[music playing] ANNOUNCER: The Pennsylvania Game is made possible in part by-- PRESENTER: By a grant from the Pennsylvania Public Television Network.

The network receives funding from the Commonwealth to provide public television for all Pennsylvanians.

ANNOUNCER: Now, let's get the game started.

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

[applause] We're back.

Oh, thank you so much, studio audience.

Thanks folks at home for tuning in to another edition of The Pennsylvania Game.

Oh, are we going to have fun.

I can feel it.

The audience is primed.

Let's meet our contestants for today, shall we?

Punster, Elliott Abrams is a senior vice president at Accuweather which provides radio and TV weather forecasts that are now heard by millions of people around the world.

He's been seen on Penn State's Weather World program for the past 30 years.

Say hello to Elliott Abrams.

[applause] Also joining us is Julie Bologna.

Julie is also a meteorologist.

She is currently working morning and noon meteorologist for the WPXI TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Julie, good to have you here.

[applause] Also joining us today is back again Frank Schofield, a seasoned Pennsylvania Game panelist.

13 year radio veteran.

He's producer and co-host of The Bruce Bond, late afternoon show on WINK 104 in Harrisburg.

Nice to see you again.

Frank, thanks for being here.

[applause] We've got a heck of an audience, a heck of a panel, and a heck of a show.

Why don't we start?

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: In 1895, Pittsburgher Paul Boyton created the world's first outdoor amusement park at Coney Island, but he was already famous for something else.

What was it?

A, he performed aquatic feats in a rubberized suit?

B, he appeared in the first moving pictures?

C, he was known as the strongest man in the world?

Or D, he defeated "Gentleman Jim" Corbett in a 21-round boxing match"?

SCOTT BRUCE: Pittsburgher Paul Boyton.

He performed aquatic feats in a rubberized suit?

He-- [laughter] And he splashed.

He appeared in his first-- in the first moving pictures?

He was known as the strongest man in the world?

He defeated "Gentleman Jim" Corbett in a 22-round boxing match?

Let's go to Elliot first.

What do you think?

Oh, it's pretty clear that he obviously-- I mean, this is a famous person.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yes, that totally clear now.

I'm certain that he did one of those four things because those are the choices-- SCOTT BRUCE: Which one would you think might be?

I think A would be-- SCOTT BRUCE: A.

--the one.

You're going to go with A.

So you think he performed aquatic feats in a rubberized suit?

I don't know about his feet, but I think-- [laughter] All right, Julie.

Let's go down to you.

What do you have?

I kind of picked A, too.

I figured he didn't really-- I couldn't really-- I didn't know.

[laughter] So far basically, you guys just like, uh, aquatic feats and rubber-- I just figured-- --is what-- --he was very skinny, and he could fit in a rubber suit.

OK. Well, let's find out if Frank went the same way.

Frank, did you?

First of all, like these two, I'm not a meteorologist nor do I play one on TV.

I want to be quite clear about that.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK.

I think the guy's like P.T.

Barnum, and he liked to mix it up.

I'm going to go with C. SCOTT BRUCE: C?

You think he was known as the strongest man in the world?

OK. Let's find out from Wendy, which of these is right.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, he performed aquatic feats in a rubberized suit.

Paul Boyton was an adventure, a world traveler and served in two wars, but his aquatic feats performed in a watertight inflatable suit made him famous.

In 1874, a ship off the coast of Ireland let him jump overboard in heavy seas.

Boyton spent seven hours in the water, paddling through a gale that wrecked scores of craft around the British isles.

When he landed in Ireland, he was celebrated worldwide.

With rubberized suit and double bladed paddle, Boyton floated down most of Europe's rivers, crossed the straits of Gibraltar and the English Channel.

Boyton returned to the states and worked in the nation's first life-saving service.

In 1895, he started the world's first outdoor amusement park, Sea Lion Park on Coney Island.

[applause] I too have a rubberized suit.

I wear it, because I can't trust the meteorologists.

[laughter] OK. Let's go into a new question.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: Hershey, Pennsylvania has twice hosted a special gathering for members of Congress.

The meeting, which is unique in the history of American government, has attracted considerable attention.

Is it A, an opportunity to court large soft-money contributors?

B, a civility retreat?

C, a Dale Carnegie course?

Or D, an ethics seminar?

SCOTT BRUCE: Government and ethics.

Haha.

Stop.

My side.

Ladies and gentlemen, what would it have been?

An opportunity to court large soft-money contributors?

A civility retreat?

A Dale Carnegie course?

Or an ethics seminar?

[ringing sound] Julie, we'd like you to answer first.

