#22, aired 2023-12-06 | "OO"! "OO"! I KNOW! $600: Kevin Bacon once said that when he attends a wedding, he bribes the DJ to not play this song from a 1984 movie he starred in "Footloose" |
#8979, aired 2023-11-23 | NAME THAT REBELLION $1600: Virginia, 1676:
A "hammy" colonist & his followers versus Native Americans & the governor Bacon's Rebellion |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | SIX DEGREES OF ACTUAL BACON $200: Mozzarella is in caprese salad with tomato, & tomato is with bacon in this 3-initial sandwich a BLT |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | SIX DEGREES OF ACTUAL BACON $400: Mayo is in egg salad with hard-boiled eggs, which are with bacon atop this salad, first served at LA's Brown Derby Cobb salad |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | SIX DEGREES OF ACTUAL BACON $600: Milk is in custard with eggs, & eggs are with bacon in this quiche, named for a region of France (Quiche) Lorraine |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | SIX DEGREES OF ACTUAL BACON $800: Tomato sauce is in Sloppy Joes with beef, & beef is with bacon in this beloved Wendy's burger, introduced in 2007 the Baconator |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | SIX DEGREES OF ACTUAL BACON $1000: Sugar is in jam with fruit, & fruit is with pancakes & bacon in this classic IHOP dish with a kooky name Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity |
#8948, aired 2023-10-11 | GRAB A "B"ITE $400: It's just side pork that's been cured & smoked bacon |
#8892, aired 2023-06-13 | SILENT K WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): Sir Francis Bacon wrote, "ipsa scientia potestas est", often translated to this phrase knowledge is power |
#8886, aired 2023-06-05 | FIRST & LAST NAME'S THE SAME $2000: 17th century essayist who was Lord Chancellor of England & 20th century painter of "Head of a Woman (Lisa Sainsbury)" Francis Bacon |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | DESCRIBING THE HORROR FILM FRANCHISE $400: An extremely unlucky day at camp; Kevin Bacon got the point in film No. 1; Jason's "Final Chapter"? Not even close Friday the 13th |
#8803, aired 2023-02-08 | ALSO A BASEBALL TERM $600: Denny's original this is 2 pancakes, 2 bacon strips, 2 sausage links & 2 eggs a grand slam |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | RUNS "HOT" & "COLD" $1000: Named for a hotel, an iconic open-faced turkey sandwich with Mornay sauce & bacon is called a Kentucky or Louisville this a hot brown |
#8779, aired 2023-01-05 | BRING IT! $200: You "bring home" this meat idiomatically when you earn income, but pick some up for real for our breakfast tomorrow bacon |
#8764, aired 2022-12-15 | HERE'S THE PLAY OF THE DAY! $1200: Allison Janney, Ouisa in this play, was in "The Hours" with Meryl Streep, who was in "The River Wild" with Kevin Bacon Six Degrees of Separation |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | MORE THAN ONE SILENT LETTER $1600: Often attributed to Francis Bacon is the saying this "is power" knowledge |
#8745, aired 2022-11-18 | PAINT SAMPLES $400: It's a 3-part painting, like Francis Bacon's "3 Studies of Lucian Freud" a triptych |
#8688, aired 2022-07-20 | ESSAYS $2000: The word "essay" came into English in a 1597 work by this Sir Francis, last name not Drake Bacon |
#8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $400: Bacon's hated rival Edward Coke was a mentor to Roger Williams, who founded the colony of Rhode Island & this capital Providence |
#8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $800: "You have built an ark to save learning from deluge", said Francis to Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian one of these library |
#8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $1,000 (Daily Double): Francis' dad was pals with Matthew Parker, who in this job from 1559 to 1575 gave the Anglican Church its distinct identity Archbishop of Canterbury |
#8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $1200: Bacon kissed the hand of King James I of England, who was the son of this queen, though James never saw her after age 1 Mary, Queen of Scots |
#8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $2000: Francis' uncle, Lord Burleigh, built a home where you can still see the gardens of this 18th century designer known as "Capability" Lancelot "Capability" Brown |
#8583, aired 2022-02-23 | PUTTING THE CARBS $800: It's not traditionally eaten for breakfast, but bacon & eggs go into this dish that even has "carb" in its name carbonara |
#17, aired 2022-02-22 | DIGESTING SOME LITERATURE $200: At a Manhattan eatery, this character enjoys bacon & eggs & toast (perhaps rye?) Holden Caulfield |
#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | COOKING AIDS $1000: In 2010 Philips introduced this line of products that lets you prepare bacon & wings with less fat & oil air fryers |
#8569, aired 2022-02-03 | IT'S A NATIONAL THING $1000: Taken from the lean, tender eye of the loin, this smoked breakfast meat comes in cylindrical chunks Canadian bacon |
#8514, aired 2021-11-18 | LOOKING FOR LUNCH $200: Layers of turkey, lettuce, tomato & bacon are placed between 3 slices of toast in this traditional sandwich a club sandwich |
#8470, aired 2021-09-17 | A MORE PERFECT UNION $600: She's had one degree of separation from Kevin Bacon since 1988 Kyra Sedgwick |
#8446, aired 2021-07-19 | HEY, WHERE'S THAT DISH? $600: Taken from the loin, this "international" breakfast meat traditionally comes in cylindrical form Canadian bacon |
#8402, aired 2021-05-18 | "A" MATERIAL $1200: Seen here, it's found on menus before "smoked bacon" applewood |
#8391, aired 2021-05-03 | THE FOOD NETWORK $200: Hey, Lorraine! I made this kind of pastry pie filled with custard, bacon bits & Gruyère a quiche |
#8273, aired 2020-11-04 | HERE'S THE PLAY $800 (Daily Double): Kevin Bacon was not in this "numeric" play in 1990 but you could go trace his connections to Courtney B. Vance & Stockard Channing Six Degrees of Separation |
#8203, aired 2020-04-15 | A FULL RIDE $1600: On this route to the Pacific Northwest, wagons only held a few passengers but 2,000 pounds of supplies, including 400 pounds of bacon the Oregon Trail |
#8187, aired 2020-03-24 | COLONIAL AMERICA $2000: Claims that the authorities had not done enough to protect against Indian attacks encouraged this 1676 rebellion Bacon's Rebellion |
#8159, aired 2020-02-13 | FOOD & DRINK WORDS & PHRASES $1000: This expression means "earn a living"; in an old commercial, it was followed by "fry it up in a pan" bring home the bacon |
#8148, aired 2020-01-29 | LETTER MEN $800: B: this tasty Elizabethan courtier pioneered inductive reasoning in "Novum Organum" (Francis) Bacon |
#8141, aired 2020-01-20 | EMMY WINNERS FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA $200: She thanked her "one and only love" Kevin Bacon when she won for "The Closer" Kyra Sedgwick |
#7, aired 2020-01-14 | THE ARTS $1200: In 1605 this Brit wrote "Advancement of Learning"; the "Screaming Popes" is a series by a British artist of the same name (Francis) Bacon |
#8107, aired 2019-12-03 | WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST? $800: The original McDonald's
Egg McMuffin is made with this type of meat Canadian bacon |
#8101, aired 2019-11-25 | PHILOSOPHY $2000: Francis Bacon is considered a father of this school of philosophy that holds that all knowledge comes from experience empiricism |
#8061, aired 2019-09-30 | TIME FOR A SNACK $1000: Maybe a couple of medjool these wrapped in bacon? dates |
