- [Announcer] This is the Pottstown High School Band.

In 1987, the band members raised $36,000 so they could go to a birthday party.

It was the 50th birthday party to be celebrated.

Do you know where the Pottstown Band went?

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Here's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, Lynn Hinds.

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We have got a dynamite show tonight, dynamite audience too.

Let me introduce a couple of groups in our audience from Pine Grove Mills Cub Pack number 44.

Go ahead guys.

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Give yourselves a hand.

(audience applauds) See what happens when you grow up to be Boy Scouts, your voice deepens like that.

Dynamite panel too.

Back in the number one chair, Bernie Asbell.

(audience applauds) She is a radio sales manager from Hershey, Pennsylvania, Nancy Tulli.

(audience applauds) And the host and writer of What's in the News.

Again, welcome, Katie O'Toole.

(audience applauds) Now then, let's go back for our first question.

Back in history to that wonderful year, 1987.

Maybe you can remember that far back.

Here's the question.

- [Announcer] In 1987, the Pottstown High School band raised $36,000 selling everything from T-shirts to hoagies.

The money went to pay for new uniforms for the 65-piece band, 10 baton quarters, and 20 flag bearers, so they'd look good on their trip to California.

They went to celebrate the 50th birthday of a well-known landmark.

Did they travel to A, Disneyland, B, Palomar Observatory, C, Golden Gate Bridge, or D, Rose Bowl?

- 50th anniversary of a famous landmark in California.

Now wanna know Bernie Asbell, was it Disneyland, Mount Palomar Observatory, Golden Gate Bridge or the Rose Bowl?

That's all you have to do is decide which one they went to.

- Well, of course it would be the Rose Bowl, 'cause every band goes there.

And for that reason, I don't think they did.

I think, I think- - [Lynn Hinds] He does that a lot, folks.

- I think Disneyland was about 50 years old.

- Okay, well that's to celebrate Walt Disney's creation.

Nancy Tulli, which one of those they go to?

- Oh, it's gotta be Disneyland, because I remember celebrating Mickey's birthday, as I recall.

- Is that right, 50 years?

Okay, Katie O'Toole, are you gonna be suckered in by these two or stand on your own?

- Oh, Bernie does seem like he'd be more of an authority on birthdays than either of us.

But I'll still go with C. - [Lynn Hinds] You're going with the Golden Gate Bridge.

Oh, okay.

Wonder what was the reason that the Pottstown Band went out there, do you suppose?

Let's see, what's the answer?

- [Announcer] The answer is C, the Golden Gate Bridge, the 21,500 tons of steel that went into the bridge's mighty towers were fabricated in Pottstown at the Bethlehem Steel plant.

Hundreds of thousands showed up for the birthday party and marching was a problem, but everyone had a good time, much like the original party 50 years ago when San Francisco celebrated for a week.

The Golden Gate Bridge took four years to build and cost $35 million, even in depression years.

There are enough cables in the bridge to stretch around the globe three times.

Experts say the bridge could last a thousand years, thanks in part to Pennsylvania's steel.

- Thanks to KOIN TV.

I think it's KOIN in San Francisco that maybe it wasn't KOIN, but one of the stations in San Francisco gave us that great footage.

Isn't that beautiful picture, that bridge?

- Gorgeous.

- But the steel from the bridge you see was made in Pennsylvania and that's why the band Pottstown went out, you see, there's rhyme to our reason.

- And Katie knew that.

- Katie knew that, sure.

If it cost 35 million to build in 1937, how much would it cost to build a Golden Gate Bridge today?

35 million 50 years ago.

- I'd say 350.

- [Lynn Hinds] ] There wouldn't be enough money probably in the world.

- [Katie O'Toole] The bigger question is, will they raise that much for my birthday since I knew the answer?

- Probably not.

Next question, give a listen.

- [Announcer] In the 1930s, the Bantam Roadster was America's only economy car.

The Bantam had a four-cylinder, 20 horsepower engine and got 60 miles per gallon.

You could buy a Bantam in a variety of colors for $439, including tax.

But in 1940, the American Bantam Car Company quit making cars, became the first to make something else.