I picked an opportunity to court large soft-money contributors.

I figure they're always looking for money.

There's a woman who knows our government.

OK. We'll get on to Frank.

What do you think?

Living in Hummelstown right next to Hershey, they get together to get along, and that's what it's all about.

Answer is B. SCOTT BRUCE: B.

So you really know?

I know.

SCOTT BRUCE: He knows this.

That's a fact.

And Hummelstown is a tiny figure of a town, isn't it?

It's small.

[laughter] OK. Da-da.

We'll go over to Elliot.

Elliot, what do you think?

Well, first of all, that A there, I mean, it's hard money that they're trying to get.

SCOTT BRUCE: Oh, they want hard money?

B, they did not have a Civil War retreat there.

SCOTT BRUCE: A Civil War retreat.

C, Dale Carnegie, he made the iron business what it was in Western Pennsylvania, and then made people real friendly and happy to discuss it with others, so it had to be D. SCOTT BRUCE: So you're going to go with D, an ethics seminar?

OK. We've got an awful lot of reasons why we've got the answer.

Wendy, tell us what the answer is.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, a civility retreat.

Congressional incivility is nothing new but a bipartisan effort to curb it is.

Many on capitol hill felt that congressional relations had deteriorated to new lows in recent years.

A study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communication bore this out.

Among the findings, an increase in the number of house members who had to have their disrespectful language expunged from the record, and in the calls to come to order.

Organizers hope that by providing members with an opportunity to get to know each other, some of the more rancorous debate will be avoided.

Civility.

[applause] Can't we all just get along?

OK. Time to talk to our panel just a little bit more.

Elliot.

Oh, Elliot, I have a serious question.

Yes.

Yes, I know it's going to be hard to believe.

Let me put on my-- I'm looking at all these computer information that's coming out now, and they're building these super, super, super, super computers for forecasting weather.

How far are we away from that actually being a reality?

What?

The super computers?

SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah, the ones that-- They are able to calculate mistake-- they are able to calculate mistakes faster than any previous-- [laughter] They crash even faster-- And I wouldn't be surprised if six months from now the weather is the opposite of what it is right now.

The weather's going to change completely because of the computers.

Thank you, Elliot.

That's very good.

Certainly.

Julie, we are finally starting to see more female meteorologists on the air, and I'm very pleased to see that.

Now, tell the truth, are you going to be a little more accurate than the computers and males of the past?

Of course.

SCOTT BRUCE: Of course?

Women are.

Yes.

You have-- you have a special gene for this purpose?

We do.

Women are always right.

Am I right?

[applause] OK.

There you go.

Which is funny.

Half the audience applauded on that one.

I wonder why.

And they were all the men because their wife was going like this, right?

All right.

We're going to go down to Frank Schofield.

Frank, I understand this is your seventh year as head coach of the Cedar Crest High School ice hockey team.

That's very impressive.

Ice hockeying is going to be a pretty popular sport.

Is it doing well down in your area?

It's getting very big in the mid state, and they're starting to play teams from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and it's getting really big, especially at the high school level.

Excellent.

Well, good to hear it.

Congratulations.

Good work with the kids.

You look great by the way.

Does he look great or what?

Thank you.

Look at this guy, huh?

Thank you, babe.

[applause] Is my tan on straight?

OK.

I think it's the hairpiece.

--all of this stuff going-- the hairpiece is what's working for you?

Hey, there we go.

Let's go to a question.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: Beginning in 1913, Henry Lanius of York County joined state government.

He was a state representative for eight years and a state senator for 20.

He became known as the father of special education in Pennsylvania for his significant achievements.

What made Lanius' contributions so remarkable?

A, he was blind?

B, he had only three years of formal education?

C, he didn't learn English until his late teens?

Or D, he had a severe stutter?

SCOTT BRUCE: Gosh.

What was it that made senator Lanius' contributions so remarkable?

Was it the fact that he was blind?

Did he have-- he had only three years of formal education?

He didn't learn English until his late teens?

Or he had a [stuttering] severe stutter?

[ringing sound] Which all of-- which I have suffered from myself.

Frank, we're going down to you first.

You know, a common man should know that answer, but I-- [laughter] And Frank, I think you're common as hell.

Yeah.

[laughter] Thank you.

You look great by the way.

I went with D. D?

You went with the severe stutter.

I think that's a good answer.

Elliot, what do you think?

Well, I picked one of these here.

I felt he was visionary, so he couldn't have been blind.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK.

He-- I picked B actually because that may not have had anything to do with whether he would have been effective or not.

Good reasoning there.

That's right.

I like your thinking.

Let's go down to Julie.

