The Pennsylvania Game
MLK Jr., Jim Thorpe & Cornelia Pinchot
Season 11 Episode 7 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
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The Pennsylvania Game
MLK Jr., Jim Thorpe & Cornelia Pinchot
Season 11 Episode 7 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[theme music] ANNOUNCER: The Pennsylvania Game is made possible in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Public Television Network.
The network receives funding from the Commonwealth to provide public television for all Pennsylvanians.
Now let's get the game started.
Here's the host of The Pennsylvania game, Scott Bruce.
[applause] Love these people.
Love these people.
Welcome, studio audience.
Welcome, viewers at home, for another exciting round of The Pennsylvania Game.
And boy, do we have some fun for you.
I can't wait.
Let's get started.
Let's meet our panelists.
First up, he's back.
Good to see you again.
Brian Allen is a sports broadcaster and documentary producer.
He's also a regular on The Pennsylvania game, Brian Allen.
[applause] Our next contestant is new to the program but a well-known name, Mimi Coppersmith Fredman is former President of Penn State's Board of Trustees.
She's President and CEO of the Barish Group, which publishes Town and Gown and When and Where magazines, Mimi Coppersmith Friedman.
[applause] And from Altoona, an actual Altoid we have with us tonight, ladies and gentlemen.
Not originally.
From Altoona, Pennsylvania, it's WTMJ's weekend sports anchor, Jeff Shurilla.
Let's hear it for Jeff.
[applause] A fine and fun group.
It looks like they're going to have fun.
I know my studio audience is ready to have fun, so why don't we start with a question right now.
[upbeat music] ANNOUNCER: In 1948, Martin Luther King Jr. spent time in Chester, Pennsylvania, time that helped shape the ideas upon which he would base his activism.
Did he A attend seminary school, B get married, C write his book Where Do We Go From Here, Chaos or Community, or D meet Malcolm X. SCOTT BRUCE: Oh, Martin Luther King Jr.
Came to Pennsylvania.
Was he here to attend seminary school, to get married, to write his book Where Do We Go From Here, Chaos or Community, or to meet Malcolm X.
[game bells] Everybody's all punched in.
We're going to start with Brian Allen first on this one.
Brian, what do you think?
Well, that's a tough one, Scott.
But I'm going to have to go with attend seminary school.
I think you-- SCOTT BRUCE: We have a seminary school You have a little hunch.
You're working on a hunch.
Not that my hunches mean anything.
And did you say that was a tough one.
Brian, you played the game before.
They're all tough ones.
We don't mess around.
Good answer, though.
I like it, A. Mimi, what do you think?
Well, I chose D because it was silly enough that it might be right.
SCOTT BRUCE: Ah, so you've watched our show.
You understand how we work.
It could be just that answer, D meet Malcolm X.
And how about you, Jeff?
I decided to copy off of Mimi, and I also picked D. SCOTT BRUCE: Ah, so you-- you cheated.
[applause] BRIAN ALLEN: I'm not playing with cheaters.
[laughs] Scott, back to you.
SCOTT BRUCE: Well, I see that our scores are A, D, and D, which adds up to wrong answers for somebody.
Let's find out who.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, he attended seminary school.
In 1948, Martin Luther King Jr. entered Crozer Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania.
He graduated in 1951 as valedictorian and student body president with a Bachelor of Divinity degree.
Crozer, which later merged with Colgate Rochester Divinity school, is considered one of the more prominent liberal theological centers in the country.
King's experience at Crozer, and later at Boston University, helped him develop an oratorical style that many historians claim was the basis of his ability to reach people of all races.
King's nonviolent activism was influenced by a 1949 speech he heard in Philadelphia delivered by the President of Howard University.
Rather uplifting little message.
King felt that earning a PhD from a Northern University would lend intellectual respectability to his religion-based philosophy.
So we were very happy to have him here in Pennsylvania doing it.
And I think we can move right along with another question.
[upbeat music] ANNOUNCER: Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, wife of Pennsylvania.
Governor Gifford Pinchot, was a fiercely independent woman for her time.
A feminist, activist, and skilled political strategist, she briefly considered a career as A a sculptor, B a pastry chef, C a steeplechaser, or D a race car driver.
