The Pennsylvania Game
Falling Water, Wilt Chamberlain & coal mining
Season 1 Episode 7 | 27m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
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The Pennsylvania Game
Falling Water, Wilt Chamberlain & coal mining
Season 1 Episode 7 | 27m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Who was Falling Water built for? Test your knowledge of Pennsylvania trivia alongside three panelists. This program is from WPSU’s archives: Information impacting answers may have changed since its original airing. Promotional offers are no longer valid.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Announcer] One of the most remarkable architectural achievements in America is Fallingwater in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
Fallingwater is a prime example of the philosophy of architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
Do you know for whom Fallingwater was built?
(upbeat music) You're invited to play "The Pennsylvania Game."
Test your knowledge of the Commonwealth's people, places and products.
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♪ When it's time to make your mind up, make it milk ♪ Now, let's get the game started.
Here's the host of "The Pennsylvania Game," Lynn Hinds.
- Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
(audience applauding) Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Enough!
Okay, thank you very much.
We're got a good game for you to play today and we hope you'll play along with us and with our panel.
And on our panel again, he's an author, a writer, Bernie Asbell.
Bernie?
(audience applauding) (audience cheering) She is a professor who professes exercise physiology and cardiac rehabilitation.
We'll get her to explain that later, Barbee Myers.
(audience applauding) (audience cheering) And a man who's had the acting bug in him ever since he has been a young boy, and he's now a psychologist, Steve Ragusea.
Nice to have you here, all of ya.
(audience applauding) (audience cheering) Now, of course, we want you at home and in the studio to play and see if you can get more questions right than the best score on our panel, and the first one as you believe you heard is about a famous Pennsylvania architecture.
- [Announcer] Pennsylvania's diverse ethnic makeup is reflected in a rich variety of architectural design from Georgian style farmhouses to colonial row homes, from old miners houses, to modern condos.
The Pennsylvania scene boasts a wide panorama of styles and philosophies of architecture.
One of the more unusual designs is Fallingwater, built by the noted architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
"For whom was Fallingwater built?
A, Frank Lloyd Wright, B, Edgar J. Kaufmann, C, Andrew Mellon, or D, Governor Gifford Pinchot?"
- Okay, those are four famous Pennsylvania names of course, and of course he could have built it for himself or he could have built it for somebody else.
Bernie Asbell, who do you think he built it for?
- Um- - Hm.
(Bernie chuckles) - Well, I never heard of Edgar J. Kaufmann.
- [Lynn] Uh huh.
You'd like to go with names you've never heard of?
- Yeah, yeah.
(audience laughs) - And make up names - Yeah, yeah (laughs).
- along the way.
This man has more courage than judgment, I'll tell you that.
Barbee, which do you think it was built for?
It's a masterpiece of architecture.
- Ah, this is not the way to start the show.
- Okay.
- I'll go with Andrew Mellon.
- [Lynn] Andrew Mellon certainly could afford to have it built, that's for sure.
- Mm hm.
- [Lynn] Steve Ragusea?
- And I'll go with the logical un-choice, which is that it was Frank Lloyd Wright's home.
- [Lynn] Did he build it for himself?
- I think it was his home, but I'm not sure.
- Uh huh.
- Just not sure.
- If you've never seen Fallingwater, you really ought to see it and we'll give you a glimpse of it right now.
What's the right answer?
- [Announcer] The answer is B, Edgar J. Kaufmann.
Expert businessman and owner of Kaufmann's Department Store, Fallingwater was completed in 1937, a radical departure from the architecture of the day.
Consulting engineers told Frank Lloyd Wright that if he built a house over a waterfall, it would fall in.
Wright proved them wrong.
Wright's philosophy was that a building should grow out of the site, be so in tune with the surroundings that it was but a slight interruption of nature.
Fallingwater is a prime example of that philosophy.
Fallingwater in Fayette County near Ohiopyle is owned today by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
Public tours are available.
- And are worth taking.
It is beautiful.
The American Institute of Architects voted it third in America of architectural achievements behind the University of Virginia, which is first and Rockefeller Center, which was second.
So, you know it's somethin' else.
- Lynn, I lied to you.
- Yeah?
- I heard of Edgar J. Kaufmann.
He was a famous Indian chief, and with a name like Fallingwater to the house, I figured it had to connect.
- He was a famous Pittsburgh merchant.