I went with B, too, only because I had no idea.

And three was my favorite number.

Excellent answer.

I can't tell you how popular the I don't have any idea answer is on our show.

You'll hear that many times from me-- Yes, we hear it many times, all the time, and we like that.

Let's find out from somebody who does have an idea.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, he was blind.

Henry Lanius was born in York County in 1882.

At age 20, an accident left him blind but didn't stop him from being elected to the Pennsylvania house of representatives 10 years later.

Senator Lanius sponsored the bill that in 1919 resulted in the first legislation to provide special education for the handicapped.

Until then, children with speech, hearing, or vision problems were considered menaces in the classroom and a detriment to the education of other students.

Before his death in 1943, Lanius had sponsored five other bills for education of the handicapped and is known as the father of special education in Pennsylvania.

[applause] Time to check in with our big scoreboard.

I see from the tote board now that Elliott has one point, whereas Julia has one point, and Frank has one point.

[applause] It's a three-way tie.

Perfect way to go into our first clue of the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Pens ready, kids.

Here we go.

After graduating from a suburban Philadelphia high school in 1986, this athlete was passed over by the draft.

After graduating from a suburban Philadelphia high school in 1986, this athlete was passed over by the draft.

'86 high school student from Philadelphia.

I'm getting a very unusual wondering look from everyone.

So they're going to write down their answers.

We're going to move on with the show.

Let's have a whole new question.

She's cheating.

Don't look.

ANNOUNCER: This special camera developed in Philadelphia detects something that other cameras cannot.

Is it A, the mood or aura of the subject?

B, sun damaged skin?

C, evidence of paranormal activity?

Or D, areas of tension within the body?

SCOTT BRUCE: All right.

What can this camera detect?

The mood or aura of the subject?

Sun damaged skin?

Evidence of paranormal activity?

Or areas of tension within the body?

We're going to go to Elliot first on this one.

The-- let's say B. SCOTT BRUCE: We're going to go with B, sun damaged skin.

I think that's a great answer.

Well, it could be enlightening.

I don't know.

It could be.

It could be.

How about you, Julia?

I went with B, too.

I think I'm copying his-- Sun damaged skin.

Sun damaged skin.

Can we make it a three-way run?

No.

No, not going to happen.

No.

I went with C, because I think this camera takes a look at ghosts and stuff like that and sees crazy things.

SCOTT BRUCE: So you got that paranormal thing going?

Yep.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK. Well, here's our non-paranormal answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, sun damaged skin.

Developed in 1995 by Fagron Medical Systems in Philadelphia, the camera is now used by a small number of doctors.

The camera uses UV light to detect excessive buildup of melanin in the skin, often the result of sun damage.

Doctors can use the camera for diagnosis, tracking the progress of patients under treatment, and tracking particular skin diseases.

The camera's most useful application thus far has been as a tool to scare clients out of the sun.

Most patients who see their sun damaged photos give up their sun worshipping ways.

Hmm.

[applause] We do need a modest amount of sun to stay healthy.

One recommendation is 10 minutes a day.

I know that it varies with skin type.

I like a little more myself.

I think that'll be enough of that.

Let's-- let's go to a whole new question.

ANNOUNCER: This athlete holds a unique position in Penn State history.

In 1973, he was recognized for his athletic ability, but today is best remembered for a speech he gave.

Who is he?

A, Mike Reed?

B, Jack Ham?

C, Franco Harris?

Or D, John Cappelletti?

How's that for a who's who of Penn State football players right there?

Mike Reed, Jack Ham, Franco Harris, John Cappelletti, which one is best remembered for a speech he gave?

We are going to go to Julie first.

I went with C. SCOTT BRUCE: C. Only because I like him.

Well, I like him, too.

I think it's a great reason.

That's a good reason, Julie.

How about you, Frank?

My reason is just as good and it's John Cappelletti.

SCOTT BRUCE: John Cappelletti, and you like him, too?

Right.

Boy, it's just a little like fest going on.

I like it.

Elliott, who do you like?

I'll pick D with a speech about his family member.

John Cappelletti with the family speech.

I remember that as well.

OK.

So we got two Cappelletti's, one Franco Harris.

And Wendy?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, John Cappelletti.

Penn State's only Heisman trophy winner, he was inducted into the college football hall of fame in 1993.

The year of his Heisman award, Cappelletti's rushing yardage was the second best in Penn State history.

But it was his touching tribute to his dying brother for which he is best remembered.

In an emotional acceptance speech on December 13th, 1973, Cappelletti, who had intended to thank his coaches, parents, and teammates, dedicated his Heisman to his 11-year-old brother, Joseph, who was suffering from leukemia.

