ANNOUNCER: Why was Mary Cardwell Dawson honored by the Commonwealth more than three decades after her death?

And in what line of work was novelist Zane Grey employed before becoming a writer?

Find out as we all play The Pennsylvania Game.

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Now, let's get the game started.

Here's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, the unpredictable, the unpretentious, the uncensored Lynn Hinds.

Hey.

[applause] Why are they screaming?

That was somebody behind me.

Hi, how are you?

How did you do and all that and bushy tailed and bright eyed.

And there are people here, aren't there?

Yeah, I can see.

Hi, how are you.

Welcome to The Pennsylvania Game.

How's about we meet our panel.

Let's just jump right into this.

[music playing] Oh, my heavens.

Look at them.

It's Kevin Nelson.

I always love seeing Kevin here co-host of Kevin and Scott in the morning on WRC Radio State College, part time instructor at Penn State, active in community theater, and as we said, a familiar face on The Pennsylvania Game.

Kevin, hi.

[applause] Beverly Amsler once did this five years ago.

I can't imagine what's brought you back, an award winning broadcast journalist in both radio and television, news director of Love 99 FM in Millersburg, also former teacher and a second degree black belt in karate.

So watch yourself, Kevin and Steve, OK?

[applause] And here's another familiar face to viewers of The Pennsylvania Game, Steve Wagner, freelance writer and producer currently working with Kauffman Creative Services.

As befits his talents and lifestyle, he is currently working on a video about septic tanks and how to inspect them.

[laughter] [applause] Yeah, yeah.

You think I'm kidding.

I am not kidding.

And actually septic tanks reminds me that we might as well just jump into it right here and get things started, OK?

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: Irving Female College in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County was established in 1856.

It was the first college in Pennsylvania to offer four year degrees to women.

A private and religious institution, it offered a liberal arts curriculum while stressing moral values and discipline.

In fact, prospective students were denied admission if they, A, planned to maintain employment after marriage; B, painted their faces; C, smoked; or D, drank coffee?

LYNN HINDS: Well, I'm shocked.

Can you imagine planning to maintain employment after marriage, painting your face, smoking or drinking coffee.

I would imagine they wouldn't have let you in if you did any of those things, but one is correct, and, Kevin, I'd love to know which one you think it is.

For no apparent reason, A, because it was first, planned to maintain employment after marriage.

Because it was first?

Yes.

Oh, you're going to go far on this show.

That's great.

Yeah, how about Beverly?

Well, I thought it would be C, smoked, because C stands for Cumberland County and Mechanicsburg is in Cumberland County.

Oh, you're going to do fine too.

[laughter] Wait, Steve.

I took D, coffee, because it seems the least harmless of all of them.

And we all had our faces painted before we came in, so.

LYNN HINDS: We did, didn't we?

Yeah.

LYNN HINDS: It's amazing how it doesn't really show.

All right, we've got coffee.

We've got employment after marriage.

We have smoking.

Is that right?

And we don't have painted faces.

I'm very confused.

Let's see if we have a right answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, smoked.

Irving College was established in 1856.

It was named after Washington Irving, author of Rip Van Winkle, who was an original member of the college board of trustees.

The school was the first to offer women bachelors degrees.

Choices of study included art, science, music, or English literature.

Two-year programs were offered in piano, secretaryship, or home economics.

One of the college's main goals was to help mold proper young ladies.

College life was structured and disciplined.

Letter writing was frowned upon because it took time away from studies.

And even parents were cautioned against sending their daughters candy because it promoted social gatherings.

By the turn of the century, the school had its highest enrollment, 132 students but after that struggled to survive.

The school closed its doors in 1929.

Yeah, I bet they closed their doors.

You can't send candy because it promotes social gatherings?

It says here there's a reunion club and they meet.

Well, that's a social gathering.

Shocking.

Shocking.

So yeah, nobody got that right, huh?

Well, we're starting this off like we usually do, 0, 0, 0.

