| Hosts | |
| Lynn Hinds (1986-1991) Lynn Cullen (1992-1996) Scott Bruce (1996-2003) | |
| Announcer | |
| Wendy Williams | |
| Broadcast | |
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OPENING SPIELS:
SAMPLE FEATURED QUESTION (Hinds and Cullen Runs Only): "Williams: This famous dinosaur is in a Pennsylvania museum of natural history. The dinosaur was named for a Pennsylvania industrialist. Do you know the dinosaur's name?
REST OF SPIEL (Hinds): You're invited to play The Pennsylvania Game! Test your knowledge of the commonwealths people, places and products.
REST OF SPIEL (Cullen): Find out as we all play The Pennsylvania Game!
FUNDING SPIELS (Entire run): The Pennsylvania Game is made possible in part by…
- HINDS RUN: Uni-Marts, with stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Delaware, serving you with convenience and courtesy every day of the year. And...
- SEASON 1: ...by the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program. Promoting the taste of an ice cold glass of milk. Milk doesn't just taste great, It's one of the all-time great tastes... (Singers: "...When it's time to make your mind up, make it milk!")
- SEASON 2: ...from Landmark. And Lanmark is A) A Savings and Loan, B) A Bank, C) A leading and mortage leader, or D) All of the above? The correct answer is D) all of the above! All the people, it's just the better way to bank.
- SEASON 5: ...by the Pennsylvania Public Television Network.
CULLEN RUN: Uni-Marts, Inc. With stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virgina. Serving you with convenience and courtesy every day of the year. Uni-Marts: More than a convent store. And by the grant from the Pennsylvania Public Television Network.
BRUCE RUN: …a grant from the Pennsylvania Public Television Network. The network receives funding from the commonwealth to provide public television for all Pennsylvanians.
Williams: Now let's get the game started. Here's the host of The Pennsylvania Game, Lynn Hinds/(insert funny comment) Lynn Cullen/Scott Bruce!"
NOTE: In Season 2 of the Hinds era, Williams does not say "Lets get the game started."
The Pennsylvania Game was a famous quiz show focusing about the history of Pennsylvania where it test your knowledge of Pennsylvania's people, places and products.
Gameplay[]
Three contestants (known as panelists) would be made up of journalists/broadcasters/personalities from newspapers and radio and TV stations across the Commonwealth. Each episode contains nine questions.
The panel is given a multiple-choice question accompanied by video and pictures with narration by Wendy Williams. Each question contained four possible answers. Once the four choices would revealed, the contestants would have ten seconds to lock-in their answer by holding up cards in the Hines era, or by locking in their answers with their choice shown on a television screen in the Cullen and Bruce eras. Each correct answer was worth one point. In the Bruce era, if all three panelists give the same answer, a Pennsylvania lottery ticket were awarded regardless of the game's outcome.
Mystery Pennsylvanian[]
After every three questions, the host would read a clue to a famous person who was born in Pennsylvania. If the right answer came on the first clue (and the contestant was confident enough to not change their mind during the rest of the game), they would get three points. Getting it on the second clue was worth two points, and getting it on the final clue would be worth 1 point.
After the final clue, the panel reveals their answers and Williams would read a short biography on the person who was the correct answer, finishing with "(celebrity's name)....a native Pennsylvanian!"
Winning The Game[]
In the Bruce era, at the end of the game, the panelist with the most points won a prize package containing of Pennsylvania famous goods plus 50 Pennsylvania Lottery Instant Game Tickets.
Links[]
Archived Website
Full episodes & seasons @ PBS.org