[music playing] NARRATOR: Gypsy moths have eaten their way throughout Pennsylvania, but do you know how they got here?

And who was Colonel Sherman-- Potter's favorite author?

Do you know?

We'll all find out as we play The Pennsylvania Game.

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[music playing] Now let's get the game started.

Here's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, the Wisconsin-born and Pennsylvania-proud Lynn Cullen.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That's right.

Through no fault of my own, I was born in Wisconsin, but I intend to die right here in Pennsylvania, maybe in the next half hour.

STEPHEN RAGUSEA: Let's hope not.

LYNN CULLEN: Let's hope not.

You can help in that regard.

That is the panel.

Let us meet them now.

This first face is familiar, vaguely familiar, to those of you who may watch The Pennsylvania Game.

He is the amazing Dr. Stephen Ragusea.

[applause] And next, Chris Moore, a producer at WQED Pittsburgh, where he not only produces but hosts Black Horizons, the longest running minority affairs program on public television.

[applause] And last but not least, he is the host of The Late Afternoon Show on WNNK 104 in Harrisburg.

Please welcome Bruce Bond.

Thank you.

[applause] I don't know.

What's a word for somebody who's scared to death of insects, insect phobia?

STEPHEN RAGUSEA: Me.

What?

You?

Yeah.

LYNN CULLEN: Well, then you're going to be in the same boat as I am because this first one's about things that like, [vocalizes], fly.

And it makes me a nervous wreck, but we've got to do it.

So let's look.

NARRATOR: The voracious gypsy moth is not native to Pennsylvania.

Since its accidental introduction into this country, it has become the number one insect enemy of Pennsylvania's forests.

In 1990, gypsy moth caterpillars defoliated 8.3 million acres of Pennsylvania hardwoods.

How was the gypsy moth accidentally introduced to this country?

Was it introduced A, to slow the spread of the fungus responsible for Dutch elm disease; B, in a shipment of Japanese cherry blossom trees given as a gesture of friendship; C, when gypsy moth larva escaped from the laboratory experiments of a French scientist; or D, by a World War I American fighter pilot who brought them home from North Africa to give to his niece, an amateur entomologist?

LYNN CULLEN: Now the amazing thing about this is one of those is correct.

[chuckles] They all seem so bizarre, so unlikely, so ironic, so ridiculous.

And one of them is right.

I need an answer from you, gentlemen.

Steve.

Well, much like the gypsy moth, I also am trying to eat my way across Pennsylvania.

So I know a lot about gypsy moths, and they did escape from a laboratory experiment as a matter of fact.

LYNN CULLEN: Did they?

It was, yeah, along with Count Dracula and the Frankenstein monster.

LYNN CULLEN: All right.

So he went with C. Chris.

Well, actually, I picked A, but that's not the right answer either.

What really happened was New York garbage truck brought them here for a landfill in Pennsylvania.

LYNN CULLEN: Ah!

They have been bringing their garbage here, haven't they?

Mm-hmm.

That's how they got here.

That's certainly a possibility.

Bruce.

I picked B.

It was back in the President Johnson years when he got the gift from the Japanese, the cherry blossom trees.

He got a gift, and it just exploded from there.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. Well, I feel like I'm on to tell the truth.

[laughter] Which one of these men is telling the truth?

We'll find out now.

NARRATOR: The answer is C. In 1869, in Medford, Massachusetts, Léopold Trouvelot, a French scientist, was trying to crossbreed the gypsy moth with the silkworm moth in hope of creating a new race of silk-producing insects.

Some of the larvae caterpillars escaped from the laboratory during his experiments.

And in a few years, the insect became well-established in surrounding woodlands.

By 1969, it was firmly established in Eastern Pennsylvania.

Since then, every county of the Commonwealth has become infested.

It's amazing.

A few little caterpillars and the next thing you know-- eh, eh!

Actually, they escaped from some other laboratories as well.

It wasn't just that French guy in his-- it's true.

