What's your name over here, sir?

CHARLIE: Charlie.

Charlie, where are you from, Charlie?

CHARLIE: Scranton.

Scranton?

Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Has there ever been a worse traffic tie up in your life?

No.

The roads in Scranton-- for those of you who have not been to Scranton, Scranton has been under construction forever.

[chuckles] [theme music] There are places in Scranton where the road actually narrows down to no lanes whatsoever.

[chuckles] You know, there are children that are born in Scranton that believe that the orange cone is a bush that grows on the roads.

[chuckles] [theme music continues] ANNOUNCER: The Pennsylvania Game is made possible in part by.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER 2: Uni-Mart convenience stores, making your life easier every day of the year.

[theme music] ANNOUNCER: Now, let's get the game started.

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

[cheers and applause] Hi, My studio.

How are you?

Welcome to The Pennsylvania Game.

Welcome to you, viewers at home.

And if you folks at home aren't having fun watching our show, well, you just don't know how to have fun.

[chuckles] We got a great show for you.

Let's get right in.

Jump right in and meet our contestants for today's game.

Today, we have joining us again.

Oh, Edie Huggins.

Edie Huggins joined WCAU TV in 1966 and is today one of Philadelphia's most celebrated news correspondents.

She's one of the founding members of the National Association of Black Journalists.

In her early career, she was a registered nurse and later an actress on the NBC daytime drama The Doctors.

Say hello to Edie Huggins.

[cheers and applause] Also joining us is Monica Richards.

Monica is an announcer with WRVV The River in Harrisburg.

She lives with her husband, her one-year-old son and a rabbit, which apparently is a thorn in her husband's side.

Welcome, Monica Richards.

[applause] Also joining us today is Chuck Kline, past director of the Pennsylvania Farm Show complex and currently executive director of The Pennsylvania Lottery.

We'll soon see if he's got the winning combination, luck and luck.

Welcome, if you will, Chuck Kline.

[applause] It looks like we've got a real interesting one going today.

Let's start with our first question now.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: Jack and Donna Coleman, owners of Cherry Crest Dairy Farm in Lancaster County, are award winning farmers.

Members of the national corn growers association, they are the first prize winners of Pioneer Seed Companies 1995 Competition for the most bushels of corn per acre.

The Colemans received national attention in 1996 when they used their three acre corn crop for an unusual purpose.

Did the Colemans A, design the first "breathable" corn husk hairpieces?

B, produced the nation's highest proof corn whiskey?

C, turn their corn field into a maze?

Or D, designate the area as a food source for the Indigenous deer population.

SCOTT BRUCE: Hmm, what were these Colemans doing in 1966?

Breathable corn, a maize whiskey, or feeding deer.

[chime] 1996, did I say '86?

Whatever I said, it's this year.

Anyway, let's find out.

Edie, what do you think?

Corn hairpieces that breathe.

That sounds like a good making for a toupee.

Let's see, I'm going to go D just because I don't know.

SCOTT BRUCE: D, because you don't know.

Yeah.

SCOTT BRUCE: Which is exactly-- Is that all right?

SCOTT BRUCE: Our favorite answer on The Pennsylvania Game is D because we don't know.

EDIE HUGGINS: Right.

Monica, what do you think?

Well, I'm picking C because we live near Lancaster County and I happen to know that that's what they do.

SCOTT BRUCE: Uh-oh, insider information.

Somebody who thinks they know the answer.

Well, we've had people who thought they knew before.

Let's see if you're right.

How about you, Chuck?

I also selected D for the same reason as Edie.

SCOTT BRUCE: Edie, oh, again?

Using our theme.

EDIE HUGGINS: Don't know.

SCOTT BRUCE: Don't know.

Don't go to D. D is also stands for dumb.

[collective moaning] No, it does not.

EDIE HUGGINS: Scott.

It does not.

EDIE HUGGINS: No.

[chuckles] It's a joke.

It's a joke.

OK, help!

Get me out of here.

Give me the right answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, turn their cornfield into a maze.

