Let's find some more.

Right over here.

What's your name?

KATIE: Katie.

Katie, where are you from?

KATIE: Harrisburg.

Our State capital.

You're from our State capital, the home of the Pennsylvania State Congress.

Yeah.

Harrisburg is also has one of the main streets is Progress Avenue.

That got me to thinking.

You know, grammatically speaking, progress is exactly the opposite of Congress.

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

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hello, panel.

Hello, audience.

Hello, people at home.

Thanks for joining us here on The Pennsylvania Game.

And by the way, for you kids at home, we do recommend you try this at home.

Let's meet our panelists today.

Starting right here in the hot seat, Tom Riley from Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he runs a business, Tom Riley Event Management.

He is co-chair of the Blair County Advisory Council, to the PA Human Relations Commission, and president of the Allegheny Mountains Convention and Visitors Bureau.

That's a mouthful.

And just an all-around, fun guy.

I'll tell you what.

SCOTT BRUCE: Let's hear it for Tom Riley.

Thank you.

Cesi Sommers, for 13 years was manager of Pittsburgh's classical music station QED FM.

A year and a half ago, Cesi called it quits on retirement, that's right, and rejoined the workforce as director of marketing and development for the Heartwood Institute, a literature-based ethics curriculum for children.

Cesi, thanks for joining us.

Thank you.

Regular viewers to The Pennsylvania Game will recognize this face.

Jerry Zolten is a favorite here.

He's an assistant professor of speech, communications, and American studies at Penn State.

He's also a musician and a fanatic collector of phonograph records.

Say hello to Jerry Zolten.

I just know we're going to have a fun time on the show today, and you're going to have fun at home, too.

Let's not waste time.

Let's start with the first question.

ANNOUNCER: Cora Brookes was a most colorful character.

In the early 1900s, she kept a house of ill repute in Austin, a small lumber town located in North Central Pennsylvania.

But she secured a place in local history for another activity.

Did Cora Brookes-- A, build the State's first animal shelter; B, lobby to establish the first official minimum wage; C, found the American Red Cross; or D, sound the alert when the Austin Dam broke?

SCOTT BRUCE: That's right.

It's The Pennsylvania Game, when you know we're a class act.

We bring you hookers.

Kids, was Cora the build the first animal shelter, did she lobby for the first official minimum wage, found the American Red Cross, or sound the alert when the Austin Dam broke?

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

What do you think?

Hospitality is hospitality to man or beast.

It's the first animal shelter.

SCOTT BRUCE: First animal shelter.

So you figure that just ties in naturally with the hooker thing, huh?

Absolutely.

I like your thinking.

Well, Cesi, what do you think?

I think she should have established the first official minimum wage, but I also think she was probably not paying attention, so she sounded the alert.

I said D. SCOTT BRUCE: Sounded the alert for the dam, when the dam broke.

Yes, I agree with you.

She probably should have, but she might not have been on top of that one yet.

Jerry, what about you?

Well, I remember Cora's place.

I had many-- I remember the cats and dogs.

I chose A, the first animal shelter.

Yeah.

SCOTT BRUCE: The animal shelter, because you remember the cats and dogs.

Indeed.

SCOTT BRUCE: So they're saying that she went from running a cat house to a cat house.

I don't know.

Let's find out what the real answer is.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D, sound the alert when the Austin Dam broke.

Cora Brookes was arrested for running a house of ill repute.

Fortunately for the people of Austin, she was out on bail on September 30, 1911 when the Austin Dam broke, releasing a great wall of water.

Thinking quickly, she called the operator and asked her to warn the people of Austin that the dam had broken.

Still, many died from the flood and from the fires resulting from the broken gas lines.

Cora was praised as a true heroine, although The New York Times refused to recognize the role she played in saving so many lives.

In December of 1911, Cora was brought to trial for operating a brothel.

In her defense, many of the town's survivors petitioned the courts for leniency.

The judge was persuaded and issued her only a small fine.

An interesting character.

Special thanks to Gail Largey from the Department of Sociology at Mansfield University for that question idea.