SCOTT BRUCE: Hmm, Cornelia Pinchot, was she a sculptor, a pastry chef, a steeplechaser, or a race car driver?
[racing car] And I think we know where Topher's going on this one.
Let's find out where Mimi's going on this one.
Mimi, what do you think?
Well, she appears to be rather artistic-- SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah --in her photographs, so I thought she might have decided to be a sculptor.
SCOTT BRUCE: Well, that is-- see, now you're using logic and thought.
And it's probably going to get you in trouble, but I think it's wonderful.
I just very thrilled that you did that.
Jeff, what do you Think Well, I liked race car driver, so of course, I didn't pick that and went with the pastry chef.
SCOTT BRUCE: Went with the pastry chef.
Maybe you were feeling a little hungry.
JEFF SHURILLA: I am hungry.
Well, there you go.
We'll see if we can rustle you up some pastry a little bit later on.
Brian, what do you think?
Well, Scott, you know how you guys like to throw some hints in there.
And looking at her hat or whatever was on her head, I'm going to go with pastry chef.
That looks like a pastry chef hat to me, anyway.
SCOTT BRUCE: I think you must be very hungry too for that to look good to you.
But we'll find out what the correct answer is right now.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, a steeplechaser.
Born in 1881, Cornelia Bryce was well-educated and rebellious.
An avid sportswoman, Cornelia enjoyed horse competitions and briefly considered a career as a steeplechaser.
Then, in 1911, a sewing factory fire in New York City killed dozens of workers and drew attention to the miserable working conditions facing women.
Cornelia committed herself to fighting for social justice and helped develop better safety laws for female employees.
She worked for the suffrage movement and helped found the League of Women Voters.
In 1914, she married Gifford Pinchot.
When he was elected governor in 1922, The New York Times reported that, quote, "the greatest fear of the machine leaders was not of the nominee, but of his wife's proven political generalship."
Cornelia claimed that politics was the best of all indoor sports.
[upbeat music] We absolutely have no end of fascinating facts.
In 1912, Cornelia worked for Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose campaign.
Roosevelt claimed that she had one of the keenest political minds he had ever known.
That was fascinating.
And now, it's time to meet our panel up close and personal.
Let's scoot right on over here to Brian.
Hey, Brian.
How you doing, bud.
Good to see you, man.
You know what it says right here on my card?
I can't believe this.
You spent the summer on a cross-country bicycle trip, which makes sense because you look fit and trim and all, you know.
Oh, you're such a flatterer.
but, well, that's true.
I'm already your guest.
I'm that kind of guy.
I'm that kind of guy, Brian.
But this is the part.
Why did you bicycle across the country?
You couldn't afford a bus ticket.
Yeah, my car was broken down, and I had to get back to Pennsylvania.
But actually, it was for a charity.
And it just I liked the idea Was for raising money for after school program.
SCOTT BRUCE: Well, let's give them a plug which charity?
Do Something.
SCOTT BRUCE: Do something.
Yeah.
SCOTT BRUCE: Excellent.
Well, that's wonderful news.
Thanks very much.
Yeah, it was great time.
SCOTT BRUCE: Thanks for doing it, so I didn't have to.
[laughter] Mimi, let's go down to you.
Speaking of traveling long distances, I understand you're a commuter wife.
I am.
SCOTT BRUCE: So you have to travel.
Is it a long haul each day?
Not each day, my goodness.
It's in New York.
I would be on the road 90% of the time.
SCOTT BRUCE: Oh, yes, that would be all traveling.
MIMI COPPERSMITH FREDMAN: You have to hurry and get this show over, because my next move is to get in my car and point it toward-- SCOTT BRUCE: We won't waste time then, by golly.
We'll move it along, so you can get out.
Jeff, good to have you back here or have you here for the first time.
It says here, that your interests include golf, softball, and the best run fantasy football league in America.
Is that true, the best run?
I would say it is.
We've had the same group of guys from high school and college for about the last eight years.
We have a traveling trophy just like the Stanley Cup and keep the best stats in the-- SCOTT BRUCE: The Stanley Cup for a football fantasy league.
That would be interesting.
Some people say it's sad.
I say it's fun.
SCOTT BRUCE: OK, very good.
There they are, our panelists.
Give them a nice round of applause, folks.