[applause] [music playing] Hummelstown native, Don Franz, Broadway theatrical producer and founder of The Amazing Maize Maze, and Adrian Fisher, internationally renowned maze designer, transformed Jack and Donna Coleman's tourist farm into a three acre corn puzzle.

10 foot high corn stalks were cut into mind bending paths in the shape of a train titled Locomotive Labyrinth.

The maze was designed to salute the enduring magic and majesty of the Strasburg railroad, one of America's oldest shortline trains.

It took most people more than an hour to find their way through the two mile maze to the center of the boiler on the front of the engine.

Franz created his first maize maze in 1993, in Annville, Pennsylvania.

Shaped like a stegosaurus, it made it into the Guinness Book of World Records and spawned a sudden interest in cornfield mazes in Central Pennsylvania.

Isn't that neat?

Yeah.

I love that.

He designed another one in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania in 1995 in the shape of a ship.

Since then, lots of other entrepreneurs have gotten into the act.

Well, we're off and running in our own little maze.

Here's our next question.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: At the end of the Revolutionary War, the quote, "last purchase of Indian territory" increased the size of Northumberland County to 15,000 square miles.

Nearly 2/3 of the entire State.

What was this Northumberland County known as?

Was it A, Mother of Counties?

B, Land of Enchantment?

C, Pennsylvania's Rocking Chair?

Or D, the Heart of Susquehanna?

SCOTT BRUCE: OK, we need our folks to punch in a little bit earlier than they have been.

So make sure you punch in on time there, Edie.

OK. SCOTT BRUCE: OK, Mother of Counties, Land of Enchantment, Pennsylvania's Rocking Chair.

The Heart of the Susquehanna.

We're going to go to Monica first on this.

Monica, what do you think?

I'm just going to take a stab in the dark and say, A, Mother of Counties.

SCOTT BRUCE: A stab.

So you went from D, guessing to-- well, you didn't guess the last time, so you're guessing with A. I think that's smart.

What do you think, Chuck?

I selected B because my wife's name begins with a b.

[chuckles] [talking over each other] They're our favorite answers.

They are.

You know what?

A lottery ticket.

Oh, but you can't get a lottery ticket.

it goes to the audience.

[chuckles] Send that out to the audience.

I love Chuck's logic.

Now, if you looked at it a certain way, it looked like a kind of modernistic rocking chair.

So I'm saying c. SCOTT BRUCE: C?

So we have A, B and C, right in order.

Take your pick.

SCOTT BRUCE: Let's see if any of these guys got it right.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, Mother of Counties.

[applause] Northumberland once stretched from the Lehigh River to the Allegheny River, and from the New York State Line down to the Conewango Creek.

Due to increasing populations across the commonwealth, the area of Northumberland was eventually reduced to 454 square miles.

Ultimately, 29 counties were born from Northumberland, Pennsylvania's Mother of Counties.

A mother, like it was a huge county.

It was such a big county, they didn't have a county seat, they had a county couch.

[chuckles] They'll be telling that joke.

You know, they'll be telling that joke.

[chuckles] OK, it's time to meet our panel, learn a little bit more about them.

Edie Huggins, what an interesting career path.

EDIE HUGGINS: Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

SCOTT BRUCE: From nurse to anchorwoman.

How did that come about?

It's too long a story, but I met someone in a restaurant in New York City where I was living at the time, working two jobs, psychiatric nurse, and they said, would you like to come to Philadelphia and be on television?

We're expanding our news.

And I said, sure.

So that's the short story of a very, very long story.

You didn't mention I have two adult children.

How dare you.

I didn't.

How wonderful.

Give us their names.

Their names are Edward and Laurie.

And I will not give you their ages.

Of course not.

But it's hard for me to say, I'm 39, OK?

SCOTT BRUCE: They're probably only four, right?

I'm guessing.

Youngsters.

It's nice to have you here, Edie.

Thank you.

Monica, a rabbit and a husband and a conflict?

Yes.

OK.

I guess our question is, which one's going to go?

Well-- [chuckles] --neither.

Actually, I took the rabbit in prior to getting married.

We had been dating and we got married.

And I said, well, I can't leave her at my parents house.

