[music playing] What did the Battle Axes preach in 1837, that scandalized their Bucks County neighbors?

And before 1972, there was no such thing in Pennsylvania as a lady-- what?

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Here's a woman who doesn't stand on ceremony.

Our Master of ceremonies, the host of the Pennsylvania Game, Lynn Cullen.

I heard a woman who doesn't stand on ceremony, and I thought I did.

So I was up there waiting for some other introduction.

Hi, Hi, Hi, where are you?

Hello.

Welcome to the Pennsylvania Game.

We have got a great show for you today.

I know because I have all the questions here.

They're fun.

I've got all the answers here, too.

These guys probably don't have the answers.

We'll see if we can stump them.

They are, in fact, Rob Gerth, an independent producer with his own video production company in Bethlehem.

He does it all.

Corporate, educational, and broadcast television programs.

Welcome, Rob Gerth.

[applause] Our next guest you might recognize.

She is one of the voices of Pittsburgh.

She can do any voice.

She's a country singer, and a songwriter.

Meet Carol Lee Espy.

[applause] This next guy's trouble.

He's been here before.

Brian Allen.

He's the host of Penn State hoops, and an athlete, marketing rep for advantage international, which means he gets athletes all those endorsement jobs.

Woo hoo.

Say Hi.

[applause] OK. We've got a great panel.

As I said, a great show.

Let's get it underway with the first question.

A great question.

Theophilus Ransom Gates settled in Montgomery County, where in 1837 he founded the Battle-Axes, a curious group whose activities scandalized its neighbors.

Who were the Battle-Axes?

Were they, A, group dedicated to forcing Native Americans out of Pennsylvania.

B, a radical group of witch hunters.

C, a religious sect, featuring free love and worship services in the nude.

Or D, an underground organization promoting birth control?

I told you a great question.

We love this question.

We love this question.

Who were those lunatic Battle-Axes, and what were they up to, and why were they called Battle-Axes?

I can't.

I have a million questions.

There's only one correct answer, and we'll find out how our panel has voted.

Rob, who do you think the battle axes were?

Well, I thought they were football team, tell the truth.

So I picked C because I liked the part about worshipping in the nude.

That's Yeah, right.

I know.

I bet they all pick C. Come on, Carol.

What'd you pick?

Well.

Somehow mother-in-law came to mind, but I did think about a good one.

So I went with the radical group of witch hunters.

I mean-- Oh.

Oh, come on.

Witch hunters.

You went with B.

Why do I think Brian Allen picks C?

Far be it for me to pick for you, Brian.

Don't you try to pigeonhole me now.

OK. Don't do it.

All right.

I won't.

I did pick C. Yeah.

As a matter of fact, I think someone-- I just had got my membership to the group of Battle-Axes.

And there's people trying to get in to Battle-Axes.

You know that would have been a founding.

It's interesting the two guys went with C. They saw nude women.

All right.

Let's find out.

Let's find out.

The answer is C. Theophilus Ransom Gates, the self-proclaimed patron Saint of henpecked husbands and unhappy wives founded the Battle-Axes in 1837, in an area two miles from Pottstown, nicknamed free love valley.

The scandalous sect held worship services in the nude, discouraged the exclusive Union of marriage, and promoted free love.

[music playing] That is bizarre.

What are you guys in Pottstown up to?

I wonder if they're still-- I mean this was like 1830s.

Unbelievable.

We thought we invented it in the '60s.

Ha, ha, ha.

This next one is serious.

So let's get sober.

June 29, 1992, a 35-year-old man underwent an 11 hour operation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and made medical history.

The operation was believed to be the first operation of its kind to be performed in the world.

What was this medical first?

A, a skull replacement.

B, cesarean section.

C, a cross-species liver transplant, or D, a leg reattachment?

What was the date again?

Oh my, painful.

Painful.

You said what was the date again?

It was something 1992.

Very recent.

Very recent.

What was done there at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center?

They do all sorts of incredible things there.

What did they do?

Carol, have you voted?

Yes.

Don't be looking at me.

Yes, and how did you vote, Carol?

Well-- Kept secret.

I'm going to go with the cross-species liver transplant.

We drink a lot of beer in Pittsburgh, and our livers are-- Where are you going with that?

It was a Steeler fan, I think.