Did they make A, the Army Jeep, B, the Norden Bombsight, C, John Deere Riding Lawnmowers, or D, Bulletproof Limousines?

- Thanks to the Swigart Auto Museum down in Huntington, Pennsylvania, that's only one of the neat cars they have.

But that Bantam is so beautiful, something else.

But in 1940, Bantam of Butler, Pennsylvania quit making cars and started making something else.

Nancy Tulli, all you have to tell me is, what else did they start making?

In 19 What?

- 1940.

- 1940.

- Aha, yeah.

Year or two before your time, of course.

But can you imagine 439 bucks for one of those?

- I'm gonna go with right around the war.

So I'm gonna go with B, The Norden Bombsight.

- Norden Bombsight.

Pilots were instructed if your plane went down, destroy your Norden Bombsight, 'cause they were top secret during World War II.

Katie?

- Well, let's see.

When I think of Bantam, I think of roosters, isn't that?

- [Lynn Hinds] Yeah.

- Okay, I'm gonna go with lawnmowers.

I can't think of a rooster in a bulletproof limousine.

- Okay, we have a bombsight and a lawnmower.

Bernie, what did Bantam start making 1940?

- Well, it's a little early for us to be getting heavily into the war, but they may have gone into the Jeep business.

Maybe that Jeep company was a successor of- - You think?

- Yeah.

- Or it could have been bulletproof limousines, 'cause well, I don't know what, what's the answer Bantam?

- [Announcer] The answer is A, Army Jeeps.

(audience applauds) The Army asked for bids on a truck, one quarter ton, four-by-four, command reconnaissance vehicle.

Bantam responded and so it was that the Jeep was born in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The sturdy vehicle became the workhorse of World War II, and although other companies made Jeeps, the very first Jeep was made by Bantam.

- So it's so much to be proud of in Pennsylvania, that the Army Jeep was born in Pennsylvania.

Willy's and some other companies made them out toward the Midwest later on.

But the very first one was made in Bantam.

Let's talk a little bit to Nancy Tulli.

Nancy, you're a sales manager at WRKZ FM 107 in Hershey, PA. - Yes.

- What does a sales manager in a radio station do?

- Delivers the bottom line?

- Aha.

- What does that mean?

I don't know.

- Means you go out there and make the money for them so they can stay on the air.

- Seriously, we do our best to get people to see the marketing value of who listens to the radio station.

- [Lynn Hinds] Must must be a real easy job.

- Oh, it's a piece of cake.

We have lots of fun.

- Piece of chocolate.

- Chocolate cake, of course.

- I was doing a study of radio station and spent a day with Nancy on her job.

Let me tell you, I went home that night and slept for 14 hours.

It's not quite that easy.

Katie O'Toole is a writer for and host of What's in the News co-host.

What's in the News is seen by how many kids?

- About three and a half million across the country.

- Across the country.

And that's what, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades?

- [Nancy Tulli] That's what we aim for.

- And a lot of adults I know watch What's in the News, because as I said once before, it's like the children's sermon, you can really understand it and it's a fine program.

So we're delighted to have the both of you here.

- Thank you.

- You're delighted, Bernie.

I know they're having fun- - Oh, I'm sure.

- Indeed.

- Except, that they get right answers.

- Do you like jazz music?

Do you like a guy named George Benson, a jazz singer?

Let's listen to this one.

- [Announcer] After 25 albums, jazz singer George Benson went home to Pittsburgh to receive an award in 1987.

Was George Benson awarded A, A Gold album, B, A high school diploma, C, A key to the city, or D, A Grammy?

- [Lynn Hinds] And appropriately enough, starting this question is a lady who was also born in Pittsburgh, probably the hospital you were born in was about a mile from the one George Benson was born in, Katie O'Toole.

- Well, I don't know where George Benson was born, but I can't imagine Grammys being given out in Pittsburgh.

I think I'm gonna have to go with a high school diploma.

- High school diploma, okay.

George Benson's home was where the civic arena is now.

I've heard him say that.

Yes, Bernie Asbell, what did he go home to get?

- I think he got his GED.