I have to bring her with us.

And he said, well-- he's not an animal lover to begin with.

He said, how long do they live?

I said, oh, I don't know, two or three years.

Well, needless to say, she's going on seven and they don't get along.

[chuckles] She throws litter at him when he's near her hutch, and he just usually walks past her and goes, rabbit.

[chuckles] Amazing story.

Thanks, Monica.

Also, Chuck, we're down to Chuck.

Here's the money man.

$1.6 billion sales operation you're in charge of.

As a comedian, I got to tell you, I love the commercials they're doing.

How have the commercials affected businesses?

Have they been good for the sales of lottery tickets?

They have, obviously, or we wouldn't be doing them.

It's the same reason Coke or anyone else does their commercials.

But this year is our 25th anniversary at the Pennsylvania Lottery.

SCOTT BRUCE: Already?

Yes.

And the lottery by the end of the year will have turned over over $10 billion in contributions to programs in addition to the remaining money being used for prizes and-- SCOTT BRUCE: For the various charities and organizations that it sponsors.

Yes.

$10 billion.

$10 billion.

That's wonderful.

OK.

Yes.

[applause] That's great.

Here's another lottery ticket for the audience just on that one.

There we go.

OK, let's jump right back and get a new question.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: There are over 1,000 species of bats in the world.

How many species can be found in Pennsylvania?

A, two?

B, five?

C, nine?

Or D, 27?

SCOTT BRUCE: Hmm, how many different bat species are there in our state?

Everybody punching in?

Two, five, nine, 27?

Chuck, we're going down to you first.

I was 27 once.

So I'm picking D. [laughter] You just skipped over two, five and nine in your life?

I never was that age.

OK, 27 is Chuck's guess.

Edie, let's go to you.

You are 27 now.

Oh, aren't you sweet?

I'm going to pick 27 too, because I'm sure there are more than nine.

I've done a couple of stories on bats in various areas in Pennsylvania, so I say 27.

27 is a theme.

Monica, are you going to ride the boat?

Yeah, I'm riding the boat.

They have a lot of bat houses out in stores.

There must be bats in the area.

SCOTT BRUCE: What does that mean?

Three different D's, all the same answer.

Everybody gets a lottery ticket.

Yeah!

Pass that one down.

Pass that one down.

Pass that one down.

And on we go.

Now we'll see if they got the right answer.

They're all three right or they're all three wrong.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, nine.

Bats are among the most feared and maligned creatures in North America.

In truth, these nocturnal feeders are shy animals and devoted mothers.

They play a beneficial role in insect control, with some species consuming half their weight in bugs each night.

Aitkin's Cave in Mifflin County is one of the State's prime hibernating shelters for bats, thanks to retired Penn State professor Richard Rollins, who spearheaded the effort to purchase and protect the cave.

Many bats, including the rare northern, long eared bat, the threatened, small footed bat and the little brown bat winter in the depths of Aitkin Cave, which is gated between September and April.

The steel gate with small openings for the bats to come and go, guards the cave's entrance and protects the bats from disturbances.

If roused more than twice in one winter, bats can die from internal thermal stress.

Bats.

We're going batty here.

It's close to Halloween when we're taping, and we're going batty here.

How many people can guess what I'm doing right now?

I'm batting Homers.

[chuckles] [booing] [chuckles] You guys got to get loose.

Oh, it's time to check our big tote board.

Let's find out where the scores stand.

It's 0, 2, 0.

[applause] Monica jumping out, using rabbit smarts.

[music playing] Let's try our first clue for the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Pens ready, kids.

Born in Donora, Pennsylvania, in 1969.

He followed in his father's footsteps.

Many say he is the best in his field.

Born in Donora, Pennsylvania, in 1969.

He followed in his father's footsteps.

Many say he's the best in his field.

OK, see some wheels turning.

Some people think they know.

Some people are sure they don't.

Well, that's all the time we're going to have because it's time for our next question.

[classical music] ANNOUNCER: By the beginning of the 20th century, most museums throughout the United States and Europe had these among their collections.

Today, however, the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh is one of only three museums in the world, the others being in London and Paris, to maintain this kind of exhibit.

