- [Announcer] The Little League World Series has been played in Williamsport since 1947.

Each summer, baseball teams from around the world gather here for the championship.

Do you know how many Pennsylvania teams have managed to win the Little League World Series?

You're invited to play The Pennsylvania Game.

Test your knowledge of the Commonwealth's people, places, and products.

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(upbeat music) (synth pop music) Now let's get the game started.

Here's the host of the Pennsylvania game, Lynn Hinds.

- Thank you.

Thank very much, thank you very much.

Thank you and welcome to The Pennsylvania Game.

We have got some dynamite questions to go with a dynamite panel.

A man we have trouble stumping a lot, let's welcome Bernie Asbell.

(audience applauding) And a man who's from far western Pennsylvania, I'll explain that later, Larry Young.

(audience applauding) And of course, a woman who hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Let's welcome Lynn Cullen.

(audience applauding) And we hope you'll play along.

We try to teach you some things about Pennsylvania, tell you some things you didn't know before about all aspects of Pennsylvania, including some famous Pennsylvania sports.

And the first one's about the Pennsylvania Little League.

- [Announcer] Since the first Little League World Series, many young boys have dreamed of making the trip to Williamsport here in Lycoming County.

The first Little League World Series played in 1947 was won by a Williamsport team.

In the first 40 years, how many Pennsylvania teams have won the series?

Is the number A, four, B, 10, C, 15, or D, 25?

- I'm gonna ask you to play the numbers on this one.

We know there's at least one team, but in the first 40 years of a very famous Little League World Series held in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, how many Pennsylvania teams have won, Bernie Asbell?

- Well, it's four and I know what they are, but you didn't ask that- - No, don't list them yet, Bernie.

Very authoritative answer, Larry.

Sometimes his authoritative answers are pure guesswork, but sometimes he knows what he's talking about.

- Well, I think that that one was pure guesswork myself.

So my pure guesswork is going to be- - 10!

- B, 10.

- [Lynn H] Okay, we're getting more teams as we go down to you, Lynn Cullen.

- Well, there's no way it's 25 and there's no way it's 15.

So one of these two guys has to be right.

- [Lynn H] The question is (laughing).

- I think it's somewhere in between actually.

I'm gonna go with, gee whiz, 10 seems like a lot.

That's exactly why I'll go with it.

- You're going with 10 out of the first 40 years.

Two of our panelists say 10 teams from Pennsylvania have won.

Let's see who's right.

- [Announcer] The answer is A, four.

Levittown was the last Pennsylvania team to win back in 1960.

Lock Haven won in 1948 and Morrisville won in 1955. International teams have participated since the Canadians had a team in 1952.

But in the last 21 years, teams from the Far East have won 17 Little League World Series, with the team from Taiwan winning a record 10 times.

The Little League Museum in Williamsport welcomes your visit.

- And it's quite a big deal, of course, not only for the kids, but for a lot of people around the world to get ready for that Little League World Series.

You don't the four teams, Bernie- - The question didn't ask that so- - Well, that's a follow up question.

- When you ask it next week, I'll tell you.

- It was indeed Morrisville, Levittown, Lock Haven, and Williamsport are the only four teams from Pennsylvania who've won that in 40 years, and maybe in the future we'll do better.

I love this next question because it's about a famous woman that you all know and a famous name that you all know, but you may not know her by her maiden name.

- [Announcer] After her Quaker parents moved from Virginia to Philadelphia, 22-year-old Dorothea Payne married John Todd.

For three years they lived in a sturdy house at Fourth and Walnut.

When her husband and son died of yellow fever, Dorothea Payne Todd was left a widow with a young child.

Her second marriage gave her a more famous name.

Was that name A, Washington, B, Franklin, C, Madison, or D, Arnold?

- Famous names in American history all, Larry Young.

Washington, Franklin, Madison, Arnold, Dorothea Payne Todd, who'd she marry the second time?

- Well, I've got to go with B, Franklin, and hope that since it's Pennsylvania that B makes sense.

- We have learned on this program that when you go with the name Franklin, you're right more often than you're wrong.