OK. Brian?

Well, seeing as I've already had a leg reattachment surgery when I was younger, I would just assume that it would be, C, the cross-species liver transplant.

OK. Yeah you had a skull replacement too come-- Yeah.

And I knew about Brian's leg, and I had the skull replacement in the '70s, so I picked C too.

OK.

The C, C, C. Why does that seem familiar?

Let's see if they're right.

Oh, clever.

The answer is C. Surgeons from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center perform the first ever baboon to human liver transplant, also called a xenotransplant.

The 35-year-old recipient of the baboon liver, who suffered from active hepatitis B, a deadly liver disease survived for 71 days.

The University of Pittsburgh's transplantation program is the world's largest and busiest.

Surgeons perform more types of organ transplants than any other institution.

After this happened in Pittsburgh, there were some jokes that made the rounds.

One was what is the fastest animal in the world?

And you think it's a cheetah, you think it's an impala, no it's a baboon running by the University of Pittsburgh.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So, Rob.

So you do all this stuff in television.

You produce documentaries, and this is in corporate things, and you also host programs?

So you're on the other side.

Yeah.

I've been on both sides.

What are you up to then.

I prefer this side because I don't have to think of good things to say like you do.

Right now I just finished a documentary about volunteer firefighters that is airing on all the television stations, public television stations in Pennsylvania.

Do you know Pennsylvania has more volunteer fire companies than any state in the Union?

Yes.

98% of the firefighters are volunteer firefighters in Pennsylvania.

Interesting.

Carol, speaking of interesting.

You do all these voices.

You do what?

You're the Foodland.

Yes.

We hear you on all sorts of advertisements.

You're a country western singer.

You do-- I heard you do me.

That's true.

Oh.

In fact, it was after a show.

It was Pittsburgh's talking.

And the next day you're on the radio saying I don't talk like that.

[applause] All right enough of that.

Gee, whiz.

I don't talk like that.

Brian, Brian, Brian.

So you do Penn State whoop.

Penn State whoops, yes.

So all the Penn State athletic supporters support you.

I haven't, I didn't realize.

Don't you go there, young lady.

OK. Don't touch that joke.

OK.

So, yes.

I do the Penn State whoop show.

It's on hiatus, as they say, I guess until next year.

And please hire me again.

I need a job.

That's weird.

TV shows do go on hiatus.

Yes.

Sometimes they never come back, and that's why you're saying what you're saying that's true.

Yes.

Go away.

Very possible.

OK. Well maybe you can be a constant panelist here.

You're doing very well.

You're doing very well.

Take a gander at this next question.

OK. Quote, in 1972, there was a considerable number of doubters.

People who didn't believe that women could cut it on the job, end quote.

That statement was made by Glen Wulp, in a ceremony to honor women in non-traditional careers.

In 1972, what job became open to women in Pennsylvania for the very first time.

Was it, A, state trooper.

B, Pilot in Pennsylvania's air National Guard.

C, firefighter, or D, air traffic controller.

OK. That's just 20 years ago.

Where did women break through in 1972?

All those are possible.

I'll have to figure this out.

Have you voted?

Brian, what do you think?

Well, men, are always causing trouble, and women are always having to put out the fires that they cause.

So I went with the firefighter.

Very good.

Very good.

How metaphoric of you.

Well, we'll see.

I'm blushing.

Rob.

I went with a state trooper.

You did?

You went-- and was that state trooper nice?

Yeah he was very nice.

Didn't work out though.

He had to work weird hours.

It was-- OK. State Trooper.

That's right.

I'm sorry.

We'll find out more later.

Carol.

I went with a firefighter.

And how was he?

Well, we have to talk.

The firefighter.

OK.

So we have two firefighters, one state trooper, and one correct answer, as it turns out.

The answer is A, Pennsylvania State troopers.

The Pennsylvania State Police made history in 1972 when they admitted women into the law enforcement agency for the first time.

14 women graduated alongside 132 men from Pennsylvania State Police cadet training class of 1972.

20 years later, in 1992, 127 women wore the Pennsylvania State Police uniform.

Today, women can be found working throughout the ranks of the Pennsylvania State Police.

[music playing] Carol was saying, oh, and that uniform is really snappy.

Yeah.

It looks really good.

So glad we fought for that right.