Kaufmann's Department Store is well known in Pittsburgh, of course.
Well, you do well on industry questions.
What kinds of industries do we have?
So, we have an industrial question for ya.
Let's listen.
- [Announcer] "According to 1984 figures, Pennsylvania is fourth among coal-producing states.
But which Pennsylvania county mines the most coal?
Is Pennsylvania's leading coal-producing county, A, Indiana, B, Greene, C, Bradford, or D, Washington?"
- [Lynn] Now, Barbee Myers, being recently from North Carolina, there's no reason in the world you should have any idea which one it is, but let's see how well ya guess on this one.
- I'll guess Indiana County because I know that's near the Pittsburgh area.
- Okay.
- I otherwise have no idea.
- But that is a guess, all right.
- It's a guess.
- Steve Ragusea?
Is this a guess or an educated guess?
- Oh, this is knowledge.
- [Lynn] I see.
(audience laughs) - This comes from the breadth and foundation of my knowledge.
- [Lynn] Yeah.
- Bradford's letter is C. - Yeah?
- And C stands for coal.
- [Lynn] That's true.
(audience laughs) - So, I'm going with Bradford.
- That's true, that's true.
That's well deduced.
Bernie?
- Well, I'm going with D because I once was in Washington and it's a very, very hilly and coal-y town.
- [Lynn] Besides he was our first president.
- And he was our first president all right.
- Which counteracts what he said about... Well, what did you choose at home?
Let's see if you got it right, hm?
- [Announcer] The answer is A, Indiana County.
(audience exclaims) (audience applauding) With the most tons of coal mined and the number of coal workers.
Bradford County ranks 27th on the list.
Both Greene and Washington Counties are among the leaders, and in terms of estimated coal reserves, Greene and Washington Counties are first and second, each with nearly 4,000 million tons of coal still in the ground.
- That blow your mind?
4,000 million tons of coal in the ground and each of Greene and was...
But Indiana's first and Barbee, you were right.
- Yeah.
- You did extremely well on that.
- My North Carolina heritage coming through.
- Sure.
(Barbee chuckles) (audience laughs) You're studying exercise physiology, heart rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation, and you've done a lot of research in women and heart disease, - I sure have.
- have you not?
- In fact, I'm working on a study right now with women in the Central Pennsylvania area, trying to look at the different risk factors of heart disease and try to examine differences between black and white women.
- Yeah.
- Mm hm.
- We were talking a little earlier about some of the tests you do, one of which is the test for the body fat.
You use calipers to test our love handles - Yes (chuckles).
- and all of us buttoned our coats and turned around after you said that.
(Barbee laughs) (Stephen laughs) - Actually I was thinking- - Bernie opened his coat.
(all laughing) - It's nice to have you here.
Steve Ragusea is a psychologist, Dr. Steve Ragusea, practicing in Centre County, but has never got the acting bug I think, completely outta the bloodstream have ya, Steve?
- That's why I'm here.
- Yeah (laughs).
It's nice to have ya here.
Well, you're doin' well, all of ya.
Let's go to another question and give ya a chance to tie this score up.
Let's see, what's this about?
Oh, this is about a Pennsylvanian who helped to reform a famous company, I think.
- [Announcer] Harry B. Cunningham was a newspaper reporter in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania who turned to retailing.
He introduced a concept that breathed new life into a company whose roots went back to the first store in 1897.
"Cunningham became president of what store in 1959?
A, Kresge, B, Woolworth, C, Sears, Roebuck, D, Montgomery Ward?"
- Used to buy my eyeglasses from all four of those.
Steve Ragusea, which one do you pick?
- Wow.
- [Lynn] They're all well known stores.
- They sure are.
I'm tryin' to think which one started to do better around 1959.
- [Lynn] Ah ha.
Good thinking.
But which one is still the question, isn't it?
- Well Kresge eventually became Kmart, I believe.
- [Lynn] Did it?
- Woolworths has gone down to tubes lately.
(audience laughs) - Or W Mart.
- I'm not sure.
- Yeah, it was to... Well, let's go...
I'll go with A, Kresge.
- You're goin' with Kresge.
- Okay.
(audience applauding) You got a lot of applause on that.
- I think it's the answer.
- Yeah, they're pullin' for ya.
They were pullin' for ya last time, too.
- And they were wrong.
- Go ahead, Bernie.
