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ANNOUNCER: Let's get the game started.

Here's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, the Pennsylvania proud Scott Bruce.

[cheering, applause] Thank you, studio audience.

Thank you, panelists.

Welcome.

What a lovely reception.

Welcome.

Thanks so much to people in the audience, folks viewing in from home.

We appreciate having you here, and we're all excited about a new round of The Pennsylvania Game.

Let's meet our panelists for today, starting off with Joanne Shafer.

Most of us have said it at one time or another, but our first guest really does work at a .

She's affectionately known to some circles as "The Garbage Queen."

Please say hello to Joanne Shafer.

[cheering, applause] Centre County's recycling coordinator.

Lovely.

He's formerly a music teacher from Ohio.

Today he's the nation's most eminent portrayer of Abraham Lincoln.

Please give a warm welcome to James Getty of Gettysburg.

[cheering, applause] How did they pick this guy to be James-- to be Abe Lincoln.

I'll never know.

[chuckling] SCOTT BRUCE: Pat Farnack is morning news anchor for KYW Newsradio and a weekend reporter for KYW's TV news.

She comes to us from Bucks County where she's been renovating her farmhouse for the last-- well, forever.

Hasn't it, Pat?

[chuckling] Forever.

SCOTT BRUCE: Pat Farnack.

Let's hear it folks.

[cheering, applause] Well, I've met these contestants, and they're ready for some fun.

And I know you folks are at home, and they are.

So let's not waste time.

Wendy Williams, bring me a question, please.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: In 1991, Todd Simons took over an old factory building in Pittsburgh that was designed by George Westinghouse in 1870.

After some minor renovations, the former Westinghouse Air Brake Company became home to a new enterprise known as the RedZone.

What does RedZone produce, A, dried hot pepper products; B, statistics used by college and professional football teams to assist them in planning their strategies; C, railroad warning signals; or D, Rosie the Robot?

SCOTT BRUCE: Hm, seems like kind of a tough one.

I don't know.

RedZone products, what do they produce, dried hot pepper products; statistics used by college and professional football teams; railroad warning signals; or Rosie the Robot?

Joanne, we go to you first.

I'm going to try C. Electric railroad crossing seems fit.

SCOTT BRUCE: Using logic.

Dangerous.

[audience laughing] [clears throat] Abe, Gabe, Jim, James?

It's such a sports town.

I think statistics use number B. SCOTT BRUCE: Are you going for the football?

Makes sense to me.

I think the thought is good.

Pat, what do you think?

I can't believe you guys.

It's obviously dried hot pepper products, A. SCOTT BRUCE: So these people all seem to think they know what they're talking about.

And I've paid attention.

And guess what?

They're all wrong.

PAT FARNACK: [chuckling] ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, Rosie the Robot.

The block-long factory building formerly used by Westinghouse Air Brake Company is now the assembly and test shop for Pittsburgh-based RedZone Robotics.

One of the company's leading products is Rosie the Robot, named after The Jetsons' space-age robot Rosie.

Built to work in extremely hazardous environments or danger zones, Rosie the Robot is made to go places humans can't go, such as nuclear waste pits or battlefields.

Other robotic systems are made to take apart buildings where nuclear weapons are assembled.

Ironically, Westinghouse, which operates about half of the federal government's nuclear weapons facilities, is RedZone's largest customer.

There you have it, Rosie the Robot.

I do want to say a special thanks to Rick Sebak of WQED who produced this Strip Show which inspired this question and provided us the footage for that answer.

So we especially thank him down in Pittsburgh.

And now let's go to a new question.

ANNOUNCER: In 1747, Springett Penn, the great grandson of William Penn, deeded a 370-acre tract of land in York County to Jacob Rutter.

Still in the Rutter family today, the property has historical significance.

Why?

A, it was the site of the nation's first shelter for widowed, divorced, and abused women; B, it's the nation's oldest family farm; C, it was the most significant way station for slaves on the underground railroad; or D, it was the first house in the nation to have running water.

SCOTT BRUCE: Well, my goodness.

Was it the site of the nation's first shelter for widowed, divorced, or abused women; the nation's oldest family farm; the most significant way station for slaves on the underground railroad; or the first house in the nation to have running water?

My guess is that Abe Lincoln might have been around right about this time.

[chuckles] SCOTT BRUCE: Jim, what do you think might have been the answer?

It was a little before me, but I think it was C. SCOTT BRUCE: Going for C, the most significant way station for the slaves and would be a very admirable answer if it's correct.

Pat, how about you?

Well, I heard water running, so I'm going to go with D, first house in the nation to have running water.