Lynn Cullen, who do ya- - I always wanted to marry Benjamin Franklin.

- Did you really?

Really?

- I did.

Yeah, I love Ben.

You know what I suspect?

I suspect they used to call Dorothea, those who knew her well, Dolly.

- You think so?

- Yeah.

- So you're going with Dolly- - Dolly Madison.

- Oh, Dolly Madison, you think.

You think Dolly Madison was Dorothea Payne Todd.

Okay, Bernie?

You're hearing some intriguing answers here, Bernie.

- Oh gosh.

- Gosh he says, which means he's puzzled.

- I don't want to go with with Lynn's answer just 'cause she's right 'cause I never thought, I think I'll go really offbeat and, I know that she married Benedict Arnold.

- And Benedict Arnold's wife did have a lot to do with Benny's decision about, and so intriguing answers, which one's right?

- [Announcer] The answer is C, Madison.

When her husband James Madison moved to Washington to become Secretary of State, Dolly went along.

Since Thomas Jefferson was a widower, Dolly Madison was White House hostess for his two terms.

Then another eight years as First Lady when her husband followed Jefferson as president.

So Dorothea Payne became Dolly Madison.

- And that's what intrigued me, that a Philadelphia Quaker woman named Dorothea Payne became the famous socialite of Washington, Dolly Madison.

You knew that, Ms. Cullen.

- Not really.

But you figured it out rather quickly- - Didn't she, when the British invaded Washington, the war of 1812, didn't she run around the White House grabbing portraits off the wall and- - She saved the famous Stuart Portrait of Washington because the White House was burned.

In fact, that's when it became the White House.

It was charred before that, it was sort of gray stone, and they painted it white to hide the effects of the fire, yeah.

So Dorothea Payne Todd, later to become Dolly Madison, had a lot to do with that.

Larry Young, I said you were from far western Pennsylvania, Cleveland, Ohio actually just a little bit.

But you grew up about the same place I did, as a fan of the Cleveland Browns and the Cleveland Indians.

And one of the nice things about moving to Pennsylvania I found is that the teams do better over here.

The Steelers have a better record overall, and so do the Pirates.

- So you whisper that you're from Cleveland when you're close to Pittsburgh.

Just whisper it.

- But you lived in Pennsylvania how long now?.

- [Larry] I've been here for six years.

- Well, it's nice to have you here.

- Good to be here.

- Yeah.

Okay, and Bernie, it's nice to have you back in the number one seat.

You got a same color suit on I do.

I've told you not to dress like me.

- Yeah, we wear, we're, ugh.

- Let's go to a television miniseries.

This may stump you.

- Okay.

- [Announcer] Part of a television miniseries could have been filmed in Reading, Pennsylvania.

For there you'll find a replica of a famous location.

Is that replica A, a pagoda from "Shogun", B, a plantation from "Roots", C, a cathedral from "The Thornbirds", or D, an aircraft carrier from "The Winds of War"?

- [Lynn H] These are all great miniseries, Ms. Cullen.

Which one, which one, that's got you stumped, doesn't it?

- Well, sure it does.

- Reading, Pennsylvania- - Who would know this?

- Well, if you lived in Reading, you might probably know this- - [Bernie] If you were on The Pennsylvania Game you'd know this.

- Would I?

- [Lynn H] We don't ask a lot of questions you know- - Well, it doesn't make sense that they would, this is where the thing was actually shot?

- [Lynn H] No, I said could have been shot because there is a replica of one of these in Reading that could have been used actually to film this.

- [Lynn C] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh.

- Japanese Battle Castle from "Shogun" or a pagoda, a plantation mansion from "Roots", a cathedral from "Thornbirds", or an aircraft carrier from "The Winds Of War".

One of those is a famous spot right there in Reading, Pennsylvania.

I just wonder which one, that's all.

- [Lynn C] Who dreams up these questions?

- [Lynn H] I dream up some of them.

Others are sent in.

- I don't want the slightest idea.

What was good to me last time, C. There was a cathedral from- - [Lynn H] From "Thornbirds", okay.

- The audience is saying no.

- Well, the audience sometimes is, Bernie, what do you think?

