panelists laughing) Which one of those did you pick?

One of them's right.

- [Announcer] The answer is A.

"We have met the enemy and they are ours."

In preparing for battle, Commodore Perry gathered architects and carpenters from all over Pennsylvania and constructed his fleet in the sheltered peninsula of Presque Isle in Erie County.

Today, you can relive the battle of Lake Erie by visiting Commodore Perry's Flagship Diagram at Presque Isle State Park.

The Flagship is an exact replica of the original flagship, which Commodore Perry used to defeat the British in 1813.

(triumphant drum music) - That was a neat, neat thing to see.

We wanna thank the station WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie for lending us some footage for that.

That was just great.

Admiral Dewey actually said to Gridley during the battle of Manila Bay in a Spanish-American war, "You may fire when ready, Gridley."

And Gridley, by the way, is buried in Erie, Pennsylvania so it's kind of a coincidence.

And David Farragut in the Civil War said, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."

And John Paul Jones during the revolutionary war said, I've not yet begun to fight to which the British we applaud, you better start soon.

(participants laughing) 'Cause it's what they said.

So much for naval battles, let's go into the woods and see how much you all know about trees.

And especially a tree from Pennsylvania.

- [Announcer] Trees have been an important part of Pennsylvania's economy.

And of course, trees add so much beauty to the landscape throughout all seasons.

One kind of tree has had the honor of being a state symbol.

Is the official state tree: A, a pine tree.

B, Oak tree.

C, Maple tree.

Or D, Hemlock tree.

- Okay, Leola.

Bernie does better when he starts 'cause other people impress him or he opens a suggestion.

So you get to start this one.

Which is the official tree of Pennsylvania?

We know the Buckeye is of Ohio 'cause we're both Buckeyes.

- That's right.

That's right.

And because we're Buckeyes and we have this older antagonism with Pennsylvania, I think.

I think I'm going to choose the maple.

- Okay, perhaps C for that one.

Lynn Cullen.

- Oh, brother.

I feel like I could use some hemlock right now and put me outta my misery.

I don't know.

Pine tree's too general.

And I figure it's B or C and just for a little variety, I'll, you went with B, right?

- She went with C. - Oh.

- [Lynn Hinds] She's going with B, the oak tree.

- Just for a little variety, I'll go with an oak tree.

- This is not bingo where you have to cover a lot of squares, you know.

Bernie, what do you go with here?

- This, I, I, I.

(audience laughing) I feel as landed and I think I am gonna put myself out my misery, I'll go with hemlock.

- Hemlock tree.

- Yeah.

Take it down.

- I want you to watch this footage because it's some of the most magnificent footage of a tree you'll ever see.

- [Announcer] The answer is D, the hemlock tree.

This is the oldest hemlock in the Alan Seeger forest in Huntington County.

13 feet in diameter and 115 feet high.

The tree was growing when Columbus arrived.

The hemlock is the most typical of Pennsylvania forests.

Now this evergreen is both useful and beautiful.

- That is quite a tree.

I have to tell you that since we did the question, the tree blew down in a lightning storm, but there's one almost as quite as big and it's still standing.

Quite a tree.

And the hemlock tree has figured prominently in Pennsylvania history.

As you all will hear on future shows and future questions if you're back with us.

Bernie, you've taken a commanding lead over the show today.

- Well, in poker I've learned, never win during the first five or six hands.

You'd really go home broke.

- We've seen that before.

We've taken a commanding lead and then followed up the rear at the end.

Leola, you have been a newspaper editor in Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

- Right, right.

- You tell me you've worked for The Wall Street Journal.

- That's professor in resident.

- That's impressive, that's impressive.

You have to be rich to work for The Wall Street Journal.

- No, uh-uh.

A matter of fact, you can't be rich if you can't get rich working for The Wall Street Journal.

- Okay.

And you're teaching now at Penn State.

Teaching journalism.

Delighted to have you here with "The Pennsylvania Game".

Lynn Cullen's back too.

She's from... Now wait a minute.

I said Green Bay and you said Green Bay.

- That's right, I said, no, you said Green Bay and I said, Green Bay.

- Wisconsin, originally.

But you've been in Pittsburgh now for several years, working at channel four and things going well?