- [Lynn Hinds] High school diploma.

- Everybody who has not finished high school should go out and get it, it's gettable.

- Okay, it is gettable.

- Yeah.

- Nancy, we got a couple of Bs.

- Now, I don't wanna go with the B. I'm wanna go with the C I think he finally got a key to the city.

- Okay, we thanked WPXI Channel 11 in Pittsburgh for this very fine footage of George Benson receiving what?

Well.

- [Announcer] The answer is B, A high school diploma.

(audience applauds) George Benson started singing when he was just 10 years old, playing an electric guitar that his stepfather had made for him.

He said he regretted leaving school at age 17 to make a career as a singer.

So 27 years late, George Benson went home to Pittsburgh to receive an honorary high school diploma and to play a few bars with some stars of the future.

- Okay, we've the score, the game is early yet, but we have a two-way tie at this point.

Katie O'Toole and Bernie Asbell are tied up with two, right?

Let's give 'em a little encouragement out there.

Come on, get with it here.

(audience applauds) We have a couple, we have I think an easy Mystery Pennsylvanian.

We'll see how easy, but we'll give you three clues throughout the show to a Mystery Pennsylvanian.

And here is clue number one, born in Philadelphia 1928, she got her start doing cigarette commercials on TV.

The clues will get more obvious, but the first one is born Philadelphia, 1928, she got her start in showbiz really doing cigarette commercials on TV.

Panel, if you know, write your answer on line one and you can change your mind.

There are two more lines, and as I say, it'll become more apparent as we go along.

God, I'm thinking on this one.

Let's get 'em thinking on the next one.

This one is, oh, well, this goes way back in history, back to pretty early times.

Interesting question.

- [Announcer] Nicholas Biddle, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, publisher, and diplomat edited the first official narrative of the notes of the famous adventure.

Included was the account of an American woman who had more memorials in her honor than any other, was the woman A, Pocahontas, B, Virginia Dare, C, Priscilla Mullens, or D, Sacajawea?

- All right, this is an interesting question.

Nicholas Biddle, who was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and publisher and diplomat, he was the first one to edit the official narratives of the journal of a famous adventure.

And included in that adventure was a woman who has more memorials in her honor in the United States than any other woman.

And all I wanna know is which woman was that?

Was it Pocahontas, Virginia Dare, Priscilla Mullins or Sacajawea?

Bernie, that's squarely in your lap.

- I think Virginia Dare would come in a close second, and I'll bet there are a lot of memorials to Pocahontas.

- Pocahontas, okay.

The famous one that saved the life of John Smith, I think it was.

- That's right.

- Yes, okay.

Nancy, more memorials in her honor than any woman in American history.

Which of those four?

Boy oh boy.

- Well, I think with a name like Virginia Dare, people have gotta remember her.

I'm gonna go with B.

- [Lynn Hinds] Virginia Dare's I believe was the first White baby born in America, really?

She was born in the settlement down in Virginia someplace.

- Bold woman.

- [Lynn Hinds] And had a wine named after her, I believe.

Yes, Katie?

- Well, Priscilla Mullins is the only one I've never heard of.

So knowing how well-informed I am, I figure it's probably her.

- Priscilla was the one who the guy went to propose and she said, "Speak for yourself John Alden."

And so, he- - Oh, was that her?

- Yeah, that was Priscilla.

- I never knew her last name.

I just knew her as Priscilla.

The woman who has more memorials in her honor than any other, you've chosen Pocahontas, Virginia Dare, and Priscilla Mullens, who's the other one?

Has anybody ever heard of her Sacajawea?

- I think she's the one that led Lewis and Clark- - [Lynn Hinds] Oh, is that it, well, what is the answer?

- [Announcer] The answer is D, Sacajawea.

Meriwether Lewis, a former Army officer, was secretary to President Jefferson.

In 1804, Jefferson sent Lewis and Captain William Clark on a 7,000-mile two-year journey to explore the land he bought from France, more than doubling the size of the United States.

A young Shoshone girl named Sacajawea and her newborn son went along.

The journal that Biddle edited, gave Americans their first vivid account of the vast land that was Western America.

