The Pennsylvania Game
Monopoly, horology & Gettysburg
Season 1 Episode 13 | 27m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
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The Pennsylvania Game
Monopoly, horology & Gettysburg
Season 1 Episode 13 | 27m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Who was the main speaker at Gettysburg? Test your knowledge of Pennsylvania trivia alongside three panelists. This program is from WPSU’s archives: Information impacting answers may have changed since its original airing. Promotional offers are no longer valid.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(cheerful music) - [Announcer] Amos Nyhart was a Penn State professor.
In 1933, he taught a class.
Since then, thousands have taken similar classes, but Amos Nyhart taught the first one of its type in 1933.
Do you know what the subject was?
You're invited to play The Pennsylvania Game.
Test your knowledge of the Commonwealth's people, places, and products.
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Milk doesn't just taste great, it's one of the all-time great tastes.
♪ When it's time to make your mind up ♪ ♪ Make it milk ♪ (upbeat music) Now, let's get the game started.
Here's the host of the Pennsylvania Game, Lynn Hinds.
(audience applauding) - Thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you much.
Thank you much.
We've got some really hard questions on this version of The Pennsylvania Game, because we've got a really smart panel.
And he is a bon vivant, raconteur, man about town, and a regular here in this seat.
Bernie Asbell.
Bernie.
(audience applauding) She is an ordained minister with the Presbyterian Church, United Presbyterian Church, Anne Ard.
(audience applauding) And he is the answer to the trivia question what famous central Pennsylvania meteorologist was born in Philadelphia, Elliot Abrams.
(audience applauding) And let's get right into it with our first question, which is an intriguing question.
Here it is.
- [Announcer] Amos Nyhart was born in Lycoming County in 1898.
While a professor at Penn State in 1933, Amos Nyhart taught the first class of its kind in America.
What did he teach?
A, nuclear physics.
B, music appreciation.
C, meteorology.
Or D, driver education.
- It could be any of those, Bernie.
I'm not sure which one.
- Oh.
Oh.
- [Lynn] Oh!
- 1933?
You know, I looked at those pictures very hard, and I thought I saw a malted milk machine.
I was all prepared for him to be the ice cream professor.
(audience laughing) - Uh-huh.
- The famous icer, so I'll say driver education.
D. - [Lynn] Driver's from ice cream, okay.
Thought you'd drive out to get an ice cream?
- You'd drive out to a drive-in.
That's right.
- Anne Ard, you can pick any letter you want, as long as it's one of the first four.
- I'm gonna say meteorologist, because I'm sitting next to a weatherman.
- That's right.
We have Elliot Abrams sitting here.
Elliot, what are you gonna say?
- I think I'm gonna send the attention away from meteorology and from driver education.
I pick nuclear physics.
- [Lynn] We have a nuclear physics, we have a meteorology, and we have a driver's education, no music appreciation.
Which one did you pick?
- [Announcer] The answer is D. Driver education.
Amos Nyhart knew how much young people liked to drive, so he taught the nation's first driver ed course at State College high school.
He taught students how to park a car, how to approach an intersection safely, and the modern techniques of defensive driving.
Amos Nyhart wanted his students to understand how a car worked, so he taught them how to change a tire, how an engine operated, and what safety inspections to look for.
He also designed the dual controls for the car he used.
You know what kind of car used in the first driver education course back in 1933?
- There it was.
What kind of car was that?
Elliot, I think you owned one of those, didn't you?
Back when you were courting in 1933?
(audience laughing) - I remember that car very well, and it was called the-- - [Lynn] Bernie, help him.
- [Bernie] The A, model A or the model T?
- I'm sure that-- - Model T. - That was a model.
- Model T. - [Lynn] That was a Grand Page automobile.
- I owned the rumble seat model.
- Isn't that a Grand Page?
- Grand Page, and I wanted Amos Nyhart has been in the audience for the Pennsylvania Game before, and I wanted to be able to introduce him to you now.
Alex Nisbitt, actually, on camera two suggested this question.
He couldn't be here because he was born in 1898, so he's what, 86, 87, 88 years old.
He's at a conference on driver education in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend.
He is very active, and quite a man.
