ANNOUNCER: The state's first elk farm was established in Centre County to raise elk for what purpose?

The nation's largest building implosion took place in Pennsylvania.

Do you know what landmark came crashing down?

Find out as we all play The Pennsylvania Game.

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Now, let's get the game started.

Here's the woman of the airwaves and she's also got hair waves.

It's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, Lynn Cullen.

[audience cheering] I always try to walk down without looking at my feet because they all-- remember Loretta Young who used to sweep in?

She never like, she never, like, went like this.

I'm so afraid of falling down.

But I didn't, did I?

Hello, hello, and welcome.

Welcome to my studio audience.

Welcome to the television audience.

And welcome to, huh, the hapless panel.

[laughter] There they are.

Ah, what awaits you.

Let's meet them now.

He's a newcomer to The Pennsylvania Game, Shawn Clerkin, director of theater and assistant professor at Gannon University in Erie.

He lives there with his wife, his mother in law, two Russian foreign exchange students, and a dog.

So, welcome.

At least you got away for the day.

Yes, I am.

[applause] And next, Natalie Hallock, office manager for the Williams Chiropractic and Physical Therapy Center in state college.

Do I have a bad back today?

I'll see you later.

She's an active member of the State College Community Theatre at Boal Barn and a member of a local Harley-Davidson Owners Group.

Whew, Natalie!

[applause] Yeah, she rides that hog.

Hey, Jerry Marshall, our third panelist.

Secondary social studies teacher at St. Mary's Parochial School and past mayor of St. Mary's.

Call him your honor.

His lifelong dream to ride the trains throughout South America.

Welcome, Jerry.

Thank you.

[applause] Again, welcome to you all.

And especially to you, Jerry, all aboard, because this train is pulling out of the station.

Question one.

ANNOUNCER: Historic Germantown in Philadelphia was founded by German craftsmen in 1683 and has played an important part in American history.

Which of the following is not true about Germantown?

Germantown was, A, the temporary site of George Washington's White House; B, the birthplace of paper in North America; C, the site of several homes built for Queen Isabella of Spain; or D, the birthplace of the potato chip?

LYNN CULLEN: Oh.

my, my, my, this game.

Where do they come up with this stuff?

Three of those four statements are true of Germantown.

One is not, and that's the one we want you to ferret out.

And if you can't just guess, that's what most people do on this show.

And then just log in your answers.

And we'll come to you and find out what incorrect answer you have chosen.

[laughs] Shawn, which incorrect answer did you choose?

I chose B. LYNN CULLEN: Aha.

Yeah.

I just don't-- I would imagine that the other three sound strange enough to be true.

LYNN CULLEN: OK, so you don't think that paper is-- No, not in Germantown, no.

LYNN CULLEN: --invented in North America there or something.

No.

LYNN CULLEN: And Natalie?

I chose C for the same reason he did.

I thought it didn't sound-- LYNN CULLEN: Why would Queen Isabella of Spain want to live in Germantown?

It just doesn't make any sense.

Spain town, maybe, but Germantown?

It doesn't make sense.

Jerry?

This is going to make me look like a fool because I'm a social studies teacher.

But I pick C because it was the English and the French that were around Philadelphia or Germantown, that area, not the Spanish.

Don't make me wrong.

LYNN CULLEN: You know what?

Well, no, I don't have to make you wrong.

You see, the way this works on this show is you guys do a fine job of that yourself.

Actually, we're about to prove that axiom right now.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D. Germantown is not the birthplace of the potato chip.

In 1793, the yellow fever epidemic raged through the nation's capital of Philadelphia.

In order to escape the plague, President George Washington moved the business of the New Republic to the Deshler-Morris house until the danger passed.

William Rittenhouse started the first paper mill in North America in 1690 in historic Rittenhouse Town, where paper is still made to this very day.

And several houses were built in Germantown for Queen Isabella and her entourage.

The homes were built as a safe haven for the queen.

But a threat on her life never materialized, and the houses were never occupied.

