Q 01/05

Which before-and-after joins the star of 1984's Footloose to a plate on a diner breakfast menu?

A) Dawn French Toast

B) Kevin Bacon and Eggs

C) Jerry Rice Krispies

D) Eggs Benedict Cumberbatch

Answer · why

B) Kevin Bacon and Eggs

Kevin Bacon and Eggs owes its second half to publicity: Edward Bernays, hired to sell more bacon, helped convince Americans that this was the true all...

Q 02/05

Which before-and-after joins Pat Sajak's long-time game show to a treat with a paper slip inside?

A) Top Chef Boyardee

B) The Weakest Link Sausage

C) Match Game Hen

D) Wheel of Fortune Cookie

Answer · why

D) Wheel of Fortune Cookie

Wheel of Fortune Cookie ends on a staple of Chinese restaurants in the United States that most likely began with cookies made by Japanese immigrants.

Q 03/05

Which before-and-after joins the Roman killed on the Ides of March to a romaine and crouton dish?

A) Julius Caesar Salad

B) Erik the Red Velvet Cake

C) Marco Polo Mints

D) Francis Scott Key Lime Pie

Answer · why

A) Julius Caesar Salad

Julius Caesar Salad honours the wrong Caesar: the dish is credited to Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant restaurateur, who created it in Tijuana, Me...

Q 04/05

Which before-and-after joins the Louvre portrait stolen in 1911 to Springfield's young saxophonist?

A) The Blue Boy Meets World

B) The Birth of Venus Williams

C) Mona Lisa Simpson

D) Christina's World of Warcraft

Answer · why

C) Mona Lisa Simpson

Mona Lisa Simpson gives Springfield's young jazz fan a painting whose worldwide fame stems partly from that theft, carried out by Vincenzo Peruggia in...

Q 05/05

Which before-and-after joins the singer of 'Superstition' to the Amazon with the Lasso of Truth?

A) Al Green Lantern

B) Stevie Wonder Woman

C) Adam Ant-Man

D) Grandmaster Flash Gordon

Answer · why

B) Stevie Wonder Woman

Stevie Wonder Woman ends with a heroine built for honesty: her creator, psychologist William Moulton Marston, also devised the blood pressure test tha...