Joseph died three years later.

I don't think I'll ever forget this night, John said, when he ended his speech.

No one else has either.

[applause] John Cappelletti was drafted in the first round by the Los Angeles Rams.

His NFL career lasted nine years during which he played for the Rams and the Chargers, and he's one of my heroes, so I couldn't be happier.

OK. Time to check our scores.

Where do we stand?

Elliott has three points, Julie two, Frank two.

Heck of a close game, people.

Let's hear it.

[applause] And that means it's time for our second clue in the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Here you go.

His swing has earned him millions and several most valuable player awards.

His swing has earned him millions and several most valuable player awards.

After graduating from a suburban Philadelphia high school in 1986, this athlete was passed over by the draft.

We've got some confusion and some writing.

Confusion in writing.

His swing has earned him millions and several most valuable player awards.

Everybody is jotting down something, and that means we can move along.

So let's have a whole new question.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: The Avenue of 444 flags in Hermitage, Pennsylvania is said to be the greatest known display of American flags in the world.

What do the flags commemorate?

A, every bird species found in the United States?

B, all armed forces units from the revolutionary War to present?

C, the number of days militant Iranians held American hostages?

Or D, the number of days of worldwide peace in this century?

SCOTT BRUCE: Hmm.

What do these flags commemorate?

Every bird species found in the United States?

[bird croaking] And there they all are at once.

All armed forces units from the revolutionary war to present?

The number of days militant Iranians held American hostages?

Or the number of days of worldwide peace in this century?

Frank, down to you if you could.

I'm going to go with all armed forces units.

The armed forces.

B.

Good answer.

I like it.

I feel like I'm on Wheel of Fortune.

Good answer.

FRANK SCHOFIELD: Good answer.

Good answer.

How about you, Elliot?

I didn't flock to A too well.

SCOTT BRUCE: I didn't-- And I didn't-- I didn't like the ostriches either which was another situation in C. And that'd be a hard thing to count, D. SCOTT BRUCE: Days of worldwide peace, huh?

So I think I went with-- was B the other choice?

B would be the only one you didn't hit on.

Right.

Good.

B it is.

We've got a B and a B.

We got two B's.

Julie?

I went with B, too.

Three B's, people.

[applause] What could that possibly mean?

[ringing sound] Lottery tickets for everybody.

One, two, and three.

Pass them on down.

Any time everybody gets the same answer, we give away a Pennsylvania lottery ticket.

Thank you so much for their sponsorship.

OK. We've got three B's.

Is it possible that they all landed on the right letter?

We'll find out now.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C. The 444 flags that line the private road leading to Hillcrest Memorial Park in Hermitage, Pennsylvania pay tribute to the 444 days 53 Americans were held hostage in Iran during the Carter Administration.

They also honor the eight servicemen who lost their lives in an ill fated hostage rescue attempt.

The Avenue began in 1980 when 100 flags were raised to call attention to the 100th day of the hostage crisis.

As word of the tribute spread, flags were donated from around the world.

Finally, on January 20th, 1981, 444 days after their capture, the hostages were released.

Today, an estimated 10,000 people a year from around the globe come to see what is said to be the greatest collection of American flags in the world.

[applause] The more you watch The Pennsylvania Game, the more you learn about your state.

Isn't it fun?

Isn't it exciting?

It's educational.

Let's have another question.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: During the revolutionary war, Brigadier General Anthony Wayne recruited, trained, fought, and settled mutiny.

Born in Waynesboro, Chester County, he died in Erie in 1796.

What was unusual about his death?

A, he died of madness?

B, his relatives boiled his remains to return his bones to his home?

C, he was killed by a child playing with a gun?

Or D, he died of a snake bite?

What was unusual about his death?

He died of madness?

His relatives boiled his remains to return his bones to his home?

He was killed by a child playing with a gun?

He died of a snake bite?

Elliott, which one of those grabs you?

Actually, none of them, because I think his heart stopped at the time.

But I think-- SCOTT BRUCE: We'll put down E, then.

He was called mad Anthony Wayne so-- SCOTT BRUCE: Mad Anthony.

I'll go with A although probably has nothing to do with it.

Died of madness.

I like how you put those two together, though.

That was very good.

Julie, what do you got?

I was thinking madness, but I went with C. Went with C, killed by a child playing with a gun.

Well, that's good.

That's a nice positive thing to-- I was trying-- --to focus on and get people at home to be careful about.

That's good.

I like that.

Frank?

You know, that'd be the way to go, though, die of madness.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah.

Come on.

SCOTT BRUCE: Who knows?