Let's get on to another question, maybe a correct answer.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: This Philadelphia museum has been open to the public since 1976 and is one of the most popular museums in the city.

In fact, it is the only museum of its kind in the United States.

Is it dedicated to A, the life and times of Benjamin Franklin; B, the history of rock n' roll; C, the story of the American Jewish experience; or D, the documentation of natural disasters?

LYNN HINDS: Hmm.

What's that Pennsylvania museum up to since 1976?

Benjamin Franklin or rock n' roll, the American Jewish experience, or natural disasters?

Log in.

And, Beverly, first, I owe you an apology.

You did get the first one right.

Excuse me.

That's quite all right.

LYNN HINDS: And maybe you'll get this one wrong, and I won't feel so bad.

Let's hope not.

I chose D, the documentation of natural disasters for just no apparent reason.

I just eliminated the other three.

LYNN HINDS: OK. A good way to do it.

Steve.

Well, I chose D as well and fond hope that this show may one day make its way to the museum.

[laughter] I always tell people if you don't know, take the one that has Benjamin Franklin in it, but he must have a museum more than one.

So I also went with D. We all agree.

LYNN HINDS: I don't know.

We do know the rock n' roll museum is in Cleveland, right?

So you might be right.

And then again, [laughs] ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia is the only museum in the United States dedicated to telling the story of the American Jewish experience.

The museum focuses on the participation of American Jews in the social, cultural, economic, and political life of the nation from 1654 to the present.

There is a permanent exhibition that explains the history of the American Jewish community as well as many temporary exhibits and a collection of over 7,500 related objects.

OK, there you have it.

We did blank you on that.

Well, this is the opportunity I have to let the audience get to know you a little bit better.

You think we should?

I don't know.

Kevin, you're wearing a tie with cats all over it.

You live with three named-- KEVIN NELSON: Yeah, Penelope, Gracie, and Felix, who are watching right now.

LYNN HINDS: Are they?

So whatever you're doing, stop it.

Do they recognize you, do you think, on television or do they-- Oh, sure.

LYNN HINDS: Do they hear your voice on the radio?

Yeah.

See?

Who's that, Felix?

I'm not sure.

LYNN HINDS: You're not sure.

Felix was in charge of answering the phone today, so.

LYNN HINDS: Well, I'm a cat lover too.

I know.

So we do have that in common.

Nice to see you again.

Beverly, what's this I hear you wrote a self-defense?

What, is it a video for teachers?

Yes.

LYNN HINDS: Now, I mean like it used to be in the good old days, you didn't need a self-defense manual for teachers but these days, sadly-- That's correct, unfortunately.

I took my education background and my martial arts background, married them into a 15-minute video that teachers can use as when they come into a school district to learn how to defend themselves against students.

It can be used before they go into internships as well.

You know what?

It's just-- oh, that's p-- BEVERLY AMSLER: Everyone needs to know some self-defense.

That is sad, yeah.

Yes.

LYNN HINDS: I might need to know some self-defense before we get out of the studio.

I'll show you after the show.

Hey, Steve.

Steve, you've done a lot of moving in the last 12 months, I understand.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, that's to avoid paying rent once a month for the last 12 months.

Before going with the ad agency with Kauffman, I was unemployed.

And my dad said I wish you'd get a job so you would know what kind of work you're out of.

We don't know how long he's been out of work.

We lost his birth certificate.

Well, well, you always seem to pop up here.

Yes.

And we're glad to see you.

This doesn't have any money either, so.

No, no, I know.

Nothing pays much anymore, does it?

Well, how's about we take another question.

STEVE WAGNER: Sure.

Why not.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: More than three decades after her death, Mary Cardwell Dawson was finally honored for her many contributions to the Commonwealth.

On September 25, 1994, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission unveiled a State Historical marker at the site of her Pittsburgh School.

Did Dawson establish the first, A, opera company for African-Americans; B, child daycare center; C, nursing school for women of color; or D, African-American business school?

