[music playing] NARRATOR: His Quaker family encouraged him to study law, but Charles Brockden Brown had ideas of his own.

What were they?

And what's so unusual about the Center County ghost town of Scotia?

Find out on The Pennsylvania Game.

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[applause] Now, let's get the game started.

Here's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, the unpredictable, the unpretentious, the uncensored Lynn Cullen.

[applause] Thank you so much, so much.

Yes, uncensored, but probably not for long if the FCC was listening to that introduction.

How's about we meet our panel.

Some of these guys look pretty familiar to me, like Kevin Nelson, a veteran of the Pennsylvania game.

And as such, his sanity might be questioned.

He's the Kevin in the Kevin in the Morning on WRSC radio in State College.

Let's welcome, Kevin Nelson.

[applause] And Barbara Petito is the central region bureau chief for WTAJ TV in Altoona.

She's also the host of a monthly magazine and public affairs show seen on that station.

Howdy, Barbara.

Howdy.

[applause] And finally, Brian Allen, back to defend his title, although he probably should be defending his reputation.

Brian is host of Penn State Hoops and color commentator for the Penn State Sports Network.

Hello, Brian.

[applause] OK. We do have a great panel and we've got a bunch of great questions, the first of which is, well, this one.

NARRATOR: On December 5, 1988, Governor Casey designated the Phacops rana as the official state fossil.

Does Phacops rana mean-- A, frog eyes, B, liver lips, C, fat raindrop, or D, walking fern?

[music playing] Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.

And isn't it wonderful to know that our state legislators are busy at work doing things like frog eyes, liver lips, fat raindrops, and walking ferns?

So one of them-- it's one of them, as astounding as that may be, Kevin.

Well, I-- LYNN CULLEN: Wait, are we all logged in?

OK. BRIAN ALLEN: Yes.

LYNN CULLEN: Go ahead.

Because Brian will copy.

I went with walking fern.

LYNN CULLEN: Walking fern.

Yes.

LYNN CULLEN: Any reason?

No.

I went with her in college and I just thought I'd put-- [laughter] Yes.

Barbara.

I'm just going to say fat raindrop.

A lot of water.

A lot of snow.

And that sounds good.

OK, sounds good to me too.

We got a fat raindrop, a walking fern, and we've got-- oh, boy, Brian Allen.

Well, I've been called frog eyes and liberal lips, but walking fern sounds like a good one to me.

And that's not because Kevin picked it either.

LYNN CULLEN: No.

It's just the one that-- it feels good.

She got around walking fern.

We'll see if any of these guys got to the right answer.

NARRATOR: The answer is A, frog eyes, because of the large holes or eyes located at the top of the fossil.

The Phacops rana is a specific type of trilobite or small sea creature.

Trilobites were rulers of the sea during the Cambrian period 515 to 600 million years ago, and are so named because their bodies are divided lengthwise into three parts or lobes.

Fossils of Phacops rana are found in many parts of Pennsylvania.

[music playing] Yep.

And you're going to be tested on this all later.

Did he say trilobites or something?

Yeah, whatever.

State fossil, I'll sleep better tonight knowing we have one.

How's about we go to question number two.

NARRATOR: Although Scotia is a desolate ghost town today, in the late 1800s, Andrew Carnegie had dreams of making it the nation's model mining community.

What's so unusual about this small center county town?

A, the temperature dips below freezing every month of the year.

B, an underground fire has been burning there for more than 20 years.

C, it rains there every day.

D, the dense vegetation spontaneously burns every summer.

[music playing] Sounds like a weird place to me no matter what it is.

Yeah.

Something happens there in Scotia.

A ghost town, I can see why it is.

OK. Have we logged our questions in-- I mean, our answers in?

I got the question.

Do you have the answer?

Brian, are you-- did you choose one?

Yes, I have logged in-- LYNN CULLEN: OK. Barbara, what did you choose?

I said B, an underground fire has been burning for more-- just because it just sounds too wacky.

Yeah.

It's a good enough reason.

We like wacky questions and answers.

Brian.

Well, being as it is in Center County and as far as I know, Center County rains all the time.

So I'm going to say it rains every day there.

OK. Are you working with me here?

[laughter] Kevin.

I'm pretty sure I've eliminated B and C for some logic you don't need to hear, but I'm going to go for D, the dense vegetation spontaneously burns every summer-- LYNN CULLEN: Ooh, I-- --because it's fun to see.

It's biblical.

I mean, it's so incredible.

It's so weird.