- Things are going very well, Lynn, thank you.

- It's nice to have you back.

I hope that you get some right now.

We'll soon hear.

(audience laughing) I tell you what.

Just for Lynn Cullen, I have a question about religion in Pennsylvania, 'cause she knows all about that.

- [Announcer] Descendants of William Penn's Quakers still make their presence felt in Pennsylvania.

The Friends General Conference is in Philadelphia.

Of the four other religious dominations with national headquarters in Pennsylvania, which one is located in Valley Forge?

A, American Baptist Churches in USA.

B, Evangelical Christian Churches.

C, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

Or D, Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

- Okay.

All of those have their national headquarters in Pennsylvania.

The question is which one is located at Valley Forge.

Lynn Cullen, we get to start with you.

Those are four lovely choices.

- How's this for a dumb look?

(participants laugh) - [Lynn Hinds] That's good, that's good.

Hold that.

(audience laughing) - I'm shocked that all those places are headquartered somewhere in Pennsylvania.

- [Lynn Hinds] But one is right there.

- Right there in Valley Forge.

- Right there in stored Valley Forge.

Very prominent if you drive by on the turnpike, you could see it.

Which one is it, is the question?

- What, what?

(audience laughing) - [Lynn Hinds] You can help for audience.

Go ahead, go ahead.

- They thought it was B.

- They thought it was B.

You think it's B too.

(audience laughing) Bernie?

- Well, I thought it was B before they said so because Evangelical Christians somehow remind me of people walking around with bleeding feet just like watching it men do it and I think I'll go with them and being in Valley Forge.

- Leola, I feel you're going something other than B, am I right or wrong?

- Yeah, but it's because I actually have no idea.

And I figure I'll maximize my chances by choosing something else.

- Does that fall?

- No it doesn't.

I'm gonna choose A though.

- You're gonna choose the American Baptist Churches in USA.

It is a famous spot at Valley Forge and you can't miss it if you drive by it.

Let's see.

- [Announcer] The answer is A, American Baptist churches.

(audience applauding) The American Baptist with deep roots in religious and political freedom build at Valley Forge in 1960.

30 million turnpike travelers past the building each year and see its circular shape a symbol of unity.

The American Baptist Churchesz have about 1 1/2 million members.

- That is a gorgeous building when you drive by.

Score, Bernie still has a lead, but not a big one too.

And Leola has one and Lynn Cullen's saved her best answers for later in the show.

Let's hear it for our panel.

(audience applauding) - You're doing all right.

(audience applauding) - Now you know that we have another feature called the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

We'll be giving you three clues throughout the course of the show.

And the first one is a little vague and they get a little bit more explicit.

If you think you know the answer, just right down under number one panel who you think it is.

Here's the first clue.

Born in Lancaster 10 years before the American revolution, his friends called him Quick Silver Bob, because of his experiments with mercury.

Born in Lancaster 10 years before the revolution, his friends called him Quick Silver Bob, because of his experiments with mercury.

I'll just tuck that in the back of your minds, and we'll have another clue for you.

Pennsylvania towns have interesting names.

Here is a Pennsylvania town that was named because of a famous insect that once swarmed there.

- What Pennsylvania town was named Gnat town after the Indian word for gnats because of the swarms of pesty insects found there?

A, Punxsutawney, Jefferson County.

B, Nanticoke, Luzerne County.

C, Shamokin, Northumberland County.

Or D, Tamaqua, Schuylkill County.

- Now actually, since it's an Indian word, all you have to know is some Indian language and this would be an easy question to answer, Bernie.

- It's perfectly easy.

It's Punxsutawney 'cause that's the only one I ever heard of.

- [Lynn Hinds] You never heard of Nanticoke or Shamokin or Tamaqua?

- No.

- [Lynn Hinds] They're all Pennsylvania towns.

Leola Johnson?

- Once again, I don't have any idea, but I know someone from Tamaqua so that.

- Okay, that's reason enough to vote for Tamaqua in my book.

Lynn Cullen.

- You be quiet over there.

You've led me before and I.

The only one that sounds like an Indian name.

- [Lynn Hinds] They're all Indian names, really.

- They are?

- Yeah.

- Shamokin, Nanticoke.