And she'll be receiving a year's subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine.

Now, how about a new question.

ANNOUNCER: In 1948, Robert J. Morrison graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry and has been breaking ground in eye care ever since.

Regarded as one of the most original and creative scientists in the field, the Harrisburg optometrist is credited with all but one of the following.

Is it-- A, he helped develop the first soft contact lenses; B, he was knighted by the Prince of the Netherlands for successfully fitting his nearly blind daughter with lenses; C, he created prescription specs that can be assembled in minutes and sell for $20 a pair; or D, he developed night vision optics used by the military.

SCOTT BRUCE: Ooh, a toughie, one you got to think about.

Remember, this is an all but one.

Which one wasn't?

He helped develop the first soft contact lens, Prince of the Netherlands, prescription specs, or night vision optics?

Cesi we're going to go to you first on this one.

Well, I think it's C for absolutely no good reason.

SCOTT BRUCE: C, prescription.

OK. Well, you don't really need a reason, Cesi.

Remember that we're OK with that.

CESI SOMMERS: And I don't know if $20 was such a bargain back in-- You don't think it was?

CESI SOMMERS: --30 years ago?

SCOTT BRUCE: Well, see?

Now that's looking for the little stuff.

That's the smart move.

Jerry, what do you think?

Well, I remember Dr Morrison from Cora's Place.

He tried to sell me some of those $20 glasses, and I chose C. I think that's it.

Chose C. OK.

It's a theme going.

We got two C's.

Tom, you're going to make it a sweep?

Sorry, going to break ranks and go with the only non-consumer oriented choice, which would be D. SCOTT BRUCE: D. Non-consumer oriented.

I see what you mean.

Night vision optics.

Well, let's see if any of these people know what they're looking at.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D. In 1963, Robert Morrison helped Czech scientists develop the first soft contact lens.

He patented the lens, and for several years was the only us producer of soft lenses.

Today, Bausch + Lomb has the rights to his invention on.

A multimillionaire, thanks to his pioneering work, his patients include US celebrities such as Bill Cosby and Barbara Walters, and international royalty such as Princess Grace of Monaco and the Shah of Iran.

After he fitted the nearly blind daughter of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands with lenses that greatly improved her vision, he was knighted and given a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud as a thank you.

Today, the Harrisburg optometrist is focusing his energies on the millions of people in the world who need eye care but can't get it.

In 1991, he founded Morrison International, which makes and sells low-cost prescription eyeglasses and operates a mobile eye clinic to serve the poor.

So if you wanted a night opt and vision products for your Peeping Toms out there, this wasn't the place to go to.

You gotta love that laugh.

Give me that laugh again.

That idea, by the way, was also submitted by Robert Leopold.

And now, I think it's time that we get over here and meet our contestants.

What do you say we come over and chat.

Tom?

Yes, sir.

How are you?

Excellent.

Thrilled to be in the A game.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah.

You might have an unfair advantage in the game.

You must learn a lot about people, places, and products in Pennsylvania through your work.

Tell us what kinds of projects and clients do you deal with at the Tom Riley Event Management?

A little bit of everything.

Railroad with the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum and the Horseshoe Curve, national historic landmark.

Spaghetti sauce with the DelGrosso family in Tipton, and family fun at Bland's Amusement Park.

So you're right, it is a little bit of everything.

SCOTT BRUCE: From railroads to spaghetti sauce.

Absolutely.

SCOTT BRUCE: That's a Renaissance man right there, ladies and gentlemen.

No question.

SCOTT BRUCE: Cesi Sommers.

It says here that you attended the same convent school as your mother, grandmother, great grandmother.

That just amazes me, and this is the one that really gets me.

You also were at the first March in Selma, Alabama.

Right.

SCOTT BRUCE: What was that like?

Well, nobody knew.

Nobody called it Selma, and it wasn't any kind of a big deal.

It was just SCLC was putting together a March in the South, and they said they wanted people to go to it.

And only in later years was it called Selma and was considered to be a great seminal thing.