#8058, aired 2019-09-25 | NEW DINER SLANG FOR SANDWICHES $400: Table 5 wants a "rotary" or a "glee", hold the Bacon a club |
#8005, aired 2019-05-31 | 5 "LASH"ES $800: Along with beef, ham, bacon or sausage can go into this Hungarian stew that's flavored with paprika goulash |
#7974, aired 2019-04-18 | FEATURE FILM DEBUTS $400: Kevin Bacon made his feature film debut as a fraternity pledge in this 1978 John Belushi film Animal House |
#7960, aired 2019-03-29 | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST $600: A hearty brekkie of bacon & beans at La Veen Coffee in Perth Australia |
#7953, aired 2019-03-20 | BEHIND BARS $400: In 1621 Francis Bacon was sent to this London lockup, but the king let him out after 4 days the Tower of London |
#7894, aired 2018-12-27 | "GLASS" WORKS $200: Roger Bacon is thought to have designed this type of single convex lens used to produce an enlarged image magnifying glass |
#7891, aired 2018-12-24 | NOT FOR PROFIT $3,000 (Daily Double): This actor's nonprofit sixdegrees.org makes connections between people & local causes Kevin Bacon |
#7886, aired 2018-12-17 | ON THE SLAB $1000: Sliced this meat has been trimmed, sliced & packaged; slab this comes in one chunk that must be sliced bacon |
#7860, aired 2018-11-09 | ON THE MENU $1000: I'll have the "You Pick Two" from this bakery-cafe: make it the black bean soup & the bacon turkey bravo sandwich Panera Bread |
#7856, aired 2018-11-05 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: This old-time word for a pantry comes from its origin as a place to store bacon a larder |
#7851, aired 2018-10-29 | BURGER TIME $400: Five Guys offers a milkshake with the applewood-smoked type of this, also available on burgers bacon |
#7821, aired 2018-09-17 | LETTUCE BEGIN $800: The owner of the Brown Derby in Hollywood got his name on this salad with lettuce, bacon, chicken, eggs & blue cheese a Cobb salad |
#7812, aired 2018-07-24 | MEATY LANGUAGE $200: If you complete a rescue of someone, you "save his" this meat bacon |
#7805, aired 2018-07-13 | SHADY CHARACTERS $400: Kevin Bacon gets some cents drilled into him by Magneto in this group "First Class" the X-Men |
#7800, aired 2018-07-06 | WRITERS ON SPORTS $400: A.J. Liebling, an unathletic boxing writer who used bacon as a bookmark, wrote of this Rocky's "prehistoric style" Rocky Marciano |
#7785, aired 2018-06-15 | EDIBLE BEFORE & AFTER $400: Choral singing group that's got 3 slices of toasted bread, turkey, bacon, lettuce & tomato a glee club sandwich |
#7784, aired 2018-06-14 | 17th CENTURY LIT $800: Francis Bacon penned a vision of society based on 17th century science, "The New" this fabled lost land Atlantis |
#7778, aired 2018-06-06 | "CO"-OPERATIVE $400: "Co" interrupts a word for a prohibition, yielding this breakfast favorite bacon |
#7728, aired 2018-03-28 | ENTERTAINING INSPIRATIONS $200: A triptych by painter Francis Bacon inspired the chest-bursting scene from this 1979 film Alien |
#7700, aired 2018-02-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: Interior Secretary Albert Bacon Fall was convicted of bribery in leasing out oil reserves in Elk Hills, Buena Vista & this site the Teapot Dome |
#7689, aired 2018-02-01 | EASY COURSE LOAD $200: Half a deviled egg with crispy bacon serves as this light appetizer from the French for "mouth pleaser" amuse-bouche |
#7616, aired 2017-10-23 | PLAY THE JOKER $200: Christopher Nolan suggested that this actor prep for the role by looking at the disturbing art of Francis Bacon Heath Ledger |
#7592, aired 2017-09-19 | RIGHT ON Q $400: A quiche made with bacon is named for this area of northeast France Lorraine |
#7588, aired 2017-09-13 | "WILD" MOVIES $800: Meryl Streep needed a lot more than one degree of separation from Kevin Bacon on the water in this movie The River Wild |
#7586, aired 2017-09-11 | REJECTED GREETING CARDS $600: "Tummyache? Next time, take a close look at" this "C" food "casino", made with wine, Parmesan & bacon clams |
#7583, aired 2017-07-26 | ENGLISH MUFFINS $200: Lean Canadian bacon & English muffins are key ingredients of this McDonald's staple an Egg McMuffin |
#7554, aired 2017-06-15 | AIN'T NOTHING BUT A SANDWICH $1000: From Kentucky, the hot brown is an open-faced turkey & bacon sandwich topped with this cheesy bechamel sauce Mornay |
#7531, aired 2017-05-15 | LESSEN PLAN $200: "Bacon & Butter" gives recipes that follow a ketogenic diet, one that by definition is high in fat & low in these carbs |
#7531, aired 2017-05-15 | GOALS $400: Finishing in 1994, this women's soccer star brought home the bacon for UNC, scoring 103 goals Mia Hamm |
#7481, aired 2017-03-06 | FAMILIAR TRIOS $1600: Sir Francis, iceberg & heirloom bacon, lettuce, and tomato |
#7443, aired 2017-01-11 | NICE "GAM"S! $1600: It's a British word for ham that still needs cooking, like bacon does gammon |
#7419, aired 2016-12-08 | POTENT QUOTABLES $1200: In "Treasure Island", the captain claims he is "a plain man"; this drink "and bacon and eggs is what I want" rum |
#7348, aired 2016-07-20 | TV WHO SAID IT? $800: On "Parks & Recreation":
"Just give me all the bacon and eggs you have" Swanson |
#7342, aired 2016-07-12 | HAMBURGER JOINTS $400: Bacon & Swiss Buttery Jack Jack in the Box |
#7342, aired 2016-07-12 | HAMBURGER JOINTS $1000: Bacon Cheeseburger Toaster Sonic |
#7341, aired 2016-07-11 | HI, JULY! $2000: Mmmm! In July 1676 this rebellion began against the rule of Virginia governor William Berkeley Bacon's Rebellion |
#7307, aired 2016-05-24 | AWESOME SAUCE $1000: This awesome pasta sauce contains eggs, cream, bits of bacon or prosciutto & grated cheese carbonara |
#7257, aired 2016-03-15 | JILL & JACK $2000: Kevin Bacon portrayed this astronaut in "Apollo 13" Jack Swigert |
#7217, aired 2016-01-19 | MOVIE ROLE, TV ROLE $400: Ren in the original "Footloose";
Ryan Hardy on "The Following" Kevin Bacon |
#7179, aired 2015-11-26 | A BOUNTIFUL TABLE $400: Everything's better with bacon, even these babies that have made a big comeback brussels sprouts |
#7144, aired 2015-10-08 | PIZZA! $600: Papa John's has a pizza called "The Meats": sausage, beef, hickory-smoked bacon, ham & this classic topping pepperoni |
#7130, aired 2015-09-18 | SMART PEOPLE $800: In 1603 Francis Bacon wrote a treatise supporting the union of these 2 kingdoms, an idea King James liked England & Scotland |
#7082, aired 2015-06-02 | PHILOSOPHY $400: Francis Bacon's "Meditationes Sacrae" includes the famous aphorism "Knowledge is" this power |
#7071, aired 2015-05-18 | EGG $1600: 2 toasted English muffin halves, Canadian bacon & some hollandaise combine for this brunch dish Eggs Benedict |
#6976, aired 2015-01-05 | THERE'S A NAME FOR THAT $1200: May I offer you a side of bacon? How about this, a serving of 2 or 3 thin slices a rasher |
#6974, aired 2015-01-01 | FRYER TUCK $800: Tuck groans, "Arr, me heart-ie!" eating a brunch burger (fried egg, beef, bacon & cheese in a donut) at PNC Park in this city Pittsburgh |
#6922, aired 2014-10-21 | THE STEAKS $400: Sometimes wrapped in bacon, this choice cut of boneless steak with a French name is from the end of the loin filet mignon |
#6921, aired 2014-10-20 | A "B" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $4,600 (Daily Double): A governor's failure to stop Indian raids prompted this 1676 rebellion led by a Virginia planter Bacon's Rebellion |
#6894, aired 2014-07-31 | THIS CELEBRITY... $1600: Has no degrees of separation playing ex-FBI agent Ryan Hardy on "The Following" Kevin Bacon |