- Shamokin, C. - Shamokin's a nice community.

Of course they're all nice communities.

The only question is which one was named because of insects that swarm there?

Do you know?

- [Announcer] The answer is A, Punxsutawney.

Indians called it Punxsutawney.

Town of the ponkies or grants.

In 1772, a Moravian missionary wrote in his journal that the ponkies are, "A plague to man and beast by day and night."

- He was probably talking about black flies rather than gnats.

They were really large.

And the missionary also said that the horses and cows came in by the campfire at night.

They were so bad there.

So they named it after the Ponkies or Punxsutawney.

You're doing real well.

Have you studied for this?

- No I didn't, nit but I wanna say about Lynn having lived in Green Bay.

Green Bay.

- Green Bay.

- Green bay.

I used to live in Connecticut, New Haven.

And one of the ways I can always tell a Pennsylvanian is that Pennsylvanians always say New Haven.

- Yeah, and green bay.

- It's New Haven.

- [Lynn Cullen] That's right.

- And I think they say it because it's new hope.

Whereas we in Connecticut would probably say, new hope, you see.

But it's New Haven.

- I see, we have a question about a man who lived in Pittsburgh.

Here's the question.

(panelists laughing) - In 1921, Harold W. Arlin of Pittsburgh became the first man in the world to be employed to do something full time.

Was he the first: A, commercial airline pilot.

B, radio announcer.

C, telephone operator.

Or D, court stenographer.

- Wanna say too, or your thinking panel that S Melvin Zook of Belleville Pennsylvania will receive from WPSX in Pennsylvania magazine, a year subscription to Pennsylvania magazine for sending in this question.

And we appreciate your sending it very much.

The question is in 1921, Harold Arlin of Pittsburgh became the first man in the world to be employed to do something full time.

Was he the first which one of those?

Leola.

1921.

- Radio announcer.

- [Lynn Hinds] That big B.

You think it's a radio announcer?

Lynn Cullen.

Harold Arlin of Pittsburgh, 1921.

- Well, the only thing I know for sure is Mr. Zook is in pot water with me.

(Bernie laughing) - [Lynn Hinds] For sending in this question?

- Yeah, for sending it.

Thanks a lot, Mr. Zook.

(panelists laughing) Oh, brother.

It seems like 1921, it's too late for all of those things.

I can't believe that.

- [Lynn Hinds] Well, you've been through every letter three times.

- I'm going one, two and three.

No, I know.

I'm just trying to hedge my bets here.

He was a... - [Lynn Hinds] Let's see.

You're going with a commercial airline pilot.

Okay, Bernie.

- Well, I'm really gonna stick my neck out.

Not only am I gonna go with B, but I'm gonna say he was hired by KGKA.

- Oh, honest- - Really?

If I tell you that we wanna thank the Westinghouse Historical Department for the pictures you're about to see, would that be a clue?

Maybe.

- [Lynn Cullen] I think you're right.

- [Announcer] The answer is B, radio announcer.

Arlin was the first full-time radio announcer in the world at KDKA Pittsburgh.

KDKA was the first commercially licensed station to broadcast a regularly scheduled program.

They went on the air November 2nd, 1920 with four men broadcasting the results of the Harding-Cox presidential elections.

Most radio entertainment was done live in studio in those early days.

- Hang on to Lynn Cullen.

Don't let her leave the station.

She's trying to get outta here and go home.

I thought you'd get that one, Lynn.

- Why?

Because I'm from Pittsburgh or something?

- Well, because it's radio and you're in the media, medium or whatever it is that call it.

Oh, well.

- Oh, brother.

- Oh, well.

Let's see, the score is Bernie still ahead with four, a rather commanding league.

Let's hear it for Bernie Asbell.

(audience applauding) Who studies for this game?

I swear you did, Bernie.

Okay, mystery clue number two.

Although he's better known for a later invention, he went to France and invented a submarine.

Although is better known for a later invention, he went to France and invented a submarine.

The first clue, remember, he was born in Lancaster 10 years before the American revolution.

His friends called him Quick Silver Bob, because of his experiments with mercury.

Wanna say, by the way, if you'd like to send us a question or a suggestion for a question, love to hear from you.