- Sacajawea was about 16 and had a young baby when she went on that thousands of mile journey with them.

And do you know why they took her along?

- Because she knew the way?

- No, no, that wasn't the reason.

Her husband was with them.

And he sort of knew the way.

They thought if they had a woman with a baby that the tribes they encountered would not consider them a war party, but peaceful.

And that was the main reason they took her along.

There is an account about 1,500-page account of her adventures, which I'm about maybe half the way through, and another two years ask me, and I'll be two-thirds of the way through.

But it is fascinating stuff.

She was quite a woman.

- [Bernie Asbell] Does that mean we could expect a lot of questions on that?

- Oh yeah.

- [Nancy Tulli] That's what I'm thinking about some warning.

- But she has in her name there are creeks and rivers and valleys and mountains and statues all over the place.

She out west Sacajawea is well thought of.

Nobody knows if she died at about age 25 or lived to be 87.

There are two stories and you can believe sort of whichever one you want to.

I'd like to think that she lived to be- - Sacajawea.

- Sacajawea.

And you all, you had everything covered except D on that one.

Let's see what you cover on this one.

This goes out to the eastern part of the state and see if you've seen this before.

- [Announcer] For generations, the Addams family had farmed the 160-acre property in the Lehigh Valley.

In 1972, they sold their farm, the beams from their house and barn became part of what was called at the time the world's most modern something.

Most modern what?

A, Department store, B, Post office, C, Brewery, or D, Synagogue.

- Okay, we're in the Lehigh Valley.

Addams family farmed it for generation, 160-acre farm.

They sold it in '72 and it became, at that time, they said the world's most modern department store, post office, brewery or synagogue.

Nancy Tulli?

- 1972.

- [Lynn Hinds] Yeah, 1972, in some of our lifetimes even.

- Okay, Addams went into the brewery business.

- [Lynn Hinds] Okay, she says brewery C, Katie?

- But when I hear Addams family, all I can think of is ♪ The Addams family ♪ - Of course.

- And brewery is the only thing that makes sense with that family.

- [Lynn Hinds] I see.

Okay, they say brewery makes sense, Bernie.

- If we were only year 1872, then I would say it was Wanamaker's department store.

But I know about Adams beer.

- Do you?

- Oh yeah.

So I'm gonna have to say brewery too.

- Okay, Addams sold the farm.

It didn't mean they went into business and named the beer necessarily.

- That's right.

- Yeah.

- What did it become, the world's most modern what?

- [Announcer] The answer is C, Brewery.

Located at the intersection of Routes 22 and 100, the brewery opened in 1972 as Schaefer's Lehigh Valley Brewery.

Acquired by Stroh's in 1981, the modern plant is noted for its distinctive building with a glass front showcasing two enormous stainless steel kettles.

The hospitality room is early American using beams from the Addams family house and barn with Pennsylvania Dutch motifs.

Stroh's brands are sold in all 50 states as well as worldwide.

- I hate it when they all get one right like that.

Well, let's check the score.

It looks like Bernie and Katie still have a lead, but Nancy Tulli in the middle is creeping up on 'em.

Let's encourage our panel.

They're starting to get 'em right here.

(audience applauds) All right.

Clue number two for our Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Her first big movie role was wife of a law enforcement officer.

Her Oscar was for playing a country wife.

Let me repeat that.

Her first big movie role was the wife of a law enforcement officer.

Her Oscar was for playing a country wife.

And again, if you'll write that on line two, if you know, first clue was born Philly 1928.

She got her start in show biz doing cigarette commercials on TNV.

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If you'd like to send us an idea for a question, whatever we'd love to hear from you, write to Pennsylvania Game Wagner Annex University Park 16802, and we'll be just delighted to get your card or your letter.

Now let's see, what's the next question about?

Oh, do you all in the panel know where the word strike when a group goes on strike, you know where the word strike came from in that context?

That's one of the things we'll tell you.

But the question goes beyond strike.

- [Announcer] The word strike comes from British sailors who refused to work by striking their sales.

The first trade union to strike was in 1799.

The Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers of Philadelphia walked off the job.