Is it A, displays of fossilized dinosaurs?

B, full-scale plaster casts made from ancient medieval and renaissance buildings?

C, the complete series of Audubon prints?

Or D, Egyptian mummies?

SCOTT BRUCE: Hmm, this is a one to think about.

Fossilized dinosaurs, plaster casts, Audubon prints or mummies.

[chime] Edie, we're back to you for the first answer.

University of Pennsylvania for mummies.

Audubon-- ooh, I think I gave the wrong answer.

But anyway-- SCOTT BRUCE: Let's see.

I went with b. SCOTT BRUCE: B?

Full-scale plaster.

OK. As in, I better get this one right.

Well, boy, I think it's a good answer.

[chuckles] OK. Let's go on and check and see with Monica.

What did you have?

Well, I don't know if it's right or not, but I was there whenever they opened the Egyptian section of the museum.

[chime] So you went with the mummies.

I went with D. D, OK. And how about you, Chuck?

I have a son, Alan.

So I went A.

[laughter] SCOTT BRUCE: I'm only grateful that we only have four letters of the alphabet here.

[chuckles] But we'll find out if any of them had the right letter in their name.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, plaster casts made from ancient medieval and renaissance buildings.

[applause] [music playing] One of the major features of Carnegie Institute is The Hall of Architecture, which opened in 1907.

Here, 144 full-scale plaster casts of building fragments, pulpits, columns, portals and pediments even a whole facade capture the history of Western architecture within the grand skylit space inspired by the mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

At the time this collection was assembled, cast courts were numerous in museums throughout the United States and Europe.

Today, The Hall of Architecture at The Carnegie Museum of Art is one of three surviving architectural cast courts and the only one in North America.

Hmm, that question was submitted to us by John Varmegye of Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, and for submitting that, John will receive a year's subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine.

If you've got a great idea for a question, send it on in to this address.

214 Wagner Annex, University Park, PA 16802, and you will also receive a subscription to PA Magazine.

And with that happy note, look, up in the sky, it's a new question.

[chuckles] [music playing] ANNOUNCER: Today, more than 1,600 distinctive blue and gold historical markers dot Pennsylvania's roadways.

At least one has been removed since the program began back in 1946.

The sign, titled Tom Quick, was erected in June 1948 and taken down in 1971.

Why?

Was Quick A, found to owe thousands of dollars in back taxes to the state?

B, a bitter enemy of governor Milton Shapp?

C, an alias for a convicted felon?

Or D, memorialized on the marker for slaying Indians?

SCOTT BRUCE: In any way you cut it, this guy was a pretty bad guy.

[chuckles] Found to owe $1,000, Milton Shapp just didn't like the guy, convicted felon or slaying Indians?

Monica, we're going to you first.

I don't know.

I just chose C. It made sense.

SCOTT BRUCE: C made sense?

You think he was a felon?

Get the sign down.

That's right.

Well, any of these make sense to me.

I'd take the sign down.

[siren sounds] There's his ride now.

Chuck, what do you think?

I'm in trouble now because my daughter's names begins with a v. So I went with D since it rhymes with v?

SCOTT BRUCE: Yes, good thinking.

D because it rhymes with v. I think your method is going to pay off some time.

I have a feeling.

Edie, what do you think?

I went with D because I think we're trying to do things that are politically correct and that are humanitarian.

And I just think he may not have been a nice guy.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah.

OK?

SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah, I think that's a good idea.

Do you accept that?

SCOTT BRUCE: Not only do I accept it, I like it so much, I'm going to check and see if it's right.

OK. ANNOUNCER: The answer is D. [applause] The first of the state's historical markers as we know them today was erected in 1946.

Today, there are 1,600 such markers throughout the state.

The criteria for erecting markers has changed over the years.

Some markers erected during the program's early years would not be approved today because of subject matter or interpretation.

In fact, at least one marker has actually been removed.

The Tom Quick marker, erected in June 1948 on us Route 6, Northeast of Milford in pike county, read, we quote, "The Indian slayer of legendary fame lived in this region.