And everybody around State College is very proud of the very first driver education course in America, here in Pennsylvania.
- Just shows that when you start into that, you don't stall.
- What did Charlie Darrow invent?
That's the next question.
- [Announcer] Charles Darrow was an unemployed heating engineer living in Mount Airy, Pennsylvania when he invented a game.
What game did he invent?
A, horseshoes.
B, Monopoly.
C, Clue.
Or D, croquet.
- Anne Ard, you have a clue as to which answer is right on this one?
- Well, if he was unemployed, he was probably thinking about money, so I think I will pick Monopoly.
(audience laughing) - Okay, that's great logic.
Well thought out.
Elliot?
Have you thought this one out?
- Well, I kinda think that it was Clue, but I'll go with Monopoly.
- She convinced you with her logic.
Are you persuaded?
- Reverend Anne gives me great faith that it's Monopoly-- (audience laughing) Whether or not.
- But do we have a prayer?
- [Anne] That's the question.
- I love it when you all pick the same answer, especially when you're all wrong.
You all say Monopoly?
Let's check the right answer.
- [Announcer] The answer is B, Monopoly.
(audience applauding) Since Parker Brothers bought Monopoly in 1977, more than 80 million sets have been sold, making Charles Darrow a wealthy man.
- I haven't a clue as to who invented those others, but it was Charles Darrow in Mount Airy part of Philadelphia who invented Monopoly back then, and I guess more people around the world have played that then most games, I suppose.
Bernie, we're glad to have you back, and you've been signing some autographs, I guess, now that you're a television celebrity here on The Pennsylvania Game.
- Yeah, just walking down any town in Pennsylvania, and people say you're on the show with Lynn Hinds, aren't you?
(Lynn laughing) - [Lynn] So see what you got to look forward to, Anne Ard?
- Oh, I can't wait.
- You are a Presbyterian minister, and you are with the Penn State University campus?
- Uh-huh, United Ministry at Penn State.
- [Lynn] And that includes what?
How many different-- - Seven different denominations.
- [Lynn] Uh-huh.
- Which I could list for you, if I can use my fingers.
- [Lynn] Can you?
- Count them all.
- Go ahead.
Go ahead, we'll give you an extra point, if you get them all right.
- The Presbyterians, the United Methodists, the United Church of Christ, American Baptists, Church of the Brethren, Society of Friends, and the Mennonites.
All seven.
- [Lynn] There you go, all working together yeah.
It must be a lot of fun, working with college students.
- It is, it is.
- Fun, and some other things too, like hectic at times, I'm sure.
- That too.
- Elliot Abrams told me he was born in Philadelphia, but people in central and western Pennsylvania know your voice.
How many weather reports on how many radio stations do you do in a single morning?
- About 85 reports on 21 stations.
- [Lynn] So every morning, you start and do 85 feeds.
- Separate, right.
- [Lynn] Morning after morning?
- That means that at any one moment, there are probably a dozen, or two dozen, of them going wrong.
(audience laughing) - I just, doing that sheer number, much less doing them right is amazing to me.
- Anne brought up an interesting thing, that in colonial times, it was actually the clergy that kept many of the weather records.
- [Lynn] Yes?
- In this country, because for example, if there was a bad storm on Tuesday, it was brought up on Sunday, well, if we hadn't sinned this week, this storm might not have been visited upon us.
- [Lynn] Is that what we've been doing wrong this winter?
Anne?
- Well.
(audience laughing) - Well, I'm sure we've been sinning, but I'm not sure what it has to do with the weather.
- Next question is about a man who should be more famous in Pennsylvania.
His name is David Rittenhouse.
- [Announcer] This is Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia.
Named for David Rittenhouse.
Rittenhouse was a genius at mechanics of astronomy.
His inventions are as amazing as those of his contemporary, Ben Franklin.
Like George Washington, he was a surveyor.
Rittenhouse and Thomas Jefferson helped preserve many common measures that we use today.
Rittenhouse's greatest inventions were in the field of horology.
Were Rittenhouse's horological inventions A, greenhouses, B, telescopes, C, clocks, or D, surgical instruments?
- Horological refers to which one of those four?