LYNN HINDS: Well, what did Mary Cardwell Dawson do?

Opera company for African-Americans, child daycare center, nursing home, African-American business school?

She was forgotten.

She is no longer forgotten.

Steve.

STEVE WAGNER: My instinct was to take D, the African-American business school.

But I thought that B was so politically correct, the child daycare center that I went with that.

Yeah, but we're not talking about in the days of political correctness here.

STEVE WAGNER: Catches up.

All right.

Well, I took B, and I felt better about it until I found out Steve took it.

LYNN HINDS: As well you should.

Yeah.

Oh, no.

If you took B-- No, I'm afraid I have to disagree.

I took A, the opera company for African-Americans just because she's from the Pittsburgh area.

LYNN HINDS: And what's that to do with opera?

Oh, I just thought opera Pittsburgh sounds good.

Jeez.

Where do we get these?

All right, let's find out opera Pittsburgh.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, founding the first opera company for African-Americans.

Boston had a great love of music and singing.

In the late 1920s, when she realized that few Blacks could make a living singing classical music, she formed the Cardwell School of Music in Pittsburgh.

Many talented Black musicians graduated from the school and eventually went on to join the Pittsburgh chapter of the National Association of Negro Musicians, which she founded in 1931.

10 years later, she created the National Negro Opera Company to give opportunities to African-Americans who had been denied professional careers in opera because of the color of their skin.

Today, a State Historical marker on Apple Street in Pittsburgh honors Mary Cardwell Dawson for her contributions to America's musical heritage.

And her school is now located in Washington DC, where it is still providing opportunities for gifted African-Americans.

Let's take a look at the score, even though it might be a bit painful for some of the panelists.

Hey, Kevin, nothing.

Steve, nothing.

Beverly, two correct answers.

[applause] Oh, yes, it's that mysterious Pennsylvanian.

I give three clues during the course of the program.

Get it right, panel, on the first, three points at the end of the game.

If it takes you two clues, two points.

If it takes you all three, one, and you get the idea.

First clue.

Born on the South side of Pittsburgh in 1844, this entrepreneur started by selling homegrown vegetables to locals and ended up mass-producing his mother's pure and superior horseradish.

Yep.

Think about it.

Born in 1844, Pittsburgh, entrepreneur, started out with vegetables, ended up mass producing his mom's pure and superior horseradish.

Don't strain yourselves too much.

There will be other clues coming up and another question for you right now.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: Novelist Zane Grey was born in 1875.

In 1896, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and embarked on his chosen career.

But by 1904, he threw in the towel and abandoned his job to write full time.

Was this accomplished novelist famous for his westerns, once, A, a barber; B, a dentist; C, an automotive engineer; or D, an economist?

LYNN HINDS: Hmm.

Zane Grey.

I didn't know he did anything before he wrote those books, but he did.

Did he barber?

Did he pull people's teeth out?

Was he an automotive engineer?

Was he an economist?

Kevin, I'm sure you don't have the slightest idea, but take a stab.

Absolutely, but I'm going to try to act like I do.

If you were a barber, you'd talk to the people in the chair.

You hear a lot of fascinating stories, and you could draw on that to write novels in later life.

So it can't possibly be A, but I took it.

LYNN HINDS: That's good.

Because if you're a dentist, and you talk to people with the jaw-- you go, oh, oh, oh.

I hate that when dentists ask you questions and you [gibberish] Beverly.

I've had that experience.

LYNN HINDS: Yeah, who hasn't?

I'm going along with Kevin's reasoning, but I took C because someone travels and they can draw on what they see in their travels as an automotive engineer.

By the way, your minds work, I'll tell you.

Steve.

Zane Grey got out of dentistry because he was always looking down in the mouth.

LYNN HINDS: That's right.

Groan, groan loudly.

Yes, that's right.

B.

B, he says.

He doesn't care.