And if that were true, why wouldn't we know about it?

NARRATOR: The answer is A.

Every month of the year, the temperature in Scotia, or the barons as it's often called, dips below freezing.

Meanwhile, temperatures in the surrounding areas remain normal.

Despite the strange weather, the bustling iron community thrived between 1881 and 1911.

At its peak, an average of 250 tons of ore traveled daily from Scotia to Tyrone and Pittsburgh.

But as the quality and quantity of ore began to diminish and the cost of transportation rose, the operation was shut down.

It wasn't long after that that the citizens of Scotia, who had endured harsh weather and dangerous working conditions, abandoned the area.

[music playing] That's weird.

But why does the temperature dip below zero every day of the year?

[overlapping speech] Why?

Why?

If anybody knows, they could tell us.

I want to know you guys a little bit better, I think.

I think.

[laughter] I heard that if somebody calls you at home, they get a pretty strange message on your answering machine.

What does it say?

Something along the line of, hi, we're not here right now.

But if you leave your name, your number, and your credit card number, we'll get right back to you as soon as we can.

[laughter] Has anyone ever done that?

I charge this tie.

[laughter] Kevin Nelson.

Barbara, a face from the past.

1986, where-- '86.

--were we?

We were in fiesta bowl.

LYNN CULLEN: Fiesta bowl in Tempe, Arizona.

Correct.

LYNN CULLEN: Penn State and Miami, what a game?

I was working.

You were lying on the sun.

That's true.

I thought I was working so hard and then I saw you.

You are amazing.

We had a lot of fun.

This woman is one hard worker.

And if her boss is listening, give her a raise, and I mean it.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey, you.

Hey, girl.

Brian, hey.

How are you doing?

Hey.

Hey.

So Penn State hoops great season for the-- for Penn state.

Yeah.

They had they had a great year.

A lot of people didn't expect them to do as well as they did, and they were one game away from playing postseason.

And they're second year in the big 10.

LYNN CULLEN: Pretty amazing.

It was a fun trip.

It was like an e-ticket ride at Disney world.

Next year, NCAA final four.

Come to the big dance.

Yeah right.

I'll be there.

We'll see.

We'll see.

How's about we get on with the game.

You game?

KEVIN NELSON: Sure.

OK. Let's go.

NARRATOR: Charles Brockden Brown was born into a Quaker family in Philadelphia.

Encouraged by his parents to study law, he disregarded their wishes and pursued another career.

What is Brown's claim to Fame did he-- A, plan the Boston Tea Party, B, invent the cure for smallpox, C, become America's first professional novelist, or D, print the original document of the us constitution?

[music playing] LYNN CULLEN: Well, the guy did one of those things, and most of us don't have the slightest idea which one, do we?

But our three panelists have to figure it out, and quickly.

[bell rings] Brian Allen, what do you think?

You mean I'm first?

LYNN CULLEN: Yes, I think you're first.

Well, I was going to go with C at first because all the novelists I know have three names.

But that was too easy.

[laughter] So I went with print the original document of the US constitution, the new declaration of independence, Philadelphia, the whole Pennsylvania things going on there.

Yeah.

OK. We got a D from Brian Allen.

No.

I'm pretty sure he was the first novelist and he wrote a book about somebody with smallpox at the Boston tea party framing the constitution.

So I went with You went-- thank you, Kevin.

He's such an all inclusive kind of a person.

It's nice.

Barbara, you're between these two nuts.

What did you-- I was going to say smallpox, but I think that was someone else.

But I'm saying C until I get C right on one of these.

Hey, stick with it till it works.

Well, and I like that.

Exactly.

I like that.

You're going to keep saying C until-- Until-- LYNN CULLEN: And I want to move on-- --I hit it.

--to another letter just to keep us-- No, till I hit it.

You must have done really well on your SATs.

OK. We got some smallpox.

We've got some novelists about smallpox.

Let's see if we have a right answer.

NARRATOR: The answer is C. Born in 1771, Charles Brockden Brown is widely regarded as America's first professional author.

His literary skills were acknowledged by authors as diverse as Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, and Keats.

In a remarkable span of only three years from 1798 to 1800, Brown published seven novels, the most famous of which is Wieland, his gothic tale of terror and murder.

Before he died in 1810, Brown abandoned writing novels and instead concentrated on writing political essays and pamphlets.

[music playing] OK and we want to thank Kevin Roms of State College for that question.

And he will be getting a subscription to Pennsylvania magazine as a result.