SCOTT BRUCE: Because you heard water.

Well, the studio here is not all that well soundproofed.

It might have just been an accident.

PAT FARNACK: [chuckling] OK. And Joanne, what do you think?

In honor of the fact that I have had very little running water in my own house this week, I also went with D. SCOTT BRUCE: D. So we have running water twice over slavery stop.

I don't know.

Let's find out what's the right answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B.

Farming Magazine conducted a nationwide search in 1995 and named the Rutter family farm of York County as the nation's oldest family farm.

Deeded in 1747 to Jacob Rutter and his brother-in-law, eight generations of Rutters have occupied the land, which has been dedicated to family farming for more than 100 years.

Today, the Rutter Corporation includes Rutter's Dairy, which processes about 1 million gallons of milk each year; a real estate division; and a family restaurant.

The enterprise provides a livelihood for 750 employees and 12 family members.

What's to ensure the future of the Rutter family farm?

Well, they say create opportunities to give the next generation a reason to be part of the business, cooperate with one another, and never, never sell the land.

We've just done the information.

I've just been told that they have actually owned the farm slightly longer than Pat has been renovating hers.

PAT FARNACK: [chuckling] [audience laughing] Enough of this foolishness.

Let's meet our panelists a little bit better.

Joanne Shafer, "The Garbage Queen."

That's got to be such a lovely thing to say.

I'm just curious.

Being a comedian, when you're at work, I guess they only tell what?

Dirty jokes?

Absolutely.

SCOTT BRUCE: Oh.

Is it a fun place to work?

Do you enjoy it?

Very fun place to work.

Definitely being "The Garbage Queen" is a little bit better than being the trash hag.

SCOTT BRUCE: [chuckling] And I am one of the only people that you'll ever meet truly that at the end of the day when I say it's time to get out of this dump, I really mean it.

I can't help but wonder.

Do they give you a tiara with that?

JOANNE SHAFER: Hard hat.

Hard hat [chuckles] Jim, let's go down to you.

I think we all know why you are portraying Abe Lincoln.

Look-wise, you have the look down beautifully, but now I understand that you've portrayed the voice on A&E, which is my favorite channel next to PBS, and almost slipped up on that one.

But that's just got to be exciting.

What fun things have you had going on?

JAMES GETTY: Well, I spoke recently at the Reagan Library.

I work normally in Gettysburg, but I speak around the country quite a bit.

So there's a lot of travel involved in my work.

A lot of fun, though.

I enjoy it very much.

Yeah, I travel myself, so I know what you mean.

But I look forward to getting down to Gettysburg to see it.

I think it'll be fun.

OK, Pat, so you've been working on this house forever, huh?

[chuckles] Too long.

SCOTT BRUCE: Longer than Abe's been chopping wood.

[chuckles] I was just telling them that I have dreams about living in a condo some days.

SCOTT BRUCE: So who's winning, you or the house?

Is it a money pit situation?

Well, no.

This year, I think, we turned the corner, and we have fewer-- SCOTT BRUCE: You have a roof on?

--projects on the list.

Yeah.

[chuckles] Running water-- SCOTT BRUCE: Running water.

--that's what I was thinking of.

That's why I had that on the mind.

We're finally getting there.

SCOTT BRUCE: The best of luck with it.

Good luck with all of them.

OK, kids, let's jump back into the game.

How about a new question?

ANNOUNCER: In 1839, Joseph Saxton, an American engineer employed by the United States Mint in Philadelphia, used a cigar box and another household item and became one of the first Americans to make what, A, a camera; B, a music box; C, a commercially successful mousetrap; or D, a jack-in-the-box?

SCOTT BRUCE: Hmm, a camera, a music box, a commercially successful mousetrap, or a jack-in-the-box.

Pat, we're going to go down to you first.

What do you think?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say a camera, A. SCOTT BRUCE: And why is that on a limb?

May I ask?

I don't know.

SCOTT BRUCE: You just felt-- It sounds just as good as a music box or a mousetrap.

I think they all sounded great.

I don't think it's a limb at all.

I think you're on very solid ground.

Joanne, we'll go to you.

I'll borrow Pat's limb, and I also said A, a camera, because there wasn't a particularly good reason.

Again, a good enough reason for us.

We're happy.

Jim, you want to make it a clean sweep?

Yes, I do.

SCOTT BRUCE: Oh!

Do you know what that means?

Every time we have a clean sweep, everybody gets a lottery ticket.

Pass them down.

One for everybody.

Yes.

