Q 01/05

In which city was Kevin Bacon born and raised?

A) Boston

B) Pittsburgh

C) Baltimore

D) Philadelphia

Answer · why

D) Philadelphia

He left home at 17 for New York theater; his hometown later hosted the first Bacon Brothers gig at the Theatre of Living Arts.

Q 02/05

Kevin Bacon is the youngest of how many children?

A) Four

B) Three

C) Six

D) Eight

Answer · why

C) Six

His mother Ruth was an elementary school teacher and liberal activist; his brother Michael is his bandmate.

Q 03/05

Bacon's father, Edmund Bacon, was famous in what profession?

A) Federal judge

B) Urban planner

C) Jazz trumpeter

D) Newspaper editor

Answer · why

B) Urban planner

As executive director of Philadelphia's City Planning Commission he shaped Penn Center and Society Hill, and wrote the classic text Design of Cities.

Q 04/05

Bacon made his feature film debut in which 1978 comedy?

A) Animal House

B) Grease

C) Halloween

D) Superman

Answer · why

A) Animal House

Fame did not follow; he went back to waiting tables and did stints on the soaps Search for Tomorrow and Guiding Light.

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

His character Jack meets his end with an arrow through the throat from below the bunk while Marcie is in the bathroom.