#6890, aired 2014-07-25 | HUNGER AIMS $400: This rhyming meat snack has new flavors like hickory smoked & maple bacon jerky Slim Jim |
#6887, aired 2014-07-22 | WE'LL NEED YOUR "ID" $800: Unless you went to the market, "Bring home the bacon" is this kind of phrase that doesn't literally mean what it says idiom |
#6876, aired 2014-07-07 | TATER TOTS $800: The young taters want to be part of this "national" dish that includes bacon & vinegar & may be served warm or cold German potato salad |
#6873, aired 2014-07-02 | WISE GUYS $2000: English statesman & philosopher Francis Bacon warned, "it is impossible" to do this "and to be wise" to love |
#6868, aired 2014-06-25 | POLITICAL PARTIES $800: Whoopee! When he got 2 A.M. word of his reelection, he ordered bacon & eggs for himself, Colson & Haldeman Nixon |
#6844, aired 2014-05-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1676 Nathaniel Bacon burned to the ground this first permanent English settlement in America Jamestown |
#6826, aired 2014-04-28 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: Also a term for the pitching rubber in baseball, it's a thick, flat piece of stone or bacon a slab |
#6812, aired 2014-04-08 | 17th CENTURY THINKERS $400: Last name of Sir Francis, who crisply published "The Advancement of Learning" in 1605 Bacon |
#6804, aired 2014-03-27 | GOOD OL' SOUTHERN COOKIN' $1600: A classic recipe for fried these unripened garden products is: slice, dip in cornmeal, fry in bacon grease green tomatoes |
#6781, aired 2014-02-24 | BREAKFAST $400: This McDonald's signature breakfast sandwich has Canadian bacon, American cheese & an English muffin an Egg McMuffin |
#6780, aired 2014-02-21 | FICTIONAL COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: A college called Salomon's House in Sir Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis" may have inspired the 1660 founding of this society the Royal Society |
#6747, aired 2014-01-07 | WHEN PIGS FRY $200: The "mania" for this fried pig product has seen it on maple donuts & in chocolate bars, not just on breakfast plates bacon |
#6747, aired 2014-01-07 | BESTSELLERS OF THE 13th CENTURY $1200: Last name of Roger, who in "Opus Majus" tried to organize scientific knowledge, & of Francis, who later did the same Bacon |
#6747, aired 2014-01-07 | AFRODISNEYAC $2000: Kevin Bacon went to Africa hoping to recruit a tall tribesman to play basketball in this 1994 movie The Air Up There |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | SALAD $800: This salad with chopped turkey, bacon, tomatoes & hard-boiled eggs is named for the owner of the Brown Derby a Cobb salad |
#6683, aired 2013-10-09 | WEIRD TOP 40 HITS $2000: You'll be nibbling on bacon & chewing on cheese if you can name this beastly 1976 hit from the Captain & Tennille "Muskrat Love" |
#6647, aired 2013-07-09 | IN A CAN $800: Yoders offers a canned version of this meat, the "B" in a BLT bacon |
#6623, aired 2013-06-05 | THE BURGERS $1000: The Bacon Cheeseburger Toaster Sonic |
#6604, aired 2013-05-09 | FAST FOOD, FAST $800: The Junkyard Dog, Bacon Wrapped Street Dog & the Kraut Dog Wienerschnitzel |
#6556, aired 2013-03-04 | EDIBLE BEFORE & AFTER $400: Boy George's group that's a double-decker creation with bacon, lettuce, tomato & turkey on 3 slices of bread Culture Club sandwich |
#6526, aired 2013-01-21 | CONTENTS OF TABLES $2000: Prosciutto is Italian ham; this is Italian bacon from the pork belly pancetta |
#6467, aired 2012-10-30 | WHO'S THE MRS.? $1200: Kevin Bacon Kyra Sedgwick |
#6448, aired 2012-10-03 | GRAB A "B"ITE $400: It's just side pork that's been cured & smoked bacon |
#6398, aired 2012-06-13 | "Q"-LINARY TERMS $800: This egg & cheese pie with a geographic name contains chopped bacon quiche Lorraine |
#6393, aired 2012-06-06 | FATS & OILS $800: The name of this fat rendered from hogs is from the Latin for "bacon fat" lard |
#6339, aired 2012-03-22 | RECENT MOVIES $1200: Kenny Wormald stepped into Kevin Bacon's dancing shoes in the remake of this 1984 film Footloose |
#6326, aired 2012-03-05 | CIVIL WAR SLANG $200: Grease from fried strips of this was the basis of a mealy mush known as coosh bacon |
#6326, aired 2012-03-05 | SECONDS $2000: From 1577 to 1580 he commanded the second voyage ever to go around the world Francis Drake |
#6255, aired 2011-11-25 | TRUTH SEEKERS $800: This "meaty" 17th c. English thinker's "Essays, Civil and Moral" begins with his essay "Of Truth" Francis Bacon |
#6253, aired 2011-11-23 | OBSESSIONS $200: Delia Bacon was obsessed with the idea that other Elizabethans wrote the works attributed to this man Shakespeare |
#6238, aired 2011-11-02 | 2011 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: A young man lost after placing an "H" in the middle of this Italian bacon pancetta |
#6208, aired 2011-09-21 | NAME THAT REBELLION $1600: Virginia, 1676:
A "hammy" colonist & his followers versus natives & the governor Bacon's Rebellion |
#6193, aired 2011-07-13 | THE 13th CENTURY $1600: Roger Bacon wrote coded instructions for making the explosive mix of saltpeter, sulfur & charcoal called black this powder |
#6151, aired 2011-05-16 | ARCHITECTURE $2,400 (Daily Double): This Washington, D.C. landmark was designed by Henry Bacon as a Greek temple with 36 Doric columns the Lincoln Memorial |
#6142, aired 2011-05-03 | MYSTERY MEAT $2000: This "windy vortex" of a tenderloin cut is wrapped in bacon due to its extreme leanness tournedos |
#6135, aired 2011-04-22 | CELEBRITY FACTS $600: (Hi. I'm Kyra Sedgwick.) Thanks to my appearances in movies like "The Woodsman" & "Murder in the First", I have a 1, the best score possible, in this popular party game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon |
#6081, aired 2011-02-07 | DON'T HAVE A COW, MAN $600: Vegetarians can pig out on the rhyming Lightlife product called "Fakin"' this Bacon |
#6049, aired 2010-12-23 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $1600: Philosopher Francis & jeweled Faberge creations bacon and eggs |
#6011, aired 2010-11-01 | IT'S HYPHENATED $800: Elvis Presley was fond of biscuits & this "colorful" gravy made from bacon drippings & black coffee red-eye gravy |
#6003, aired 2010-10-20 | LAST MOVIES $800: "Canadian Bacon"
(1995) John Candy |
#6000, aired 2010-10-15 | A POLLO $2000: Wrap some of this around a water chestnut & a piece of chicken liver & you've got the Japanese appetizer rumaki bacon |
#5996, aired 2010-10-11 | SECRET MENUS $800: Fatburger offers a "Hypocrite Burger" featuring this type of patty with slabs of bacon veggie patty |
#5984, aired 2010-09-23 | REBEL YELL $2000: Aye! The rebellion I led in the colonies in 1676 at one time took over the House of Burgesses Nathaniel Bacon |
#5981, aired 2010-09-20 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $2000: 17th century philosopher Sir Francis & 20th century painter Francis Bacon |
#5949, aired 2010-06-24 | POSSESSIVE ACTORS' POSSESSIONS $1200: Breakfast meat belonging to the movies' "Hollow Man" Kevin's bacon |
#5947, aired 2010-06-22 | FOOD EN ESPAÑOL $600: This breakfast pairing is tocino y huevos eggs & bacon |
#5934, aired 2010-06-03 | HELLO, NATHANIEL $2000: This city was still Virginia's capital when the rebellious Nathaniel Bacon burned it to the ground in 1676 Jamestown |
#5916, aired 2010-05-10 | WHOSE DISH IS IT ANYWAY? $200: Poached eggs, Canadian bacon & hollandaise on an English muffin:
Eggs ____ Benedict |