[cheering, applause] We have tickets from the Pennsylvania Lottery, and we're happy to pass them out.

So we have three As.

Everybody thinks it's a camera.

Wendy, could they finally be up off their goose eggs?

PAT FARNACK: No.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, a camera.

In 1839, history was made when Louis Daguerre, the father of photography, announced to the world his process of capturing an image, which came to be known as a daguerreotype and a light-sensitive silver-coated plate.

People were intrigued by this process and began trying it on their own.

Among the curious was Joseph Saxton, an employee of the US Mint in Philadelphia.

Using a cigar box and an ordinary magnifying glass, Saxton designed one of the first cameras made in America.

With a strip of polished silver normally used to press coins, Saxton captured an image of the State Armory and the Philadelphia Central High School from a second story window of the Mint.

The photograph which measured 1 and 3/4 by 2 and 5/6 inches has been preserved by the Historical Society of Philadelphia and is America's oldest surviving photograph.

And as you can see from that photograph, that photograph was actually found at Joanne's dump.

[chuckling] Well worn and well through the times.

We're going to move on now because-- well, first, we're going to check our scores, our scores, because it's very exciting.

Guess what the score is?

The score is 1, 1 to 1 to 1.

It's a tie.

They're still moving.

[cheering, applause] That means it's time for our first clue in the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Everybody get your pens ready.

Here it is.

He was born in New York City in 1924.

He lives in Central Pennsylvania in the small village of Lemont, where a 19th century frame church serves as his studio.

Studio might be a hint, I'm guessing.

Born in New York City in 1924, lives in Central Pennsylvania in the small village of Lemont, where a 19th century frame church serves as his studio.

You want to write that on the first line if you know it?

And if you get it right on all three things, you will win 3 points.

So everybody seems to have made their guesses if they're going to.

And that means we'll ask Wendy Williams to give us a new question.

ANNOUNCER: Although invented by an Italian monk in the sixth century, the first commercial pretzel bakery in America was established by Julius Sturgis of Lititz, Pennsylvania in 1861.

Why were pretzels twisted into a crisscross shape, A, they were made to resemble a local bishop's family coat of arms; B, it was a gimmick to enhance appearance and increase bakery sales; C, the crisscross shape prevented the doughy confection from breaking so easily; or D, they were shaped after the folded arms of children in prayer?

SCOTT BRUCE: Ooh, an interesting one.

Local bishop's family coat of arms, do they resemble that?

Was it a gimmick to enhance the appearance, increase bakery sales, the crisscross shape prevented the dough confection from breaking so easily, or were they shaped after the folded arms of children in prayer?

Joanne, we're going to go to you first on this one.

For no other reason that there are children in the audience today, I pick D, children's arms folded in prayer.

SCOTT BRUCE: I thought they might be giving you hints.

They were down there.

They were circled.

They were like folding their arms.

I think Joanne brought the kids.

That's what I think happened.

James, what do you think?

I think the practicality of C. SCOTT BRUCE: The practicality of not breaking the pretzels.

That makes sense to me.

Pat, how about you?

PAT FARNACK: I'll have to go with Abe here.

And they didn't want to break him, so C. SCOTT BRUCE: So an Abe follower is what you are.

So we have a D. We have two Cs.

Wendy Williams, what is the correct answer?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D. According to legend, the pretzel was invented by a medieval Italian monk to reward youngsters for memorizing their prayers.

The word pretzel may have originated from the Latin pretiola or little reward and was shaped to resemble the folded arms of children in prayer, the three holes representing the Trinity.

Lititz in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country is thought to be the birthplace of the American pretzel.

It's said that in the late 1850s, a hobo jumped off a train in Lititz and was given a free meal by a baker named Ambrose Roth.

In exchange for Roth's charity, the hobo gave the baker a recipe for the pretzel.

Roth passed on the recipe to his apprentice, Julius Sturgis, who opened the first commercial pretzel bakery in America in 1861.

Isn't that interesting?

And now this is also fascinating.

Did you know that pretzels without salt are called baldies?

Which-- PAT FARNACK: OK, that's what it says.

[audience laughing] I didn't write it.

They're called baldies.

I'm called a baldy too.

What am I going to do?

Wendy Williams, get me out of here.

ANNOUNCER: Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane astounded the world and made medical history in 1921 when he removed his own appendix at age 60.

Dr. Kane conducted other unusual surgical procedures.

Did he A, sterilize all his surgical equipment with holy water; B, sing while performing surgeries; C, sign his surgeries; or D, meditate before his surgeries, becoming one with his equipment?

[audience laughing] Ooh.