- [Lynn] They were wrong, right?
(chuckles) Bernie?
- I think...
I, for the very same reason I was gonna go with Kresge.
But I'm not that sure, but I think just to stay away from Steve, I think I'm gonna go with, let's go with Sears.
They've revived, too.
- Okay.
Barbee?
(audience applauding) See, there are those that agree with that.
- Again.
Definitely scientific reasoning.
C for Cunningham.
- Uh huh.
I'll go with Sears and Roebuck.
- Like C for Cole last time, - Uh huh.
- and B for Bradford, - Right.
- and I understand.
What is the right answer?
Wow.
- [Announcer] The answer is A, Kresge.
Sebastian Kresge opened his first five and 10 cent store in Memphis, Tennessee in 1897.
In 1962, Harry Cunningham introduced the Kmart concept.
All Kmarts are identical.
A customer who is familiar with the layout of one Kmart knows his way around all Kmarts.
Each Kmart is in a high traffic, suburban location, boasts plenty of free parking and is always clean and un-cluttered.
In 1977, the name Kresge was changed despite the objections of Stanley Kresge, son of the founder, to Kmart.
A tribute to the business skills of a former Pennsylvania reporter, Harry B. Cunningham.
- I think probably it was he who initiated the blue light special at Kmart also.
One of my favorite features, but he really did turn it around.
That was a good... Steve Ragusea went from dead last to dead first.
He now has two right.
Bernie and Barbee have one right.
It's a very, very close score.
How you doin' at home?
Let's hear it for our panel.
They're doin' all right.
(audience applauding) (audience cheering) I was gonna give you an easy Mystery Pennsylvania, but because you're doin' so well, we're gonna do a hard Mystery Pennsylvania.
"His family moved to Chadds Ford in Delaware County, Pennsylvania so his father could study with Howard Pyle, the father of modern American illustration."
That's the first clue.
We'll be giving you two more clues throughout the course of the show, so get the identity of the Mystery Pennsylvania as soon as you can.
That's the secret.
The first clue again, "His family moved to Chadds Ford in Delaware County so that his father could study with Howard Pyle, the father of modern American illustration."
And I saw some scribbling over there on the part of our panel.
They may have it on the first clue.
Next question is about ethnic groups settling in Pennsylvania and who settled when and where.
Let's listen.
- [Announcer] "William Penn's colony was settled by three ethnic groups.
Of the following, which group did not settle in Pennsylvania between its charter in 1681, and the Revolution in 1776?
Was it A, the English, B, the Swedes, C, the Germans, or D, the Scotch-Irish?"
- Okay, that's a... Love the answers, all of them, but the question is what and when?
Between 1681 and 1776, colonial Pennsylvania, which group did not settle then?
Bernie Asbell, we're back to you to start.
- I'm gonna go with D, Scotch-Irish.
- Scotch-Irish, huh.
- I believe they came later.
- [Lynn] Okay.
Alrighty.
Well, the question is which ones did not settle between those periods?
1681 and 1776.
- Scotch-Irish did not settle during those periods.
- Okay, Barbee?
- The other three did, I'm saying.
- The audience seems to believe that B is right.
- There you go.
- All right.
- B!
- [Lynn] Representing our audience, Barbee Myers.
- Exactly, yeah.
- Steve Ragusea?
- Let's let the audience choose totally between B and D. How many want B?
(Barbee laughs) (audience cheers) How many want D?
(audience cheering) - It's hard to tell, Steve.
- B!
- I kinda like A myself, if you wanna... - A!
- All right, all right.
- A!
- We have two Bs and a D. Let's see if the audience has touted them correctly this time.
- [Announcer] The answer is B, the Swedes.
New Sweden had been settled in 1638 before Penn's charter, and the Swede's stayed only long enough to introduce the log cabin and establish friendly relations with the Indians.
The English Quakers came first, settling within a 25 mile radius of Philadelphia.
Then came the Germans settling within up 50 mile radius.
And the Scotch-Irish had moved from Scotland to Northern Ireland, then came to Pennsylvania to settle the next 150 mile radius.
By 1776, each group comprised about one third the total population.
- Yeah, so about the time of the Revolution, about one third of each were here.
And the Swedes had been here before and established really good relationship with the American Indians and so forth, so they made quite a contribution.
So, you were- - Almost right.