- Whatever it is may have nothing to do with Reading, but I'm gonna hunch- - [Lynn H] That's where it is though, in Reading.

If you went there, folks would know about this.

- I'm gonna hunch that Reading might have been an important stop on the Underground Railroad, and therefore there might be a replica of a plantation mansion.

- From "Roots", so "Roots" could have been shot there, okay.

Larry, we've got a C and a B.

- Both of which sound very good to me.

- Do they?

No, no, no.

- Can I put two answers up?

- [Bernie] We've been trying this for years.

- [Lynn H] No, no.

- Well, just for the sake of variety, because it seems like on my last trip to Reading I saw something that looked like a Japanese pagoda.

So I'm going to say A.

- [Lynn H] A Japanese pagoda in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Sounds unlikely, but let's see what is the right answer.

- [Announcer] The answer is A, a pagoda from "Shogun".

The pagoda, or battle castle, is now a restaurant.

Built in 1908, it's a replica of the Tower of Nagoya Castle, which Japan's first Shogun built in 1610.

William Whitman built the pagoda to hide an ugly scar in the earth from an old stone quarry.

The pagoda is 80 feet high with 88 tons of tile on the roof.

Inside, a 250-year-old gong hangs from the ceiling.

If you want to see the pagoda, go to Reading, not Japan.

The original was destroyed in World War II.

- And that's what's interesting to me, this is an exact replica there in Reading.

And the original built in the 1600s in Japan is no longer there because it was destroyed during World War II.

We have a very close game on our hands.

We have Bernie with one, Larry with one, and Lynn with one.

Let's hear it for one!

(audience applauding) - (indistinct).

- If he's gotten one corrected then I'm proud of ya.

Let's see how you do on the Mystery Pennsylvanian.

We have three clues to a famous Pennsylvanian we call our Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Here's clue number one, and panel, write it on line one if you happen to know who it is.

This mystery Pennsylvanian was born in Philadelphia in 1893.

The only job he held was ball boy at the Germantown Cricket Club.

He took the sport that he chose off the social pages and put it on the sports pages.

We know that our mystery Pennsylvanian was born in Philadelphia in 1893, we know that he is a he, and we know that he was, his only job was as ball boy at the Germantown Cricket Club.

Took the sport that he chose off the social pages and put it onto the sports pages.

Some heavy clues there.

Famous Pennsylvanians.

Well, here are a couple of names of famous Pennsylvanians, and question is, what were they famous for?

- [Announcer] James Wilson was the first Pennsylvanian to serve in this capacity back in 1789.

Owen Roberts was the last to serve in 1930.

Serve as A, librarian of Congress, B, United States Treasurer, C, Speaker of the House, or D, member of the Supreme Court?

- Hmm, the first to serve was James Wilson back in 1789.

James Wilson, we've talked about before of course, was very prominent in in early Pennsylvania and early America.

Owen Roberts was the last to serve in 1930.

There were others who served in between, I will add.

But serve as what, Bernie Asbell?

- You mean started to serve during that year?

Because surely whoever it was served more than one year.

- [Lynn H] Yeah but, yeah, that's right.

That's just to orient you as to when the first one was and when the last one was, But they served certainly more than that, that's true.

- I believe Owen Roberts was a member of the Supreme Court.

- You think so?

Okay.

- I think he might've been.

- Larry Young, what do you say?

- Just don't recall anybody named Roberts being on the Supreme Court.

So I'm going to go with B.

Treasurer of the United States.

- Okay.

We had a lot in Pennsylvania to do with the Treasury, no doubt about it.

Lynn Cullen?

- Well, I never heard of either of these guys, and you said Wilson, he's very important- - [Lynn H] Well, he was one of the signers of the Declaration and the Constitution and all that stuff.

- Well, embarrass me further while you're at it.

So if he was such a hot shot, then he wouldn't be the librarian of Congress.

He'd be one of the other three.

(laughs) Lot of good that does me.

I think he may have been the treasurer, yeah.

- Okay.

- What do I know?

- We have two treasurers and a Supreme Court justice on our (indistinct).