Were cordwainers A, Ropemakers, B, Shoemakers, C, Barrelmakers, or D, Harnessmakers?

- Katie O'Toole, the Cordwainers of Philadelphia were the first union to strike in 1799.

All I wanna know is what did cordwainers do?

Were they ropemakers, shoemakers, barrelmakers or harnessmakers?

Cordwainers.

- Well, I think ropemakers sounds sort of right, waning.

- Cord, rope?

- Cord.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Bernie, she's made a word association with that.

Yeah, for that reason, I think I wanna avoid that answer.

- Okay.

- I think the nearest, well, I'm sure they were harnessmakers.

- Harnessmakers, cordwainers sure.

Harnessmakers, 'cause they used a lot of horses and carriages and sure.

- Sure.

- [Lynn Hinds] Nancy?

- I think harnesses were in demand more and they had an effect when they went on strike.

- Okay, so we got a ropemaker and a harnessmaker.

Nobody picked shoemakers, nobody picked barrelmakers.

What were the Cordwainers of Philadelphia?

- [Announcer] The answer is B, shoemakers.

The leather industry was important in colonial Pennsylvania.

Although Philadelphia led the way with more than 600 cordwainers by 1789, many villages such as Bedford had their own shoemaker.

Having shoes made by a shoemaker was an improvement over the homemade variety.

But even store bought shoes were not very comfortable.

You could wear either shoe on either foot.

- Yeah, when you're thinking about the good old days, remember that, they weren't real comfortable with their clothes and stuff.

The pictures you saw were from Bedford Village near Bedford, Pennsylvania, and they have gone to a great deal of trouble there to reconstruct a colonial village with all the different crafts and they have a little old time tavern there.

And they have a church there.

And they have many, many, many crafts, candlemaking and quilting.

And among them is a cordwainer's shop.

- Do you know, you've stumped us all twice tonight.

- You're winning now.

- That's right.

Won two questions.

- We should go on strike.

What do you think?

- You certainly, certainly should.

I thought that was interesting though, that the word strike came from sailors who struck their sales and they said they've, "Look, they're on strike."

And the language is born that way.

You guys are doing all right though.

- You think?

- Let's go over to Brookville and right at the close of World War I, 1918, the boys are coming home, so forth.

- [Announcer] Charles Bowdish started his creation in his hometown of Brookville back in 1918.

In 1954, the folks at Buhl Science Center asked him if he'd move it to Pittsburgh, and it's been there ever since.

Was his creation A, A 70 foot pendulum?

B, A planetarium, C, A miniature railroad and village, or D, A fossil collection.

- Okay, those words are all spelled correctly, Bernie.

I checked them myself and my Funk & Wagnalls, what did Charlie Bowdish start right after World War I that he moved to Pittsburgh in 1954 and it's been going on ever since.

It's this, whatever it was, a pendulum, a planetarium, miniature railroad or a fossil collection?

- You're asking me first.

- I think that'd be a good time for you to go first on a question, yes.

Since it's your turn in all.

- He created- - Created 1918, he started working on this thing, in 1954, word of it got around in the Buhl Science Center, Buhl Planetarium and Science Center.

- It's so unlikely that anybody would've created a planetarium that early.

I think I'll vote for it.

- Okay, you're going with a planetarium B. Nancy Tulli?

- Well, that's my thought.

I don't know exactly why, but I'm gonna go with planetarium.

- Okay, Katie O'Toole knows this one, I got a feeling.

Well, it seems to me all four of those things are at the Buhl Planetarium in Pittsburgh, but and no, that's not what I wanted to say.

- [Lynn Hinds] Oh, is that what you decided?

- Oh no, it is a miniature railroad.

- Oh it is what you wanted.

A miniature railroad and village you say.

Katie O'Toole happen to been born on the south side, though the Planetarium's on the north side.

You can get there by trolley.

What's the answer?

- [Announcer] The answer is C, a miniature railroad and village, (audience applauds) Charles Bowdish continued to enlarge his creation for more than 30 years until his death in 1988.

