[music playing] ANNOUNCER: The Pennsylvania Game is made possible in part by-- ADVERTISER: By a grant from the Pennsylvania Public Television Network.

The network receives funding from the Commonwealth to provide public television for all Pennsylvanians.

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

Here's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, Scott Bruce.

[applause] Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Always a delight.

My audiences are always a delight.

Welcome to another episode of The Pennsylvania Game.

Thank you for tuning in.

Thank you for showing up, studio audience.

Let's meet our contestants.

Starting with George Roberts, he's the news anchor for Blue Ridge Cable TV 13.

A former radio disk jockey, he enjoys computers, cooking, and music.

Let's have a warm hand for George Roberts.

AUDIENCE: Yeah!

[applause] SCOTT BRUCE: Judy Sedlak is joining us.

She's an Emmy award winning producer and former vice president of development and marketing for WVIA in Scranton Wilkes-Barre.

She is currently the host of a weekly program, Call The Doctor.

AUDIENCE: Yeah!

[applause] And finally, a native of Erie, Pennsylvania, now living and working in Huntington, our next guest is a private practice lawyer who enjoys good lawyer jokes.

Please give a warm welcome to Charlie Bierbach.

[applause] We love anyone on this show that enjoys a good joke.

And speaking of good jokes, let's have our first question.

ANNOUNCER: Pittsburgh-born Johnny Unitas was often referred to as the greatest quarterback of all time.

What was so remarkable about his first professional season?

A, he was the first quarterback to throw a football more than 75 yards.

B, he quarterbacked the first nationally televised football game.

C, he threw a perfect game with 32 completed passes.

Or D, he was cut from the team before the season opener.

SCOTT BRUCE: Johnny U, Pittsburgh-born.

Was he the first quarterback to throw a football more than 75 yards?

Did he quarterback the first nationally televised football game?

Did he throw a perfect game with 32 completed passes?

Or was he cut from the team before the season opener?

We're going to go to-- George first on this one.

I think it was B. I think he was on that first show.

SCOTT BRUCE: He was on the first show.

You think he was the first quarterback?

I think so.

Yep.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK, very good.

And we'll go down to Judy next.

I was trying to be optimistic so I said he had a perfect game.

SCOTT BRUCE: And that is optimistic.

I like it.

Charlie, what do you think?

Well, I was less optimistic, and I don't think Johnny U had a good year his first time in, and I don't think he started with the Colts so I put D. SCOTT BRUCE: He put D. He was cut from his first team.

I think that was an interesting guess.

And let's find out what the correct answer is.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D. Touted as the greatest player in the first 50 years of pro football, Johnny Unitas was almost denied the chance to prove his talent.

In 1955, he was cut from his first pro team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, because the head coach deemed he was quote, "not intelligent enough to be a quarterback."

Unitas earned a living that year playing semi-professional football for $6 a game before joining the Baltimore Colts.

In 17 seasons, he led the Colts to three world championships and amassed numerous records.

One still stands as the greatest feat in professional football.

He threw touchdown passes in 47 consecutive games.

Traded to the San Diego Chargers in 1973, he retired one year later.

In 1979, Johnny Unitas was inducted into the pro football hall of fame.

[applause] Johnny U. Johnny Unitas was nicknamed Golden Arm, completed a record of 290 touchdown passes during his career.

That's some impressive stuff.

Let's have a new question.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: In 1849, an unusual structure was dedicated in Philadelphia to seamen whose ships were docked there.

Was it A, portable post exchange or PX?

B, a duty-free sales and barter emporium?

C, a floating church, or D, an English-language day school to promote literacy?

SCOTT BRUCE: An unusual structure dedicated in Philadelphia.

Was it a portable post exchange, a PX?

Was it a duty-free sales and barter emporium, a floating church, an English-language day school to promote literacy?

Judy, we're going to go to you first.

Since I had no idea, I thought I'd be optimistic again and say a church.

SCOTT BRUCE: A church?

I like that.

Optimism works so well for us here.

JUDY SEDLAK: Not necessarily for me, but-- And you know what else, too, Judy?

You're perky, and I like that.

OK. That's really good on this show.

Can I win?

Yeah, well, we'll find out.

[laughter] We'll see what we can do.

I'll have them in the booth change the answers now.

Charlie, what do you think?

Well, at the risk of sounding perky and optimistic, [laughter] I thought unusual was the key, so I went with C. SCOTT BRUCE: Went with C, a floating church.

So we have perky and unusual is what we have now.

CHARLIE BIERBACH: Thank you.