It would have happened anyway.

It was destined.

Who knows?

[sighs] M A S H, you guys watch it?

STEPHEN RAGUSEA: Yeah.

BRUCE BOND: Oh, yeah.

Well, that should stand you in good stead in this next question.

NARRATOR: Colonel Sherman Potter of TV'S 4077th MASH was a former cavalry officer in the US Army.

His favorite author was a well-known Pennsylvanian who wrote about a part of the country far removed from his home state of Pennsylvania.

Who was Colonel Potter's all-time favorite author?

Was it A, Pearl S. Buck; B, John O'Hara; C, Zane Grey; or D, James Michener?

LYNN CULLEN: Hm, who did Colonel Potter like to read in his tent there in Korea, Buck, O'Hara, Grey, or Michener?

Chris Moore.

I pick Zane Grey as a cavalry officer.

He must have liked horses.

But faraway, I almost picked Michener.

I have no idea.

LYNN CULLEN: Well, you picked Zane Grey, C. Be a man of conviction.

It's Zane Grey, I'm sure.

Bruce.

I've read a lot of John O'Hara.

B is my pick.

And if you watch a lot of the M A S H episodes, you can actually see a lot of references made in the show to the author John O'Hara.

[chuckling] You see, we ain't buying any of this.

We're on to you.

In fact, I think the very last show with the chicken.

LYNN CULLEN: Yeah, the chicken.

I remember that.

That's true.

Steve.

Pearl Buck wrote The Good Earth.

I didn't choose Pearl Buck.

I chose Zane Grey.

LYNN CULLEN: Oh, but you were just showing off about Pearl Buck.

I don't know anything about Zane Grey.

LYNN CULLEN: OK, we have two Zane Greys and one John O'Hara.

And let's see if we have anyone here who knows what they're talking about.

NARRATOR: The answer is C, Zane Grey.

Born in 1872, his given name was Pearl Zane Grey.

Fearing people would think he was a woman, he signed his first book P. Zane Grey and later dropped the P altogether.

Though he was not a native of Pennsylvania, he spent much of his life in Lackawaxen Pike County near the Delaware River.

He has more than 60 novels to his credit.

Most of them, tales about the Wild West.

OK, did you hear that?

His first name was Pearl.

Ay, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi.

That would have psychological effects on a young man.

You're a forensic psychologist, which means you would go into prison sometimes to have to see if somebody was what?

Nuts or sane or whatever?

Well, we don't like to use the term nuts-- Of course not.

--so much, except for TV personalities or psychologist.

But you had this weird thing happen in a prison.

Yeah.

It was a funny situation.

I was doing an evaluation of a prisoner in Pennsylvania.

And that fellow may be watching right now.

But he looked at me, and he said, I seen you on TV.

And I said, did you?

And he said, you was on The Pennsylvannia Game.

And I said, yeah, that's right.

And then he got a real serious look.

And he said, you lost.

[laughs] It was like he was saying, bring me a psychologist at once.

Yeah, sure.

Give me the winner.

Who needs this loser?

That's great.

Great story.

STEPHEN RAGUSEA: True story.

Sure.

Chris Moore, I was looking at your resume.

I saw something about a member of the nursery staff.

What does that mean?

Oh, that's one of my ministries, to work with young kids.

And I work with teenagers.

And at my church, I'm a member of the nursery staff.

I have nursery duty this coming Sunday as a matter of fact.

LYNN CULLEN: You mean like little teeny-weeny kids?

The little teeny-weeny kids-- Oh, how wonderful.

--and tell them a Bible story and just have a lot of fun and roll around on the floor and lift each other.

And then I say, go home to mother.

LYNN CULLEN: [laughs] Good for you.

Good for you.

Bruce Bond, this is a joke.

I don't believe anything you say anymore, but your brother really is named James Bond?

He's going through life named James Bond.

He's like 12 years older than I am, and my parents were comedians.

No, no.

