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  | MOTHER GOOSE POLICE BLOTTER |  |
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  | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT |  |
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    | Modern cheerleading icon Lawrence Herkimer patented these classic cheer props with the advent of color TV in mind | pom-poms 
 
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    | At Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center, he's inducted in the Robot Hall of Fame; so is his sidekick R2-D2 | C-3PO 
 
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    | Mozzarella is in caprese salad with tomato, & tomato is with bacon in this 3-initial sandwich | a BLT 
 
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    | This weepy Sinéad O'Connor ballad might not be about lost love; Prince is rumored to have written it about his housekeeper | "Nothing Compares 2 U" 
 
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    | A woman called 9-1-1 to report an intruder at her tuffet; an 8-legged suspect was apprehended & later released | "Little Miss Muffet" 
 
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    | It's the term for a 200th anniversary; the United States celebrated one in 1976 | bicentennial 
 
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    | This university's Lexington-based cheer team is the winningest in UCA Division IA history, with 24 national titles; go Wildcats! | Kentucky 
 
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    | 1601 NASA Parkway is the street address of a space museum in this Texas city | Houston 
 
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    | 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 
 
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    | Existential pain & stand-still traffic, life's essential struggles, are on display in the video for this 1992 R.E.M. hit | "Everybody Hurts" 
 
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    | Medics were dispatched to a local hillside where a man sustained head injuries fetching water with a female companion | "Jack and Jill" 
 
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    | Stereotypes about this demographic -- also known as "Gen Y" -- include "tech-savvy" & "saddled with student loan debt" | millennial 
 
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    | "The Complete Story of the Cheerleading Movie that Changed, Like, Everything" is the partial title of a 2022 book saluting this film | Bring It On 
 
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    | The St. Louis Science Center recently hosted "Becoming Jane", a traveling exhibition about this primatologist | Jane Goodall 
 
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    | Milk is in custard with eggs, & eggs are with bacon in this quiche, named for a region of France | (Quiche) Lorraine 
 
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    | At the 2020 Grammys, Alicia Keys & this trio sang "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday" in a tribute to Kobe Bryant | (Ken: It was their song originally.  It was [*].  B-B-[*].) 
 Boyz II Men
 
 
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    | Veterinary personnel were dispatched when a local woman reported her flock had returned without tails after an unexplained absence | "Little Bo Peep" 
 
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    | It describes the "first pitch" thrown by a guest of honor at a baseball game -- a nice way of saying it doesn't actually count | (Mack: What is inaugural?) 
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    | It's no picnic being a flyer in this flashy stunt where teammates lock hands, fling you into the air, and hopefully catch you | (Rachel: What is a basket?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before start of Triple Jeopardy! Round]
 (Mack: What is a basket catch?)
 (Becky: What is a basket throw?)
 (Ken: [*] is apparently the cheerleading term.)
 (Mack: We knew it was a basket.)
 (Ken: No harm, no foul there. Everybody took a swing.)
 
 a basket toss
 
 
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    | Behind thick glass in the Gems & Minerals Hall of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Tom's Baby is an 8-lb nugget of this | (Rachel: Uh-oh. I don't know this. Um, Tom's ba-- um, um, uh, fossil. I don't know. Uh, what is a diamond?) (Ken: No, I'm sorry. It's from the Colorado [*] Rush. It's an 8-pound nugget of [*].)
 
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    | Tomato sauce is in Sloppy Joes with beef, & beef is with bacon in this beloved Wendy's burger, introduced in 2007 | (Ken: It's not your Wendy's order, I guess. Becky, you have a--you have a guess?) (Becky: What is [*]?)
 (Ken: That is correct. It is [*]. You didn't have the courage of your fast food convictions.)
 (Becky: No, no, I didn't.)
 (Ken: Well, I mean, maybe a WWE superstar should not be going to Wendy's that much.)
 (Becky: Yeah, more than usually.)
 (Mack: You'd be surprised when you're on the road.)
 (Ken: When you're on the road.)
 (Becky: You know, late nights.)
 
 the Baconator
 
 
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    | This handsome crooner revealed that after a bad breakup, he wrote "Somebody's Crying" inside a closet at a party | Chris Isaak 
 
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    | Police received multiple reports at 10 P.M. of a man running through town & tapping on windows in his nightgown | (Rachel: That sounds bad.) (Mack: Yeah.)
 (Ken: Who is that sicko? That pervert is [*].)
 (Rachel: That sounds just as bad.)
 (Mack: Sounds about the right name.)
 (Ken: Maybe the name explains some of his hang-ups, yeah.)
 (Rachel: Kind of knew when you heard that name.)
 
 "Wee Willie Winkie"
 
 
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    | Showcasing life in the 18th century, this Virginia attraction calls itself "the world's largest living history museum" | Colonial Williamsburg 
 
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    | It's the term for cheer squads whose sole purpose is to compete; they're not affiliated with any school... or with Smash Mouth | All-Star 
 
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    | Hey, fulcrum lovers! At Columbus, Ohio's Center of Science & Industry, kids can lift a 2,437-lb. car using this bar | (Becky: What is a crowbar?) (Ken: No, I'm sorry. Gotta swing.)
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 (Ken: That's the power of a [*]. They do it with a big [*].)
 (Becky: Oh, I was gonna say that, but then it didn't sound like a bar.)
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 (Ken: I guess there's kind of a bar on a [*].)
 
 a lever
 
 
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    | 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 
 
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    | You hardly notice that this Simon & Garfunkel song has no rhymes; maybe you're busy counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike | "America" 
 
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    | Officers responded to anonymous reports that a local man was sequestering his wife inside a large gourd | (Ken: Yes, and that's even worse, I think. [*] is canceled, in my opinion.) 
 "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater"
 
 
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    | It's the 2000 comedy with the Sandra Bullock line, "I'm in a dress, I have gel in my hair... & I'm armed.  Don't mess with me" | Miss Congeniality 
 
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