SCOTT BRUCE: You guys fit into this category well.

George, what do you think?

I don't fit in with these two at all.

SCOTT BRUCE: You're not perky or unusual.

No, I'm not anything I guess.

I picked B, the duty-free sales and barter emporium.

SCOTT BRUCE: So close we were to getting lottery tickets.

All we needed was a third floating church, and I think Wendy's going to tell us that was right.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, a floating church.

In 1848, construction of a chapel built on the hulls of two barges started in a New Jersey shipyard.

Built to minister to seamen whose ships were docked in Philadelphia, the church was floated down the Delaware to its mooring in Philadelphia.

The gothic structure had a 75-foot steeple and was decorated with frescoes.

It was called the most beautiful floating chapel in the world.

So far as we know, only three were ever built.

Floating churches, however, were difficult to maintain.

During its brief history, the Floating Church of the Redeemer sank once and was tipped over by high winds.

By 1853, high maintenance resulted in its sale to Camden, New Jersey, where it became the church of Saint John's.

A few years later, the church was destroyed by fire.

SCOTT BRUCE: Just so you viewers at home know, we actually have in our studio audience tonight a few nuns, and they love that question.

[laughter] They loved it.

AUDIENCE: Yeah!

They perked right up.

They got all excited.

Oh, ooh, it's a floating church.

Here's some interesting news.

The worshipers often left church early due to seasickness.

[laughter] And the chaplain himself at times had trouble keeping his balance during communion.

I thought it was wonderful.

OK, time to meet our panelists a little bit more and find out more about them.

George Roberts, it says here that you're married and you have a son.

Yes.

SCOTT BRUCE: And it also says here that you met your wife, Connie, when you interviewed her for a story.

I'm just curious.

Was it a crime story?

No.

[laughter] Yeah.

No, it wasn't actually.

She was making scarecrows.

SCOTT BRUCE: Making scarecrows.

But nobody stole them or anything?

GEORGE ROBERTS: No, nobody-- no.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK. No stolen scarecrows.

No, no.

SCOTT BRUCE: Well, that's a very scary way to meet your wife.

Yeah.

[laughter] You got to hear my story.

Judy-- [laughter] Judy, you've produced a number of interesting programs for PBS, including a documentary on multiple sclerosis.

Also, I wanted to point out that you are from my area, WVIA.

I'm very pleased to have you on the show.

You live up in that area.

But the most important thing was logged on your family's adventure as you traveled to Russia in 1997 to adopt your children.

That's right.

GEORGE ROBERTS: Tell us a little bit about that.

That's fascinating.

We went to adopt our two children who are definitely our soulmates from Samara, Russia.

They were both there in orphanages.

And my son was 10 months old.

He's in the audience today.

He's now three.

And my daughter is six, Vera Victoria.

SCOTT BRUCE: That's wonderful.

Yeah.

SCOTT BRUCE: Now, where is this town in Russia?

Samara.

It's between Siberia and Moscow.

SCOTT BRUCE: Between Siberia and Moscow.

Right.

It's a very obscure place.

SCOTT BRUCE: It must have been a fun trip.

It was not.

SCOTT BRUCE: And look at the bonus you got from it.

Hey, it was worth it.

[applause] That's a great choice.

All right, Charlie, get ready.

Here's what it says here.

It says here that you're a liberal democrat who voted for Clinton twice.

Mm-hmm.

Would vote for him again.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK, well, I'll talk to him and see if he wants to run.

It says you drink beer, play golf, and you're not worried about Y2K.

What the heck does worry you?

If they run out of beer, I'd be concerned.

[laughter] SCOTT BRUCE: That's a good answer right there.

That means it's time to move along, and let's get a new question for the game.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: In 1909, Dr. Frederick Cook falsely claimed to have accomplished something that a Pennsylvanian is widely credited with doing first.

Was it A, discover the North Pole, B, exceed 200mph in a race car, C, navigate the Northwest Passage, or D, reached the South Pole?

SCOTT BRUCE: This looks like a fun one.

What did Cook falsely claim to have done?

Did he discover the-- did he claim he discovered the North Pole?

Did he exceed 200mph in a race car?

Did he navigate the Northwest Passage?

There he goes now.

[laughter] Or did he reach the South Pole?

Charlie, we're going to first.

Well, you said it early enough in the century that he-- exceeding 200 miles an hour at that time didn't seem likely so I went with the Admiral Perry theory, which is A. SCOTT BRUCE: You went with the North Pole.

I like your thinking on that one.

George?

I feel a lot better.

I picked A.