Wilson was one of the first, Owen Roberts was the last Pennsylvanian to serve as- - [Announcer] The answer is D, member of the Supreme Court.

James Wilson, who signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution was a member of the first Supreme Court.

Owen Roberts was on the court during FDR'S New Deal, and he also headed the investigation into Pearl Harbor.

Four other Pennsylvanians have served on the Supreme Court.

- And I could, can you name the other four?

I can't.

I wrote them down and we lost a piece of paper I wrote it on, but there were six altogether Pennsylvanians who have been on the Supreme Court.

James Wilson was on the very first back in the beginning and Owen Roberts during FDR's term.

- [Bernie] Is there one now?

I don't believe we have a- - Well, Whizzer White played for the Steelers, but that doesn't, he was not officially, he was a Coloradan and not a Pennsylvanian.

But Owen Roberts headed one of the Pearl Harbor investigations as to what caused Pearl Harbor.

There were nine, I think, investigations altogether.

We couldn't believe it.

- [Bernie] He was one of the nine old men that Roosevelt wanted to expand to 15 in order to, yeah.

- Okay, Okay.

This next question will take you back to the beginning of Pennsylvania and maybe, maybe stump you, I think.

- [Announcer] William Penn's peaceful relations with the Delaware Indians lasted for 50 years.

Then in 1737, 19 years after Penn's death, an incident destroyed the peace forever.

was that incident called A, Burnt Cabins, B, Walking Purchase, C, Wyoming Massacre, or D, Queen Anne's War?

- Think we could be proud of the fact that William Penn and our forefathers here in Pennsylvania really did have wonderful relations with the Native Americans, the American Indians.

But after 50 years of peaceful relationships, there was a famous incident that really destroyed things.

And the question is, what was it called?

Larry Young?

- Well, Wyoming Massacre looks good to me.

- [Announcer] Those were all incidents in Pennsylvania.

The question is, which one spoiled the relationship with Indians?

He says it was Wyoming Massacre, Lynn Cullen.

- Wow.

What was the Wyoming massacre doing in Pennsylvania?

- [Lynn H] Well, there's a Wyoming in Pennsylvania.

- Oh, right.

- [Lynn H] There may be a Pennsylvania in Wyoming as far as that's concerned.

(everyone laughing) - This is, I've never felt so stupid in my life.

- Really?

Good.

- Yeah!

- I don't have the slightest idea.

I shouldn't say that, but I don't.

I should bluff or something.

- [Lynn H] This'll be a learning experience for you.

- The only one that I can't imagine what in heaven's name it is, is Walking Purchase.

I just like the sound of it.

It gets applause.

- We had the sound of one hand clapping.

(laughing) (audience clapping) My teacher used to tell me when I would flunk tests, "It's a learning experience."

Bernie, what do you say?

- How could anybody resist something that has that ring of truth, like Burnt Cabins?

- [Lynn H] Burnt cabins.

- Burnt Cabins, it's got to be that.

- Okay, we have Burnt Cabins, Walking Purchase, Wyoming Massacre.

Nobody picked Queen Anne's war.

They're all events, but which one were we looking for here?

- [Announcer] The answer is B, the Walking Purchase.

The Delawares had signed a treaty giving colonists land as far as a man could walk in a day and a half.

The walk began in Wrightstown, just north of Philadelphia, and continued northwest.

But the landowners had blazed a trail, hired the fastest runners available, and stocked provisions along the way.

The Delawares lost most of their homeland.

Both peoples lost lives in the years of hostility that replaced the many years of peace.

- And the Native Americans learned it was dangerous to sign agreements with some of the settlers.

So it's a shame that 50 years went down the drain, but it was called the Walking Purchase.

And I've not been able to nail this down yet, but there's a legend that the three guys that did the running died mysteriously within about a year or two of very strange ailments.

So maybe there's justice anyway.

Clue number two to our Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Although arrogant and temperamental, according to some, he never threw a racket or challenged a heckler.

No one could match him even though he never had a formal lesson.

And we learned in the first clue that he was born in Philly, 1893, that the only job he held was ball boy at the Germantown Cricket Club, and that he took his sport off the social pages and put it on the sports pages.