Hmm, that's what I say.

I'd like to know more about that Queen Isabella story.

What would be the connection?

If she has to run for her life, why would she end up there, huh?

A question for another day.

Next question, guys.

This will check your vocabulary skills.

ANNOUNCER: Four centuries of horological developments from the 1600s to the present day are showcased in this Columbia, Pennsylvania museum.

Is horology the study of, A, plants; B, horoscopes; C, clocks and watches; or D, gems?

LYNN CULLEN: That's one of those questions where if you took what, Greek?

Probably Greek or Latin, you would know it.

It's Greek, I think.

I don't know.

But it's Greek to us, isn't it?

Anyway, stop looking dumbfounded and think of something to do over there.

Plants, horoscopes, clocks and watches, or gems?

Horology.

Natalie?

We did the wrong-- LYNN CULLEN: No, what?

We do the right one or the wrong one?

LYNN CULLEN: No!

I mean, oh, she's new.

No, you see, the idea is to pick the right one.

But invariably, you do pick the wrong one.

You just pick the right one.

NATALIE HALLOCK: OK. OK. Now, what'd you pick?

What did you pick?

Whatever it is, Natalie, tell me.

JERRY MARSHALL: We wait for your answer.

LYNN CULLEN: No, Natalie?

I pick C. LYNN CULLEN: You pick C. [laughs] All right.

Clocks and watches said Natalie.

And you, sir, Jerry?

D. LYNN CULLEN: D, gem, says Jerry.

And Shawn?

I'd like to change D because I think Jerry knows what he's doing.

But I went with Natalie with the clocks and watches.

LYNN CULLEN: All right.

We have two clocks and watches.

We have one gem.

Do we have a correct answer?

Could it be-- aha?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, clocks and watches.

The Clock and Watch Museum was founded in 1977 and is home to more than 8,000 timepieces.

Established by the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors to illustrate the history of timekeeping, it has everything from the early pocket sundials of the 1600s to the latest moonphase wrist watches.

The museum divides its collection by.

type and period.

Visitors can enjoy a room full of German musical clocks, European pocket watches, tower clocks, and even American railroad watches.

The museum also maintains over 21,000 copies of US patents and 19th century trade publications.

Gee, I wonder who has the enviable job of changing the times during daylight savings time.

Ho, ho, ho.

Well, we want to thank Mary Longenecker of Harrisburg for sending us that question.

We're going to send you in return a year's subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine, Mary.

And now let's get to meet these panelists a little bit more.

Shawn?

What was that litany I went through in introducing you?

You live with your mother-in-law.

SHAWN CLERKIN: Right.

That's very good of you.

You live with a dog.

My dog, yes.

You live with two Russian exchange students?

Actually, one.

Her name is Anya Shashiva, and she's visiting us for the year.

Uh-huh.

Yeah.

And how does that work?

Oh, good so far.

So far so good.

Yeah.

She had some trouble adjusting to language and things like that.

But she's actually quite charming.

LYNN CULLEN: Do you know any Russian?

Anyone in your house-- Absolutely not.

LYNN CULLEN: And she wasn't very fluent in English.

She had three years.

But I was amazed at what she was able to learn in three years.

She's really quite good at speaking, yeah.

It would be a rough transition, I would imagine, to go back or to come.

I mean, the cultural-- SHAWN CLERKIN: Well, that's what she said.

The first thing she noticed was, you mean you have more than one kind of bread on the shelf.

Yeah, that was the first thing she said.

LYNN CULLEN: Invariably.

You have choices.

She hates going to the store now because there are too many choices to make.

LYNN CULLEN: Russians go crazy in our grocery stores.

And they do say, and it's true, what do you need all these different kinds of the same thing for?

Aren't they-- right?

SHAWN CLERKIN: That's right.

Absolutely.

Natalie, you don't look like a sort of Harley-Davidson kind of a person.

[laughter] How did that happen?

Or maybe you do look like a Harley.

I mean, do we have this funny stereotype in our heads?