We got an A.

We got a B.

We have a C. Let's see if we have a correct answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is B, dentist.

Before he attended dental school, novelist Zane Grey was a traveling tooth puller and treated patients in small towns.

At the same time, he also played baseball for the Baltimore O's.

He opened his first dental office in New York in 1898 but quit dentistry just six years later to devote himself to writing full time.

Grey's most popular Western novel was Riders of the Purple Sage.

LYNN HINDS: Wow.

He was cute, wasn't he, that first picture.

I suppose he's dead, isn't he?

I mean, I always get crushes on people who are dead.

Jeez.

Well, let's go to another question.

Maybe there'll be somebody alive in that.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: Herman Fisher was a native of Unionville, Pennsylvania.

He graduated from Penn State in 1921 and later co-founded one of the largest manufacturing companies of its kind in the world.

It is company manufacture A, stereo equipment; B, hardware; C, toys; D, sporting goods.

LYNN HINDS: Good old Herman Fisher, what was that that his company made?

Stereo equipment, hardware, toys, or sporting goods?

Beverly, you're involved in sports of a kind.

Yes.

I was going to choose sporting goods, and then I thought I would go with toys, C. LYNN HINDS: OK. Fisher Price.

Well, they're more fun.

Oh, Fisher Price.

Wow, is this woman thinking.

Steve.

Hi.

Well, there's a Herman Fisher Plaza right up the street here.

LYNN HINDS: There is?

Yes.

I don't know what that has to do with any of the answers, but somebody in the audience said toys, so I went with C. LYNN HINDS: Is that true?

STEVE WAGNER: Yeah.

I mean, wait.

Is it true that someone in the audience?

STEVE WAGNER: Yeah.

We frown on that.

The FCC does too.

What do you want?

A scandal?

My ears are bad.

I went with A. LYNN HINDS: That's too bad.

Jeez, that's too bad.

What?

LYNN HINDS: I mean, at least-- it's too bad, Kevin.

Keep it down, you guys, honestly.

Pete toys, indeed.

They misled you.

You'll see.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is C, toys.

Herman Fisher made his work child's play.

He co-founded the Fisher Price Toys Company in 1930.

And his name has been a household word for families with young children ever since.

He started the company after recognizing the need for safe educational toys for preschoolers.

He headed up the company until 1966 and is credited with helping develop the world's largest selection of toys for infants and young children.

All righty, all righty.

Actually, I have a bone to pick with Mr. Fisher.

I have a 3 and 1/2 year old at home and my entire house is filled with plastic in primary colors, and a lot of it has his name on it.

Huh?

Yeah.

Oh, my, I just saw the score.

Kevin, your parents are here-- I know, right?

LYNN HINDS: --in the audience.

Although they won't be admitting to that much.

They won't.

LYNN HINDS: Kevin doesn't have a thing, and Steve's been cheating, and he's got two.

And Beverly, as far as we know, is the only one who's above board, and she's winning.

[applause] [music playing] Oh, yeah, here's the second clue on our Mystery Pennsylvanian.

Known as the Prince of Paternalism to his employees and the Pickle King to the world, he did a common thing uncommonly well.

Born in Pittsburgh 1844, mass-produced his mom's pure and superior horseradish, and became known as the Pickle King.

He did a common thing uncommonly well.

Well, you ready?

You guys all look like Cheshire cats.

You've all got it, don't you?

Well, see if you get this.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: The Staple Bend Railroad Tunnel is an important part of US transportation history.

It was also a key to the success of the former Allegheny Portage Railroad, which ran from Hollidaysburg to Johnstown.

What's so significant about the Staple Bend Railroad Tunnel?

Is it A, the first railroad tunnel built in the US; B, the nation's only tunnel constructed with steel staples; C, the longest railroad tunnel in the world; D, the first tunnel to use a keystone for support?

LYNN HINDS: Good heavens.

So what's so significant about that Staple Bend Railroad Tunnel?