And David Rittenhouse, everybody knows Ben Franklin, not as many know David Rittenhouse, but they should, because he was a real genius in colonial Pennsylvania.
Elliot?
Start with you.
- Oh, I thought that actually the square was named for Rittenhouse, but that was after.
Clocks.
- [Lynn] Clocks, you say.
Okay.
Bernie?
- It could be one of those other three.
- [Lynn] It could be.
Or maybe something else.
Maybe we don't have the right answer.
Bernie, what do you think?
- I can't believe he did the clock.
Telescope sounds very horological, even though I don't know what horological means, but it can't be telescopes, because you already said that.
So let's go with greenhouses.
- Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
Anne Ard?
- Oh.
- [Lynn] She's not convinced by either of you.
I can tell.
- I'm not.
I'm not.
These are tough choices, but let's try surgical instruments.
- Because those have to be very precision made, and so forth.
- That's right.
- So we have an A, a C, and a D, no B.
Anybody choose B at home?
Is that covered?
Let's see.
- [Announcer] The answer is C, clocks.
Rittenhouse was a master horologist, or clockmaker.
His clocks are amazing even today.
(bright harpsichord music) This one at Drexel University has an orrery that shows the position of celestial bodies 5000 years before and after the year 1770.
The Pennsylvania Hospital Clock, so large it needs winding but once a month, shows the positions of the planets and plays six tunes on the hour.
This beautiful Rittenhouse clock is on display at the Atwater Kent Museum in Philadelphia.
Rittenhouse was so creative that one of his clocks used a rotating dial, instead of an hour hand, a forerunner of our modern digital clocks.
David Rittenhouse, a real Pennsylvania genius.
- Yeah, we ought to honor him more than we do, panel.
Can you imagine a clock with an orrery, I think is what it's called, it's sort of a little planetarium that predicts the positions of the planets 5000 years before his time, and 5000 years after, accurately?
That's amazing.
- People would be glad to have one of those even secondhand.
- Oh, yes of course.
Or to wear it on their wrist.
Let's see how we're doing.
We got Bernie worth, very close, Bernie with two, and Elliot with two, and Anne close behind with one.
They're all doing well.
Let's hear it for our panel.
(audience applauding) And now time for mystery clue number one.
We have a mystery Pennsylvania in each show, and we give you three clues throughout the course of the show, and panel, here's your first clue.
Born in a Pennsylvania mining town in 1905, he began as a reporter, then became a fiction writer.
Born in the Pennsylvania mining town 1905, began as a reporter, then became a fiction writer.
Now you think about that, panel.
If you know the answer on line one, write it down.
We'll give you two other opportunities, and if you don't know, don't worry, because it will come back with two more clues a little bit later in the show, okay?
One of the favorite categories that panelists often like so much are questions about Pennsylvania counties.
(laughing) Here is another county question.
- [Announcer] Pennsylvania has 67 counties.
It could have had 70 counties, but it lost three.
Kent, Sussex, and New Castle Counties.
Those three counties today are A, part of Ohio, B, part of Maryland, C, part of West Virginia, or D, the entire state of Delaware.
- Kent, Sussex, and New Castle counties.
Bernie, what happened to those counties?
- Oh, I have no idea what happened to those counties.
- [Lynn] The lost counties of Pennsylvania.
- [Bernie] I have always thought of Delaware as being about the size of three counties.
- [Lynn] Really?
- Yeah.
- [Lynn] You think Delaware has three counties, and that they were Pennsylvania's lost three?
- I deeply think that.
- Okay.
You know what happened to the lost tribe of Roanoke, while we're on the subject of lost?
Anne Ard.
(all laughing) - I'm gonna go the other direction.
I think we lost them to Ohio.
- Okay, we've got both ends of the state covered.
Elliot, where do you think they are?
- I think that it's the state of Delaware, too, because the question about West Virginia would have been how do you see the other boats in the West Virginia Navy, and-- (all laughing) With glass bottoms, and I thought-- - [Lynn] You get off West Virginia?
We got a lot of people watching us from West Virginia.
- Oh, hi everyone.
- Who may be after you.
What happened to Pennsylvania's three lost counties?