Such a historical moment.

I just remember I had to get a babysitter.

You had to get a babysitter so you could go to the Selma March.

That's funny.

And Jerry Zolten.

Now, Jerry is another case where Jerry used to do a little stand-up comedy himself.

As a matter of fact, Jerry and I performed together a couple of times.

What made you leave the comedy business to become a now professor at Penn State?

I remember it well.

It was one night.

I had just done my comedy act, and a very nice little lady came up to me and said, I really enjoyed your lecture tonight.

I thought maybe it was time to get into something a little different.

SCOTT BRUCE: You think that's a good sign for it right there?

I can't say that you're wrong.

OK. Well, what do you say we moved back to the show, and let's go to a new question.

ANNOUNCER: Linden Hall, located in the Pennsylvania Dutch Village of Lititz, was founded in 1746 by the Moravian Church, which held the arts and education in high regard.

Is Linden Hall, America's first-- A, symphony hall; B, girl's boarding school; C, courthouse; or D, school of manners?

SCOTT BRUCE: Guys, what do we have here.

Symphony hall, girls boarding school, courthouse, and school of manners.

Jerry, we're going to go to you on this one.

I pressed a button, and I'm not sure which one it was.

I think it was A. I went with symphony Hall for no-- SCOTT BRUCE: By golly, it wasn't.

--for no good reason.

SCOTT BRUCE: Symphony Hall, you went with.

No good reason.

I just had a feeling you'd go for the girls boarding school, though, wouldn't you, Jerry?

I've done that, but not today.

Shoot over the Tom.

What did you go for?

No good reason here, D, school of manners.

SCOTT BRUCE: School of manners?

Very good.

And you know, you were very polite when you did it.

Thank you, sir.

SCOTT BRUCE: I appreciate that.

How about you, Cesi?

I went with symphony hall.

I know that they had a lot to do with music, but-- SCOTT BRUCE: Symphony hall.

--don't know about the dates.

SCOTT BRUCE: So we have manners and symphony hall.

You guys are classy guests.

I like that.

I think you're entirely wrong, but you're very classy guests.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, girls boarding school.

Founded in 1746, Linden Hall School for Girls is located in Lancaster County and is the oldest girls boarding school in the country.

From the start, it has been affiliated with the Moravian Church, which emphasizes art and education, as well as equal opportunity for both sexes.

Although at first it was only a day school for daughters of local farmers, by 1767, a boarding program had been created, and today, the school enrolls over 140 interdenominational students from around the world.

The school is especially well known for its excellence in music, languages, and art.

All right, kids, let's go to the big tote board and see where we stand.

I see Jerry has a goose egg.

Tom and Cesi are tied with one point each.

Jerry, we got to get you off that goose egg.

Do something.

I don't know.

I feel bad for him.

Send him down a couple of cards.

JERRY ZOLTEN: All right.

Impressive.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK, kids, it's time for your first Mystery Pennsylvanian clue.

Get your pens ready.

Here we go.

Born in Philadelphia in 1793, the Quaker wife and mother of six was one of the nation's most influential social reformers.

Born in Philadelphia in 1793, the Quaker wife and mother of six was one of the nation's most influential social reformers.

So we got a little action going, but a little mystery going at the same time.

I see a lot of confusion in the audience too.

It's a tough one.

Who knows?

OK, kids, we're going to get right back into the game, and let's shoot for a new question.

ANNOUNCER: The famous Lewis and Clark expedition began in 1803 and had numerous Pennsylvania connections.

In Lancaster, Meriwether Lewis studied the science of stellar navigation.

The expedition was provisioned in Philadelphia and set sail from Pittsburgh after a five-week delay.

What caused the delay?

A, the boat builder was a drunk; B, Clark suffered from an ingrown toenail; C, Lewis' mother did not want him to go; or D, Lewis heeded an astrologer's warning and postponed the trip.

SCOTT BRUCE: Well, you gotta admit, those are some silly answers.

I don't think any of them make any sense at all, but we're going to find out if any of you guys can sort through it.