Just write to The Pennsylvania Game.

Wagner Annex.

That's here at WPSX TV.

And of course, it's University Park, PA, 15602.

That's not right.

- 16802.

- 16802.

It's awful.

Okay, that's what we'll do.

And while they're thinking about that, let me give them another question.

This is a nature question, and they're all such outdoors people and bird watchers, they'll know this one, I'll bet.

- Purple martins live in apartment houses provided by people.

In payment, these largest of swallows consume vast numbers of mosquitoes and other insects.

Each April, martins return from south America to raise their young.

But in the 1970s, the birds avoided central Pennsylvania.

Was the reason: A, a severe drought.

B, Hurricane Agnes.

C, Invasion of gypsy moths.

Or D, Unseasonable snow.

- As a matter of fact, since 1970, purple martins have not come back to many parts of central Pennsylvania.

1970, something happened was in the 1970s, that is.

In the 1970s, was it one of those four things?

The answer is yes, it was.

Lynn Cullen, which one?

What happened in the early 1970s?

A severe drought, they call it out west or- - Drought, I think.

- - Drought, yeah.

Hurricane Agnes, invasion of gypsy moths or unseasonable snow?

- Well, snow and Agnes, those are things that would be relative.

I can't believe it's either of those.

Maybe the gypsy moths moved into their condos while they were gone.

- And birds don't eat gypsy moss, I will tell you that.

'Cause they're not very tasty I've heard a bird tell me that.

Bernie.

- Well, in the 1970s, in the late '70s, an invasion of gypsy moth.

So I'll take that.

- You're agreeing with Lynn Cullen.

- No, I'm not agreeing with gypsy moths.

- Could be a little risky during this game.

Leola?

- Well.

- In the '70s, yeah.

It was the early '70s too.

- Hmm.

- I think that I'm going to go with invasion of gypsy moths.

Although I really think it's D. - [Lynn Hinds] You really think it's unseasoned snow.

- Yeah.

- [Lynn Hinds] But you're going with gypsy moths.

- But I'm a coward.

- [Lynn Hinds] Based on Bernie's logic, that could be right, but you all could be wrong.

- We all go down together, huh?

- [Announcer] The answer is B, Hurricane Agnes.

(audience applauding) The days of wind and rain wiped out the food supply of insects.

Young birds were wet and chilled and without food, hundreds died.

Purple martins are just returning to some areas.

- And if you get purple martins on your house, they eat about 2,000 mosquitoes each a day.

You'd have no worry about bugs if you get a purple martin.

That fly that's bothering you would be gone if we had a purple martin.

The next question moving right along is about a Pennsylvania product.

Something developed right here in Pennsylvania.

- [Announcer] 60 Years ago, Lynmar Brock seniors started a business.

Today, Brock Company supplies food to corporations through vending machines and full service cafeterias.

What did Lynmar Brock originally sell?

A, pinball machines.

B, cash registers.

C, box lunches.

Or D, hot dog vending carts.

- Okay, Bernie Asbell, you're first.

Lynmar Brock originally started a business supplying food to corporations through vending machines in full surface cafeterias and company.

What did he start out with originally?

What was his first company?

- If I had gone into the big time cafeteria business, I would've started off with a hot dog vending cart.

- Hot dog vending cart, that's a good idea, yeah.

Leola.

- I'm gonna say he sold box lunches.

- Box lunches.

- Yeah.

Those sound both sound very like nutritious answers.

Lynn Cullen.

- Yeah, I think he started out in box lunches and then decided to put them in little machines instead.

- Oh, I see.

Instead of selling the box lunches.

Of course, it could be pinball machines just 'cause it's different answer.

Let's see what it is.

- [Announcer] The answer is C, box lunches.

(audience cheering and applauding) Lynmar Brock started selling box lunches for 25 cents in 1927.

The box lunches gave a hearty meal to blue-collar workers and became so popular that the Brock Company moved to new and larger quarters.

And a fleet of delivery cars and trucks grew.

By 1950, Brock was delivering food to many parts of Philadelphia.

And for events such as the Boy Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge.

Today, Lynmar Brock Jr and Charles Brock have turned their father's box lunch business into a thriving restaurant and catering enterprise.

- Lynn and Leola really aced Bernie on that one.