- [Announcer] The answer is D, the entire state of Delaware.
Penn created three upper counties for political balance, with the three lower counties, but the union really ended in the early 1700s, the day Pennsylvania's three lower counties, Kent, Sussex, and New Castle, are the three counties that make up the state of Delaware.
- Yeah.
- How about that?
- So there they are, they're all in the whole state of Delaware, used to be Pennsylvania's three counties, so now you've learned something.
This next one is about, we go to western Pennsylvania for the next one, and it's about a doctor, and something that he created for safety.
Let's see what it was.
- [Announcer] In 1971, Dr. Richard Moriarty of Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh invented something that has saved many children from harm.
What did Dr. Moriarty develop?
A, Mr. Yuk labels.
B, safety caps for bottles.
C, children's car seats.
Or D, safety plugs for electrical outlets.
- Those are all really creative and good inventions, but Dick Moriarty, who has the same name as Professor Moriarty of Sherlock Holmes, is a really nice guy.
I know him well.
Invented one of these.
Or created, or whatever.
Anne, you're first on this one.
Which of those four did Dick Moriarty create?
1971 is what we're talking about.
- I'm drawn to Mr. Yuk labels, because they're so cute, but I'm going to say safety caps for bottles.
- [Lynn] Yeah, those are very important for children.
And certainly children get them off much better than we adults can.
Elliot, what?
- I might be short-circuiting myself here, but I'll pick D. - Yeah.
Those are important too.
Bernie?
We have a B and a D. - Well, I feel sorry for Mr. Yuk, because Anne didn't pick him.
- [Lynn] Aw!
(Anne laughing) Isn't that nice?
- Yeah, I think I'll go with, I don't know, I've never seen a Mr. Yuk label, to my knowledge, but I like Mr. Yuk's labels.
- Anne, do you want to show him what a Mr. Yuk label looks like?
- Well, I'd rather not.
Not on TV.
(Lynn laughing) They're green.
Suffice it to say.
Green.
- What did Dr. Dick Moriarty create?
Let's see.
- [Announcer] The answer is A, Mr. Yuk labels.
(audience laughing) In extensive testing with children, Dr. Moriarty learned that the scowling green face, Mr. Yuk, was the symbol most often recognized by children as synonymous with something undesirable.
Since developed at Pittsburgh's Children's Hospital, Mr. Yuk has been distributed by many poison centers to save children from accidental poisoning.
- They went through a real long process here, and Dick Moriarty told me that one little kid said what's the, what turns you off, the skull and crossbones, or what is it?
And he saw this face and said yuck.
And he knew that he had the right one, Mr. Yuk.
And he was head of the Pittsburgh Poison Center for so long.
But that's indeed, you got that one right.
Bernie, you've taken a little bit of a lead here.
Bernie has four right.
How you doing at home?
Let's hear it for Bernie Asbell.
(audience applauding) Okay.
Ready for mystery clue number two.
We've already learned that our mystery writer was started as a reporter, and became a writer of fiction.
He called his hometown Gibbsville in his first novel.
Critics say he preserved his native land in time better than any American writer.
He called his hometown Gibbsville in his first novel, and many critics say that he preserved his native land better than, native town, better than any American writer.
While our panel's thinking, let me tell you we'd like to hear from you if you enjoy The Pennsylvania Game, if you've got a question or a subject you'd like to see us do question on, drop us a line.
Our address is The Pennsylvania Game, Wagner Annex, University Park, Pennsylvania of course, 16802.
Thanks to all you folks who have written in so far, and we've gotten such nice letters, we really appreciate it, and we're hard at work on new questions, so you drop us a line.
Okay.
You guys all obviously know who the mystery Pennsylvanian is so let's move onto another question about a woman named Sarah Hale, and something she is not famous for.
- [Announcer] Sara Hale was the editor of Godey's Lady Book in Philadelphia, the first American magazine to achieve large circulation.
Which of the following is Sarah Hale not famous for?
A, first to wear trousers called bloomers.
B, writing "Mary Had a Little Lamb", C, helping establish the first medical school for women, or D, promoting Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
- [Lynn] Sarah Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book.
Elliot, those are, she did three of those four believe it or not.