The score, by the way, is great.

You guys are really scoring.

Rob has three.

Brian has two.

Carol one.

But they're all for it.

[applause] That's good.

Ooh.

It's our first it's our first mystery Pennsylvanian clue.

Listen up.

See if you know who this is.

Born in Pittsburgh in 1914, this mystery Pennsylvanian is one of the few vocalists to lead his own band.

One of the few vocalists to lead his own band born in 1914 in Pittsburgh.

Take a stab at it.

You might get it on the first one, and if you get it on the first one you get three points, at the end of the game, which could take you from the cellar to triumphant victory.

OK. You can continue to think about that as we move on with the show, and to some very interesting historical information.

The Lenape Indians, later called the Delaware Indians, lived in an area called Lenape park, which was located along the Delaware River, and included what is now Eastern Pennsylvania.

But Lenape Indians had an unusual belief about creation and the origin of their people.

According to this myth, what was the first creature to inhabit the Earth?

Was it, A, woman?

B, fish?

C, turtle?

Or D, snake?

I don't know if I like a woman being called a creature, but what the heck.

Was it a woman?

Was it a fish?

Was it a turtle?

Was it a snake?

Take your pick.

And Rob explain yourself.

Well, I picked C, but it's actually C and a because I think that the Lenapes believed that the turtle came out of the water with a woman on her back.

Ooh.

Does that sound-- I like that.

I like that.

I did that all just like that.

It could be, in fact, I saw something like at the circus one fish.

I'm fish.

I said fish, and I meant, Carol.

Don't ask me why.

Well that, Lynn, funny you should say that because that was my answer.

I knew that.

I knew that.

Just because maybe they were by a river.

I don't know.

We all crawled out of the slime at some point.

So I think it was fish.

OK. She's fishing for an answer, and she came up with, B. I Just crawled out of slime yesterday.

Yes.

I went with B also.

The picture had a woman in the water.

So I just said, well, maybe go with the fish or the woman, went with the fish because I don't want to call a woman a creature either.

OK. We're stuck in the water definitely because we got two fish and a turtle.

Let's see what's correct.

The answer is C, turtle.

According to an account of the myth, as recorded by missionaries in 1679, the Lenape Indians believed that at the beginning of time, the Earth was covered with water.

Lying in the water was a turtle.

Gradually, the turtle raised up its back, causing the water to run off it making the Earth dry.

A tree grew out of the middle of the Earth, and from the tree's root grew a sprout that grew into a man.

So that the man would not be alone, the tree bent over until its top touched the Earth, and there another root grew, and from it, another sprout, which became a woman.

Ooh, I like that.

I like that.

I like that.

That's really a wonderful story.

Ooh, and I love this question.

I love this question.

Maybe we can actually get musical with Carol during it.

Let's hear.

What is Pennsylvania's official state song?

Is it, A, Pennsylvania?

B, Pennsylvania 6-5,000?

C, Pennsylvania, My Home State?

Or D, there isn't one?

What is Pennsylvania's official state song?

Is it Pennsylvania?

No, it's Wyoming, idiot.

Is it Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania 6-5,000?

Pennsylvania, My Home State?

Or don't we even have one?

Have you voted?

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Carol, how did you vote?

I think it's a, polka.

No, I don't think there is one.

I think it's D. I don't think there is one.

So you're not going to sing?

I thought maybe you'd sing your response, there isn't one.

There isn't one.

All right.

There isn't one.

Brian.

There isn't one, Lynn.

That was singing too?

Yes.

OK. OK. That was more of had a rap vibe to it.

Right.

Yeah.

Right.

Stick to whoops.

What about you?

If I sang the show would be canceled.

So I'll just say D. You'll say D. You're all saying D. Yeah.

D, D, D, D, D, dah.

Let's find out.

The answer is A.

(SINGING) Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania.

Almighty is your name.

Steeped in glory and tradition.

On November 21, 1990.

Governor Robert Casey declared Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth's official state song.

Written by Eddie Curry and Ronnie Bonner, it became the last in a long list of official state symbols, including a state animal, flower, fish, bird, dog, tree, seal, flag, and even a state insect.

Although Fred Waring's Pennsylvania, My Home State was recommended as the state song, it wasn't chosen.

(SINGING) filled with honor everlasting as your history.