They actually named him James before the movies came out.

And, of course, they didn't have CNN back there to hear about the writer and all that.

LYNN CULLEN: Does he handle it OK?

He hates it.

He hates it.

I enjoy it, though.

LYNN CULLEN: He'll end up having to go see Stephen Ragusea because he's all messed up because of it.

Not nuts, you understand?

Just a little unbalanced, a little unbalanced.

Let's get back to the game and back to the ballpark.

Mr. October.

Yeah, yeah.

NARRATOR: Born in Wyncote Philadelphia County, baseball's Reggie Jackson accomplished a feat that had not been matched since Babe Ruth did it in 1926 and 1928.

During the sixth game of the 1977 World Series, the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in three consecutive times at bat of three different pitchers.

Which pitcher did not give up one of Jackson's home runs?

Was it A, Charlie Hough; B, Doug Rau; C, Burt Hooton; or D, Elías Sosa?

LYNN CULLEN: What a great name, Elías Sosa.

Sosa.

I need a response from you dot, dot, dot, da.

Bruce.

I'm a sports fan.

I know this one.

I definitely will get this answer.

Charlie Hough and Doug Rau, Burt Hooton, they were all playing back in the mid-80s when Mr. October was very popular, mid-70s.

[laughs] LYNN CULLEN: What was it?

I thought it was a-- CHRIS MOORE: Oh, he knows it.

LYNN CULLEN: He knows his baseball.

So who are we voting for here?

BRUCE BOND: Elisa-- Elías.

LYNN CULLEN: Elías Sosa.

Elías Sosa.

Elías Sosa.

Yeah.

He has nothing to do with it.

No, no.

LYNN CULLEN: Ay, yi, yi.

STEPHEN RAGUSEA: I think Burt Hooton has a funny name.

That's it.

LYNN CULLEN: OK, so that's where you're going with, Burt Hooton?

Chris, do you know this?

CHRIS MOORE: Yeah, I picked Elías Sosa because I eat his sauce with my corn chips all the time.

LYNN CULLEN: Yeah, there's nothing like good Elías Sosa sauce on those corn chips-- You know it too.

LYNN CULLEN: Oh, I love it.

I love it.

It's a little hot sometimes, but I like it.

These guys are nuts.

NARRATOR: The answer is B, Doug Rau.

Reggie Jackson, who said, Babe Ruth is great.

I'm just lucky, also managed to break another World Series record.

He hit a total of five home runs during the 1977 series.

He was aptly called Mr. October because of his many playoff and World Series appearances.

All righty.

Here's how the game-- our game, not the baseball game.

Here's how this game is stacking up.

Steve Ragusea has two whole points.

Chris.

Moore has one.

And Bruce Bond, who sounds like he knows everything, doesn't have a darn point to his hands.

[laughter] Ooh, it's our mysterious music, which means our first clue for the Mystery Pennsylvanian is coming up even as I speak.

Listen up.

Born in Philadelphia in 1944, this Mystery Pennsylvanian won the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1988.

Granted that's not much of a clue for you, but this Mystery Pennsylvanian won the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in '88, born in '44 in Philadelphia.

So the award was won when this Pennsylvanian was 44 years old.

You can try to figure that out while we move on to our regular portion of the game.

Did you know that vanilla is the most popular ice cream in the country?

I don't know what that says about us, but I don't like it.

It's also the most difficult ice cream to make.

Why am I saying all this?

The next question is about ice cream.

NARRATOR: In 1892, Penn State School of Agriculture offered its first course on how to make ice cream to local dairy farmers.

It was the first class of its kind in the world.

The Ice Cream Short Course, as it was called, has since developed into a highly respected program that has influenced many of the nation's top ice cream producers.

Which ice cream producer is not among Penn State's Ice Cream Short Course graduates?

Is it A, Ben & Jerry's; B, Haagen-Dazs; C, Breyers; or D, Double Rainbow?