More than 4 million people have lined up during the Christmas season over the years to marvel left the exact detail in each house, each store, in every village, while the trains chug along, creating an earlier America.

All but a handful of the miniatures in the Buhl display are Bowdish originals.

- Thanks again WPXI Channel 11 Pittsburgh for those marvelous pictures.

Yeah, it's really, the pictures are beautiful.

It fills a whole room and it's a table.

And every year during the Christmas season, people just line up and go through and you've seen it, Katie.

It's absolutely incredible creation.

Each little tree is hand carved and there must be thousands of those little trees over the hills in little carnivals and villages, little people and swings that moved back and forth.

And Charles Bowdish who just died a year or so ago, spent a whole lifetime adding to that and creating it.

And it was, it's quite a memorial.

Well, let's go back to a time when America was being born back in the Revolution.

You all may remember that.

- [Announcer] George Clymer was one of the first Pennsylvanians to urge independence from England.

He is one of the 56 to sign the Declaration of Independence.

How many signed as representatives of Pennsylvania?

Is the number A, Two, B, Four, C, Five, or D, Nine?

- 56 persons signed the Declaration of Independence.

I wanna know how many signed for Pennsylvania, Nancy Tulli, 2, 4, 5, or 9?

- Nine.

- Okay, she says nine.

The same numbers that we now have on the Supreme Court.

Okay, Katie O'Toole, what do you say?

- I confess I heard one of the Boy Scouts over there whispering, "Five."

- Okay.

- And I'm gonna go with their hunch.

- Which Boy Scout whispered five?

All right, if you're right, but if you're wrong, yes, Bernie?

- Well, I think I'm gonna say nine.

I see, why aren't you saying nine?

'Cause I'm bigger than a Boy Scout.

- I see, besides you have a microphone.

56 signed the Declaration, how many of those signers signed for Pennsylvania?

- [Announcer] The answer is D, nine.

Benjamin Franklin was one of the nine, of course, as was Robert Morris.

Those two, along with James Wilson were to play a major role in adopting the Constitution.

Dr. Benjamin Rush signed along with George Ross and James Smith.

The ninth Pennsylvania signer was George Taylor, for whom no picture is available.

- It is also George Clymer and John Morton, whom we've talked about before on this show.

Her final role, final clue, her final role was as a wife in real life and she played that role royally.

Remember her, she was born in Philly, 1928, did a cigarette spot on TV.

First big movie role, wife of a law enforcement officer Oscar for playing a country wife.

And her final role was in real life, playing a wife and she played the role royally.

Katie, I wanna start with you and see what you got down there.

It's your turn to answer first.

You're writing one on the third line.

What have you written?

- I followed those national inquiry type magazines all the time and I am up on my royalty.

So I'll go with Grace Kelly.

- Grace Kelly.

- [Lynn Hinds] Nancy, what are you writing down there?

- I'm trying to, Princess Anne.

- Okay, and what do you got to Bernie on line two we have a Grace Kelly.

Who is our Mystery Pennsylvanian, a Philadelphian who started on TV doing cigarette commercials.

- [Announcer] Born in Philadelphia in 1928, Grace Kelly got her start modeling and doing cigarette commercials for television.

Her role in a Broadway play showcased her serene beauty, got her noticed by Hollywood.

Grace Kelly's first starring role in a movie was as the sheriff's wife in "High Noon".

In 1954, she won an Oscar for Best Actress, for playing another wife in "The Country Girl".

She did three films for Alfred Hitchcock, the final one took her to the French Riviera, where she met Prince Rainier.

Her final role as a wife in real life, as Princess Grace of Monaco.

Grace Kelly, a famous Pennsylvanian - Indeed.

Nancy Tulli was just saying, I could see her in her tragic death and I couldn't remember her.

And that happens when you're sitting there, 'cause pulling those names out is kinda tough.

But Grace Kelly is a very famous Pennsylvanian, one we should all be proud of.

You did well panel.

Bernie and Katie with the Mystery Pennsylvanian on line two.

A tie by the two end panelists, but a good game by all of you.

Let's hear it for our panel.

We'll see you next time when we gather to play the Pennsylvania Game, we'll see you then.

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