Tom, you give us a first start.

I have to go with D, the astrologer-- SCOTT BRUCE: The astrologer's warning?

I think I may have gotten sucked in on this one.

SCOTT BRUCE: Especially when you consider they probably had to travel following the stars.

No question.

So there might be some logic there.

You don't know.

Cesi, what do you think?

As the mother of a lot of sons, C. SCOTT BRUCE: As the mother of a lot of sun C, because you would have told them not to go, and they'd have listen to you, wouldn't they, Cesi?

CESI SOMMERS: Yes.

How about you, Jer?

I went with D. Didn't the Reagans have the same astrologer?

I could be wrong about that, but I went with D. SCOTT BRUCE: If I'm not mistaken, yeah.

Nancy and Lewis and Clark were contemporaries.

Oh, I don't know what it's going to be, but I know that this guy knows the answer.

Why don't you tell us.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, the boat builder was a drunk.

The boat builder commissioned to build Lewis' keel boat was a drinking man.

He seldom worked mornings and many times, was unfit to work.

In the afternoons.

After a major blowout, Lewis threatened to cancel his contract, but the threat carried little weight.

Although the builder promised to remain sober, he was the only boat builder within hundreds of miles.

Within a week, he fell back into his old ways.

Lewis resorted to begging on his hands and knees, swearing and shouting.

Nothing could convince the sun-harried builder to speed up his work.

Finally, on August 31, five weeks later than planned, Lewis set off for Camp Wood, Illinois, where the expedition officially began.

This is a slow boat is still building.

I saw-- it was.

It was a boat.

I got to sober up.

Let's get another question.

ANNOUNCER: The city of Shamokin in Northumberland County is credited for many firsts and accomplishments.

In fact, Shamokin is credited for all but one of the following.

Is it-- A, the nation's first waffle iron; B, the world's largest refuse pile; C, the world's first church with electric lighting; or D, the world's largest anthracite coal breaker?

SCOTT BRUCE: Remember panel, this is an all but one of these apply.

Which one doesn't belong, the waffle iron, the refuse pile, electric lighting church, or the largest anthracite coal breaker?

Cesi, we're going to get you in here first.

Well, I'm going to say the refuge style.

SCOTT BRUCE: The refuge pile?

Just because you don't like garbage.

You're a mom, and you don't like garbage, right.

That's right.

SCOTT BRUCE: Good thinking.

How about you, Jer?

My recollection is that Native Americans used the waffle iron.

I went with A. I think it's been around for a long time.

SCOTT BRUCE: A waffle iron in Native American-- OK, Jer, I like it.

Tom, what do you think?

For no good reason at all, C, the world's first church with electric lighting.

SCOTT BRUCE: First church with electric lighting.

I think I heard of another church with the first electric-- SCOTT BRUCE: Once again, I think there's a distinct possibility that-- yes, we have three different answers, and every one of them, I think, is going to be wrong.

Let's find out.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D. Shamokin is not home to the world's largest anthracite coal breaker.

German immigrant, John Kliembach, is credited with creating the nation's first waffle iron in Shamokin in 1891.

The former Glen Burn Coal Bank is credited as being the world's largest refuse pile.

And in 1882, Thomas A. Edison, arrived in Shamokin and supervised the first installation of electric lights in a church, St. Edward's Church of Shamokin.

Incidentally, the world's largest anthracite coal breaker, the abandoned sea and eye breaker, built in 1929, is located in Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

You know, most people don't know this, but Shamokin is, in fact, Jim Carrey's favorite town, just to pronounce it, Sha-mokin.

Let's take a look back at the big tote board and the score and see what's going on.

And here's what's going on-- not a darn thing is going on.

Why we have the same score as before, It's 1 to 1 to 0, but that can only mean time for the second clue on the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Here it comes, kids.

The Society of Friends called her an untiring spitfire for her work to abolish slavery.

The Society of Friends called her an untiring spitfire for her work to abolish slavery.

Born in Philadelphia, 1793, the Quaker wife and mother of six is one of the nation's most influential social reformers.

