Q 01/05

In which city was Kevin Bacon born and raised?

A) Boston

B) Pittsburgh

C) Baltimore

D) Philadelphia

Answer · why

D) Philadelphia

Philadelphia is where he learned the trade as a teenager, studying and performing at the Manning Street Actor's Theatre before he finished high school...

Q 02/05

At 17, Bacon left home to study acting in which city?

A) Chicago

B) London

C) Los Angeles

D) New York

Answer · why

D) New York

New York drew him to the Circle in the Square theater school. His first film did not bring the breakthrough he hoped for, so he went back to the stage...

Q 03/05

Kevin Bacon's father, Edmund Bacon, reshaped his home city's downtown in which job?

A) City mayor

B) Urban planner

C) Real estate developer

D) Civil engineer

Answer · why

B) Urban planner

Urban planner Edmund Bacon ran his city's planning commission for two decades, and at 92 he rode a skateboard across a park he had conceived to defy a...

Q 04/05

Bacon made his feature film debut in which 1978 comedy?

A) Animal House

B) Grease

C) Heaven Can Wait

D) Up in Smoke

Answer · why

A) Animal House

Animal House took him because its director wanted unknowns rather than famous comedians. It made him no star, though, and he went back to waiting tabl...

Q 05/05

In which 1980 slasher film did Bacon play a camp counselor?

A) Prom Night

B) The Burning

C) Friday the 13th

D) Terror Train

Answer · why

C) Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th gave him what he calls a classic slasher death: his counselor Jack smokes a joint and sleeps with his girlfriend, which in that genre ...