- Almost right for the wrong reason.
Okay.
(contestants laughing) We have got an outdoor Pennsylvania question for ya, and I know you all love these outdoor questions.
This is a nice one.
Pay attention.
- [Announcer] Conservationists play a key role in preserving Pennsylvania's endangered species, such as the osprey, Pennsylvania's elk herd, the coho salmon of Lake Erie, and the black bear.
Three of these four are native to Pennsylvania.
One was introduced by man.
"Which of these four is not a Pennsylvania native?
A, the osprey, B, the elk, C, the coho salmon, or D, the black bear?"
- Now, it has been verified, those all four are in Pennsylvania, but the point is one of them's not a native, it was imported here.
And which one is the question.
Barbee?
- Well, I'm from the country in North Carolina.
I thought I knew a lot about nature.
I found out I don't.
I don't know what A is, so I'll get that answer.
- Okay.
A is the osprey.
Steve?
- I'm tempted to guess B only because we have Elk County.
- Yeah.
- And I figure you'd try and trick me one way real obviously like that.
- Ah ha.
- But I won't, I'm gonna go with C 'cause every kid in the audience is saying C. (audience cheering) (audience applauding) - Okay, okay.
Bernie, has anybody convinced you yet?
- I'd be tempted on A, but the osprey is a Great Lakes fish, sort of very dangerous predatory fish, and we probably have that out there, so I'll go with C, the salmon.
(audience applauding) - [Lynn] That is probably the most convoluted circuitous reasoning.
- The Erie, the Erie touches the lake.
- [Lynn] What's right?
- See some big deer there, though?
- Erie osprey.
- There's some there now.
- [Announcer] The answer is C, coho salmon.
Right in the Pacific Northwest, coho salmon have revitalized sport fishing in Lake Erie.
Salmon return home to spawn, but there are no streams suitable for spawning along Pennsylvania's 50 miles of Lake Erie shoreline.
The Fish Commission does for salmon what nature does not allow.
Salmon die at spawning, so when they return to spawn, they're electrocuted.
The eggs are then removed for reproduction and the adult fish used for food.
When the eggs hatch, the fingerling are fed until they're large enough to return to Lake Erie, where they provide great fishing for sportsmen from Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
- They do that, they die out, you see?
But the osprey is a large bird of prey, which feeds on fish, you see?
- You see, it's a bird of prey.
It's another one of those religious questions and I always miss those.
- Not that kind of prey, Bernie.
(contestants laughing) Let's see how Steve has taken a commanding lead with only four right.
Barbee and Bernie have each two right.
They're all doin' well.
Let's hear it for our panel.
Good job.
(audience applauding) Nice goin', Steve.
All right, let's see where you're right or wrong on what you scribbled first 'cause it's Mystery Pennsylvanian clue number two.
"He works in two media, watercolor and tempera.
Some say he's a realist, some call him a representational artist."
That's not a real heavy clue, but if you know your arch, you might catch on.
Mystery Pennsylvanian clue number two.
"He works in two media, watercolor and tempera.
Some say he's a realist, some call him a representational artist."
And everybody's writing over there or looking puzzled, one or the other.
If you have a question you'd like to see used on "The Pennsylvania Game," we welcome your suggestions.
Simply write to us.
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Appreciate all of the people who've written to us already suggesting questions and just sayin', "Hey, I like the game.
Keep it comin'."
We really do appreciate hearing from ya, so take time to jot us down a message.
Well, let me see.
We've got here the next question is about a movie and about a Pennsylvania singer.
The question's interesting.
- [Announcer] "The shortest production schedule for a full length motion picture in America was 28 days.
The 1961 movie featured a Philadelphia singer.
Was that singer A, Chubby Checker, B, Frankie Avalon, C, Bobby Rydell, or D, Fabian?"
- I don't even know if they're all from Philadelphia come to think of it, but you know, you've got four to choose from, Steve Ragusea.
Which one are you gonna pick?
(Stephen laughs) Apply good psychology here, Steve.
- Sure.
Chubby Checker was much too heavy to be in a film that was made in such a short amount of time.
(audience laughs) - See how you could apply logic to these questions?
Go ahead.
- Frankie Avalon was, sang too long, so he couldn't have done it in that short amount of time.
Bobby Rydell never made a movie so it must be Fabian.
- Must be D, Fabian.
Dr. Ragusea picks D, Fabian.