[applause] On that happy note, let's move right along to our next question.
[upbeat music] ANNOUNCER: Until March of 1882, Andrew Carnegie had been doing something that was later deemed by Congress to be the country's responsibility.
Did he A provide pensions to widows of presidents, B investigate corrupt railroad barons, C fund what became the US Weather Bureau, or D helped to relocate Native Americans.
SCOTT BRUCE: Hmm Carnegie, big steel magnate guy.
What did he do?
Did he provide pensions to widows of presidents, investigate corrupt railroad barons.
[train whistle] There goes the railroad Baron now fund what became of the US Weather Bureau or help to relocate Native Americans?
Jeff, we're going to go down to you first.
[game bells] I took the logical approach.
And since the Weather Bureau here at State College, Penn State is a popular thing, I'm hoping that he funded the US Weather Bureau.
SCOTT BRUCE: Very good, once again using logic.
[laughs] Brian, Wow, you know, I'm the most illogical person you know.
SCOTT BRUCE: (LAUGHING) Yes, I do know.
But I also thought that since Penn State had such a great weather program, and the weather is always cloudy, it seems like, in Pennsylvania, it's very important.
And Carnegie, Pittsburgh, you know, I had to go with the Weather Bureau, C. SCOTT BRUCE: Relevant.
I like your thinking.
So we got two Weather Bureaus.
Mimi, what do you think?
Well, since there was no library up there, and I think he did fund a lot of libraries, I chose what wouldn't seem natural to him and that was D to relocate Native Americans.
SCOTT BRUCE: Relocate Native Americans, all good answers.
Are they the right answers.
I don't know.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is A he provided pensions for presidents' widows.
In 1882, Congress decided it was the country's responsibility to provide pensions to presidents' widows, which until then had been personally provided by Andrew Carnegie.
In 1889, Carnegie wrote a book titled, Gospel of Wealth that extolled the moral obligation of the wealthy to serve as stewards for society.
Carnegie practiced what he preached.
At the time of his death, in 1919, at age 84, Andrew Carnegie had given away 90% of his fortune.
[upbeat music] 90% of his fortune.
Hey, for you viewers at home, if you want to find out more about Andrew Carnegie, or any of the questions you see on The Pennsylvania Game, why not check out our new website, which is wpsx@wpsu.psu.edu.
We'll get that again for you later.
[laughter] OK, let's check our scores.
Right now, It looks like Brian has a point.
Mimi and Jeff, a couple of goose eggs, nothing yet.
But we're on our way.
We have Brian in the lead with one point.
[applause] Tough game.
Get your pens out.
It's time for our first clue in the Mystery Pennsylvanian.
Here we go, kids, if you're ready.
Born in 1946, this internationally renowned classical pianist grew up in Philadelphia.
[tense music] Born in 1946, young man, this internationally renowned classical pianist, grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or as I like to call it, Philippa.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you very much.
Well.
SCOTT BRUCE: Looks like everybody's got some sort of an answer, and I think Brian's is going to be goofy.
[laughter] Now, how could you say that?
SCOTT BRUCE: That's what I like about Brian.
OK, pens down, time to move up to our next question, people.
Here we go.
[upbeat music] ANNOUNCER: Jim Thorpe was the only athlete to excel in three major sports track and field, football, and baseball, and the first ever to win Olympic gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon.
Said to be the world's greatest athlete, Jim Thorpe once A hit three home runs into three different states in the same game, B jumped over the crossbar in a football goalpost, C scored seven touchdowns in one NFL game, or D scored a touchdown on a pass.
he both threw and caught.
[laughter] SCOTT BRUCE: Jim Thorpe, my absolute favorite athlete.
Ladies and gentlemen, did he, in fact, hit three home runs into three different states in the same game?
Did he jump over the crossbar at a football goalpost?
[xylophone] Did he score seven touchdowns in one NFL game, or did he score a touchdown on a pass that he both threw and caught?
We're going to go down to you, Brian, up to you, Brian, first to you, Brian.
Well, you know, my first instinct was to go with A because he was a great baseball player, but I went with C seven touchdowns in one NFL game.
World's greatest athlete, and he's not a cow jumping over a moon.
There's no way he's going to jump over a crossbar.
[laughter] I like your logic.