[laughter] SCOTT BRUCE: He's feeling good now, feeling strong.

We got two A's.

Judy, are you going to make it a clean sweep?

I am.

ANNOUNCER: A clean sweep!

[applause] You know what that means.

Everybody gets a lottery ticket.

Take one and pass it down.

PRODUCER: Go to the other one and to the right.

SCOTT BRUCE: Any time all three contestants get the same answer, they win a Pennsylvania lottery ticket.

And now, we'll find out if they also chose the right answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, discover the North Pole.

Born in Cresson, Pennsylvania in 1856, Robert E. Perry became interested in arctic expedition after a trip to Greenland in 1886.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Perry, who was accompanied by Matthew Henson and four eskimos, finally reached the North Pole for the first time on April 6, 1909.

Five days before the world learned of his feat, Frederick A. Cook declared he had conquered the Pole a year earlier.

Cook's claims were proven false, but controversy surrounded Perry's accomplishment for decades.

Today, it is widely accepted that Admiral Robert E. Perry was the first white man to reach the North Pole.

That's going to take us to our first score check.

And as I look at the scoreboard, we're actually have a Sesame Street score-- 1, 2, 3.

For George, Judy-- and that means, it's time for our first mystery Pennsylvanian clue.

Get ready.

Get your pens ready if you would, contestants.

Born in Bedford, Pennsylvania in 1950, this author explored an incident in his hometown.

Born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, right outside of Johnstown, my birthplace-- yay!

We've got Johnstown fans-- in 1950, this author explored an incident.

That's kind of a clue there, incident in his hometown.

Everybody looks totally confused, but they're writing things anyway.

And that's what we like to see on The Pennsylvania Game.

When you don't know, make stuff up.

It works for us.

OK, let's move along with a new question.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: In 1999, Lancaster County was one of only five American sites on a list of 100 places worldwide.

Is Lancaster County among the world's, A, most endangered sites, B, preferred movie locations, C, best places to live, or D, most popular tourist areas?

SCOTT BRUCE: I think we all know about the movie Witness from down there certainly.

What is Lancaster?

Is it most endangered site, preferred movie location-- that was good.

I like that, hoohoo-- best places to live, most popular tourist areas?

We're going to go to you George.

I think it's one of the best places to live, C. SCOTT BRUCE: You're going to go with C. And I've been there.

It's a nice place to live.

GEORGE ROBERTS: It's a nice tourist area, too.

But I think that's what it was.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK. Well, we'll go with your first answer because that's the way we play the game.

Judy?

[laughter] I put down movie locations, but I wanted to change it.

[laughter] SCOTT BRUCE: And once again, that's the way we play the game.

George, you want to change your mind now before you decide?

Well, no.

I think it's D. But I think it's all of the other as well.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK, so we have B, C, and D. None of you chose to A, most endangered sites, and we all know what that means.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, most endangered sites.

Lancaster County was listed among the world's 100 most endangered historic and cultural areas.

According to World Monuments Watch, a New York-based preservation organization, described as quote, "One of the world's most strongly defined and intact cultural landscapes."

Lancaster County was listed because development and suburban sprawl threaten the Amish, Mennonite, and other plain set communities that live there.

Lancaster County, known for its pristine farmland, continues to experience the most rapid population growth in the State.

An estimated 72,000 acres have been developed since 1960.

SCOTT BRUCE: This is an interesting note.

Criteria for making the list of 100 most endangered sites is based on threats from warfare, natural disasters, and patterns of destruction caused by people.

That's the answer right there.

Let's go on right to another question.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: Although clouded in controversy, some historians believe a union soldier from the small Northwestern Pennsylvania town of Albion is responsible for what?

A, writing the lyrics to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, B, inventing rolled toilet tissue, C, the failure of Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg, or D, Taps.

SCOTT BRUCE: A union soldier-- did he write the lyrics to the Battle Hymn of the Republic?

Did he invent the rolled toilet tissue?

Which I think is cute as heck.

Nice touch.

[laughter] Was he known for the failure of Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg, or is he known for taps?

Judy, we're going to first.

I'm going to go with taps.

Taps, a musical answer.

It is.

SCOTT BRUCE: I like it.

JUDY SEDLAK: I do, too.

Charlie, what do you think?

Mine's musical, too, but it's a different kind of music.

I went with B. SCOTT BRUCE: You went with B.

You went with the toilet paper.

[laughter] I'm pretty sure I don't want to go to a concert with you.

CHARLIE BIERBACH: Well, probably not.

George, what do you think?

And again, this time, I went completely different.