Some say he was arrogant and temperamental, he never threw a racket or challenged a heckler.

But no one could match him in his sport even though he never had a formal lesson.

You'd like to write to us with an idea, with a comment, we'd like to remind you that you can do that and that our address is The Pennsylvania Game, Wagner Annex, University Park 16802.

We would be delighted to hear from you.

I'm gonna tell you, panel, that the answer to our next question is a gentleman whose first name is John, and that's all you need to know to get the question correct.

- [Announcer] The only baseball player to get 1,000 base hits and win 100 games was a native of Bellefont, Centre County.

He shared a name with a famous department store.

Was his name A, John C. Penney, B, John Montgomery Ward, C, John Sears Roebuck, or D, John L. Wannamaker?

- Now they talk about the fact that if you get a thousand hits or win a thousand games, you're great.

But this guy did both.

He was a great hitter as well as a great pitcher and he was a famous Pennsylvanian named John.

But what's the last part of the name, Lynn Cullen?

- Well, it's Penney.

- John C. Penney.

- And anybody who's anybody knows it.

- Okay, John C. Penney she says.

The famous Frenchman.

Bernie?

What do you say?

- Well, it's Penney, and anybody knows anything about anything, must be, that said so.

- We have Lynn and Bernie's 2 cents worth, so to speak.

Larry?

- Three on a match.

- Yeah, don't go three on a- - John Montgomery Ward.

- Well, we know where they all shop now at least, don't we?

Who was this very famous Pennsylvanian sports figure?

- [Announcer] The answer is B, John Montgomery Ward.

Ward played for three National League teams between 1878 and 1894.

He also set Major League records for most assists by a second baseman, The longest shutout pitched, 18 innings, and he pitched the second perfect game in baseball history.

John Montgomery Ward is a member of Baseball's Hall of Fame.

- As well he should be.

- [Lynn C] He sure doesn't look too happy about it, does he?

- Well, he was serious about his sport, but those are some records when you stop to think about them.

Even though they were set a long, long time ago.

John Montgomery Ward, I love it.

Two fellas named Reuben and Phil got together back during the Depression and said, "Let's start a business."

What business did they start?

- [Announcer] Reuben Helfant decided to start a business in the middle of the Great Depression.

So he teamed up with Philip Hoffman to open their business in Sewickley, Allegheny County.

Today, there are nearly 400 locations in 20 states.

Did they start A, Uni-Marts, B, Horn and Hardart Restaurants, C, Holiday Inns, or D, Thrift Drugs?

- Reuben Helfant, Bernie, and Phillip Hoffman started a business in Sewickley, Allegheny County.

Nice community up on the Ohio River there just below Pittsburgh.

Today, it's grown quite a bit but what business- - How many- - [Lynn H] 400 locations in 20 states did they start which of those, Uni-Marts, Horn and Hardart Restaurants, Holiday Inns, or Thrift Drugs?

- Impeccable reasoning, which I will not name, because I'll only throw off these other people.

I will say Thrift Drugs.

- [Lynn H] You're picking Thrift Drugs- - I don't think they have 400 locations.

- But you're not saying why 'cause you don't want throw your other two panelists off.

- I don't wanna let them in on the truth.

- [Lynn H] How kind of you.

Larry?

- Sherlock Holmes is known for saying, "When all other things fail, guess."

Or something to that effect.

- Yes, he said that.

- [Lynn H] Something like that.

(laughing) - So I'm gonna go along with Thrift Drugs too.

- We have two people who have gone to the pharmacy, so to speak, or bought the pharmacy.

Lynn Cullen?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Uni-Marts I don't think it would be because I don't think convenience stores would've come along at that point.

The Holiday Inns, I don't know why I don't think- - [Bernie] Started in Memphis since you're gonna name that other one anyhow.

- Yeah.

These two guys are are beating me at the moment, I think, they're so darn smart.

I think they must be onto something.

Anyway, Thrift during the Depression would be a good idea, right?

- [Lynn H] Wow, what a great idea!

- [Lynn C] Yeah.

- [Announcer] The answer is D, Thrift Drugs.