I'm so overcome by emotion.

I can't go on.

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.

Is that awful or what?

I mean, the governor should be impeached for making that the state song.

That is a worse thing I ever heard.

What's the score.

Let's see.

I thought so Rob running away with this.

You've got four points.

Brian has two.

Carol has one.

[applause] It's a lonely number.

Lonely number.

Lonely.

Second clue for our mystery Pennsylvanian listen up.

Second clue, Martin Luther King once based a speech on his song, If I can help somebody.

And in Alabama, Martin Luther King performed it with him.

Martin Luther King once based his speech on his song, If I can help somebody, and actually sang it with our mystery Pennsylvanian.

Mystery Pennsylvanian one of the few vocalists to lead his own band, born in Pittsburgh, 1914.

If you guess it on this second clue, you will get two points at the end of the game.

No looking.

Carol is looking at cheating.

No cheating.

Let's move on to our next, my heavens, onto our next question.

Over here, over here, Carol.

Look over here.

Hunter turned photographer, George Shiras III was born in 1859 on Pittsburgh's North side.

Though, largely forgotten, even in his home state of Pennsylvania, he was named the father of wildlife photography for his many accomplishments.

What did Shiras do to earn him the name father of wildlife photography?

A, first photographer for National Geographic?

B, first to photograph black bears during hibernation?

C, photograph the last known mountain lions in Pennsylvania?

Or D, first to photograph wildlife after dark?

Mhm, what did George Shiras, do you suppose?

I need a vote first, and I need an explanation from you, Brian.

Being a Nittany Lion, I just had to go with that C there.

OK.

The last known mountain lion in Pennsylvania.

Sure.

OK. OK. D, he was also the inventor of the flash bulb, I believe.

Oh, OK. That's smart.

Sure.

I knew that.

I knew that.

Carol.

You really need to be corrected.

Wildlife photography, I was thinking a frat party at Penn State campus, but I really think, I would say wildlife National Geographic, A. OK. We're all over the board.

We've got DAC there.

Let's see if anyone got it correct.

I can't believe it.

The answer is D. George Shira III was the first to photograph wildlife after dark.

A white tailed deer in July of 1891.

His pictures did appear in National Geographic, though he was not its first photographer.

In addition to his skill with a camera, he was a well known figure in the conservation movement.

Many say his most important contribution was the Migratory Bird Law of 1913, which he helped establish.

The law protects waterfowl and other migrating birds from hunters during migration and nesting periods.

Beautiful, beautiful, pictures.

Rob, my heavens, people are starting to say you're a ringer.

He's a ringer.

I'm a fan of the show.

Hey, football.

Football, football, is where we're heading next.

Western Pennsylvania has produced a number of Super Bowl champion quarterbacks.

In fact, it is often referred to as the cradle of quarterbacks.

Which Native Pennsylvania quarterback has yet to win a Super Bowl championship?

A, Joe Namath?

B, Dan Marino?

C, Joe Montana?

Or D, Jeff Hostetler?

OK.

I guess this one you either know it or you don't.

It's amazing the number of quarterbacks coming from that area in Pennsylvania.

Answers in.

Rob.

Suppose this too, huh?

That was a tough one.

I would say that I picked Joe Namath because I thought that when he won the championship, it wasn't called the Super Bowl.

So that was my guess.

OK. Was he wearing pantyhose at the time?

Yes, he was actually.

That was his big secret.

Carol.

I don't know.

I went with, B, Dan Marino.

I know.

OK. OK. OK.

I don't know why she's laughing because I go with that, B, too.

That's a very good answer there, Carol.

He sounds like he knows what he's talking about, Carol.

So maybe you got a point here.

Let's find out.

The answer is B. Dan Marino.

Joe Namath helped to hurl the Jets to victory in Super Bowl three.

Joe Montana brought glory to the 49ers with four wins, in Super Bowl 16, 19, 23, and 24.

Jeff Hostetler passed his way into Super Bowl stardom for the Giants in Super Bowl 25.

Although Dan Marino did get a crack at the championship when he played for Miami in Super Bowl 19, he lost to the 49ers, Joe Montana, 38 to 16.

OK. OK. We're doing well, really.

You guys are fantastic.

We're getting a lot of correct answers.

And here's one more question for you.