#5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A MOVIE BEFORE, THEN DINNER AFTER $400: Brat Pack detention in a 1985 film leads to a meal with 3 slices of toast, turkey, bacon & mayo The Breakfast Club Sandwich |
#5862, aired 2010-02-23 | STATE FAIR FOODS $1000: A recent hit at the Florida State Fair was this sweet, crisp & hickory-flavored meat dipped in chocolate bacon |
#5831, aired 2010-01-11 | WORD PLAY $600: This John Guare play is not about Kevin Bacon Six Degrees of Separation |
#5830, aired 2010-01-08 | RON HOWARD FILMS $1200: He's worked with Ron Howard twice, playing astronaut Jack Swigert in "Apollo 13" & Jack Brennan in "Frost/Nixon" Kevin Bacon |
#5798, aired 2009-11-25 | MMM... BACON $400: Our head writer once received a BLT that was missing the B, bacon, leaving only the L & T, these 2 items lettuce & tomato |
#5798, aired 2009-11-25 | MMM... BACON $800: A McDonald's Egg McMuffin is made with egg, American cheese & this meat Canadian bacon |
#5798, aired 2009-11-25 | MMM... BACON $1200: He once flew from Memphis to Denver for the fool's gold sandwich--PB&J & a pound of bacon on Italian bread Elvis Presley |
#5798, aired 2009-11-25 | MMM... BACON $1600: Bacon rind that's been diced & fried is called this, which lends its name to a bread made from it crackling |
#5798, aired 2009-11-25 | MMM... BACON $2000: This Italian version of bacon comes from the pork belly; its name refers to a fat belly pancetta |
#5793, aired 2009-11-18 | I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? $1000: This "Top Chef" host raised pulses with a finger-licking assault on a Carl's Jr. Western Bacon Cheeseburger Padma Lakshmi |
#5786, aired 2009-11-09 | ANAGRAMS $400: Serve it with eggs:
NO CAB bacon |
#5768, aired 2009-10-14 | HELL'S KITCHEN $1200: Traditionally, "angels on horseback" are these bacon-wrapped bivalves; add Tabasco for "devils" oysters |
#5757, aired 2009-09-29 | HOPE $400: Francis Bacon opined that "Hope is a good breakfast but a bad" one of these supper |
#5753, aired 2009-09-23 | SPAGHETTI $1600: Cream, eggs, Parmesan cheese & bits of bacon all go into this type of spaghetti sauce Carbonara |
#5706, aired 2009-06-01 | CELEBRITY ANECDOTES $400: At wedding receptions, this actor slips the DJ money to not play "Footloose"; folks form a circle & want him to dance Kevin Bacon |
#5688, aired 2009-05-06 | WOULD YOU LIKE FLIES WITH THAT? $400: Crick-ettes (yep, they're made from crickets) come in several tangy flavors, including these breakfast strips & cheese bacon |
#5668, aired 2009-04-08 | IT'S A COUNTRY THING $1000: Bacon &
whiskey Canadian |
#5657, aired 2009-03-24 | AT THE BUFFET $800: I can't stay away from these appetizers: bacon wrapped around a water chestnut & a piece of liver rumaki |
#5633, aired 2009-02-18 | CAN I BUY YOU A SANDWCH? $800: How about this one with chicken or turkey, bacon, lettuce & tomato on 3 slices of toast a club sandwich |
#5627, aired 2009-02-10 | MISHEARD LYRICS $2000: This band's '78 song was "I wanna be sedated", not "I want a piece of bacon" (mmm...bacon) The Ramones |
#5546, aired 2008-10-20 | A MEATY CATEGORY $1000: Vitello alla Genovese is scallops of this meat with artichoke hearts & white wine veal |
#5518, aired 2008-09-10 | MIDDLE "C" $400: It's the "B" in a BLT bacon |
#5455, aired 2008-05-02 | THE SWEET 1600s $800: Last name of Nathaniel, who fostered a 1676 rebellion against Virginia governor Berkeley's Indian policies Bacon |
#5445, aired 2008-04-18 | BACON $400: In 1613 Francis Bacon got this office; he'd have trouble with the U.S. Senate today, as he approved of torture Attorney General |
#5445, aired 2008-04-18 | EGGS $800: Have a hangtown fry, traditionally, eggs, bacon & these shellfish--a pearl of a dish! oysters |
#5445, aired 2008-04-18 | BACON $800: Years after this country's revolution, it reshowed its Francis Bacon triptych... in a London museum Iran |
#5445, aired 2008-04-18 | BACON $1,600 (Daily Double): Bacon admired this Italian author for writng about "what men do, and not what they ought to do" Machiavelli |
#5445, aired 2008-04-18 | BACON $1600: The title of "Novum Organum" meant the work was to supersede the "organon" of this Greek logic-meister Aristotle |
#5445, aired 2008-04-18 | BACON $2000: From the Latin for "to lead", this method that goes from specific to general was the basis of Bacon's scientific method induction |
#5443, aired 2008-04-16 | ROGER! $1200: I'll have a side of this 13th century English philosopher & creator of the "Opus Majus" Roger Bacon |
#5436, aired 2008-04-07 | EMERIL GOES INTERNATIONAL $1000: (Emeril reads the last clue of the category.) My recipe for chowder starts with cooking bacon until it has released most of its fat, a version of this separation process rendering |
#5403, aired 2008-02-20 | CAFETERIA $200: Good, I'm not too late for the breakfast one of these--bacon, eggs & cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla a burrito |
#5378, aired 2008-01-16 | THAT I LOVE YOU $400: Kyra Sedgwick had a rasher of this actor (& no degrees of separation) after their wedding on Sept. 4, 1988 Kevin Bacon |
#5339, aired 2007-11-22 | LET'S MEAT FOR BREAKFAST $600: What Americans call "Canadian" this is not truly Canadian; give me the "peameal" type, a real specialty of my homeland bacon |
#5321, aired 2007-10-29 | PORK & MINDY $400: Mindy's up on her slang & knows you can "bring home" this porky term -- or if you're in trouble, you can "save" yours bacon |
#5310, aired 2007-10-12 | "B"s $400: This is the thin-sliced, salted & dried back & sides of the hog bacon |
#5289, aired 2007-09-13 | A SIDE OF BACON $200: Kevin had to go to space camp before playing the role of Jack Swigert in this film Apollo 13 |
#5289, aired 2007-09-13 | A SIDE OF BACON $400: Kevin could handle the truth as Capt. Jack Ross in this 1992 legal drama written by Aaron Sorkin A Few Good Men |
#5289, aired 2007-09-13 | A SIDE OF BACON $600: Holy triskaidekaphobia! Special FX guru Tom Savini had an arrow shoved through Kevin's throat in this 1980 flick Friday the 13th |
#5289, aired 2007-09-13 | A SIDE OF BACON $800: Kevin played Ensign Pulver in the TV remake of this 1955 movie Mister Roberts |
#5289, aired 2007-09-13 | A SIDE OF BACON $1000: Kevin had a cup o' coffee in this 1982 Barry Levinson ensemble piece with chums Mickey Rourke, Paul Reiser & Tim Daly Diner |
#5262, aired 2007-06-26 | PHILOSOPHIC BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Pirate flag that symbolizes a 13th c. English scholar who was jailed when his talk of science was deemed heretical the Jolly Roger Bacon |
#5237, aired 2007-05-22 | A PIECE OF CAKE $600: 4-letter term for a thick piece of cake, bacon or marble a slab |
#5154, aired 2007-01-25 | DIVIDED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE $800: Bangers, usually paired with mash, are these food items sausages |
#5115, aired 2006-12-01 | MOUSE PADS $1000: "Better beans & bacon in peace than cakes & ale in fear" is from the tale of these 2 title Aesop rodents The City Mouse and the Country Mouse |
#5108, aired 2006-11-22 | CAN I GET YOUR LITERARY NUMBER? $1200: A game about Kevin Bacon was inspired by the title of this play Six Degrees of Separation |