Let's take a look at the score at this early point in the game.

Let's not, Lynn.

[laughter] LYNN CULLEN: Oh, Kevin and Barbara-- Let's just pass right over that-- to the next question.

You're only one measly little point behind-- It's a big one.

LYNN CULLEN: --at this moment.

It's a-- LYNN CULLEN: --OK?

--one though, Yes.

LYNN CULLEN: OK it's a close game.

[applause] All right.

I'm not out of it yet.

[music playing] Off you go.

Here is our first clue for our mystery Pennsylvanian.

Guess this person on the first try and you will get three points at the end of the game.

This boxing hall of famer was nicknamed the Pittsburgh kid, which was also the name of the 1942 movie in which he starred.

[bell rings] This boxing hall of famer was nicknamed the Pittsburgh kid which was also the name of the 1942 movie in which he starred.

[bell rings] Barbara, you look at a disadvantage.

These two guys are-- They're writing all around me.

LYNN CULLEN: --and yeah.

Well, listen, you chew on that for a little while.

And actually, you can chew on this next question while we're at it.

NARRATOR: Pennsylvania is home to a virtual smorgasbord of food processors.

Many such as Heinz and Hershey's are recognized nationwide.

Others are not.

Which one of the following products is not made in Pennsylvania?

A, San Giorgio pasta.

B, Musselman's apple sauce, C, Godiva chocolates, or D, Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles?

[music playing] LYNN CULLEN: Which one of those products is not made in Pennsylvania?

Three of them are.

San Giorgio pasta, Musselman's apple sauce, Godiva chocolates, or Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles?

[bell rings] Kevin.

You caught me.

I got to go for D because it's got Pennsylvania in the title and you're obviously trying to trick us.

LYNN CULLEN: Who?

Me?

No.

In my moi?

Barbara, would do you think I would resort to trickery like that?

No, I would not.

I'm saying C, Godiva chocolates because I don't think that's a Hershey product and we have Hershey here, right?

KEVIN NELSON: Yes.

And that would be like a bad thing.

Yeah, there's only room for one chocolate manufacturer in this state.

Absolutely.

Brian.

I like that logic, Barbara.

Now, two reasons.

First of all, I'm not as paranoid as Kevin is.

Like, they're out to get me, or anything like that.

So I didn't go with D. And Godiva chocolates I think are produced in another country if I'm not mistaken.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and go with C. Also because Barbara, it worked for her, so.

Oh, boy.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. That's a-- Barbara is stuck on C and Kevin's out on a limb by himself with D choosing Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles for not being made in Pennsylvania?

What are you, nuts?

Let's find out.

NARRATOR: The answer is D, Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles.

Believe it or not, Godiva chocolates are made in ready Pennsylvania, as well as in Belgium where the chocolatier was founded over 80 years ago.

You don't have to go to a tiny village in Italy for Saint Giorgio pasta.

It's made in Lebanon, Pennsylvania by a division of Hershey Foods Corporation.

Musselman's apple sauce is made in Biglerville.

And here's food for thought.

Pennsylvania ranks 14th in the nation and first in the Northeast in the food processing industry.

There are 2330 food processing firms in Pennsylvania employing more than 90,000 people and bringing in more than $7 billion a year.

BARBARA PETITO: That's great.

That looks like a fun job.

What are they doing?

[overlapping speech] Wow.

That was my earring.

Just leave it there.

I'll get it later.

Alpo dog food is made in Pennsylvania.

Did you know that?

Tasty cakes, Whitman's chalk?

Pennsylvania Dutch egg noodles are made in?

KEVIN NELSON: West Virginia.

Ohio.

KEVIN NELSON: Oh, well.

Figure it out.

BRIAN ALLEN: What is that about?

You guys ready for another question?

KEVIN NELSON: Sure.

BARBARA PETITO: Sure Sure.

Oh, No.

I need a time out to think about things.

OK. Let's-- BRIAN ALLEN: I'm starting to lag behind.

No time outs in this game.

No time outs in this game.

BRIAN ALLEN: No 20 second time outs or anything?

Nope.

Nope.

Nope.

Next question.

NARRATOR: The Center County Grange Fair is the last remaining tenting fair in the country.

Started as an annual one day grange or farm picnic, it has been held every year but one since it was started back in 1874.

Was the Grange Fair canceled A, in 1918 because manpower was needed at the front, B, in 1936 because of record breaking heat, C, in 1943 to conserve fuel for the war effort, or D, in 1968 to prevent the spread of a bovine viral epidemic?