It seems logical to me in an NFL game.
Mimi, what do you think?
Well, I went with Brian because he's ahead in this game, [laughter] So I picked C. We have two C's.
Jeff, you want to make it a clean sweep?
I appreciate the fact that you give a sports question to the sports guy, and I'm hoping C looks real good.
SCOTT BRUCE: Oh, the sports guy, three C's, what does that mean, ladies and gentlemen?
Anytime we have a tie-- [bell rings] --everybody wins lottery cards.
Pass them down, one each.
Let's go, all right.
And that's how we like to see it.
And it's a good thing they won the lottery card because, guess what?
MIMI COPPERSMITH FREDMAN: They lost.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is A hit three home runs into three different states in the same game.
Jim Thorpe played in a semi-pro baseball game in a ballpark on the Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas borders.
He hit homers over the left field wall into Oklahoma, over the right field wall into Arkansas, and a third homer inside the park in Texas.
In 1912, he won Olympic gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon.
It was the same year the All-American halfback led his Carlisle Indian School football team to the National Collegiate Championship.
Thorpe was stripped of his medals when officials learned he had played semi-professional baseball while still a student.
Thorpe played football well past his prime, retiring in 1928 at age 41.
He died in a Philadelphia hospital in 1953, and in 1954, his body was transferred to a mausoleum in the southeastern Pennsylvania town which bears his name.
Well, here's another interesting note for you, kids.
We have lots of interesting notes.
His daughter, Grace Thorpe, won a five-year battle to have her father's gold medals reinstated.
She's now spearheading a campaign to have her father named the athlete of the century.
He is currently recognized as the athlete of the first half century.
So I'm very excited about that.
Let's jump right ahead to another question.
[upbeat music] ANNOUNCER: In 1999, the US Mint launched the 50 State Quarters Program and began issuing new quarter designs commemorating the history of each state.
What is written on Pennsylvania's quarter?
A liberty, independence, virtue, B wisdom, justice, moderation C the Keystone State, or D America starts here.
SCOTT BRUCE: The US quarter, the new quarter, does it say liberty, independence, virtue; wisdom, justice.
moderation; the Keystone State; or America starts here?
Mimi, we start with you.
She's punched in and we have a what?
A, sorry about that.
America starts here is too political, I think.
SCOTT BRUCE: Ah, so you went with liberty, independence and virtue.
Good choice, I like it.
We got to move along.
Jeff.
Since she has zero, I have zero, I took A as well.
SCOTT BRUCE: Oh, we got two A's.
Oh, I think they're just going for lottery tickets now.
Is that it, Brian?
I quit.
I won.
I'm out of here.
Show's over.
No, I'm going with consistency, the Keystone State.
SCOTT BRUCE: The Keystone State.
You like those C's.
Yeah.
SCOTT BRUCE: OK, we've got a C, we've got two A's.
Wendy, tell us what it is.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, the state's motto, liberty, independence, virtue.
Pennsylvania's quarter also features a likeness of the Commonwealth statue that sits atop the capitol dome in Harrisburg and an outline of the state inset with a keystone symbol.
The obverse or head side of the new quarters will remain the same.
The design was chosen for more than 5,000 entries submitted by Pennsylvania residents.
The new quarters are being released in the order of each state's admission to statehood and are minted at the Philadelphia and Denver mints, which produce all US coins.
The Pennsylvania quarter was one of the first five issued.
Five new state quarters will be issued each year until 2009, when the familiar eagle design is scheduled to resume.
And as I look at the big tote board, the score is one.
That's it, one.
Everybody's got one.
Give them all a round of applause.
[applause] It's a tie ball game.
Let's take a look at our second clue in the Mystery Pennsylvanian.
Here we go, kids.
Get your pens ready.
His legendary televised appearance at age 16, with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic made him instantly famous.
[tense music] His legendary televised appearance at age 16, with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic made him instantly famous.
That first clue, again, born in 1946, this internationally renowned classical pianist grew up in Philadelphia.
Bernstein, did I say Bernstein?
Well, Bernstein, we know that, don't we, folks?
OK, everybody's got their answers.
And we are about to move on to a whole new question.
[rock music] ANNOUNCER: If Elvis Presley is the King of Rock and Roll, then what.