#5093, aired 2006-11-01 | YOU MUST BE AN "EGG"HEAD $1200: The Culinary Inst. of America's recipe for this dish with a papal name calls for 8 English muffins & 16 slices of bacon Eggs Benedict |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | A SIDE OF BACON $200: This method of preserving bacon can be done by either the salt method or the smoke method curing |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | A SIDE OF BACON $400: Though it sounds like a more hasty or reckless way to make bacon, this 6-letter word refers to one slice a rasher |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | A SIDE OF BACON $600: Joan Reardon's book on these shellfish includes angels on horseback, in which they're wrapped in bacon oysters |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | A SIDE OF BACON $800: Similar to a Kellogg elf name, bits of diced & fried bacon rind are known as these cracklings |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | A SIDE OF BACON $1000: From the Italian for "paunch" or "belly", this bacon is often wrapped around other meats pancetta |
#4936, aired 2006-02-13 | PIZZA TOPPINGS $400: How about a nice traditional Hawaiian pizza topped with ham or Canadian bacon & this fruit pineapple |
#4865, aired 2005-11-04 | THE BOUNTY OF THE PIG $400: Eggs, watercress & this pig product are key ingredients of a traditional Cobb salad bacon |
#4860, aired 2005-10-28 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU $400: Around 1268 Roger Bacon observed that these new optical devices could be used to improve eyesight lenses |
#4852, aired 2005-10-18 | WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO BE? $800: Sizzlean bacon |
#4828, aired 2005-09-14 | UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN $1600: 1989 gave us 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon as a Hollywood wannabe in this film The Big Picture |
#4777, aired 2005-05-17 | MOVIE: ____ IN THE ____ $800: In this 1995 drama, Christian Slater takes on Kevin Bacon's defense after he's accused of killing a fellow inmate Murder in the First |
#4766, aired 2005-05-02 | MOVIE TITLE ADJECTIVES $1600: A 1995 comedy:
"___ Bacon" Canadian |
#4762, aired 2005-04-26 | THINKERS $1600: In 1620's "Novum Organum" this Brit wrote that the way to truth is to work up from particulars to general principles Francis Bacon |
#4753, aired 2005-04-13 | A DAY'S CALORIES IN ONE MEAL $1000: 2 Big Bacon Classics, great Biggie fries, Homestyle Chicken Strips Salad with ranch dressing, medium Frosty Wendy's |
#4733, aired 2005-03-16 | "C" IN COOKING $200: Emeril puts bacon, leeks & chunks of potatoes in his Fall River version of this New England soup clam chowder |
#4725, aired 2005-03-04 | NOVELS BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Amy Tan's happy-go-lucky book about a luncheon item made with chicken, bacon & several slices of toast The Joy Luck Club Sandwich |
#4701, aired 2005-01-31 | FAST FOOD NATION $800: The Frosty Dairy Dessert & The Big Bacon Classic Wendy's |
#4663, aired 2004-12-08 | MY GIRL $1600: There are zero degrees of separation between him & his girl, wife Kyra Sedgwick (Kevin) Bacon |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | BRINGING HOME THE BACON $200: Served hot or cold, this "European" style of potato salad is made with vinegar & bacon German |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | BRINGING HOME THE BACON $400: Spaghetti a la this has a sauce made with eggs, cream, Parmesan cheese & Italian bacon carbonara |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | BRINGING HOME KEVIN BACON $400: Bring home this 1984 movie & you'll see Kevin kick off his Sunday shoes & dance up a storm Footloose |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | BRINGING HOME THE BACON $600: Oui! This thick, round cut of lean beef tenderloin is popularly served with a bacon strip wrap around it filet mignon |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | BRINGING HOME THE BACON $800: Named for a French region, it's a brunch dish of eggs, crumbled bacon & often Swiss cheese in a pastry shell Quiche Lorraine |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | BRINGING HOME KEVIN BACON $800: Recent film in which Kevin played a detective & childhood pal of grieving father Sean Penn Mystic River |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | BRINGING HOME THE BACON $1000: Wrap bacon around a water chestnut & a piece of chicken liver & you've got this Asian-style appetizer rumaki |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | BRINGING HOME KEVIN BACON $1200: See Kevin in his film debut as a pledge for the rival Omega House in this comedy classic Animal House |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | BRINGING HOME KEVIN BACON $1600: Kevin's role in this movie seen here may have left him feeling a bit empty Hollow Man |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | BRINGING HOME KEVIN BACON $2000: Kevin & Elizabeth Perkins share a little romance as well as opposing viewpoints in this 1991 film He Said, She Said |
#4609, aired 2004-09-23 | THIS WAY TO THE EGRESS $2000: This 16th c. philosopher died of bronchitis after experiments with snow to delay the process of putrefaction (Sir Francis) Bacon |
#4592, aired 2004-07-20 | COLONIAL AMERICA $200: In 1676 this 69-year-old Virginia settlement was burned to the ground during Bacon's Rebellion Jamestown |
#4510, aired 2004-03-26 | ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING $400: Henry Bacon designed this Washington, D.C. landmark: a white marble Doric temple above a pool the Lincoln Memorial |
#4481, aired 2004-02-16 | READ THE MAP $800: Down Georgia Way, to move from Bacon to Coffee you cross this type of boundary line a county line |
#4454, aired 2004-01-08 | QUOTATIONS $1200: As Francis Bacon said, "Hope is a good" this meal "but it is a bad supper" breakfast |
#4432, aired 2003-12-09 | MR. ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD $200: Roger Bacon, the first European with a gunpowder recipe, was educated at this English university Oxford |
#4386, aired 2003-10-06 | PAINTINGS $1000: A portrait of fellow artist Francis Bacon is one of the best-known works by this grandson of Sigmund Freud Lucian Freud |
#4275, aired 2003-03-14 | ESSAY $1600: The 2 main types of essays are personal & this stuffier type developed by Sir Francis Bacon formal |
#4220, aired 2002-12-27 | NATIONAL FOODS $600: This cured meat is in the classic McDonald's Egg McMuffin Canadian bacon |
#4216, aired 2002-12-23 | MIND YOUR MANNERS $1000: Acceptable "finger foods" include bacon, but only if it's crisp, & spears of this vegetable asparagus |
#4134, aired 2002-07-18 | HISTORIC NAMES $2000: Whit "Opus Magus", you can "bring home" this 13th C. British friar & philosopher (no relation to Francis) Roger Bacon |
#4111, aired 2002-06-17 | COVERING BARON GROUND $800: The 1st Baron Verulam, some believe he wrote Shakespeare's plays--but others say that's hogwash Francis Bacon |
#4085, aired 2002-05-10 | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE $2000: On an Italian menu this term describes pasta with a sauce of eggs, cream, parmesan & bacon carbonara |
#4070, aired 2002-04-19 | GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT $1200: Nathaniel Macon was a leader of the House in 1806; Nathaniel Bacon led one of these named for him in 1676 an insurrection (rebellion) |
#4068, aired 2002-04-17 | FRANKS & BEENS $1,200 (Daily Double): This Limerick-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning author has been called "a haunted man" Frank McCourt |
#4044, aired 2002-03-14 | UTENSILS $600: To make angels on horseback, you customarily wrap bacon around oysters & secure with these a toothpick |
#3976, aired 2001-12-10 | SLOGANS $1000: "Move over, bacon" it's this Sizzlean |