If you're looking for a sweetheart, Pennsylvania may not be the place to start.

According to census information, Pennsylvania ranks 19th of 50 states in the percent of the population that is single.

However, within Pennsylvania, some counties may hold more promise than others for those looking for a mate.

Which County in Pennsylvania has the highest percentage of singles?

Is it, A, Philadelphia County?

B, Pike County?

C, Allegheny County?

Or D, Centre County?

OK. OK. Carol said, ah, ah.

Which County?

Is it Philadelphia?

Pike?

Allegheny?

Or Centre?

Carol, what was that, ah, ah.

Are we in Centre County?

Are we in Centre County?

Yes.

Are we-- I say Centre County because you have a University here.

Well, that makes sense.

If they count in the census.

That makes sense.

Yeah.

That's true, too.

But good answer.

Good answer.

I like the way you're thinking.

Brian.

Well, first thing I think is Philadelphia, but I was in Centre County for 6 and 1/2 years and a woman never talked to me.

So I would say a lot of singles run around here, and smart ones.

Smart ones.

Yes.

Very intelligent.

They knew better.

OK. We've got two D's.

I went with Centre County for the same logic.

All right.

All right.

I think maybe they're on to something.

Let's find out.

The answer is D. Centre County.

44.4% of center county's population is single.

That has a lot to do with the fact that Penn State is located in Centre County.

In contrast, only 18.4% of the population of Pike County is unattached.

And there are only two counties that have more males than females.

Centre, and Union.

[music playing] Gotta go D. OK.

Here is our final clue for the mystery Pennsylvanian.

See what this does it for you.

By 1950, Mr. B, as he was often called, drew more fans to New York's Paramount Theater than did Frank Sinatra.

By 1950, Mr. B drew more fans to New York's Paramount Theater-- Theater, excuse me, Theater than did Frank Sinatra.

One of the few vocalists to lead his own band, performed with Martin Luther King actually in Alabama, who was this mystery Pennsylvanian?

I know.

And the way the scoring goes, anyone can come from behind now and take this game.

So this is really important.

This is really important.

This is really important.

Who am I going to here?

Who's the last person I went to.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Well, anyway.

OK since you said that, what did you get?

OK. Well, I really like my answer, and I would really like to win.

And-- Chuck Berry.

Mr. B. OK. You can put that money back to your pocket.

So he didn't have a band.

Technicality.

My integrity, I assure you, would not allow me to take that.

Rob?

Well, first I thought it was Ricky Ricardo.

But then I got the feeling when he was talking about performing, and Martin Luther King, and there was a song about Help.

I said it's got to be Paul McCartney.

Got to be.

And then I can't remember Waring's, first name but I'm sure it started with a B.

No, it didn't.

Let's go on to Carol.

OK. At first I said Merv Griffin, but and then-- You ended up with Count Basie.

And then I ended up with Count Basie.

Mr. B. Mr. B. Aha.

Let's find out who Mr. B was.

I like that, Carol.

(SINGING) I need no shackles to remind me I'm just a prisoner of love.

Billy Eckstein, known to many as Mr. B, was born in Pittsburgh in 1914, with his imposing baritone and good looks, Eckstein became the first Black male vocalist to cross over to the White pop audience in the US and around the world.

A string of hits in the late '40s and early '50s launched Eckstein to sex symbol status.

His hits included Fools Rush In, and everything I have is Yours.

In 1944, he formed his own innovative band, the Royal Roost, which led the shift in jazz from swing to modern bebop.

He worked with such jazz greats as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis, and he is credited with discovering the sassy Sarah Vaughan.

It was the public's lukewarm response to bebop that ultimately caused the band to break up less than four years later.

Eckstein went on to a softer, more easy listening style, which ultimately brought him his greatest fame.

The romantic legend died in March 1993, at the age of 78.

Billy Eckstein, a famous Pennsylvanian.

A famous Pennsylvanian, a classy guy, a wonderful man.

You knew it when you heard it.

Didn't you?

Listen, not surprisingly, Rob Gerth, you won this show.

You were in the head from the beginning, but everybody, everybody, did really well.

Thank you so much.

You were a fantastic panel.

A lot of fun.

I Thank the audience as well, and I Thank you, especially, for joining us.

Please do so again next week when we play the Pennsylvania Game.

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