We're getting a lot of action going now.

I can see some wheels turning all through the audience.

All right.

Everybody is all caught up.

That can mean only one thing, up in the sky, it's another question.

ANNOUNCER: Daredevil performer, Samuel Gilbert Scott, was sometimes called the Harry Houdini of the 19th century, because he could hold his breath for long periods of time.

And like Houdini, he died in a freak accident.

How did this famous Philadelphian die?

Was he-- A, stoned by disgruntled spectators; B, trampled by a runaway horse while crossing the street; C, hanged from a ship's rigging during a performance; or D, killed by a bee sting?

SCOTT BRUCE: From stoned to stings, I don't know.

We've got runaway horse, and we've got hanged from a ship's rigging.

Everybody punched in.

Jerry, you get to try this one first.

What do you think?

I can empathize with him.

I picked A because I feel that I'm about to be stoned by disgruntled spectators.

SCOTT BRUCE: No, Jerry.

We love you.

We love you.

We'd never stone you.

Besides, I only handed out ping pong balls for them to throw.

JERRY ZOLTEN: OK It'll be OK. Tom, what do you think?

Actually, one of his audiences believed he was an impostor and that he was faking that breath-holding thing, and it was definitely A, stones by a spectator.

SCOTT BRUCE: Stoning.

We've got stoning and stoning.

What do you think, Cesi?

Well, I think after he did all these exciting things that something mundane like being killed by a bee sting might just be it.

SCOTT BRUCE: Killed by a bee sting?

M-hm.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK, so we have C, C, D. That's right.

SCOTT BRUCE: We've got a whole variety of answers.

Let's see if any of them know the right answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, hanged from a ship's rigging during a performance.

Philadelphian, Samuel Gilbert Scott, earned his living performing his death-defying acts.

He was known for diving headfirst off cliffs, ship masts, and scaffolding.

Before each performance, Scott passed a hat to collect contributions from spectators.

On January 11, 1841, Scott had planned to die from England's Waterloo Bridge.

To draw a larger crowd and to increase his earnings, he often performed acrobatic feats before the main event.

On this day, he dangled by the neck from a ship's rigging.

The noose slipped, tightening around his neck.

Scott remained suspended for several minutes before the crowd realized this was not part of the act.

Spectators cut him down, and attempts were made to revive him.

But unfortunately, they were too late to save him.

Interestingly enough, on his grave marker, it actually says, "Ta Da!"

AUDIENCE: Boo!

It is not.

That's not.

I made that up.

I deserved all of the boos.

I agree.

Quick, help me.

Get me into another question.

ANNOUNCER: Pittsburgh pirate, Bill Mazeroski, one of the game's greatest second basemen, was the first player ever to-- A, play ball professionally into his 50s; B, be named the National League's MVP six consecutive seasons; C, be thrown out at home four times in a game; or D, end a World Series with a home run.

SCOTT BRUCE: Mazeroski, one of my favorites, being a Pirate fan.

Played ball professionally into his 50s, national League MVP, home four times in a game, and end a World Series with a home run.

Tom, we're going to go to you first on this one.

Went with the only unpleasant answer of the lot.

This logic, thus far, has garnered me one point, and I'm sticking with it now.

SCOTT BRUCE: So you're sticking with it, figuring it's got to turn around.

I'm going with C. SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah, OK. C. Well, we'll see if you're right about that, although I wouldn't bet heavily at this point.

Cesi?

Well, I said C also.

I just think it doesn't sound like him.

SCOTT BRUCE: I've been waiting for you to choose a C all day, so I can say C, Cesi?

I'm very pleased about that.

Jerry, how about you?

I just want to point out that I'm risking a perfect score at this point.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yes, I'm going with D, because I believe I remember that very well, as a kid growing up in Pittsburgh.

SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah.

So serious Pirate fan might just have remembered something along those lines.

Let's see if Jerry's memory is as good as we think it is.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is D. Bill Mazeroski of the Pittsburgh pirates was the first player ever to end a World Series with a home run.