I'm at C. SCOTT BRUCE: You're at C. I'm at C. So, once again, we're all over the board.

We've only missed one question.

Let's hope somebody got this one right.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, taps.

Some say the bugle tune originated with the British, others say the French.

But there is some evidence a 1903 letter to a music historian to suggest that Oliver Norton, a Civil War bugler from the small Northwestern town of Albion was the first to blow the somber notes that are used to honor dead soldiers or signal the end of the military day.

Norton's commander, General Daniel Butterfield, presented the notes to Norton during an encampment in Harrison's Landing, Virginia and asked him to play it.

The tune, which was designed to suggest the dimming of lights, was gradually taken up by units throughout the army.

[applause] We have everything on this show.

Do we not?

Do we not have everything on this show?

It's just fabulous.

OK, that's brings us up to the point where we get to take a look at our scores again.

And we have had a change.

It is now George, one, Judy, three, and Charlie, three.

So.

[applause] We have a race.

And that means it's time for our second clue in the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

If you could get your pads ready and your pens.

Here you go.

In 1982, he received a PEN Faulkner Prize for his novel about an African-American historian's confrontation with his past.

In 1982, he received a PEN Faulkner prize for his novel about an African-American historian's confrontation with his past.

He was born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, 1950.

This author explored an incident in his hometown.

People are writing.

Judy's thinking.

Judy's writing.

She's scribbling.

They're done.

All of our contestants are finished writing.

We can go to a new question.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: Benjamin Franklin Mahoney was born in Wilkes-Barre in 1901 and played an important role in America's aviation history.

Did he he, A, develop retractable landing gear, B, build Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of Saint Louis, C, design the cable system that stops planes landing on aircraft carriers, or D, invent the first aircraft ejection seat.

SCOTT BRUCE: Benjamin Franklin Mahoney from Wilkes-Barre, could Judy have an inside track on this?

We'll find out.

Did he develop retractable landing gear?

Did he build Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of Saint Louis did he design the cable system that stops planes landing on aircraft carriers?

And there goes one now.

Or did he invent the first aircraft ejection seat.

Charles?

Well, I went with retractable landing gear retractable because I had no clue.

SCOTT BRUCE: Well, that's-- most people on our show don't, including the host.

[laughter] CHARLIE BIERBACH: I've noticed.

That's good.

Oh, thanks.

We'll get down to George quickly.

I don't know.

I just went with D because I have no clue either.

SCOTT BRUCE: Do-- D, D, D D, D for d uh.

Yeah, yeah.

Aren't you glad I didn't put on a um-mum there.

And Judy, what do you think?

Well, to make sure that he doesn't get ahead of me, I said A as well, landing here.

CHARLIE BIERBACH: She's is hedging her bets.

SCOTT BRUCE: Oh, boy.

And proving that she doesn't know about Wilkes-Barre that much apparently.

No, I don't.

SCOTT BRUCE: Apparently, look for the stars.

Wendy, what's the answer?

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, build Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of Saint Louis.

In May 1927, Charles Lindbergh, then an unknown airmail pilot from Little Falls, Minnesota, astonished the world by flying solo nonstop from New York to Paris in the best known airplane in the world, the Spirit of Saint Louis.

The airplane's transatlantic flight brought fame to T Claude Ryan, whose name is attached to the company that built it, Ryan Airlines, the original Ryan company.

But history has overlooked the other name connected to the legend of Lucky Lindy, Benjamin Franklin Mahoney, the co-builder and owner of Ryan Airlines.

These are the fun facts you can only get on The Pennsylvania Game.

Mahoney built Lindbergh's plane in 60 days, as promised, for $10,580.

CHARLIE BIERBACH: Oh, my.

The plane had a 46-foot wingspan and carried 425 gallons of fuel.

Fun stuff.

This is where you get fun stuff, people.

Let's go to a new question.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: In 1996, Philipsburg radio station 105.9 the Buzz was the first radio station in the world to do this.

Did WUBZ, A, broadcast mood music overnight, B, replaced DJs with robots, C, broadcast interactively over the internet, or D, aired 24 hours of advertisements, infomercials, and want ads?

SCOTT BRUCE: [vocalizing] I was just getting into the mode there, were you?

The Buzz was the Buzz, the first radio station to broadcast mood music overnight, replaced DJs with robots, broadcast interactively over the internet, or air 24 hours of advertisements, infomercials, and want ads.

This scares me.

George, what do you think?

GEORGE ROBERTS: I can't see them want to do any of those, except for except for C. SCOTT BRUCE: Broadcast interactively over the internet.