Because you don't fit that image.

Yeah.

I was surprised too.

My husband decided to buy a Harley last year.

And I was, I wasn't too sure about it.

But I went along with it.

And it turned out to be the best experience for me.

LYNN CULLEN: What?

Now, you're out there every what?

Every weekend you're-- NATALIE HALLOCK: Every evening, every, and-- LYNN CULLEN: Do you ever drive?

I mean, is it-- Not me.

You're always on the-- why don't you learn how to handle your own?

Get your own.

Get your own.

Get your own.

Not yet.

Not yet.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. Get a little side car.

I always want to ride in a little sidecar.

Hey, Jerry, your dream is to do all the trains in South America.

Why?

Well, one time on the educational channel, I saw a movie about trains all over the place.

And the ones in South America were really great because people just pack on them and go.

And the country is beautiful down there.

I've never been there.

But through educational TV, I guess, I've been there.

But I just would like to go down there.

LYNN CULLEN: I hope you do.

I really hope you do.

And having been in Bolivia, may I suggest that if you have one shot, hit Peru and Bolivia so you do Machu Picchu and the Andes and all of that.

It's just simply wonderful.

JERRY MARSHALL: Thank you.

Simply wonderful.

Do you know anybody down there who can help me out or anything?

Maybe I do.

We'll talk later.

We'll talk later.

Right now, I know nobody who can help you out, seeing as you haven't gotten an answer right yet.

Let's give you another question.

JERRY MARSHALL: I should have followed these two.

ANNOUNCER: Founded in 1937 by Jerome Markowitz, Allen Organ Company of Macungie, Pennsylvania is the world's leading builder of church organs.

But this Pennsylvania-based company occupies a unique position in the history of musical technology for another reason.

Did the Allen Organ Company, A, receive the first patent for the Jamaican steel drum; B, build the world's first pipeless organ; C, introduced the world's first digital musical instrument; or D, designed the first solar-powered electric organ?

LYNN CULLEN: What did they do in Allen Organ?

Pulling out all the stops.

What do they do?

Jamaican steel, oh, it took you a little while.

So build the world's first pipeless organ, digital or solar power?

Log in those responses.

And, Jerry, I'm coming to you.

C for no reason.

LYNN CULLEN: You know, that's the best way.

You go like that and you'll win.

That's the way to go.

JERRY MARSHALL: I'm sitting here thinking hard C for some reason.

OK, Shawn?

I went for D. LYNN CULLEN: You went for D for no reason.

For no reason.

Absolutely.

Natalie?

They keep taking my answers.

It was C. LYNN CULLEN: It was C for no reason whatsoever.

Right.

They're getting the hang of this.

Let's find out the answer for no reason.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C. The world's first company to introduce a digital musical instrument.

In 1968, North American Rockwell contacted scores of manufacturing companies looking to have its digital technology, which was developed for the Apollo space program, applied in the consumer market.

Allen Organ Company was the only major US organ maker willing to take a chance on the untried technology.

Three years later, in 1971, Jerome Markowitz introduced the first ever digital music product, the Allen ADC organ.

It was seen as a marvel of its time.

Soon after, the technology was applied to other areas of the music industry and eventually to recordings on compact discs.

That's amazing.

Came out of the space program, the Apollo program.

And now digital?

I mean, everywhere.

And you see how relatively recent that was.

Astounding as is our score.

Let's check it out for the first time.

Not bad, Natalie.

All right.

Vroom, vroom, you're in the lead, in the lead with two.

[applause] Shawn and Jerry right behind you.

So close game.

SHAWN CLERKIN: We need to catch up.

LYNN CULLEN: Here it is, the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Your first clue.

I'm going to give you three throughout the program.

Get it right.

The first clue, three points.

Second clue, two points.

Third clue, one.

First clue, born in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania in 1947, she was often referred to as golden girl.

Kennett Square, PA 1947.

Golden girl.

You ponder that.

Think about it.

If you have any ideas, just set it down.

You never know.

You could be right.