Angered by the slaying of his father, pioneer settler of Milford, in 1755, he spent the remaining 40 years of his life killing Indians.

His tally reached 99."

End quote.

An incensed Philadelphian wrote to governor Milton Shapp objecting to the marker.

SK Stevens, who at the time headed the administration of the marker program, responded to the letter, pledging that he would personally see to it that the offending marker be removed.

Two days later, it was taken down.

Oh, glad we got rid of that one.

EDIE HUGGINS: Yep.

OK, it's time to go to the tote board.

May I have the music?

And as I see by the numbers, it's 2 to 2 to 1.

It's close.

[applause] It's a close game.

Anybody could take this game.

[music playing] Time for our Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Clue number two.

Here we go.

He and his dad are the only father and son ever to play together in the Major Leagues.

They were teammates in 1990 and '91.

[music playing] Born in Donora, Pennsylvania, in 1969, he followed in his father's footsteps.

Many say he is the best in his field.

He and his dad are the only father and son ever to play together in the Major Leagues.

Teammates in 1990 and '91.

Some people think they know.

Some people know they know.

I know I know.

But I have the cards.

[chuckles] Let's go to our next question.

ANNOUNCER: In 1901, George H. Wirt, the first trained forester, established a rudimentary fire protection system in Pennsylvania.

The first forest fire observation tower in the State was built in Franklin County.

That system has grown into a network of 53 fire towers with a massive force of skilled volunteers.

What is the major cause of wildfires in Pennsylvania?

A, arson?

B, cigarette butts?

C, debris burning and improperly tended campfires?

Or D, lightning?

SCOTT BRUCE: Hmm, what causes these fires, Kids?

Arson, cigarettes, debris burning or lightning?

[chime] Chuck, we're down to you.

I don't want to miss myself, so I have to pick C for Chuck.

[chuckles] EDIE HUGGINS: Very good.

SCOTT BRUCE: You're very good.

I like how you're working your way through this.

Well, it was between either C or A. SCOTT BRUCE: Good lottery choice.

I like that.

How about you, Edie?

I thought it was between B and C, and I went with C. SCOTT BRUCE: B and C. So we got to C's.

Yes, two C's.

Two C's.

What does that mean, Monica?

They're all possible, but I can't pick them all.

So I chose D for lightning.

SCOTT BRUCE: D for lightning.

OK, well, we've got lightning and we've got debris burning, and we've got the answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A.

Arson is the major cause of wildfires in Pennsylvania, accounting for approximately 35% above the national average.

Setting fire to Pennsylvania's forests is a felony, punishable with a prison term up to 10 years and a fine of $5,000 plus restitution.

The second leading cause of forest fire in Pennsylvania is debris burning, which is most often caused when private landowners are burning trash.

Thanks to the State Bureau of Forestry and its division of forest fire protection, a well-organized and skilled force of volunteers helps to keep most wildfires under control.

Because of their efforts, about 90% of all wildfires are contained within areas of 5 to 10 acres in size.

Well, when they started out putting those fires out years ago, they were just using rakes and shovels.

Today, airplanes, all kinds of equipment.

It's very exciting.

[engine whirring] And if you're out there thinking about it, there goes one now.

If you're out there thinking about starting a fire, don't do it.

That's for me.

Give me another question, please.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: Of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, only one has no four lane highways, no traffic lights, and no fast food restaurants.

Which County is it?

A, Pike County?

B, Forest County?

C, Wyoming County?

Or D, Crawford County?

SCOTT BRUCE: OK, the only County with nothing.

Of the 67 counties, it has none of these in it.

Is it Pike County, Forest County, Wyoming County or Crawford County?

Edie, we're going to you first.

[chime] I pick D because, doggone it, I just don't know.

SCOTT BRUCE: Crawford County.

Again, it's the D, don't know thing.

That's right.

Good job.

I like it.

How about you, Monica?

B, because of the last question.

SCOTT BRUCE: B because of the last question.

OK. And four seems appropriate.

How about you?

I also selected B. SCOTT BRUCE: Chuck also with B.

We have D, B, B.

And by golly, here's the right answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, Forest County.