And Monsieur Asbell?
- Well, I'm choosing Fabian it was done so fast they didn't have a chance to give him a last name.
(audience laughs) - I see, you think Fabian really was from Philadelphia and really was in that movie.
Barbee, you gonna go along with them or?
- I think that my reasoning is much more logical.
Fabian because his name is so short.
- [Lynn] It is a short name.
- The shortest name, shortest amount of time to make the movie.
- Well, which one of these did you pick at home?
Let's see if they're all right or all wrong.
- [Barbee] We probably didn't get it.
- [Announcer] The answer is A, Chubby Checker.
(audience laughs) The movie "Twist Around the Clock" was made in just 28 days after Chubby Checker twisted to number one on the popular music charts.
- "Twist Around the Clock" was a big hit, so o they really quick made a movie "Twist Around the Clock" with Chubby Checker.
And here's the amazing thing, they all four are from Philadelphia and they were born within four years of each other.
Frankie Avalon, 1940, - Wow.
- Chubby checker, 1941, Bobby Rydell, 1942, and Fabian Forte, 1943.
Must have been something in the water in Southern Philadelphia that produced four star singers like that within four years of each other.
- That's amazing.
- You were all wrong however, I'd like to point out.
(contestants laughing) (audience laughing) See, you listened to his logic, which is totally wrong, totally false, right?
- My recollection's they all got famous in about 1960, which means they were 18 years old when they hit charts.
- Yeah, they were very young.
- They were very, very young, yeah.
Well, let's go to a sports question 'cause you do so well on sports questions sometimes.
Let's watch (chuckles).
- [Announcer] On March 2nd, 1962, Philadelphia native, Wilt Chamberlain set the NBA single game scoring record by accumulating an incredible 100 points in one game.
"In which Pennsylvania city did Chamberlain set the record?
Was it A, Pittsburgh, B, Philadelphia, C, Hershey, or D, Scranton?"
- Gee, I really don't know what that would be.
Bernie?
I think we're back up to you this time to lead off.
In which Pennsylvania city did Wilt Chamberlain set that record?
- I'm gonna say Hershey.
- You're gonna say Hershey.
- 'Cause it seems so unlikely.
- Well, and he may have needed some Hershey bars for stamina during halftime.
Barbee, what are you gonna say?
Certainly some larger cities there.
- I have no idea.
Hershey.
I thought so.
- You're gonna say Hershey also?
Steve?
- Everybody in this studio, including the audience wants to say Hershey, so we'll all either rise or fall together.
- Last time as I recall, you all picked the same letter and fell together.
Let's see if it's the repeat performance of that.
What's the answer?
- [Announcer] The answer is C. Chamberlain played for the Philadelphia Warriors who played a few selected home games in the Hershey Park Arena during that season.
On that night against the New York Knicks, Chamberlain set records with 36 field goals and 28 free throws in addition to hitting the century mark.
His 59 points in the first half were also a record.
Chamberlain would go on to become the most devastating offensive force the game has ever seen.
But his best night ever came in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
- Okay, b-ball.
- Actually with our sports medicine training, they didn't tell us that.
- Is that right?
- No (laughs).
Lucky guess.
- He was one heck of a basketball player and quite a force to be reckoned with indeed.
Who was the first college player to score 100 points?
You talk about trivia in back of your mind.
Was Frank Selvy, played for Furman in 1953.
I saw the game.
That's all the reason I have to remember it.
And the last shot was sort of a throw from midfield and it went right through the hoop for 100 points.
Well, which county in Pennsylvania has most registered number of automobiles?
- Hm.
- That's the simplest question as I could possibly ask.
- [Barbee] Hm.
- [Announcer] "Which Pennsylvania county has the greatest number of passenger cars?
A, Montgomery, B, Delaware, C, Philadelphia, or D, Allegheny?"
- Yeah, that's right.
We have learned that Philadelphia's a county.
That's correct.
And Barbee, it's your first guess.
Which county - Oh, I don't- - has most registered cars?
- Has to be Philadelphia.
- [Lynn] Okay, put up a C there.
Steve Ragusea, what do you say?
- It has to be Philadelphia.
- [Lynn] Put up a C. Bernie Asbell.
- Probably not.
- You have any convictions of your own?
- I wish I knew which county the Western Philadelphia suburbs were in, but I'm gonna guess that it's Delaware.