The first in the United States, the only one constructed with steel staples, the longest railroad tunnel, or the first to use a keystone for support?

Steve.

Well, I went with A, simply trying to reason like Bev who's ahead right now because it goes from Hollidaysburg to Johnstown.

And railroads were here before they were out West, so the first railroad tunnel built in the US.

LYNN HINDS: So you're actually trying to use your head, in other words, instead of your ears.

Yeah, well, good.

Kevin.

Pennsylvania Game, Keystone State.

The only answer with the word keystone in it is D. I'm on to this.

Now I got you.

Now I got you.

Beverly.

Beverly.

Kevin must be right.

I went with D as well.

LYNN HINDS: Oh, well, that's good news for you, see?

I feel bad for you, Bev, eh-- LYNN HINDS: Although, you know what?

Beverly is due to get one wrong now.

KEVIN NELSON: That's right.

Yeah.

Let's find out what the correct answer is.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, the first railroad tunnel built in the United States.

The Staple Bend Tunnel was completed in June 1833 at the top of plain one on the former Allegheny Portage Railroad.

The 36-mile long railroad consisted of a series of inclined planes and flat railroad beds that spanned the Allegheny Mountains to connect the State's canal system.

The tunnel was designed to reduce the route by 5 miles and eliminate curves on the inclined planes.

In December 1852, the Staple Bend Tunnel was abandoned.

And three years later, the rest of the Allegheny Portage Railroad was abandoned when the Pennsylvania Railroad completed its line across the state, making the entire Allegheny Portage Railroad obsolete.

Oh.

Now not that we're splitting hairs here, but I want to be perfectly clear about this.

The Staple Bend was actually the third tunnel ever built in the United States, but the first two were canal tunnels, so it is the first railroad tunnel.

And anyway, those first canal tunnels, those first two, were built in Pennsylvania too.

So we got all the tunnels.

You know what?

They're thinking of changing the license plate slogan.

You have a friend in Pennsylvania.

How about tunnel your way through Pennsylvania?

I guess not.

Well, let's move on.

Please, please.

[music playing] ANNOUNCER: By the end of The Great Depression, this Cleveland-based company had become so successful that it outgrew three manufacturing plants.

In 1938, the company moved to the abandoned Susquehanna Silk Mill in Milton, Pennsylvania, where it still thrives today.

Is the company A, Chef Boyardee; B, Victoria's Secret; C, Bazooka Bubble Gum; D, Craftsman Tools?

LYNN HINDS: Huh?

What is Victoria's Secret, by the way?

Anybody ever ask her?

Do we have Victoria's Secret?

Do we have Bubblegum?

Do we have Tools or-- oops, sorry, Chef Boyardee I forgot you.

Kevin, what you-- Silk, you'd naturally think Victoria's Secret.

So you're trying to trick me, so I went with Bubblegum because it makes no sense.

LYNN HINDS: Well, you are so cute today that I'm sure that is the correct answer.

Beverly.

Well, I should have chosen B because Victoria's Secret constantly sends me catalogs.

But I went with C, Bazooka Bubble Gum.

LYNN HINDS: You did go with C?

Yes.

Victoria's Secret catalogs, men love them more than anybody I know.

My brother's always after them.

OK, Steve.

I get Victoria's Catalog too.

I don't know why they send them to me.

But I went with C because Milton is one of the funniest names I've ever heard and so is Bazooka.

LYNN HINDS: OK.

I'm forever blowing bubbles.

Ha, guess what?

Here's the answer.

ANNOUNCER: The answer is A, Chef Boyardee.

Hector Boyardee came to the United States at age 17, working his way to head chef at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.

His Italian spaghetti dinner became his trademark.

Customers were soon asking for take-home portions, which led to the creation of Chef Boyardee quality foods.

The Cleveland-based company expanded so rapidly that it outgrew three plants during the depression.

In 1938, Boyardee moved his entire operation to Milton, Pennsylvania, where it still thrives today.