Let's hear for Lynn and Leola.

(audience applauding) All right.

Very good.

You talk about guessing before, whether you hear this next question.

This is one that is purely gonna have to be a guess because it's one of those about Pennsylvania county's name for a governor.

- [Announcer] Three Pennsylvania counties have been named in honor of a governor of the Commonwealth.

Which of these counties was not named for a Pennsylvania governor?

A, McKean.

B, Snyder.

C, Clinton.

Or D, Mifflin.

- All you have to know, Leola is which one of these was not a governor, 'cause they're all counties, but which one of those counties was not named for a governor of Pennsylvania?

There's no reason you should know this.

- And I don't.

- Well, take a guess.

Yeah, you really do.

Take a guess.

- Mifflin.

- Mifflin, okay.

That's a D. - Can I change?

- Well, not later.

Lynn Cullen, what are you going with?

- Bernie's down there looking like he knows, brother.

Mifflin, D. - You're going with Leola again.

Bernie, where are you going?

- Well Bernie who's looking like he knows for rather.

But Clinton was a governor, all right.

But to what Clinton was a governor of New York.

And I'm gonna say that that's the answer.

- [Lynn Hinds] So you think he wasn't a governor of Pennsylvania?

- There was no governor Clinton of Pennsylvania.

- [Lynn Hinds] It's possible.

- [Announcer] The answer is C, Clinton.

Named for DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York.

Thomas McKean, Thomas Mifflin and Simon Snyder were Pennsylvania governors honored by a county.

- The all I can say is, I'm glad I'm not on the panel with Bernie Asbell 'cause he's way ahead now.

Let's hear it for Bernie.

He's doing fine.

(audience applauding) - I think I was gonna buy a lottery ticket this afternoon.

- You better.

It's your lucky day.

Here's your last clue for the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

If you wanna stick your heads together, you can if you don't know the answers, see if you can come up with it.

He wasn't the first to invent his famous invention, but he made it work well.

After his death, they called his invention the Clermont.

He wasn't the first to invent his famous invention, but he made it work best.

After his death, they called his invention the Clermont.

Do you have an idea?

Go to whisper together.

- His name, Robert.

His first name's gotta be Robert 'cause it was Quick Silver Bob.

But would it be Robert Fulton steamship?

- I was trying to think it has to be something because he- - With nautical submarine.

- Nautical, yes.

- [Lynn Hinds] We need an answer.

- I'll go with Fulton.

- Robert Fulton.

- Let's all get it right.

- [Lynn Hinds] That you're gonna go with Robert Fulton.

- But really, Lynn gets the credit.

- And watch this be right, and I don't get credit for this one.

- [Announcer] Robert Fulton was born in Lancaster 10 years before the revolutionary war.

The war made a vivid impression on him, and he resolved to work for peaceful commerce.

Fulton went to Philadelphia to study.

Then to England, then France.

There, he built a successful submarine, hoping it was so terrible a weapon that it would end war.

When France rejected it as too terrible to use, Fulton came home to use.

Robert Fulton did not invent the steamboat, but he made it work successfully.

He is one of America's most creative inventors.

Robert Fulton, a famous Pennsylvania.

- I think Lynn Cullen got the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Came up with the answer first.

And I think she should get all kinds of credit for that.

So let's give her a round of applause.

(audience applauding) - Thank you, thank you.

- However, Bernie Asbell officially still won the game.

- No, I'm giving her my point.

- What gave it to you?

Quick Silver Bob.

It had to be Robert.

- Well, I put Robert down and (mumbles).

When you said the Clermont, I thought that you don't name a sewing machine or something.

And then submarine, I put it all together.

- Did you know that his steamboat, but he wasn't the first to invent the steamboat.

John Fitch was, but that his boat was not called to Clermont until about six or seven years after his death.

He just called it the steamboat 'cause it was the only one on the river obviously.

Did a good job, all of you.

And we appreciate your being here and playing "The Pennsylvania Game" and we'll see you next time when we all gather right here to play again, "The Pennsylvania Game".

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And Landmark is: A, a savings and loan.

B, a bank.

C, a leading mortgage lender.

Or D, all of the above.

The correct answer is D, all of the above.

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