All are your choices war, heat, or pestilence?

[laughter] [bell rings] They're thinking.

They're thinking.

They're thinking.

And have you logged your answers in?

Barbara Petito.

I'm going with D. Bovine viral epidemic, very serious.

LYNN CULLEN: Oh, yeah.

And I think that-- though A is pretty serious too, but record breaking heat, no.

I've been there.

If it's record breaking heat, that's not going to stop anything.

So I'm going to say D. I'm going with D. OK. She's going with D. At least we pushed her off C for the first time.

[laughter] All right.

Brian.

Well, I'm going to agree with Barbara again.

But seriously, I'm not following you or anything.

BARBARA PETITO: You're cheating.

Not trying to be a copycat, but I've never seen so many cows as I see in Pennsylvania.

So I have to go with D. OK.

Bovine viral epidemic.

Kevin, are you going to make it unanimous?

Yes, I am.

I was here in 1968, and I think I remember that.

LYNN CULLEN: Yes.

Or Maybe-- LYNN CULLEN: Did you get vaccinated yourself?

No.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. BRIAN ALLEN: Not make you feel bad or anything, Kevin, but I was only a year old.

[laughter] LYNN CULLEN: OK. Ha, ha, ha.

All right.

All right.

All right.

All right.

BRIAN ALLEN: If I'm going to lose, I'm going to go down kicking.

OK.

If he's going to lose, he's going to be the youngest loser on the game.

Let's find out if any of these guys know what they're talking about.

NARRATOR: The answer is C. Although there was some curtailment of activities during World War I, the Grange Picnic and later the encampment were held every year without fail for 69 years.

Only World War II interrupted the Grange Fair since it was first started in 1874.

That year, the Grange Fair committee unanimously voted to cancel the event to conserve both gasoline and manpower for the war effort.

Year after year, the one week encampment attracts more than 2,000 campers from as close as across town and from as far away as California.

[music playing] It figures.

Barbara finally moves off C and C is the correct answer.

Let's look at the score.

Actually, Kevin's got two, Barbara's got one, and Brian we'll just not even mention.

Thank you.

LYNN CULLEN: Let's go to another.

[applause] [music playing] OK.

Here is our second clue for our mystery Pennsylvanian.

If it's still a mystery to you, listen up.

The sports illustrated story "The Boxer and The Blonde" was based on his real life love relationship and drew more readers than any other story in the history of that magazine.

[bell rings] This boxing hall of famer was nicknamed the Pittsburgh kid, which was also the name of the '42 movie in which he starred.

The sports illustrated story "The Boxer and The Blonde" was based on his real life love story and drew more readers than any other story in the history of sports illustrated.

Who is this famous Pennsylvanian?

Oh, man.

Do you know it?

We'll let you know at the end of the game whether you do or not if you're not sure if you do or not.

And let's get another question under our belt.

BRIAN ALLEN: It's not that.

NARRATOR: In the 1920s, Pittsburgh was home to the Pittsburgh pirates.

Not the ball club, but a hockey team.

In fact, Pittsburgh has been home to three hockey teams.

What was the name of Pittsburgh's minor league team before the Penguins took over as the major league team?

Was it A, Hornets, B, Pipers, C, Condors, or D, Iron Men?

[music playing] LYNN CULLEN: Well, this is one of those ones you either know it or you don't.

You know it or you guess.

The Hornets, the Pipers, the Condors, and the Iron Men.

It was a minor league hockey team in Pittsburgh before the Penguins came to town.

[bell rings] Brian Allen, do you know this?

Do you know your hockey like you-- Man-- --know basketball?

--you stop asking me to go first.

[laughter] All right.

I'm going to go with D, Iron Men.

Big Steeler fan, I am.

So-- LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.

--Steel iron, it's-- LYNN CULLEN: It's a reasonable name for a Pittsburgh team.

Isn't it logical?

It's logical.

Thank you.

It's probably why it's wrong.

Man, you and I are here.

Yeah, absolutely.

Kevin.

Well, I got you on the trick.

So I'm going to try the obvious one.

I went for D too, Iron Men.

[laughs] These suckers.

Barbara.

It's anonymous.

I'm going for Iron Men too.

Steeltown, Pittsburgh, Iron Men.

LYNN CULLEN: Sure.

It makes sense.

It makes sense.

It makes sense, which is probably why-- Why it's C. --they're all wrong.

Let's find out.

NARRATOR: The answer is A, Hornets.