Kind of amazing.
But which one did she not do?
- I'd have to say medical school, because the others are associated with neatness or literariness, and with this, you wouldn't be able to read the writing.
- [Lynn] Yeah, okay.
- Going to medical school.
- And it wasn't very common to have women associated with medical schools in those days, I don't suppose, but it could be any of them.
I don't know, Bernie.
What do you think?
Well, it wasn't very common to have Godey's Lady Books, either, but I think I too would just take, having, establishing a medical school, she could not have had time to write "Mary Had a Little Lamb", too.
(audience laughing) - You can't do both of those at the same time.
- Can't do both at the same time.
- Okay, Anne Ard.
They both picked C, Ann.
- I know, and they're ahead, so I should go with what they say, but I think anybody who could establish a magazine could establish a medical school and probably wouldn't write "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
- Or maybe she wore bloomers.
What did you pick at home?
What is the right answer?
- [Announcer] The answer is A. Amelia Bloomer was the first to wear bloomers, but Sarah Hale did all the rest.
- She kept writing to Abraham Lincoln saying we ought to have a national holiday, it ought to be called Thanksgiving, and finally he said okay Sarah, you convinced me.
She also helped establish the first medical school, and women were very much involved, and she's very well-known as Sarah Hale for writing "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
- I think I just picked the subject for my next biography.
And I half seriously mean that.
- I half seriously mean too, Amelia Bloomer's the one I want to write.
(all laughing) That's who bloomers were actually named after.
Isn't that right?
Well, you guys are doing so well on this history questions, let's give you another chance.
You remember a famous speech that took place in Pennsylvania at a place called Gettysburg?
Listen to this question.
- [Announcer] On November 19th, 1863, at the Dedication of the Gettysburg National Soldiers Cemetery, who was the primary speaker of the day?
Was it A, Abraham Lincoln, B, Thomas B. Stockton, C, Edward Everett, or D, Andrew G. Curtin?
- The question is very simple.
Who was the main speaker at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Bernie, we're starting with you on this one.
- The question alone is astonishing.
- [Lynn] Is it?
- That, well I have to assume it was not Abraham Lincoln.
- [Lynn] Unless we're trying to trick you, which we've done before, if you'll recall.
- That's possible.
And therefore, I have to go with Andrew D. Curtin, because he has a street named after him at Penn State University, so he must have been very important.
- [Lynn] And he was a governor of Pennsylvania.
Okay, Anne?
- I think I'm going to go with Edward Everett.
I think he was a speech-maker in those days.
- [Lynn] Or was he a movie actor in the 1930s?
- Could be.
- Well, we'll see.
- One or the other.
- Elliot?
- I'm gonna go with C also.
Although I don't know if the town of Everett is named for him, but-- - The town of Everett certainly is, but I'm not sure about Everett myself.
Who was the main speaker at Gettysburg when they dedicated the cemetery there in 1863?
- [Announcer] The answer is C, Edward Everett.
Lincoln rose to deliver his Gettysburg Address after the audience had endured two hours of oratory by Everett.
Lincoln used the Dedication of the Cemetery to dedicate a new birth for the nation.
- It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
- We had our own cameraman there at Gettysburg, and got that actual footage from the Dedication.
(audience laughing) - [Bernie] And this was in black and white.
They didn't have color at that time.
- That's right, that's right.
That was of course an actor, but after Edward Everett had spoken for two hours, no wonder they thought Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was short, because by comparison, it was only a couple minutes long.
So you two got that right, and you're doing real well.
That evens the score up a lot.
Let's go to the next question, because the next question is a really simple question.
Either you know the answer to this or you don't.
Well, I guess you could take a guess.
We'll see what you think.
- [Bernie] What do you think we've been doing?
- [Announcer] Pennsylvania has had a state dog as one of its symbols since 1965.
Is the state dog A, a cocker spaniel, B, beagle, C, collie, or D, Great Dane?
- Since 1965, Pennsylvania has had a state dog.
Anne Ard, which one of the four is the state dog of Pennsylvania?
- I have no idea, but I used to watch Lassie, so.
(audience laughing) We'll go with a collie.