And if you think that's a mystery, well, you see our next question.

ANNOUNCER: The Murphys caused quite a stir in Potter Township back in 1994 when they established the state's first elk farm.

Their 55 acre spread known as Elk View Farm is home to nearly 50 purebred, registered, Rocky Mountain elk.

Are the elk raised, A, to produce folk medicine; B, for their low fat meat; C, for racing; or D, for their milk?

LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.

I went to an elk race just the other day.

Wow!

What do you raise elk for?

Folk medicine?

Meat?

Racing?

Or milk?

[ding] It's amazing the things we don't know, isn't it?

Shawn?

Why do you raise elk for?

I'm going to guess the folk medicine thing just because it sounds kind of romantic.

LYNN CULLEN: Romantic.

Yeah.

It sounds kind of folksy sort of thing.

I like that.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. Natalie?

B. LYNN CULLEN: B?

Uh-huh.

LYNN CULLEN: For no-- No reason.

LYNN CULLEN: No, and low fat meat.

Everybody's into it.

Now, Jerry?

I'm going to vote B and tell her why she's right.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. Why is she right?

Buffalo are low fat and elk sort of look a little bit like buffalo to me, although buffalo are a little fatter.

So I'm going to pick that.

LYNN CULLEN: You think it would be, yeah?

Yeah.

LYNN CULLEN: Absolutely.

As a matter of fact, I'll take you out for an elk burger right after this.

All right.

JERRY MARSHALL: Thank you.

Let's get the right answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, to produce folk medicine.

Ron and Kathy Murphy say they're on the cutting edge of an enterprise that's going to be very big in Pennsylvania, selling the antler velvet grown each year by bull elk to firms which process and sell the material as folk medicine.

Long used in the Orient, elk velvet is becoming more popular in North America.

A full grown male can produce as much as 30 pounds of velvet each year at a selling price of $75 a pound.

The bulls themselves can fetch as much as $25,000 a head.

The Murphys opened the 55-acre Elk View Farm, the first farm of its kind in Pennsylvania in 1994, and predict that Pennsylvania will someday be a major player in the elk business.

I can smell the dander, though.

Interesting, though.

I bet they smell.

Listen, the Murphys are smelling money over there.

Our poor videographer went to shoot that during elk mating season.

And it was like, I mean, apparently, they really get a little weird during mating season.

But then don't we all.

[laughter] Are we supposed to move on?

I think we have another, excuse me, I think we have another question.

I hope so.

ANNOUNCER: In 1838, Rebecca Gratz founded an institution in Philadelphia that was the first of its kind in the United States.

It admitted both boys and girls.

What was it?

A, an orphanage; B, a music conservatory; C, a military academy; or D, a Jewish Sunday school?

LYNN CULLEN: Rebecca Gratz, the year 1838, first of its kind.

An orphanage?

Music conservatory?

Military academy?

Or a Jewish Sunday school?

Figure it out.

Make a guess.

And Natalie, what'd you choose?

B. LYNN CULLEN: B?

Her name sounded musical.

LYNN CULLEN: Gratz?

No, no, no!

LYNN CULLEN: Oh!

Rebecca Gratz.

LYNN CULLEN: Rebecca Gratz, yeah.

It has a lilt to it, I know.

[laughter] Jerry?

D for-- LYNN CULLEN: D?

Again, who knows the reason.

LYNN CULLEN: Who knows?

Who knows?

A Jewish Sunday School, yeah, possible.

I said C because the other three sounded reasonable.

LYNN CULLEN: What?

You said Rebecca Gratz would, yeah-- Military academy for boys and girls.

It's-- LYNN CULLEN: It's ridiculous.

Yes.

LYNN CULLEN: Right.

Well, you're right.

It's ridiculous.

Let's get the answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D. In 1838, Rebecca Gratz founded America's first Jewish Sunday School.

It opened with 50 students, both boys and girls, who studied primarily biblical history and religion.