Oh, my goodness.

SCOTT BRUCE: I've done some pretty wacky things in my day.

Did he sterilize all his surgical equipment with holy water, sing while performing surgeries, sign his surgeries, or meditate before his surgeries, becoming one with his equipment?

James, we're going to become one with you on this one.

That's the only one I can think of is D. SCOTT BRUCE: D, became one with his equipment?

Mm-hmm.

James, scalpel.

Scalpel, James.

I like how that works.

OK. How about you, Pat?

PAT FARNACK: I think he was B, singing while performing surgeries.

SCOTT BRUCE: Singing?

Oh, you've been watching Mandy Patinkin on Chicago Hope, haven't you?

Singing.

Joanne, what do you think?

JOANNE SHAFER: I figured if he was going to operate on himself, he needed the holy water, so I went with A. SCOTT BRUCE: A.

So we have A, B, and D. Once again, my fine panelist has danced all around the right answer.

PAT FARNACK: Oh, no.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, sign his surgeries.

Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane is well known for performing self-surgery.

He removed his own appendix, performed his own hernia operation, and even amputated one of his own fingers.

In 1925, he began leaving his mark at all his surgeries by signing his patients with India ink.

To do this, he placed some ink in the patient's skin and made two slight scratches and a dot with the ink before it dried.

This represented the letter K in the radio code alphabet, and thus Kane had left his signature.

While performing surgery on himself with the aid of mirrors, Kane was very relaxed, propped up on pillows, and surrounded by nurses.

He was confident that nothing could go wrong, but 12 weeks later after he performed his own hernia operation at the age of 70, Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane died of pneumonia.

Pneumonia?

[laughs] Kane practiced many hours doing artwork using a mirror to develop the coordination needed to operate on himself using the mirrors.

Only thing I can wonder is, did he sign himself?

[chuckles] I think that would be good.

Time to check our scores.

Let's look up at the tote board.

Joanne has jumped out to an astounding 2 to 1 to 1 lead.

Joanne, 2 points.

[cheering, applause] Time for clue number two of your Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Pencils ready.

He is recognized by critics as one of the leading graphic artists in the United States and is ranked among the finest printmakers in the world.

Recognized by critics as one of the leading graphic artists in the United States and is ranked among the finest printmakers in the world.

He was born in New York City in 1924, lives in Central Pennsylvania in a small village of Lemont, where a 19th century frame church serves as his studio.

OK, everybody's in, and we can move along and get a new question.

ANNOUNCER: In 1933, Penn State University's W. Ray Hastings established the first all-America selections.

This development provided a means for evaluating by accurate and consistent standards the best what, A, athletes; B, dairy cows; C, companies; or D, flowers and vegetables?

SCOTT BRUCE: Here we go.

Athletes, dairy cows, companies, or flowers and vegetables.

We're going to you, Pat, first on this one.

Well, [chuckles] since I have no idea, I'm going to say flowers and vegetables, D. SCOTT BRUCE: And an excellent choice, in my opinion.

I love flowers and vegetables.

Joanne.

I also chose D-- Penn State's an agricultural college-- flowers and vegetables.

SCOTT BRUCE: There you are thinking again.

[chuckling] James, what do you think?

Give us another lottery ticket.

SCOTT BRUCE: Hoo!

Now you know he only did it to get the lottery ticket.

Pass them down.

OK, they all went with Ds.

Let's find out if that's the correct answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, flowers and vegetables.

Penn State is the site of the first all-America Selections' Trial Gardens.

Established in 1933 by W. Ray Hastings, the trial gardens provided the first accurate means of comparing new plant varieties with existing cultivars.

Today, the university plots are among nearly 60 flower and vegetable trial gardens in the United States where seed companies and plant breeders worldwide compare and evaluate their products.

The trial gardens determine which varieties look the best, taste the best, grow the fastest, and yield the most.

High-performing cultivars make their way into seed and garden catalogs and eventually into home gardens.

And those that are judged superior to the best existing varieties receive the All-America Selections Award.

Looks to me like you guys should be trying to answer the same more often.

That question was submitted by John A. Varmecky of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, my hometown.

Hi, John.

Thanks so much for submitting the question.

And if you can submit a question and we use it on the air, you will win a year's subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine of Camp Hill.

Thank you so much again, John.

How about a new question, Wendy?

ANNOUNCER: In 1688, four Germantown friends or Quakers wrote what became known as the Germantown Petition.

The famous document was the first of its kind produced in the United States.

Did the Germantown protest call for A, a woman's right to own land; B, the end of slavery; C, the prohibition of alcohol; or D, gun control?