#3935, aired 2001-10-12 | THE FOOD BUSINESS $100: In 1991 Louis Rich introduced a bacon made out of this meat turkey |
#3918, aired 2001-09-19 | THE 13 COLONIES $200: Its colonial governors included Thomas Lee, Robert Dinwiddie & Nathaniel Bacon Virginia |
#3910, aired 2001-09-07 | OTHER JULIA ROBERTS MOVIES $400: Julia's Kevin Bacon number is 1; she starred with him in this 1990 medical student thriller Flatliners |
#3900, aired 2001-07-13 | EMERIL'S TV DINNERS $200: Give Emeril some pork bely & kosher salt & he wont just "bring home" this meat, he'll make it himself bacon |
#3895, aired 2001-07-06 | NATIONAL FOODS $400: For a picnic in Hamburg pack plenty of this tuber treat mixed with bacon & vinegar; eat it hot or cold! German potato salad |
#3872, aired 2001-06-05 | GREASY SPOON PHRASE BOOK $400: Calling out "BLT, hold the mayo" gets you this kind of sandwich Bacon. Lettuce & Tomato (without the mayonnaise) |
#3863, aired 2001-05-23 | THAT'S OLD NEWS! $3,000 (Daily Double): He led a 1676 rebellion in Virginia protesting lack of protection from Indian raids Nathaniel Bacon |
#3848, aired 2001-05-02 | '76ers $800: Samuel "Bacon Face" Chase became a justice of this 20 years after signing the Declaration of Independence the Supreme Court |
#3844, aired 2001-04-26 | AT THE INTERNATIONAL CINEPLEX $800: Latin America saw right through this 2000 Kevin Bacon thriller, known there as "The Man Without Shadow" The Hollow Man |
#3835, aired 2001-04-13 | THEATRE $800: He made his Broadway debut in "Slab Boys" with Kevin Bacon in '83, 12 years before starring in "Batman Forever" Val Kilmer |
#3829, aired 2001-04-05 | FOOD & DRINK $300: This salad with chopped turkey, avocado, bacon & blue cheese was created at L.A.'s Brown Derby Restaurant Cobb salad |
#3826, aired 2001-04-02 | BEFORE & AFTER $1000: The meat in Eggs Benedict leads a revolt against Virginia's colonial government Canadian Bacon's Rebellion |
#3768, aired 2001-01-10 | WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST? $400: This favorite from Denny's comes with 2 eggs, 2 hotcakes, 2 slices of bacon & 2 sausage links "Grand Slam" breakfast |
#3759, aired 2000-12-28 | PLAYING WITH FIRE $800: With fire, these hog thighs are smoked for flavor ham |
#3757, aired 2000-12-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400 (Daily Double): During Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 this 1st permanent English settlement in America was burned to the ground Jamestown |
#3737, aired 2000-11-28 | MOVIE VILLAINS $600: Being invisible brings out the bad side of this actor in "Hollow Man" Kevin Bacon |
#3713, aired 2000-10-25 | THE FOOD COURT $100: For lunch, how 'bout a Hawaiian pizza, topped with ham or Canadian bacon & this fruit Pineapple |
#3689, aired 2000-09-21 | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $100: Spacey,
Bacon,
Kline Kevin |
#3670, aired 2000-07-14 | HISTORIC POST-IT NOTES $1000: Essayist & experimenter who wrote the 1626 note seen here:
"Remember to Freeze Chicken!" Sir Francis Bacon |
#3657, aired 2000-06-27 | LORRAINE CHECK $100: It's a pastry shell filled with a savory egg & cream mixture to which cheese & bacon are added Quiche Lorraine |
#3633, aired 2000-05-24 | EDIBLE RESPONSES $600: Actor most associated with the 6 Degrees of Separation game Kevin Bacon |
#3581, aired 2000-03-13 | "SIX" PACK $500: Kevin Bacon was not in this 1993 film, but Will Smith & Donald Sutherland were "Six Degrees of Separation" |
#3562, aired 2000-02-15 | OOH, A WISE GUY $4,000 (Daily Double): He wrote that "Knowledge is power" -- & rumor has it he also wrote Shakespeare's plays Francis Bacon |
#3494, aired 1999-11-11 | TEENS ON BROADWAY $500: The current hit musical about teens who rebel against anti-dancing rules is based on this Kevin Bacon film Footloose |
#3481, aired 1999-10-25 | PORK PRODUCTS? $200: He played astronaut Jack Swigert in "Apollo 13" Kevin Bacon |
#3481, aired 1999-10-25 | PORK PRODUCTS? $500: One of John Candy's last films was this comedy about the U.S. declaring war on its neighbor to the north Canadian Bacon |
#3453, aired 1999-09-15 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $400: Jeremy Kushnier cuts loose in the Kevin Bacon role in the musical based on this 1984 film; "Let's Hear It for the Boy" Footloose |
#3443, aired 1999-07-21 | FEELING POSSESSIVE $800: The Indian policies of Governor Sir William Berkeley fueled this 1676 uprising of Virginia colonists Bacon's Rebellion |
#3439, aired 1999-07-15 | 19th CENTURY WOMEN $700 (Daily Double): In 1857 Delia Bacon alleged that this playwright was a fraud & didn't write his plays William Shakespeare |
#3403, aired 1999-05-26 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Accused of accepting bribes, Francis Bacon was imprisoned in this forbidding complex in 1621 the Tower of London |
#3392, aired 1999-05-11 | PORK PRODUCTS? $1000: 1620's "Novum Organum" is considered the greatest work by this British philosopher Sir Francis Bacon |
#3368, aired 1999-04-07 | ROYs & ROGERs $500: This 13th century English philosopher can "bring home" the credit for an ornithopter, a flying machine Roger Bacon |
#3330, aired 1999-02-12 | JOIN THE CLUB $200: Some credit this bacon, turkey & lettuce creation to the Saratoga Club of New York state Club sandwich |
#3287, aired 1998-12-15 | FUN WITH ACRONYMS $100: On a menu:
BLT bacon, lettuce & tomato |
#3268, aired 1998-11-18 | REMEMBER THE '80s? $200: In this 1984 film classic, city boy Kevin Bacon moved to a small town that had outlawed dancing Footloose |
#3263, aired 1998-11-11 | THE 13 COLONIES $400: In 1676 Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion in this colony, capturing & burning Jamestown Virginia |
#3256, aired 1998-11-02 | 20th CENTURY ART $1,000 (Daily Double): This controversial painter was a descendant of the 17th C. English essayist of the same name Francis Bacon |
#3251, aired 1998-10-26 | EGGS & HAM $300: The slice of ham in traditional Eggs Benedict can be replaced with this similar pork product Canadian bacon |
#3230, aired 1998-09-25 | HERE'S LOOKING AT ME $1000: This mannerist artist, a real ham, says "Cheese!" in the self-portrait seen here Parmigianino |
#3224, aired 1998-09-17 | OLD FARMERS $1000: As part of his "rebellion" this Virginia farmer captured & burned Jamestown in 1676 Nathaniel Bacon |
#3208, aired 1998-07-08 | FEAR $200: Thoreau & Francis Bacon said they feared fear itself long before this man said it in 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt |
#3205, aired 1998-07-03 | CRITTER LIT $600: A spider named Charlotte & a farmer's daughter keep the farmer from makin' bacon out of this pig Wilbur |
#3156, aired 1998-04-27 | FOOD & DRINK $400: A lunchtime favorite, it's chicken or turkey, tomato, bacon & lettuce on 3 slices of toast Club sandwich |
#3131, aired 1998-03-23 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: The inmates' official daily rations at this Georgia prison were 1/4 lb. of meal and 1/3 lb. of bacon or beef Andersonville |
#3131, aired 1998-03-23 | SOAPDISH $400: Kyra Sedgwick knows this actor, her husband, used to play Tim on "The Guiding Light" Kevin Bacon |
#3126, aired 1998-03-16 | "D" IN COOKING $200: They're the melted fat & juices left over after bacon is fried Drippings |
#3118, aired 1998-03-04 | 6 DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON $200: Meg Ryan was in "I.Q." with Walter Matthau, who was in this Oliver Stone initial film with Kevin JFK |