The Hornets, members of the American hockey league, played their last season in 1966, '67.

The Pittsburgh Penguins, the national hockey league expansion team, played their first season in 1967 winning their first Stanley cup championships back to back in 1991 and '92.

Yeah.

The Pipers and Condors incidentally were Pittsburgh basketball teams.

Can you name another Pittsburgh football team?

Lasted a year.

USFL recently.

No.

The Maulers.

Do you remember?

The Maulers.

Oh, how quickly we forget.

Let's see if we forgot the answer to this next question or if in fact we ever even knew it.

[music playing] NARRATOR: Thousands of visitors each year are attracted to a natural area in Tioga County.

It's named after one of our nation's most popular tourist attractions.

Is it A, the Everglades, B, the Grand Canyon, C, the Rockies, or D, the Great Plains?

[music playing] LYNN CULLEN: OK. Pennsylvania ripped off one of those names, and we've got one here.

Do we have an Everglades, the Grand Canyon, the Rockies, or the Great Plains.

Kevin, you look like a deer in my headlights.

I know this one, and it's the only time I think that's ever happened on the program.

It's the Grand Canyon.

LYNN CULLEN: Is it?

So there.

LYNN CULLEN: He knows it.

I can trust-- Trusts me.

LYNN CULLEN: I trust you.

You all trust me, but I trust you.

Barbara.

I know this one too because I was there.

LYNN CULLEN: All right.

It's B. KEVIN NELSON: Yes.

It's the Grand Canyon.

Kevin looks like he didn't choose B.

[laughter] I mean, Brian.

Excuse me, Brian.

Do you have B?

I won't talk about it.

LYNN CULLEN: Oh.

I pick C, the Rockies.

LYNN CULLEN: Oh.

It sounds like they know what they're talking about.

Only because I didn't have a clue.

Yeah.

Well, he wasn't there.

Let's find out where he wasn't.

NARRATOR: The answer is B, the Grand Canyon.

Located in southern Tioga County, the pine creek gorge is the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania.

Also referred to as the black forest, big woods, and God's country, the canyon was formed almost 375 million years ago when pine creek reversed its flow from Northeast to South, creating a natural dam which blocked the flow of water.

The depth of the canyon is about 800 feet.

It begins just south of Ansonia along us route six and continues for 47 miles.

Of the 2 million acres of forest in Pennsylvania, almost half is found in the region near the canyon.

More than 225 species of plants and trees and 245 species of birds, including the endangered bald eagle, can be found in the area.

[music playing] Wow.

The grand canyon is so big in fact that it is located in two state parks, Leonard Harrison and Colton Point state parks.

OK. We take you now from the Pennsylvania wilds to the wilder locale of the state legislature in Harrisburg.

Next question.

[music playing] NARRATOR: Miss Penn, the scantily attired sculpture that sits atop the capitol building in Harrisburg, is the work of sculptor Roland Hinton Perry.

Which of the following is true about Pennsylvania's 23 karat gold plated sweetheart?

A, she's a model of William Penn's daughter, Letitia, B, she will topple from the dome the day a virtuous public official sets foot in the capitol, C, a girl committed suicide by jumping off the statue, or D, her right arm is disfigured because it was struck by lightning?

[music playing] LYNN CULLEN: Do we know the answer to this one all rather unusual?

Barbara Petito, you've got a smile on your face.

I'm guessing.

I'm going to go with A. William Penn's daughter Letitia, this sounds like a good one.

LYNN CULLEN: Looks a little like Letitia to me too.

Brian.

Actually, he dated Fern.

I dated Letitia.

I think Letitia is the answer.

All right.

You two are palsy walsy again.

Is it Letitia, Kevin?

No.

She was struck by lightning.

LYNN CULLEN: Why?

Poor darling.

BARBARA PETITO: Do you know?

LYNN CULLEN: Lost part of her arm.

Yeah.

Oh, absolutely.

Absolutely.

I don't have the slightest idea.

Let's find out.

NARRATOR: The answer is D. Miss Penn's right arm has a bad joint where she was hit by lightning in the early 1950s.

The 14 and 1/2 foot 2 ton statue rests 91 yards above the Bernard Nudes atop the capitol dome.

There is no truth to the repeated story that Miss Penn is a model of Letitia, William Penn's daughter, or that a girl committed suicide by jumping off Miss Penn.

And unlike the obelisk at Penn state, which is supposed to crumble the day an undefiled coed passes by, Miss Penn is not expected to topple from the dome the day of virtuous public official sets foot in the capital.