LYNN CULLEN: Hm, the interesting thing is three of those four did, in fact, take the Penn State Ice Cream Short Course.

Only one did not.

We're looking for that one.

I need a vote.

And I need an explanation from you, Steve.

I guessed A. I have no idea why.

LYNN CULLEN: OK.

I don't blame you.

[chuckles] I don't blame you.

Who would know this?

Chris.

I guess B because it's the only one that sounds un-American.

STEPHEN RAGUSEA: No, that's made in Brooklyn.

LYNN CULLEN: You know what?

It sounds un-Americ-- STEPHEN RAGUSEA: It's made in Brooklyn.

LYNN CULLEN: That's right.

Of course, it is American.

A lot of these ones that sound Danish or Norwegian, they're all made here.

They're all made here.

The ones that says like all-American ice cream, it's made in Korea.

Ah, Bruce.

Ben & Jerry designed their ice cream couple miles from here in the ag department at Penn State.

And Breyers is from Philadelphia.

Double Rainbow, I have no idea.

I'm going to go with Haagen-Dazs.

It doesn't sound right.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. Pathological Liars, anybody ever see that?

[laughs] LYNN CULLEN: [chuckles] Let's find out what the right answer is.

NARRATOR: The answer is D, Double Rainbow.

Major ice cream producers such as Ben and Jerry's, Haagen-Dazs, Hershey's, Breyers, Sealtest, : as well as many others send representatives year after year to the Penn State Ice Cream Short Course.

The two-week industry seminar has been presented to thousands of dairy professionals on four continents into tens of thousands more in the form of a correspondence course.

Perhaps its most famous graduates are Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who founded Ben and Jerry's ice cream after taking Penn State's ice cream correspondence course back in 1978.

Ben and Jerry, they're wild and crazy guys, and they're running now $150 million ice cream corporation.

Yeah, laughing all the way to the bank.

OK, let's just jump right back into the next question.

NARRATOR: Presque Isle, Sand Castle, Slate Quarry, and Penn Shore, what are they names of, A, vacation spots; B, river islands; C, wineries; or D, mining companies?

LYNN CULLEN: Hm, I see people in the audience whispering at each other.

[vocalizing] Too bad.

Yeah.

Too bad you can't hear it.

Of course, they might not know what they're talking about either.

Vacation spot, river Island, winery, or a mining company.

Chris, have you voted?

Oh, yes, I did.

I voted A, vacation spots because I've been to all of them.

LYNN CULLEN: OK, OK. [chuckles] I hate to even ask you, Bruce.

I haven't been to any of them, OK?

But three summers ago-- I think it was around the 4th of July-- I was at Penn Shore.

It was very nice.

We had a great time.

I'm going to have to go with vacation spot.

LYNN CULLEN: You had a wonderful vacation there, did you?

Oh, it was lovely.

Absolutely.

Steve.

STEPHEN RAGUSEA: I happen to know that he was in Cancún that summer.

[laughter] The correct answer is C, wineries.

LYNN CULLEN: OK. And if you go there, you can have a good time, too, as a matter of fact.

A good time no matter where you go.

But who's correct?

NARRATOR: The answer is C, wineries.

Winemaking in Pennsylvania dates back to William Penn in the 1600s and continued until prohibition.

But it wasn't until 1968 when the Limited Winery Act was passed that small wineries were legalized in Pennsylvania.

Today, Pennsylvania's 10,600 acres of vineyards produce about 20 varieties of grapes, including Catawba, Niagara, and Concord.

Today, there are 52 wineries in Pennsylvania, ranking at fifth in the nation.

LYNN CULLEN: More wine grape growing in Erie County than any other county.

Looking at the score, you can see it there.

Steve is ahead with three points.

Chris has one.

And the pathological liar on the other.

[laughter] But he lies real well.

[applause] And here is our second clue on the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Purists called her height and color aesthetically unsuitable for her art.

Purists called her height and color aesthetically unsuitable for her art.

Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts at the age of 44 in 1988.