#3118, aired 1998-03-04 | 6 DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON $400: F. Murray Abraham was in "Amadeus" with Tom Hulce, who did this National Lampoon movie with Kevin Animal House |
#3118, aired 1998-03-04 | 6 DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON $600: Boris Karloff did "The Raven" with Jack Nicholson, who was in this Navy courtroom drama with Kevin A Few Good Men |
#3118, aired 1998-03-04 | 6 DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON $800: Cindy Crawford was in "Fair Game" with William Baldwin, who did this medical school thriller with Kevin Flatliners |
#3118, aired 1998-03-04 | 6 DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON $1000: Alex Trebek was in "Short Cuts" with Fred Ward, who acted in this underground peril film with Kevin Tremors |
#3083, aired 1998-01-14 | CARTOONS $500: This "sizzling" star provided the voice of Balto, the heroic sled dog in a 1995 feature Kevin Bacon |
#3040, aired 1997-11-14 | PEOPLE EAT THAT? $200: The cheeks of this animal can be smoked, as its belly is smoked for bacon Pig |
#3008, aired 1997-10-01 | FOODS THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "Q" $600: This savory pie can have bacon bits added to the custard filling quiche |
#3007, aired 1997-09-30 | FOOD $1000: This hors d' oeuvre is a piece of chicken liver & a water chestnut wrapped in bacon Rumaki |
#2996, aired 1997-09-15 | ____ IN THE ____ $1000: In this 1995 film Christian Slater defends Alcatraz inmate Kevin Bacon after he kills another prisoner "Murder In The First" |
#2979, aired 1997-07-10 | ACTOR-DIRECTORS $800: He made his directing debut with the 1996 film "Losing Chase", which starred his wife, Kyra Sedgwick Kevin Bacon |
#2967, aired 1997-06-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: This 13th century English philosopher predicted there would be cars, airplanes & ships without rowers Roger Bacon |
#2953, aired 1997-06-04 | TALL TALES $100: This logger's griddle was so big it had to be greased by men skating with bacon on their feet Paul Bunyan |
#2931, aired 1997-05-05 | BARNYARD ANIMALS $200: When bringing home the bacon, remember that this animal's meat is taboo to observant Muslims & Jews Pig/swine |
#2930, aired 1997-05-02 | MOVIE DEBUTS $400: This "Dirty Dancing" star did some dirty skating in his first film, "Skatetown, U.S.A." Patrick Swayze |
#2899, aired 1997-03-20 | AWARDS $400: In 1966 this St. Louis structure was awarded the Henry Bacon Medal by the American Institute of Architects Gateway Arch |
#2889, aired 1997-03-06 | MEAT $400: Back bacon is also known by this geographic name Canadian bacon |
#2871, aired 1997-02-10 | ESSAYS $1000: This English philosopher developed the formal style of essays in works like 1625's "Of Beauty" Francis Bacon |
#2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ADJECTIVES $800: Fancy-free, as in the title of a Kevin Bacon-Lori Singer film Footloose |
#2839, aired 1996-12-26 | PIGS $300: The Tamworth & Lacombe breeds of pig are raised primarily for this breakfast meat Bacon |
#2815, aired 1996-11-22 | WHAT A DISH! $400: Devils on Horseback are stuffed prunes, & Angels on Horseback are oysters wrapped in this bacon |
#2813, aired 1996-11-20 | AROUND THE HOUSE $300: From a Latin word for bacon, it's a pantry or cellar in which food is stored Larder |
#2770, aired 1996-09-20 | PHILOSOPHERS $300: In 1604 philosopher Francis Bacon advocated union between England & this part of the U.K. Scotland |
#2751, aired 1996-07-15 | FOOD $100: Carpacchio, an Italian dish of raw shavings of this meat, is often served with capers beef |
#2746, aired 1996-07-08 | ARCHITECTURE $600: Henry Bacon styled this memorial in Washington's Potomac Park after a classic Greek temple the Lincoln Memorial |
#2711, aired 1996-05-20 | HE WAS IN THAT?! $200: Kevin Bacon made his film debut in 1978 as one of the frat guys in this wild John Belushi comedy Animal House |
#2660, aired 1996-03-08 | THE MOVIES $500: For his role as an Alcatraz convict in "Murder in the First", this "Footloose" star lost 20 pounds Kevin Bacon |
#2647, aired 1996-02-20 | FOOD $400: The "German" style of this side dish contains bits of bacon & is sometimes served warm potato salad |
#2642, aired 1996-02-13 | THE MOVIES $100: Kevin Bacon played command module pilot Jack Swigert in this 1995 blockbuster Apollo 13 |
#2627, aired 1996-01-23 | EUROPEAN FOOD & DRINK $1000: The confection Tocino de Cielo, or "Heavenly Bacon" is a specialty of this European country Spain |
#2612, aired 1996-01-02 | POTPOURRI $500: It's the meat in a Quiche Lorraine ham (bacon) |
#2588, aired 1995-11-29 | ASTRONOMY $400: He was the second Astronomer Royal & perhaps the only one you could name Edmond Halley |
#2586, aired 1995-11-27 | FOOD $500: Traditional carbonara sauce has cream, eggs, bacon bits & this cheese in it parmesan |
#2567, aired 1995-10-31 | JOY OF COOKING $100: The book suggests serving the Canadian type of this meat with hot Cumberland sauce or raisin sauce bacon |
#2544, aired 1995-09-28 | WORD ORIGINS $300: A place for storing food, its name comes from the Latin word for bacon, lardum larder |
#2487, aired 1995-05-30 | FOOD & DRINK $200: Devils on horseback are oysters wrapped in this breakfast meat bacon |
#2392, aired 1995-01-17 | ELIZABETH'S COURT $800: Francis Bacon prosecuted Robert Devereux, the Earl of this, for attempting a coup Essex |
#2373, aired 1994-12-21 | ODDS & ENDS $200: When limp, this breakfast food should be eaten with a fork; when it's very crisp, you may use your fingers bacon |
#2353, aired 1994-11-23 | PHILOSOPHY $200: In 1597 in his "Religious Meditations", Francis Bacon wrote that this "is power" Knowledge |
#2348, aired 1994-11-16 | FILE UNDER "B" $100: The Canadian, or back type, of this is leaner; it comes from the loin area of a hog's back Bacon |
#2327, aired 1994-10-18 | POTPOURRI $400: Its the type of meat that's wrapped around a water chestnut & chicken liver in rumaki bacon |
#2324, aired 1994-10-13 | QUOTATIONS $400: Francis Bacon wrote of "the wisdom of" these animals,"that shed tears when they would, devour" crocodiles |
#2277, aired 1994-06-28 | GREAT BRITS $1000: Name shared by a 17th c. philosopher, essayist & statesman & his descendant, a 20th c. painter Francis Bacon |
#2263, aired 1994-06-08 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1676 Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion that burned down this Virginia settlement Jamestown |
#2150, aired 1993-12-31 | 1922 $600: This memorial designed by Henry Bacon was dedicated in Washington on May 30 the Lincoln Memorial |
#2142, aired 1993-12-21 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS $400: R.L. Bacon wrote about these New Zealand natives in such books as "The Boy and the Taniwha" the Maori |
#2137, aired 1993-12-14 | CHEF'S SPECIALS $200: When these are served casino, they're on the half shell & topped with butter & bacon oysters |
#2108, aired 1993-11-03 | SALAD DAYS $400: This type of potato salad has a dressing of bacon fat, vinegar & seasonings German potato salad |
#2098, aired 1993-10-20 | AWARDS $400: In 1966 the Henry Bacon Medal for Memorial Architecture went to this St. Louis structure the Arch |
#2094, aired 1993-10-14 | GIANTS $300: His pancake griddle was so huge that men had to skate across it with bacon on their feet to grease it Paul Bunyan |
#2093, aired 1993-10-13 | "C" FOOD $500: This sauce served on spaghetti is made with ham or bacon, eggs, cheese & cream carbonara |
#2085, aired 1993-10-01 | BREAKFAST FOOD $100: Back bacon is also known by the name of this North American country where it's popular Canada |