- [Lynn] Collies are great dogs.
Elliot?
- This question terrior-izes me.
(audience laughing) I'm sure I'm barking up the wrong tree on this one.
It's a rough one - [Lynn] You say Great Dane, D?
- Great Dane.
- [Lynn] Okay, Bernie Asbell?
Anybody for beagle or cocker spaniel?
- Well, I know it was a beagle, because it was named after the Pittsburgh Steagles, which was the football team, you see?
- I see, I see.
And Pennsylvania's a great hunting state.
- [Bernie] And it's a great hunting state.
- So Bernie figured that out with great logic.
Because one of the things I like about Bernie Asbell is you can't fool him with your answers.
What is the answer?
- [Announcer] The answer is D, the Great Dane.
When lawmakers made the Great Dane our official dog in 1965, they said that its head resembled the state outline.
By the way, William Penn owned a Great Dane, so our official dog has historical roots in Pennsylvania.
- Yeah, there are lots of good reasons, but William Penn, evidently, did like Great Danes better than anything, and of course since William Penn founded us, why not?
The Great Dane's a magnificent animal.
I believe that Elliot Abrams has just taken the lead with five right.
Elliot, congratulations on that.
- Good for you.
(audience applauding) - That's great.
You all have nothing to be ashamed of.
It's a close game.
But Elliot, you really came from way behind to just surpass them.
If you can now just make it quit snowing.
Okay, here is mystery clue number three, and if you know the answer, just jot it down on line number three.
Many of his 14 novels are set in his native Pennsylvania, including "10 North Frederick", and "From the Terrace".
Who is this famous Pennsylvanian?
If you know the answer just write it on line three.
Many of his 14 novels are set in his native Pennsylvania, including "10 North Frederick", and "From the Terrace".
And I believe that we're down to you, Elliot.
Have you made a pick?
- I made a pick, but I realize it isn't right.
- [Lynn] You can change it if you want to.
You don't know who to change it to?
- I picked James Missioner, but I don't know.
- [Lynn] Okay, Anne Ard who did you pick?
- It's a question mark.
- [Lynn] Bernie, you better get this one right.
- I'm not sure I, well.
I'm taking John O'Hara.
- [Lynn] Is he from Pennsylvania?
- No, he lived in Princeton, New Jersey.
But he may have moved.
(audience laughing) - You think so?
It'd be a shame if a professional writer didn't get the writing question right.
Let's see.
- [Announcer] John O'Hara's study has been recreated at Penn State University's Pattee Library as a memorial to this acclaimed Pennsylvania writer.
From his first novel, he wrote of the anthracite coal region around his hometown, Pottsville, in Schuylkill County.
O'Hara's novels, such as "From the Terrace" and "Butterfield 8" became popular movies.
His short stories about Pal Joey became a top-rated Broadway musical.
John O'Hara continued to write until his death in 1970, winning numerous awards.
His novels and short stories have earned him a prominent place in American literature.
John O'Hara, a native Pennsylvanian.
- His Gibbsville is supposed to be Pottsville, Pennsylvania, recreated the times, and all that, and is well-known for that.
You're right, he did later on live in Princeton, and it is his study at Princeton which has been recreated at Pattee Library at the Penn State University campus, and is worth seeing.
Born in 1905, he was a reporter for one of the papers, became a fiction writer.
Gibbsville, I told you about.
And they say that he really did create the Pennsylvania of the 1930s, 20s, 30s.
Better than any American writer's ever done.
- How come you get those cards, and we don't?
- Because I have to read the clues, you see.
- I see.
- They're not the answer.
But O'Hara is regarded, I guess, as one of the very fine American writers.
Yeah.
And Pal Joey, which he wrote, was what Gene Kelly starred in, originally, who was a previous mystery person.
- But if people don't know that C.D.B.
Bryan who wrote "Friendly Fire" and other well-known books, is his stepson.
And a former neighbor of mine in Connecticut, when I lived there.
- That's true.
Well congratulations to you.
Panel did well.
Five's the most right.
Hope you got all of them right at home, and I hope you'll join us next time when we all gather to play The Pennsylvania Game!
We'll see you then.
Bye-bye.
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