SCIENCE MUSEUMS
COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING
SIX DEGREES OF ACTUAL BACON
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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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Modern cheerleading icon Lawrence Herkimer patented these classic cheer props with the advent of color TV in mind

pom-poms

200

Mozzarella is in caprese salad with tomato, & tomato is with bacon in this 3-initial sandwich

a BLT

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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

400

1601 NASA Parkway is the street address of a space museum in this Texas city

Houston

400

This university's Lexington-based cheer team is the winningest in UCA Division IA history, with 24 national titles; go Wildcats!

Kentucky

400

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

600

The St. Louis Science Center recently hosted "Becoming Jane", a traveling exhibition about this primatologist

Jane Goodall

600

Daily Double!!

"The Complete Story of the Cheerleading Movie that Changed, Like, Everything" is the partial title of a 2022 book saluting this film

600

Milk is in custard with eggs, & eggs are with bacon in this quiche, named for a region of France

(Quiche) Lorraine

800

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

gold

800

It's no picnic being a flyer in this flashy stunt where teammates lock hands, fling you into the air, and hopefully catch you

a basket toss

800

Tomato sauce is in Sloppy Joes with beef, & beef is with bacon in this beloved Wendy's burger, introduced in 2007

the Baconator

1000

Hey, fulcrum lovers! At Columbus, Ohio's Center of Science & Industry, kids can lift a 2,437-lb. car using this bar

a lever

1000

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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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