STEPHEN RAGUSEA: Height and color.

LYNN CULLEN: I love it when they start muttering and twisting their pens and-- [vocalizes] OK, I'll let you keep mulling that over if you-- any time you think of it, you just stick it on line too.

You'll get two points at the end of the game.

OK, here's another question about our favorite president, even though nobody else in the country thinks he was hot.

James Buchanan.

NARRATOR: Born in Cove Gap, Franklin County, James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States.

He entered politics at the age of 20 and held numerous political offices before winning the Democratic presidential nomination in 1856 at the age of 65.

Which of the following was not an office held by President James Buchanan?

Was it A, secretary of state, B, minister to Russia and Great Britain; C, congressman; or D, governor?

LYNN CULLEN: OK, James Buchanan held three of those positions, including President of the United States.

Only one of those did he not hold.

I need you to take a shot at this one.

And Bruce, I need for you to try to tell me why.

I know you won't believe me, but he never was the governor.

Come on.

D. LYNN CULLEN: D. D, he says he.

And Steve, what do you say?

My grandfather was Dominic Giampietro and his great-great-great grandfather-- LYNN CULLEN: [chuckles] wait, this sounds like Steve's response.

I think this sounds like Bruce's response.

Well, he worked with President Buchanan, and he never served in congress.

LYNN CULLEN: He didn't, did he?

That's interesting.

I even fear to ask you, Chris.

Well, I picked B because by that time in his life, Buchanan's ability to be in two places at one time was severely diminished, and he could not be ambassador to Russia and to Great Britain at the same time.

[laughter] LYNN CULLEN: Yeah.

I don't know about you, but I don't understand anything these guys are saying anymore.

Let's just get the answer.

NARRATOR: The answer is D. Buchanan was never a governor.

He ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in every race beginning in 1844 and finally won in 1856 at the age of 65.

By then, he was less than eager to have it.

Buchanan had served as secretary of state under President Polk, was minister to Russia and Great Britain, and a congressman for five terms.

He'd also been an assemblyman and a United States senator for two terms.

It's a weird thing in those days if you were the minister to Russia.

I mean, by the time you got packed and got to Russia, it'd probably be time to come home.

Can you imagine how long it would take to get to your duty station?

Well, you think about it and look at this next question.

NARRATOR: Nuclear energy continues to play a role in meeting the nation's demand for electricity.

In 1992, 112 nuclear reactors generated 21% of our nation's electricity.

How many of those nuclear reactors were in Pennsylvania?

Is it A, 2; B, 9; C, 15; or D, 26?

LYNN CULLEN: OK, you got some numbers there to choose from, and I need you to put a letter up, telling me which number you have chosen.

Do it, Steve.

Oh-- LYNN CULLEN: Ah.

--it's painful.

LYNN CULLEN: I know.

What was that?

Oh, it was 2.

LYNN CULLEN: It was 2?

Yeah.

LYNN CULLEN: You mean it was A?

It was A. Yeah, that's what it was.

I only know of 2.

It's hard for me to believe there are as many as 15.

The answer is probably 9.

LYNN CULLEN: [laughs] Chris.

Well, it probably is 26 because on the way up here the other night, I noticed glows in different spots all over the state.

But I picked A also.

LYNN CULLEN: You picked-- [chuckles] OK. Mm-hmm.

Mr.

Bond.

Well, now, come on, I got that James Buchanan question.

Give me a chance.

Living near Three Mile Island in Harrisburg, I know this to be the correct answer.

It's C, 15.

Pennsylvania's very nuclear-friendly.

LYNN CULLEN: Yes, that's true.

It is.

There's quite a few in the state.

LYNN CULLEN: Although some of those nuclear power plants aren't particularly friendly.

We are nuclear-friendly.

Let's find out which number is the right number.

NARRATOR: The answer is B, 9.