Boyardee eventually sold the company to American Home Food Products Incorporated but remained a valued advisor until his death in 1985 at the age of 87.

[music playing] LYNN HINDS: Whoa.

Last chance.

Mystery Pennsylvanian, and I don't think he's much of a mystery to a lot of you.

I see a lot of scribbling going on over there.

In 1875, his company was in a real pickle.

He filed for bankruptcy but eventually found a way to catch up.

[laughter] All right, all right, down, down.

Now, if you don't get the Mystery Pennsylvanian, you'll be booted out of here summarily.

I think that's the easiest one we've ever had.

Beverly, who is this Mysterious Pennsylvanian person?

Well, I'm hoping that it's HJ Heinz.

LYNN HINDS: Sure.

We can have pickles and ketchup.

Steve.

STEVE WAGNER: Who am I to disagree with Bev?

LYNN HINDS: I can't imagine.

And, Kevin, surely.

I knew where to find-- You'll finally get on the board.

[applause] Hey, lookout for Kevin.

All right, all right.

Well, the audience seems sure.

Our panel seems sure.

I bet you're sure too, but let's find out just to be sure.

ANNOUNCER: Henry John Heinz grew up on a farm in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania.

As a young boy, he began selling his homegrown quotas to Pittsburgh Grocers.

By 1869, he had turned his small operation into the Heinz and Noble Company.

Heinz's first product was his mother's horseradish, which he sold in clear glass bottles to expose its purity.

The business thrived until 1875 when an overabundance of crops forced bankruptcy.

One year later, Henry teamed up with family members and created the HJ Heinz Company.

His model factory, situated along the Allegheny River on Pittsburgh's North side, was considered a workers' utopia.

His employees dubbed him the Prince of Paternalism because he lived by his credo.

Heart power is better than horse power.

Although HJ Heinz died in 1919, his company flourished.

Today, his 57 varieties have grown to more than 3,000 Heinz products, which are marketed around the globe.

Henry John Heinz, famous Pennsylvanian.

Truly a famous Pennsylvanian.

Looking at that first picture of him as a young man, he looked to me just shockingly like his-- would it have been his great grandson, the late Senator John Heinz?

Really, yeah, the familial resemblance extraordinary.

The Chef Boyardee people are sending you some honorary meatballs.

Thank you.

I believe because-- well, enough said about that.

Hey, by the way, do you know you can be part of this game simply by sending us some question to make a fool out of somebody like Kevin?

What fun that would be.

Why don't you do it.

Because if you do, we're going to send you a year's subscription to Pennsylvania Magazine.

Just send that question to The Pennsylvania Game, 214 Wagner Annex, University Park, PA 16802.

You're kidding.

We have a tie.

Thought for sure, Beverly, you'd run away with this thing.

Well, you didn't tie with him.

So it appears you've tied Steve.

You look as shocked as me.

I apologize.

LYNN HINDS: Beverly and Steve.

Tell you what-- Must be a mistake.

This is from our friends at Chef Specialties in Smethport, PA. Look, what is it?

A wine bottle, but it's really a peppermill.

And what do you have?

A baseball bat.

STEVE WAGNER: Yes.

It's really a peppermill.

It is?

LYNN HINDS: Is that cool or what?

Made right here in the great state of Pennsylvania.

They're both looking at them like, what?

What?

No, really, those are peppermill.

Really.

Yes, to pepper your conversation with that.

Kevin, I'm really sorry.

A call came in.

Felix has apparently disowned you.

You're not to go home.

I'll change my name too.

Yeah, sorry.

Down, down.

Listen, thank you.

You all were fun.

You all were fun even if you helped Steve win that peppermill.

Thank you.

Why don't you give that peppermill to whoever that it was whispering.

And thank you so much for joining us.

Hope you'll do it again.

I know you will.

We're going to play The Pennsylvania Game.

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[applause] [music playing]