It was the bottom of the ninth inning.

In the seventh and final game of the 1960 World Series against the New York Yankees, catcher.

Yogi Berra, was in the unusual position of left fielder for the Yankees, when the ball ripped over his head and out of Forbes Field.

In fact, Mazeroski was the only player to end a World Series game with a home run until 1993, when Joe Carter of the Toronto Blue Jays hit a homer in the sixth game, beating the Philadelphia Phillies.

And then outfielder, David Justice, of the Atlanta Braves accomplished the feat in 1995.

SCOTT BRUCE: OK, kids, time for our third clue in the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Get your pencils ready.

She is credited, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, with establishing the Women's Rights Movement in the United States.

She's credited, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, establishing the Women's Rights Movement in the United States.

Born in Philadelphia, 1793, the Quaker wife of mother of six.

The Society of Friends called her an untiring spitfire for her work to abolish slavery.

I see everybody is writing like crazy.

I see light bulbs out there.

I see a few audience members that know what we're talking about.

OK, let's go ahead and find out what everybody wrote down.

We'll go to you first, Cesi, on this one.

Flip it over.

Well, I don't know if I'm right.

The first time, I said Sarah Barton, then I said Clara Barton, and then I said Clara Barton.

SCOTT BRUCE: I'm almost sure you're not right on the first one, but we'll find out about the other two.

I'm not certain about those either.

How about you, Jer?

This is one of the things that I know I know, but I didn't know that I knew it at this moment.

I started with Clara Barton, then I drew a big blank.

[gong] Thank you.

Then I went with my friend, Fredina Hoffman, who's a contemporary.

Probably made a big mistake here.

SCOTT BRUCE: You might have.

I don't know.

We'll find out.

How about you, Tom?

What did you say?

I always get the Mystery Pennsylvania when I'm tuned in from home, but just-- SCOTT BRUCE: Please help.

I want to go home.

There's a lot recording that one right there.

That was an excellent one.

I like that.

Well, we've got people who want to go home and people don't know where they are now and some people think they know what it is.

Let's see what the real answer is.

ANNOUNCER: Lucretia Mott was a Philadelphia Quaker, mother of six, and crusader against the oppression of Blacks and women.

In 1818, at the age of 25, she encountered slavery for the very first time during a trip to Virginia.

So deeply disturbed by what she witnessed, she returned to Philadelphia determined to fight to end slavery.

She traveled the country speaking on behalf of slaves, whom she referred to as the greatest sufferers and the most oppressed class in history.

When she traveled to London to speak at the International Anti-Slavery Convention, she was denied permission to speak because she was a woman.

This spurred her to expand her freedom fight to include the rights of women.

In 1840, she and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formally launched the Women's Rights Movement in the United States.

Mott died in 1880 and is regarded as one of the nation's most influential social reformers.

Lucretia Mott, a famous Pennsylvanian.

I just want to jump back for a second to a moment ago, our question on Bill Mazeroski.

I wanted to point out Bill Mazeroski is considered one of the best second basemen in the history of the game and still isn't in the Hall of Fame.

A lot of people are working for it.

I think you guys out there should write a letter too.

OK, let's go check and see where our scoreboard stands.

I'm looking down and-- ah, 1, 1, 1.

It's a three-way tie for the championship.

Yeah.

I love when this happens, because what that means is, not one person gets the prize, they all get the prize.

And we will be making sure that they all get equal amounts of DelGrosso.

Italian sauces made in Pennsylvania.

A gift basket of DelGrosso from Tipton, Pennsylvania.

We've got all kinds of lovely sauces and salsas, and everybody's going to get some to enjoy with themselves.

So we hope that you have enjoyed yourself on the show with The Pennsylvania Game.

And of course, if you do have questions and you want to send them in, we'll flash up the address on the screen and you'll be able to send questions in.

You'll win a free subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine, and we would love to have all the more questions we can have.

One final note, please remember out there, a bird in the hand tends to be just a little uncomfortable.

Thanks for joining us on The Pennsylvania Game.

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