#2009, aired 1993-05-06 | CELEBRITY ASTROLOGY $100: Kevin Bacon doesn't look "crabby" to us, but he was born under this sign cancer |
#1989, aired 1993-04-08 | ESPERANTO $100: This fried breakfast meat is lardo bacon |
#1972, aired 1993-03-16 | FATS & OILS $200: The fat rendered from hogs, its name is from the Latin for "bacon fat" lard |
#1872, aired 1992-10-27 | LET'S DO LUNCH $200: The Lorraine type of this custard cheese dish contains bacon quiche |
#1870, aired 1992-10-23 | RECIPES $500: Wrap bite-sized pieces of chicken liver & water chestnut in bacon & broil rumaki |
#1845, aired 1992-09-18 | RAIDS & RAIDERS $1000: This Virginia colonist led a rebellion in 1676 protesting the lack of protection from Indian raids Nathaniel Bacon |
#1752, aired 1992-03-24 | SALAD DAYS $200: The German type of this salad is served hot & has bacon in its dressing potato salad |
#1662, aired 1991-11-19 | FAMOUS QUOTES $400: In 1597 Francis Bacon wrote in "Meditationes Sacrae" that this "is power" knowledge |
#1612, aired 1991-09-10 | KIDDIE LIT $300: A grey spider keeps Wilbur from ending up as Bacon in this E.B. White story Charlotte's Web |
#1544, aired 1991-04-25 | FOOD $400: To make rumaki, wrap a strip of this around a water chestnut & a piece of chicken liver bacon |
#1402, aired 1990-10-09 | COOKING $300: Gamblers might like this oyster dish made with green onions or shallots & bacon oysters casino |
#1376, aired 1990-09-03 | POLITICAL QUOTES $500: In 1690 this English philosopher wrote, "Wherever law ends, tyranny begins." John Locke |
#12, aired 1990-09-01 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: In 1676 he led a rebellion against his cousin by marriage, Gov. Wm. Berkeley of Virginia Nathaniel Bacon |
#3, aired 1990-06-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: Roger Bacon, John Duns Scotus & William of Ockham were among the Franciscans who taught here Oxford |
#1338, aired 1990-05-30 | COOKING $600: Before roasting your pheasant, "bard" it by covering it with slices of this bacon |
#1327, aired 1990-05-15 | FOOD $400: From the old French word for "ham", it makes a nice sandwich combined with lettuce & tomato Bacon |
#1325, aired 1990-05-11 | MEDIEVAL PEOPLE $800: Known as Friar Roger, this English scientist & philosopher foresaw the airplane Roger Bacon |
#1252, aired 1990-01-30 | FOOD TRIVIA $300: These bivalves are wrapped in bacon, grilled & served on toast to make "Angels on Horseback" Oysters |
#1128, aired 1989-06-28 | CELEBRITY BOOKS $100: James Bacon called his biography of this TV star "How Sweet It Is" Jackie Gleason |
#1092, aired 1989-05-09 | 1980s POP MUSIC $500: Deniece Williams' hit "Let's Hear It for the Boy" was featured on the soundtrack of this 1984 Kevin Bacon film Footloose |
#1032, aired 1989-02-14 | NAME THE NOVEL $1000: Caleb Trask, Aron Trask & Abra Bacon East of Eden |
#1016, aired 1989-01-23 | SALAD $300: The German version of this popular salad contains bacon & vinegar & is often served hot potato salad |
#1013, aired 1989-01-18 | SALADS $300: Meat that frequently garnishes a spinach salad bacon |
#993, aired 1988-12-21 | TELEVISION $200: He played a troubled teenager on "The Guiding Light" before he hit it big in "Footloose" Kevin Bacon |
#992, aired 1988-12-20 | ADS & COMMERCIALS $500: Women wearing this "can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, & never let you forget you're a man" Enjoli |
#958, aired 1988-11-02 | ENGLISH LIT $3,100 (Daily Double): The Baconian theory expounds this that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays |
#951, aired 1988-10-24 | COLONIAL AMERICA $200: Bacon's Rebellion took place in Virginia 100 years before this, for which it has been called a dress rehearsal The Revolution |
#926, aired 1988-09-19 | STARTS WITH "MU" $800 (Daily Double): Type of "Love" that's the subject of the following:
"Nibblin' on bacon, chewin' on cheese / Sam says to Susie / Honey, would you please be my Mrs.? / Suzie she says yes, with her kisses..." "Muskrat Love" |
#866, aired 1988-05-16 | SPIES & SPYING $200: Some credit Francis Bacon with coining this term for an agent who burrows into a rival spy agency mole |
#864, aired 1988-05-12 | WEAPONS $300: The oldest of all explosives, its formula appears in a 13th century book by Roger Bacon gunpowder |
#827, aired 1988-03-22 | AGRICULTURE $600: Pigs with less fat, longer body & uniform belly thickness have been developed primarily to produce this bacon |
#821, aired 1988-03-14 | FOOD $200: What you'd be eating if you were eating a rasher bacon |
#776, aired 1988-01-11 | HORS D'OEUVRES $400: Chicken livers & water chestnuts wrapped in bacon; fortune cookies to follow rumaki |
#764, aired 1987-12-24 | MEATS $100: This kind of bacon comes from the loin of a pig, but it doesn't have to come from Quebec Canadian bacon |
#732, aired 1987-11-10 | MEATS $500: Used to cure many meats including bacon, it's the creosote & formaldehyde in this that help preserve things smoke |
#730, aired 1987-11-06 | FOOD $200: Bacon bits & fat are typically substituted for mayonnaise in this ethnic group's potato salad German |
#681, aired 1987-07-20 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $200: In 1853, Delia Bacon pried open Shakespeare's tomb to try to prove this man wrote the plays (Sir) Francis Bacon |
#670, aired 1987-07-03 | PROVERBS $600: In Aesop, the rural "cousin" who said "Better beans & bacon in peace than cakes & ale in fear" the country mouse |
#667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500: This medieval Eng. philosopher lived 350 years before Francis Bacon, with whom he's often confused Roger Bacon |
#550, aired 1987-01-16 | POLI SCI $800: Nickname for appropriation bills that are "pieces of bacon" for a congressman's "folks back home" pork barrel |
#501, aired 1986-11-10 | MULTIPLE CHOICE $400: Of bacon, bosom, or babushka, word censored from an ad by N.Y. paper The Jewish Week bacon |
#436, aired 1986-05-12 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $300: Author & philosopher Francis Bacon said this "is power" knowledge |
#397, aired 1986-03-18 | MOVIES $200: 1984 film starring Kevin Bacon that was male answer to "Flashdance" Footloose |
#356, aired 1986-01-20 | FOOD $1000: By strictest definition, a rasher of bacon has this many slices one |
#340, aired 1985-12-27 | PROVERBS $300: Said Francis Bacon, "If the mountain will not come to Muhammed, Muhammed will" do this go to the mountain |
#292, aired 1985-10-22 | ABBREVIATIONS $100: If you order a BLT sandwich, you'll get this bacon, lettuce & tomato |
#281, aired 1985-10-07 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Theory that this English scientist & statesman actually wrote Shakespeare's plays has been discredited Francis Bacon |
#276, aired 1985-09-30 | FOOD $300: From German for "little cake", the Lorraine style includes cheese & bacon bits quiche |
#171, aired 1985-05-06 | BREAKFAST $300: Sliced from the pork loin, it's the McKenzie brothers' favorite breakfast Canadian bacon |
#98, aired 1985-01-23 | ART $800: Poet who illustrated his own "Lamb" & "Tiger" William Blake |
#82, aired 1985-01-01 | FOOD $200: The "breadwinner" is also said to bring this home the bacon |
#19, aired 1984-10-04 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: Of Bacon & Lamb, the one who wrote "A Dissertation upon Roast Pig" (Charles) Lamb |
#12, aired 1984-09-25 | FOODS $300: Pickle men, not doctors, do this for bacon & ham cure |