From its humble beginnings, the Jewish Sunday School grew and prospered and is still in existence today as the Community Hebrew sunday schools.

All right.

Progressive thing for her to do since Jewish girls usually did not get a religious education.

Obviously, she was not an Orthodox Jew.

Let's see that score.

Has it changed?

You betcha.

They're tied up.

[applause] Not at all.

We can break a tie here with the second clue for today's Mystery Pennsylvanian.

In 1982, she was named the fourth most trusted anchor person in America.

'82.

She.

Fourth most trusted anchor person in America.

Which is sort of interesting since there were not a lot of female anchors at that point.

Who is she?

Born in '47, referred to as golden girl.

Write it down if you know it.

And we'll move on to our next question.

ANNOUNCER: On October 30, 1994, one of Philadelphia's most famous landmarks came crashing down into a heap of concrete and steel in what is touted as the nation's largest implosion ever.

What landmark was it?

A, John F. Kennedy Stadium; B, Independence Hall; C, the Sears Building; or D, the Biltmore Hotel.

LYNN CULLEN: 10 seconds.

Kaplowee!

John F. Kennedy Stadium, Independence Hall, Sears Building, or The Biltmore Hotel?

Jerry?

I said The Biltmore Hotel.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. And I wish I had a reason for you, but I don't.

LYNN CULLEN: No!

There was no reason.

No reason at all.

What's your no reason?

I said D because I was cheating and watch Jerry push D. [laughter] LYNN CULLEN: All right.

That usually gets you nowhere on this show.

Natalie?

I picked C because I thought the other three are still there.

I don't know.

LYNN CULLEN: Really?

Last time you looked, Independence Hall was there?

I think so.

LYNN CULLEN: Last time I looked, it was too.

Let's see what isn't there because one of those buildings isn't.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, The Sears Building.

In a matter of seconds, 12,000 pounds of dynamite turned the 74-year-old Sears, Roebuck and Company building into a massive pile of dust and rubble.

The demolition of the 25,000,000 cubic foot building was the largest ever in the country, nearly four times the previous record.

The landmark building best known for its 14-story clock tower was raised to put up a shopping center.

Nearly 50,000 people witnessed the explosion, many of whom later stormed the fence surrounding the site to gather keepsakes from the blast.

LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.

Did you hear that audio accompaniment?

Woo!

Woo!

It's amazing how people can't think of anything to say when something big happens.

Ooh!

Ooh!

It took less than 10 seconds for that building to go down and more than two months to clean up the mess it made.

And any mother can tell you that too.

It's always easier-- It's always easier to make a mess than clean it up.

Will you stop it?

Let's have another question.

ANNOUNCER: In 1995, 101-year-old Betty Hettler of Denver, Pennsylvania, was recognized for something she's been doing for nearly 70 years.

In fact, she can be found endorsing this practice in magazine ads nationwide.

Is it A, using Noxzema; B, recycling; C, drinking wine; or D, weight lifting?

LYNN CULLEN: Oh, man, I hope it's drinking wine.

I really do.

Because I do and I'd like to make it to 101 myself and look that good.

What does Betty there use or do?

Does she weight lift?

Does she use Noxzema?

Shawn, what does she do?

She looks gentle and kind and caring of the environment, so I chose recycling.

LYNN CULLEN: Absolutely!

She does recycle.

Natalie?

Drinking wine because you said so.

[laughter] LYNN CULLEN: Oh man, that's the blind leading the blind, darling.

Don't do that.

Jerry?

Drinking wine.

She had a very pleasant smile on her face.

[laughter] All right.

So we think Betty is a wino.

I wonder what the right question, right question, what's the answer, for heaven's sake?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, using Noxzema.

Betty Hettler often told the folks at the personal care home where she lived that she had been washing with Noxzema skin cream for nearly 70 years.

When a staff member called Procter & Gamble's toll-free number to tell them about Hettler, they decided to make her a Noxzema girl.

For her endorsement, she received the usual $100 fee for unsolicited endorsements and a lifetime supply of the skin cream.