Pennsylvanian is the Father of Rock and Roll?
Is it A Ritchie Valens, B Harry Hepcat, C Buddy Holly, or D Bill Haley.
SCOTT BRUCE: Bum, bum, bum, we're rocking now, kids.
What's it going to be?
Who's the-- who's the Father of Rock and Roll?
Is it Ritchie Valens, Harry Hepcat, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley.
Everybody punch in.
Jeff, we're going down to you first.
I think Buddy Holly's a Pennsylvania guy.
SCOTT BRUCE: You think so?
Buddy Holly's a Pennsylvania guy.
They could all be Pennsylvania guys, for all I know.
[laughter] ANNOUNCER: There's that guy on top of his game.
Brian, over to you.
What do you think?
Oh, I'm going to go with D Bill Haley.
I'm a Happy Days fan, so.
ANNOUNCER: Big Happy Days fan, you're going to Rock Around the Clock with Bill Haley.
Mimi, what do you think?
Well, Buddy Holly may be earlier, but it's a nice name.
Both have two syllables.
I thought it was-- SCOTT BRUCE: So you went with another Buddy Holly.
[laughter] So we've got two Buddy Hollys, one Bill Haley.
I think I want to go rocking right now to the answer.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is D Bill Haley.
[BILL HALEY, 'ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK"] Bill Haley was born in 1925, in Chester, Pennsylvania.
He started in country and western music, but eventually formed the first rock and roll band in history, The Comets.
Bill Haley and the Comets scored a hit in 1954 with Shake, Rattle and Roll.
In 1955, Rock Around the Clock.
Haley's version of an old blues tune, was included in the film classic Blackboard Jungle.
The movie was a shocking film for its time and helped to define our conception of dangerous youth.
Rock Around the Clock became a hit for the second time on the 1974 soundtrack for the film American Graffiti.
Bill Haley died in 1981 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Bum, yeah.
Love my rock and roll.
[applause] They're are plotting our big dance number up here, ladies and gentlemen.
Here's an interesting fact.
Did you remember that trademark curl that Bill Haley wore over his forehead?
There was a reason for that.
It hung down over his left eye to hide the fact that he was blind in that eye.
Interesting facts, you'll learn stuff on The Pennsylvania Game, people, you do.
Let's go to a whole new question.
[upbeat music] ANNOUNCER: In a survey of all time best and worst mayors going back to 1820, mayors from 15 major cities were ranked by historians, biographers, and social scientists.
This Pennsylvania mayor was ranked third best.
Was it, A Edward Rendell, B David Lawrence, C Frank Rizzo, or D Richard Caliguiri?
SCOTT BRUCE: Very good, thank you.
Once more, who was the third best.
Was it Edward Rendell, David Lawrence, Frank Rizzo, or Richard Caliguiri?
[game bells] We're going to go to Brian first on this one.
Brian, you look like a mayor kind of guy.
Well, for the comedy factor alone, I'm going to go with Frank Rizzo.
[laughter] Well, you got me laughing on that one.
Why not?
I think that's a very funny answer.
Mimi, what do you think?
Well, I knew Richard Caliguiri, and I know Ed Rendell.
And I decided which one might be better, and when you're older, you're better, it seems.
Isn't that right?
SCOTT BRUCE: Yes, definitely.
BRIAN ALLEN: Of course, you're much, much better.
So I picked D. SCOTT BRUCE: So you went with D Richard Caliguiri, very good.
And how about you, Jeff?
I took David Lawrence.
He had a lot to do with Pittsburgh's renaissance, so I'm going with the Pittsburgh guy.
SCOTT BRUCE: See, now a guy who's got some inside track information.
Who knows?
Could it pay off?
We'll find out right now from Wendy.
ANNOUNCER: The answer is B David Lawrence.
[applause] Lawrence was Pittsburgh's mayor from 1946 to 1959.
According to his biographer, Lawrence ruled by fear and respect, rather than affection.
When he took office, Pittsburgh was floundering.
Air pollution caused darkness at noon.
Roadways were obsolete.
Housing was substandard.
And the city was economically depressed.
Lawrence's leadership role in what's called the Pittsburgh Renaissance, earned him the reputation as one of the nation's best big-city mayors.
Incidentally, Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo also made the list.