[music playing] [music playing] OK. Last chance.

Last chance for our mystery Pennsylvanian.

He fought 21 times against 11 world champions in three different weight divisions and lost only once to the great Joe Louis.

[bell rings] This boxing hall of famer was nicknamed the Pittsburgh kid, which was also the name of the 1942 movie in which he starred.

The sports illustrated story based on his life "The Boxer and The Blonde" drew more readers than any other story ever had to that magazine.

He fought 21 times against 11 world champions in three different weight divisions and lost only once to Joe Louis for heaven's sakes.

Who the heck is he?

I did a lot of writing, but I just enjoy sniffing the fumes.

I only know two boxers.

One of them is Rocky Marciano and the other one isn't.

LYNN CULLEN: Rocky Marciano, Rocky Marciano, and Rocky Marciano.

It's a franchise.

Barbara.

This is wrong because I know this is too young.

Joe Frazier, too young.

LYNN CULLEN: Joe Frazier?

I don't know-- is he a boxer?

I don't even know.

Is he-- LYNN CULLEN: Yes, yes, yes.

You can-- I knew that.

I know you weren't sure because you wrote-- I wrote it really small.

--tiny, tiny.

BARBARA PETITO: You couldn't see.

OK. Oh, that was for me.

Brian.

You're so sly.

All right.

I had three different ones.

LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.

I had gene Tunney.

LYNN CULLEN: Jack Dempsey.

Then I went with Jack Dempsey.

And then you went with Raging Bull.

I went with Robert De Niro only because-- well, actually, I crossed out Jack Johnson here too.

LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.

OK.

But I wrote Robert De Niro.

LYNN CULLEN: Robert De Niro.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Raging Bull and-- Lost a lot of weight, gain weight.

OK. Let's find out what maybe the real answer might be.

I thought you'd know this.

NARRATOR: Billy Conn, the Pittsburgh boxing hall of famer, is best known for the fight he lost.

In his legendary boxing career, he fought 21 bouts against 11 world champions in three different weight divisions and lost only one of them to the great Joe Louis.

Conn had the fight in hand but lost in stunning fashion when Louis knocked him out in the 13th round.

Conn played himself in the 1942 film The Pittsburgh Kid.

And his real life love story about his relationship with his stunning wife to be, Mary Louise Smith, inspired Sports Illustrated's most celebrated piece, "The Boxer and The Blonde."

Although Conn traveled widely, he felt there was no place like Pittsburgh.

To many, The Pittsburgh Kid was a symbol of the city's immense pride and toughness.

He died may 29, 1993.

He was 75.

Billy Conn, a famous Pennsylvania.

[music playing] Yeah, absolutely.

And a few years before his death when he was in his 70s, he single handedly foiled a convenience store robbery in progress that he wandered into, took down two young guys.

KEVIN NELSON: I do remember hearing that.

Billy Conn in Pittsburgh, a wonderful character.

And guess who wins this.

KEVIN NELSON: The cheater.

You don't-- no, Kevin won.

You know what this is?

KEVIN NELSON: It looks-- Well, we want to-- you want to credit what this is, it's called Jay-- it's from Jay Jays Basket Delights of Mechanicsburg.

It's called the keystone, and it is filled with all sorts of stuff to eat.

BARBARA PETITO: No Godiva chocolate.

I went to high school just minutes from Mechanicsburg.

So this is especially nice.

[overlapping speech] There'll be no Pennsylvania mackerel.

[laughter] OK. No, you did good.

And I want you to know that these are three veteran players we had here.

And-- You couldn't tell by the score though.

No, you couldn't tell by the score.

It was only apparent with Kevin.

Well, you guys will do better-- KEVIN NELSON: Got lucky.

--next time, I'm sure.

I'm sure.

Yes.

I'll go to class more.

Thank you so much.

Good job Kevin Nelson, Barbara Petito, and Brian Allen.

As usual, I thank you.

You make this always a pleasure.

And I also want to thank you, the audience, who are so energetic.

KEVIN NELSON: Oh, absolutely.

I thank you very much.

Give yourself a big hand.

And thank you most of all.

And I hope you'll join us next week when we, again, play The Pennsylvania Game.

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Serving you with courtesy and convenience every day of the year.

Uni-Marts, more than a convenience store.

[music playing] NARRATOR: Meals and lodging for contestants of the Pennsylvania game provided by the Nittany Lion Inn located on Penn State's University park campus.

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