But because of Hettler's special and unusual situation, the company also gave her a big screen TV, stereo headphones, and a VCR.

The 101-year-old Denver beauty keeps a framed copy of her magazine ad on her bedroom wall.

[whimsical music] LYNN CULLEN: A lifetime supply of Noxzema.

She's 101.

Well, geez.

Oh, hi, I'm sorry.

I didn't know you were on me.

Is it time for our third clue already?

Yeah.

This is it.

Last chance, guys.

Third clue, Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Once referred to as the Marilyn Monroe of TV news, she died in 1983 as tragically as she had lived.

The victim of a freak automobile accident in New Hope.

Yeah.

It was big, big, big news at the time.

Met her end drowning in a car with her dog, I believe.

Named the fourth most trusted anchor in America in 1982.

Born in Kennett Square.

Golden girl.

She would be, what, 49 years old today.

OK, that's it.

Last chance.

That's it.

That's it.

Natalie, you have anything down there?

Mm-hmm.

LYNN CULLEN: We want to see your, we want to see your answers now.

What do you have?

First, you said Betty Grable.

And then you said Jessica Savitch.

And then you said Jessica Savitch.

All right.

I'll let you just stay there for a while.

And Jerry?

Gratz?

Gratz?

Wait a minute.

Jane Pauley and Jane Pauley.

But you're not sure about that, are you?

I'm not sure about that.

I saw her the other day.

[laughter] Hello?

Hi.

I misspelled Savitch.

LYNN CULLEN: You have, yes, because it was Savitch.

Rue McClanahan, Barbara Walters, and Jessica Savage, Savitch.

Well, we've got some Jessica Savitches, so it could be you guys are on to something.

Let's find out.

ANNOUNCER: Jessica Savitch was born in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania in 1947.

Greatly influenced by her father, she was determined to become a successful broadcast journalist.

Although the field was predominantly male, the driven, hardworking, sometimes temperamental and troubled Savitch made it to the top.

In 1982, she was named the fourth most trusted anchor in America.

She blazed a trail for women on TV and paid a high price for it.

She worked as a reporter and anchor in Houston and Philadelphia before rising to stardom as NBC's senate correspondent on Capitol Hill and weekend anchor of NBC's News Digest.

Once referred to as the Marilyn Monroe of TV news, her life and career came to a tragic end in 1983 when she was killed in a freak automobile accident in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

More than a decade after her death, she is still immensely popular with the public.

Jessica Savitch, a famous Pennsylvanian.

Truly a tragedy.

This woman blazed so many trails for women in television.

Being a woman in television, I thank her for it.

The pressure she was under when she got to the network was extraordinary.

And that led to drugs and other self-destructive behavior.

And she had this very famous sort of breakdown on the air where she was mumbling and stumbling.

Her sister is a weekend anchor in Pittsburgh-- Lori, excuse me, Lori Savitch.

And she was also the consulting producer of a recent made for television documentary that aired on Lifetime television called Intimate Portrait-- Jessica Savitch, which I believe was the most watched program on that network ever.

Jessica Savitch.

And I'll tell you, they had her anchoring.

They showed-- I'd forgotten how good she was.

There's not an anchor, male or female, alive that could touch that woman.

So it's really, really, really a tragedy.

Jessica Savitch, extraordinary.

I suppose you want to know who won.

I suppose you do know who won.

It sure wasn't you.

It wasn't me.

It sure wasn't him.

Well, I think it means it was Natalie!

[applause] And Natalie-- Oh, thank you.

That's for you.

It's a deluxe gift box of assorted chocolates from Gardners Candies headquartered in Tyrone, PA, sweets for the sweet.

I thank you so much.

I thank you gentlemen too.

You're a lot of fun.

SHAWN CLERKIN: Thank you.

Audience, you are great, although you have to stop flashing those wrong answers at these poor guys because they're buying them.

They're buying them.

Thank you most of all for joining us.

And we hope you'll do it again.

Tune us in when we play The Pennsylvania Game.

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