In 1992, nine nuclear power plants, Beaver Valley Units 1 and 2, Susquehanna Units 1 and 2, Limerick Units 1 and 2, Peach Bottom Units 1 and 2, and TMI Unit 1 provided 33% of Pennsylvania's total electricity.

That's slightly greater than 50% above the national average.

LYNN CULLEN: OK, OK.

I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.

This next one is about trees.

NARRATOR: Pennsylvania has some of the finest hardwood forests in the world.

In fact, hardwood forests currently cover nearly 60% of the state.

What is the most commercially valuable tree from Pennsylvania's hardwood forests?

Is it A, oak; B, black cherry; C, maple; or D, poplar?

LYNN CULLEN: OK. Not the tree that's all-- which is the most commercially valuable hardwood tree in Pennsylvania?

You should know this.

Oak, black cherry, maple, or poplar?

[chuckles] Chris.

You're staring glassy-eyed.

[stammers] Why?

Poplar is popular with me.

LYNN CULLEN: Oh, ha ha.

Jay, you stole my bad pun.

That was my bad pun.

Bruce.

I have a friend who's in the wood business-- [laughter] --and I know it to be oak.

Oak is a very prestigious kind of wood.

And that's-- LYNN CULLEN: Yes, from little acorns-- Yeah.

LYNN CULLEN: --in fact.

Steve.

Poplar may be popular, but oak ain't no joke.

LYNN CULLEN: And it's oak.

OK, they have spelled out American Dental Association.

Let's see if any of them know what they're talking about, though.

NARRATOR: The answer is B, black cherry.

Today the Allegheny Mountains of Northern Pennsylvania contain the highest quality and commercially valued black cherry in the world.

Its primary use is in making fine furniture, veneers, and wood paneling.

Black cherry, however, was not a dominant species in Pennsylvania's virgin northern hardwood forest.

In fact, black cherry became more abundant in Pennsylvania quite by chance in the new growth that followed the decimation of Pennsylvania forests for lumber between 1850 and 1900.

LYNN CULLEN: Last chance, last clue for the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

This talented dancer received wide acclaim as a featured dancer with the Alvin Ailey Dance Company in Philadelphia.

Who is she?

Purists called her height and color aesthetically unsuitable for her art.

They obviously didn't know what they were talking about.

She received the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1988.

And time has come to find out if any of you, gentlemen, know who this remarkable Pennsylvanian woman is.

Yes?

Yes?

I guess Lynn Cullen.

[laughs] I can't even do first position.

And I can assure you, it is that-- Well, that's as close as I-- Not I.

Not I. Chris Moore, you know-- She's the director of the company now, but her name escapes me.

I do not know.

LYNN CULLEN: OK.

Yes, you.

You look like you would know.

You know it, don't you, Bruce?

I know the answer.

What is the answer?

CHRIS MOORE: You know he does.

LYNN CULLEN: Quickly.

Quickly.

He has Mrs.-- Rizzo.

LYNN CULLEN: Mrs. Rizzo.

[chuckles] All right, all right.

I can't take these guys anymore.

Let's get the right answer.

Ay, yi, yi, yi, yi.

NARRATOR: Judith Jamison began her dance studies at age six at the Judimar School of Dance in Philadelphia.

Discovered by Agnes de Mille, she made her New York debut in de Mille's The Four Marys with the American Ballet Theater in 1964.

A year later, she became a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Recognizing her extraordinary talent and captivating stage presence, Mr. Ailey created some of his most enduring roles for her.

I had the good fortune to see.

She is absolutely one of the most incredible dancers I have ever seen.

Guess who won?

Stephen Ragusea.

The amazing Stephen Ragusea.

Thank you.

Although it was a nice game, great game.

You guys are a riot.

Great panelists.

We have to do you again.

You get a pen pack full of all sorts of products made in Pennsylvania-- This is wonderful.

--and my endearing gratitude and thanks.

Thank you to the audience.

And thank you most of all.

Hope you join us next week when we play The Pennsylvania Game.

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SPEAKER: 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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