SCOTT BRUCE: Hmm, a woman's right to own land, the end of slavery, the prohibition of alcohol, or gun control.

Joanne, to you.

Since we've got Abe here today, I've got to go with B, the end of slavery.

SCOTT BRUCE: Oh, see, that's you know.

That's from the heart.

I like that.

PAT FARNACK: [laughs] SCOTT BRUCE: Abe?

JAMES GETTY: My thoughts exactly.

[chuckles] Uh-oh.

Uh-oh.

2, 2.

Ditto.

SCOTT BRUCE: Ditto.

No!

They're cheating now.

They just want lottery tickets.

That's all it is.

And as it turns out, I think it's going to pay off.

Wendy, what's the right answer?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, the end of slavery.

Written in 1688, the Germantown Petition is the first known antislavery protest.

Despite its limited immediate effect, the petition highlighted the contradiction between the declarations of liberty and the realities of slavery in America.

In 1775, the Quakers took a leading part in the creation of the Pennsylvania society for the abolition of slavery.

A year later, the Philadelphia friends meeting disowned slaveholders.

In 1780, when 6,000 Negro slaves lived in Pennsylvania, the state adopted the nation's first abolition law.

Although the law had loopholes, the concept of personal freedom had so much support that by 1808 local citizens found it nearly impossible to hold slaves.

SCOTT BRUCE: And that means time for our third clue of the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Pens ready.

The singular theme of his masterful color lithographs are familiar park scenes of Central Pennsylvania, Paris, and New York City.

The singular theme of his masterful color lithographs are familiar park scenes of Central Pennsylvania, Paris, and New York City.

He was born in New York City in 1924.

He lives in Central Pennsylvania in the small village of Lemont, where his 19th century frame church serves as his studio.

He's recognized by critics as one of the leading graphic artists in the United States and has ranked among the finest printmakers in the world.

Everybody looks totally confused.

And I believe we're out of time, so let's take a look.

Thank goodness.

They didn't want to hear this anymore.

OK, Scott, we don't know.

Move on.

Joanne, let's see if you knew.

You wrote something down.

I have been in Lemont many times, and I believe that it's Harold Altman.

SCOTT BRUCE: Harold Altman, Harold Altman, and Altman.

And you're being serious now at the end.

This is a woman who seems to think she knows.

James, what do you think?

I had a man by the name I thought was Reynolds.

I wasn't sure who does the line drawings for Pennsylvania history.

But obviously-- SCOTT BRUCE: Well, it's the graphic artist.

I feel good that you got something.

That's very good.

How about you, Pat?

Well, I put Elliott Abrams of AccuWeather.

SCOTT BRUCE: [laughs] Because I don't know who lives up here.

So I had no idea, I'm afraid.

SCOTT BRUCE: You could have listed the other AccuWeather personnel down below.

[audience laughing] I should have.

I think that would have been fun.

OK. Well, only one person seems to know if they know I don't know.

Wendy, tell me.

ANNOUNCER: Harold Altman is one of the leading lithographers in the United States and is ranked among the finest printmakers in the world.

Born in New York City, he lives in Central Pennsylvania near Penn State, where he taught for more than 20 years.

He divides his time between the village of Lemont, Pennsylvania, where he does his drawings in the 19th century frame church that serves as a studio, and Paris, where his lithographs are printed.

His most noted works include serene and contemplative scenes of parks in New York City, Paris, and Central Pennsylvania.

Altman's work has been featured at more than 800 one-man exhibitions throughout the world.

His masterful prints are also on permanent display at many of the finest museums in the United States and abroad.

Harold Altman, a famous Pennsylvanian.

OK, I see by the scoreboard we have Pat with 3 points, James with 3 points.

A nice tie for second place.

But they weren't going to hold a candle to Joanne with 7 points.

[cheering, applause] A huge win.

A huge win.

Wendy, why don't you tell Pat what she's won?

ANNOUNCER: Well, Scott, it's a gift basket of goodies from Gardners Candies of Tyrone and 50 chances to win $1,000 a week for life from the Pennsylvania Lottery.

PAT FARNACK: Oh, wow.

That's right.

Candy and lottery tickets, 50 chances.

We couldn't be happier.

Congratulations.

Thanks everybody on the panel for doing such a wonderful job.

Thanks for playing along at home.

I do want to remind you if you have questions for The Pennsylvania Game, send them to The Pennsylvania Game, Wagner Annex, University Park, PA, 16802.

Thanks again to our studio audience.

Bye-bye.

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