- Yeah.
- A!
- [Lynn] Okay, we got two Cs and a B.
- A, A!
- Well, let's see which one's right.
- It might be- - A!
- [Announcer] The answer is D, Allegheny, Penn.
657,000 registered passenger cars.
That's only fair since Allegheny County also has the greatest number of miles of state highway.
But if you add Philadelphia County's cars with those of adjacent Montgomery and Delaware Counties, that area of Southeast Pennsylvania has a total of 1,000,200,000 cars.
Most of them found on the Schuylkill Expressway at one time or another.
- Which is why they call the Schuylkill Expressway the Surekill Crawlway in Philadelphia, no doubt about it.
Well, let's see.
Nobody got that one right, but Steve Ragusea's ahead.
He has five and the other two have three each.
You're not doin' too bad.
Let's hear it for the panel.
(audience applauding) That was a trick question.
- Trick question.
- There are some esoteric questions there that you've gotta really know some things about, but you're doin' pretty good.
Let's see about Mystery Pennsylvanian clue number three.
I think there may have been some mind changing, maybe not, but there was some writing on the last clue.
Clue number three, "As America's most famous living artist, he paints landscapes that are remnants of history, which lie in the present.
His son, Jamie, is also a famous artist.
Who is this famous Pennsylvanian, Mystery Pennsylvanian?"
If you know, just jot it down.
If you don't know that's okay, too.
"As America's most famous living artist, he paints landscapes that are remnants of history, which lie in the present.
His son, Jamie, is also a famous artist."
Steve Ragusea, you were doing some writing over there.
Who do you think it is?
- It is Wyeth, Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth.
- [Lynn] You're Wyeth on all three.
And Bernie?
You're Wyeth on all three.
And Barbee, we stumped you didn't we?
- I'm pleading justified ignorance as a newcomer to the Pennsylvania era.
- Okay, okay, okay.
Well, yeah, you could be right.
You both have been very authoritative and sure before.
- Well, I'm gonna confess something and I'm also gonna turn this Steve in.
We both ducked it by just having Wyeth until we found out of the last one it was the father and not the son.
- I never- - So, I snuck Andrew in late.
- I'm shocked that you think Andrew in late.
- I put Andrew in.
- Let's listen to the answer.
- We're right, we're right on this.
- [Announcer] As his father, N.C. Wyeth was America's most famous illustrator in his day, so was Andrew Wyeth, America's most famous living artist.
He paints the scenes of the Brandy Wine Valley in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Wyeth's paintings grow naturally out of the countryside, as seen in these paintings at the Brandy Wine River Museum.
While his paintings appear realistic, they're more accurately described as representational.
Wyeth omits some of the detail in order to focus on a single point.
Andrew Wyeth, a famous Pennsylvanian.
- And it's kinda nice to know that the America's most famous living artist is a native Pennsylvanian indeed.
- [Bernie] That's a beautiful house, a beautiful area - Oh.
- if you've ever been down there.
It's just gorgeous.
You gotta go see it.
- Doesn't he live in Maine now?
- He lives part-time in Maine and part-time in Chadds Ford.
I think he goes up to Maine for like three months of the summer and paints up there.
- Yeah.
- But his landscapes are so beautiful.
I got a follow up question for ya.
I said he works in two media, watercolor and tempera.
What is tempera?
- It's a Japanese food.
- No, that's tempura.
(audience laughs) (contestants laughing) What is tempera, do you know?
I know because I looked it up just before we came here.
- Oh, it's a powdered paint, and it's made in a melt base, isn't it?
- It's made with egg yolk.
- Egg yolk.
- Yeah.
And it's a- - [Stephen] I was in the dairy industry.
- It's sort of like watercolor, but it's made with egg yolk, but it has a more gelatous kind of thing, but those are his, the two media that he work in and I love watercolors, and he's a great, great artist.
Lots of very famous Pennsylvanians.
We've talked about a lot of them on this show, including William Penn, which you missed, but you did get Andrew Wyeth.
- That's right.
- That's right.
- Well, we got Steve winnin' the show with six right, and if you did better than six at home, you did better than our panelists.
If you did poorer than six, you did worse than our panelists.
Thank you all for being here.
Thanks to you too, and we hope you'll join us next time when we all gather to play "The Pennsylvania Game."
We'll see ya then.
Bye.
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