[applause] Forest county, located in Northwestern Pennsylvania, is the least populated County in the Commonwealth.

Not only will you not find four lane highways, traffic lights or fast food restaurants within its borders, but Forest County has no radio or television stations, no daily newspapers and no shopping malls.

Still, the area's permanent as well as seasonal residents don't feel deprived.

What they lack in familiar modern day trappings, they more than make up in natural splendor.

Today, 100,000 acres of the Allegheny National Forest, the only national forest found in Pennsylvania, is located within its borders, the Tionesta scenic area and Cook Forest State Park, which attracts more than a half million visitors annually, are favorite tourist attractions.

[chime] SCOTT BRUCE: OK, Mystery Pennsylvanian clue number three, kids.

Everybody ready.

Known to fans as Junior, this speedy outfielder runs the bases and even for president.

Known to fans as Junior, speedy outfielder runs the bases and he even runs for president.

Born in Donora, Pennsylvania, in 1969, he followed his father's footsteps.

Many say he's the best in his field.

He and his dad are the only father and son to ever play together in the Major Leagues.

They were teammates from 1990 to 1991, and I don't know if anyone knows or not.

We're about to find out, though.

And we're going to start with Monica.

I know very little about sports.

So I took-- SCOTT BRUCE: She started with Dan Marino and then you went to question mark and the mysterians, and then Barry Bonds.

Which I think is a Californian.

Valid guesses all the way.

Barry Bonds played in Pennsylvania.

Let's find out.

How about you, Chuck?

Well, I was hoping you would ask the question I know the answer to so I could put all the names of people that I knew down.

But this one I knew.

SCOTT BRUCE: You knew it all the way you think?

It was a sports question, Ken Griffey Junior.

SCOTT BRUCE: You think it's Ken Griffey Junior.

You even got your Junior in there.

OK, let's see.

I'm totally humiliated.

I don't know baseball.

If it had been football, I might have gotten it.

So there it is.

SCOTT BRUCE: Richie Allen is a good try, a famous Philadelphia player.

Let's find out if, in fact, it is Ken Griffey, Junior.

EDIE HUGGINS: Great.

ANNOUNCER: Ken Griffey Junior was born in Donora, Pennsylvania, in 1969.

[applause] He grew up in a baseball family.

His father, Ken Griffey Sr, was his major influence.

Junior began his career as a Little League pitcher.

He eventually moved to the outfield, where he learned from hall of famer Willie Stargell.

In 1990 and 1991, the center fielder and his father were Seattle Mariner teammates, and the only father and son ever to play in the Major Leagues together.

With five gold gloves, many say Junior is the best player in the Major Leagues.

In 1994, at age 24, he became the youngest player ever to start in his fifth straight Major League all-star game.

And in a popular running shoe commercial, he even ran for president.

Ken Griffey Junior, a famous Pennsylvanian.

OK, kids, time to go to the big tote board.

Let's see where we stand on scores.

And it's two for Edie, three for Monica, but five big points for Chuck.

[cheers and applause] That's right, the luck of the Pennsylvania Lottery strikes again.

But everybody's a winner on our show because everybody's going to get a copy of The Pennsylvania Fairs and County festivals.

We're going to give a copy of this book to each and every one of our contestants.

Pass that down.

Chuck, that's right, you win Phillies Paraphernalia.

A hat, a bag, all kinds of good stuff to play around with.

Manufactured right here in Pennsylvania.

Chuck, those are yours.

You take them and play with them and travel with them and root for the Phillies.

Are you a Phillies fan?

I'm a Pirate fan.

SCOTT BRUCE: Well, don't wear that at those games.

Huh?

[chuckles] But that's OK. Today, you're a Phillies fan.

CHUCK KLINE: Just today.

And again, we remind you folks at home that if you do have a good question for the show, send it in.

We'd love to have it.

We like them, as you can tell, off beat.

There's the address.

Do it right now if you can.

And we'd also like to tell you that if you enjoyed today's show, then, well, we are The Pennsylvania Game.

And if you didn't enjoy it, well, then we're The New Jersey Game.

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