Kevin Bacon

0:03 Caalaruga Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme is Kevin Bacon's Birthday, Hollywood Connections, six Degrees of Separation and ensemble casts. Question one, Kevin Bacon celebrates his birthday on July eighth in what US city was he born in nineteen fifty eight, a place where his father, Edmund was a prominent urban planner. Question two. The parlor game six Degrees of Kevin Bacon took off on a Pennsylvania campus in nineteen ninety four, which small liberal arts college in Reading is credited as its birthplace. Question three, long before movie buffs were counting Bacon numbers, which Hungarian writer introduced the idea of six degrees of separation in his nineteen twenty nine short story often translated as Chains. Question four, Kevin Bacon joined a star studded mission as astronaut Jack Swygert in which nineteen ninety five ensemble space drama directed by Ron Howard. Question five named the nineteen eighty two ensemble comedy drama set in nineteen fifty nine Baltimore, directed by Barry Levinson, where Kevin Bacon plays the prank loving Fenwick among a tight knit group of friends. We'll be

1:33 right back with these answers after this break, Welcome back. Question one, In which city was Kevin Bacon born? Answer? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bacon was born in Philadelphia on July eighth, nineteen fifty eight. His father, Edmund N. Bacon, was a famed city planner known for shaping Center City and authoring the influential book Design of Cities. Question two? Which college birthed the sixth Degree of Kevin Bacon game? Answer? Albright College. The game was created by Albright College students Brian Turtle, Craig Fass, and Mike Janelli in nineteen ninety four. Their idea connected Bacon to nearly any actor through film roles in six steps or fewer? Question three? Who introduced the six degrees of separation idea? In nineteen twenty nine? Answer Fridgie's Corinthi.

2:22 Corinthi's short story proposed that any two people are connected by a short chain of acquaintances. The concept later inspired social network research and pop culture games like the Bacon Number. Question four, in which film does Bacon play? Jack Swigert? Answer Apollo thirteen. Apollo thirteen features a large ensemble including Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Ed Harris. Bacon portrays Jack Swigert, the Command module pilot on NASA's ill fated nineteen seventy lunar Mission Question five, which nineteen eighty two ensemble film features Bacon as Fenwick Answer Diner. Diner helped launch several careers and is celebrated for its nature realistic dialogue in group chemistry. Bacon's character Fenwick is a mischievous member of the Baltimore Friend group that concludes today's five daily trivia questions.

3:10 I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you Tomorrow.