Right.

SCOTT BRUCE: I think that's a great answer.

what, do you think it is?

I think that the 24 hours of advertisements was very strange so I-- SCOTT BRUCE: You're picking up, Judy, go for the strange on show.

Charlie, what do you think?

That's why I picked it.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK. CHARLIE BIERBACH: If Judy picks strange, I'll go with it.

SCOTT BRUCE: We got a couple of strange-os.

You got it.

SCOTT BRUCE: We got strange-os.

What do you think the answer is?

Let's find out right now.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, broadcast interactively over the internet.

WPHB radio in Phillipsburg, started as a country music and gospel station in 1956.

In 1996, the FM side of the radio station switched to a modern rock format, encoded its signals, and began broadcasting 24 hours a day over the internet.

The new WBZ maintains a worldwide round the clock chat room, making it the world's first fully interactive radio station.

SCOTT BRUCE: Nothing but commercials.

That's our music.

That means it's time for our third clue in the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Pens and pads ready kids.

Here we go.

Critics said his prize-winning novel rivals Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon," as the best novel about the Black experience in America.

Critics say his prize-winning novel rivals Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon" as the best novel about the Black experience in America.

Born in Bedford, Pennsylvania in 1950, this author explored an incident in his hometown.

In 1982, he received a Pen Faulkner prize for his novel about an African-American historian's confrontation with his past.

Everybody's done.

You guys are quick.

I couldn't believe it.

Well, we'll go straight over to Judy.

Judy, what do you have hold up your pen.

All three of them?

SCOTT BRUCE: Yep.

Well right in the beginning.

I picked Faulkner.

And then in the second answer, he was one of the clues.

[laughter] So I made up the rest, and I put for first one I put-- SCOTT BRUCE: Faulkner.

Faulkner, then Cosby just because I couldn't think of anybody from Philadelphia.

SCOTT BRUCE: All the way up so we can see it.

And then Haley.

SCOTT BRUCE: And then Haley.

So we have Faulkner, Cosby, and Haley, But this is my closest.

I think it might be your closest.

I don't think it's necessarily that close.

JUDY SEDLAK: I like the name.

SCOTT BRUCE: But it's a very good-- I think you're on the right track, I really do.

Charlie, what do you think?

Well, I thought I knew who this guy was.

And you'll see that I picked him in the beginning, but I wasn't 100% sure of his last name.

That was the problem.

And I-- SCOTT BRUCE: I can't read it from here.

Say it out loud.

OK, David Chamberlain.

SCOTT BRUCE: David Chamberlain.

But I think that's the wrong last name for some reason, but I do remember this novel, and I think he even taught at Temple University for a while, a very good novelist, very bright individual.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK. Well, we'll look into finding out if you've got any part of it right.

George, what do you have?

Well, ignore number one.

I was really out to lunch.

SCOTT BRUCE: Arthur Clarke.

Yeah.

I'm pretty sure it's Haley.

SCOTT BRUCE: And then you went with Haley twice.

So we have a lot of people think that might be Haley.

We're going to find out now if any of them are even in the ballpark.

ANNOUNCER: David Bradley was born in 1950 in Bedford, Pennsylvania.

Bedford historical records provided fodder for Bradley's second novel, The Chaneysville Incident, which explores an African-American historian's confrontation with his family history and the living legacies of racism and slavery.

It won him a PEN Faulkner Prize and an Academy award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and letters and is cited as a model in fiction about the African-American experience in America.

Bradley is one of esquire's leading writers and his nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The New Yorker.

David Bradley, a famous Pennsylvanian.

[applause] Good answers, everybody.

I just got information from the booth that even though you got half the name right and you did know about the professorship, sorry.

[laughter] We ain't giving you a points for it.

But as it turns out it doesn't look like you're going to need the points because here's the scores, the final scores, George, two, Judy, three, Charlie, three.

We have a tie.

Judy and Charlie, Wendy tell them what they won.

ANNOUNCER: OK, Scott.

We've got four free passes to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.

And one night stay at the Hampton Inn Lancaster plus 50 chances to win $1,000 a week for life from the Pennsylvania lottery.

SCOTT BRUCE: And we are out of time.

Goodbye, good night, thank you.

[applause] [music playing] ANNOUNCER: The Pennsylvania Game is made possible in part by-- ADVERTISER: By a grant from the Pennsylvania Public Television Network.

The network receives funding from the Commonwealth to provide public television for all Pennsylvanians.

ANNOUNCER: Guest accommodations provided by the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus of Penn State.

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