He was ranked the fifth worst mayor of all time due to his reputation on issues of race and civil liberties.
SCOTT BRUCE: I can kill a little.
Oh, we're back.
And it's time for our third clue in the Mystery Pennsylvania.
Y'all ready?
Here it comes.
And I went the wrong direction in my cards.
Here we go.
Our third clue is, the son of an African-American father and a Hungarian mother, he is probably the most sought after and well-known pianist today.
The son of an African-American father, a Hungarian mother, probably the most sought after and well-known pianist today.
Born in 1946, this internationally renowned classical pianist grew up in Philadelphia.
His legendary television appearance at age 16, with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, made him instantly famous.
Everybody seems-- Mimi seems to know that.
She was down and done and writing.
Jeff's caught up, and Brian is writing something.
And it looks like a letter to his mom.
[laughter] Have to tell her I love her SCOTT BRUCE: I think that's a distinct possibility.
OK, time to move on.
Mimi, we're going to start with you.
If you could just hold your board right up on the edge of the table, right up here, so we can see it and read your answers to us.
What do you say?
Well, the first one was a laugher.
SCOTT BRUCE: Marian Anderson, that's quite funny, yes.
And especially since you said he, and she's a she.
But I do think it might be Van Cliburn.
SCOTT BRUCE: Van Cliburn, Cliburn, Clayburn.
Whatever.
SCOTT BRUCE: Very, very good guess, I think.
Jeff, what do you think?
I think I have it wrong.
SCOTT BRUCE: Uh-huh.
I went with my dad first.
[laughter] SCOTT BRUCE: Yeah, that's a good choice.
Went with Larry Ferrari, the organist for the Flyers and Sixers in his heyday.
SCOTT BRUCE: Uh-huh.
And Harry Connick Jr. Is not correct.
SCOTT BRUCE: Harry Connick Jr. Well, I only have one quick question.
Did your dad actually play the piano?
He tries.
SCOTT BRUCE: He tries.
With Leonard Bernstein?
No.
SCOTT BRUCE: OK, Brian, what do you think it might have been?
Your dad?
What, are you still getting allowance or something?
[laughter] SCOTT BRUCE: We got his mom, your dad, it's getting everybody involved.
I know you guys are jealous of my selections, but I went with the only pianists I knew.
I mean, I know the name now.
I've seen him on advertise Van Cliburn on television and everything But you know.
SCOTT BRUCE: So you think Stevie Wonder, Harry Connick Jr, and then Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, kind of a tie thing there.
Yeah.
SCOTT BRUCE: Let them both go.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Well, we got an awful lot of answers to choose from.
I don't know.
Let's head over to Wendy and find out if we can through this mess.
ANNOUNCER: Andre Watts, the son of a Black American GI and Hungarian mother, was born in Germany but grew up and began his career in Philadelphia.
He was formally trained at the Philadelphia Music Academy and first performed at age nine at a Philadelphia Orchestra children's concert.
At 16, he became instantly famous when he played with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in 1963.
As a last minute substitute for an ailing Glenn Gould, his debut made headlines across the US.
Soon he was giving 150 concerts and recitals a year with world class orchestras.
Today, he's one of the highest paid and most sought after pianists in the world.
Andre Watts, a famous Pennsylvanian.
[dramatic music] And we have some argument in my ear, but we have a two-way tie.
I'm showing on my scoreboard over here, that it is on this scoreboard, it shows Brian, and Jeff each with two points, and Mimi has one.
So we have co-champions on today's game, Brian and Jeff.
[applause] SCOTT BRUCE: You each-- you each get a lottery tickets and a prize.
Wendy, let's tell them what they've won.
ANNOUNCER: Scott, today's winner receives a handsome, handcrafted double pen set from Wendell August Forge of Grove City, Pennsylvania and 50 chances to win $1,000 a week for life from the Pennsylvania Lottery.
And we certainly enjoyed having you join us from home and our studio audience.
If you've got a question for The Pennsylvania Game, send it right on down to this number you see on the screen right now.
And we loved having you here.
And you can also check out our new website.
I want to thank my panelists.
I want to thank everybody in the audience.
We had a great time, bye.
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The network receives funding from the Commonwealth to provide public television for all Pennsylvanians.
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