They opened their first store in Sewickley in 1935, and their second in Bellevue two weeks later.

Drugstores used to have a rather dreary look, but today's Thrift Drug has a bright and modern look.

Both Reuben Helfant and Philip Hoffman died in 1968, but the company they started is a leader in the national chain drug industry.

- I don't mean to to to act so amazed when you guys actually know one, but nice going Bernie.

You did know that, didn't you?

- No, I didn't.

But I knew that Holiday Inns is Memphis and I knew that that Horn and Hardarts was not Central Pennsylvania, And I knew that, what's the fourth possibility?

- Uni-Marts.

- Uni-Marts is too recent.

- [Lynn H] What do you know about Belfont and Quakers and- - Oh, I know a lot about Belfont and Quakers.

- Let's see.

- Yeah.

- [Announcer] Quakers welcomed a number of fugitive slaves to Belfont in Central Pennsylvania prior to the war.

Among the black men who served the Union was John Whitten, a private in the 8th Pennsylvania.

He set a record.

Was it for A, most prisoners captured, B, most number of times wounded, C, most medals won by a private, or D, longest time as a POW?

- Now, I couldn't find a picture of John Whitten.

I think he was maybe the third guy from the left in that long row that you saw.

But a number of black people served during the Civil War from Central Pennsylvania.

And John Whitten did set a record.

Larry Young, the only question is, which one of those did he set the record for?

- I think that I'll go with C on this question.

I don't even think they keep records on the number of of times people are wounded.

- Well, he personally would probably count, but you're right.

- Okay.

Lynn Cullen?

- Well, for his sake I hope it wasn't B or D, I hope it wasn't wounded or POW.

I hope, I'd like to think he was just capturing Confederates left and right.

- Left and right.

- Sort of a Sergeant York of the Civil War, so to speak.

Yeah.

Bernie Asbell?

- I will go with C too.

I don't believe prisoners were a great thing in the Civil War.

And I agree about not counting wounds and POWs.

I think we remember this guy 'cause he was valiant and won the most metals.

- Let's see.

- [Announcer] The answer is D, longest time as a POW.

John Whitten landed in a concentration camp only to be sold into slavery in Cuba.

He returned home in 1889, the last prisoner from the Civil War.

- Now, you know you talk about MIAs today, this guy got back in 1889.

That's something of a record for longest time as a prisoner of war in the Civil War.

John Whitten, it's a dubious honor.

The third clue is sports writers gave him 310 out of 393 votes as the best tennis player of the first half of the 20th century.

Lynn Cullen, I know you've written something down.

Share it with us.

- Well you said cricket at first, so I put down Jiminy Cricket.

But then I decided that wasn't right, so I put Bill Tilden.

Was he somebody?

- Bill Tilden.

- [Announcer] Was he from, was he somebody?

Larry Young?

- First thought I had was Kelly of the Grace Kelly family with their sports activities, but I also put Bill Tilden.

- Okay, and Bernie?

- First I put down Don Budge until Tilden's name came to mind.

- It's funny you put down Don Budge because there's a very- - [Bernie] He was little later, wasn't he?

- He was, and there's a famous story that connects Bill Tilden with Don Budge.

- [Announcer] Big Bill Tilden dominated tennis in America in the 1920s and 1930s.

Up until his death at age 60 in 1953, he was considered the equal of any player for at least one set.

When he was 47, he beat 24 year old Don budge in straight sets.

William Tilden II dominated world tennis as no other player has.

Bill Tilden, a famous Pennsylvanian.

- When Bill Tilden was 47 years old, he beat Don Budge, aged 24.

And Budge was one of the great tennis players.

And you know anything about tennis, you know at age 47, you can beat anybody under 47, you're doing well.

What a great name he was.

And you all got that and you all got three right, and it's a big, huge tie and I hate it.

- (indistinct).

(audience applauding) - It's like kissing your sister.

- [Bernie] No, it isn't.

- Of course Joe Welch, when he kissed his sister Raquel, didn't complain about that.

Good time, panel.

Thanks for playing and thanks for being here and thanks to you.

See you next time on The Pennsylvania Game.

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