Right.

I went with D, though.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah.

I went with the snake bite.

SCOTT BRUCE: I think you're on your way to the other thing.

So we've got-- what do we have?

We have an A.

We have a C. And we have a D. They've chosen everything but B and on this show, that's usually dangerous.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B.

In 1809, 13 years after his death, his relatives boiled his remains in a big black caldron so that the generals bones could be returned to his home near Philadelphia.

Nicknamed mad Anthony Wayne because of his quick temper, he started as a colonel in the revolutionary war.

A member of the Pennsylvania battalion, he fought in every campaign from Canada to Georgia.

On December 5th, 1796, he was seized with a severe attack of gout and died at Fort Presque Isle.

In 1809, his son retrieved the general's skeleton, re-interring the flesh there and returning the bones to be buried in the family cemetery in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Mm yeah.

Time for our third clue in the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Here we go.

In 1998, he signed a deal that has been called the richest in baseball history.

In 1998, just last year, he signed a deal that has been called the richest in baseball history.

After graduating from a suburban Philadelphia high school in 1986, this athlete was passed over by the draft.

His swing has earned him millions and several most valuable player awards.

In 1998, he signed a deal that has been called the richest in baseball history.

It's very exciting.

I see a lot of people writing and some not writing.

Oh, no, you're already done.

This is good.

Elliott is finishing up.

And we're going to go to Julie first on this.

Julie, if you could hold your board up right in front of your microphone there so we can all see your answers.

The whole world must know, Julie.

OK. SCOTT BRUCE: OK. First you wrote-- First, I wrote you because-- SCOTT BRUCE: You mean me?

Yeah.

Because I had no idea-- Well, as a matter of fact, I was passed over for the draft.

[applause] Along with everybody else.

That's right.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK. And what else do you have?

--I really just don't know sports in general, and then I just ended up with Darryl Strawberry.

Darryl strawberry.

Well, you see now, you came up with a baseball athlete.

That's very, very good.

I think it's entirely wrong, but it's very, very good.

Frank, what did you come up with?

Well, first I started off with Philadelphia's Kobe Bryant.

SCOTT BRUCE: Kobe Bryant.

Although he wasn't passed over by the draft at 18.

Right.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah.

And then I just figured the swing home runs, I went with Ken Griffey Jr. Ken Griffey Jr. Good-- good guess.

I like how you're thinking here.

Let's see if Elliott has something.

Well, I picked someone who proved them wrong.

First answer.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yes.

And then for the second one, I don't know what I said here.

It said, oh, a real slugger.

And I wasn't sure about the draft thing, because I thought the draft ended earlier in the 1970s.

[laughter] But-- SCOTT BRUCE: Wrong draft, Elliott.

But thanks for playing the game.

Then I did play Ken-- Ken Griffey Jr.

So we have a couple of Ken Griffey Jr.'s.

Let's check in with Wendy and find out what it is.

ANNOUNCER: Catcher Mike Piazza was born in 1968, grew up in Norristown.

Although he was a league most valuable player in high school, he was bypassed by baseball agents in the June draft.

After a semester at Miami Dade Community College, he tried again, and just barely made it.

The Dodgers picked him in the 62nd round of the 1988 free agent draft.

A born hitter.

By the time he was traded to the New York Mets, Piazza was a five-time all-star.

His first game with the Mets drew a crowd of almost 33,000 up from the usual 18,000 attendees per game.

His $91 million deal with the Mets in 1998 was the richest in baseball history.

Not bad for a kid nobody wanted.

Mike Piazza, a famous Pennsylvanian.

[applause] The pizza guy.

Tearing it up again this year with the Mets.

The pizza guy keeps on going.

We couldn't be happier.

Listen, ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much.

We're going to check our scores right now, and it turns out that we have a score of three to two to two.

That means Elliot's our champion.

Three points.

[applause] Wendy, tell him what he won.

ANNOUNCER: Look at this, Scott.

Today's lucky winner gets a fabulous getaway weekend package.

Stop in the name of love, compliments of the Hampton Inn Bensalem in historic Bucks County.

Plus 50 chances to win $1,000 a week for life from the Pennsylvania lottery.

Ooh, another great show.

Thanks to my panelists.

Thanks to the viewers at home and studio audience.

We had a great time.

Goodbye.

[applause] [music playing] ANNOUNCER: The Pennsylvania Game is made possible in part by-- PRESENTER: By a grant from the Pennsylvania Public Television Network.

The network receives funding from the Commonwealth to provide public television for all Pennsylvanians.

ANNOUNCER: Guest accommodations provided by the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus of Penn State.

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