Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (62 results returned)
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | SILENT K WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): Sir Francis Bacon wrote, "ipsa scientia potestas est", often translated to this phrase knowledge is power |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | FIRST & LAST NAME'S THE SAME $2000: 17th century essayist who was Lord Chancellor of England & 20th century painter of "Head of a Woman (Lisa Sainsbury)" Francis Bacon |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | MORE THAN ONE SILENT LETTER $1600: Often attributed to Francis Bacon is the saying this "is power" knowledge |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | PAINT SAMPLES $400: It's a 3-part painting, like Francis Bacon's "3 Studies of Lucian Freud" a triptych |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | ESSAYS $2000: The word "essay" came into English in a 1597 work by this Sir Francis, last name not Drake Bacon |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $400: Bacon's hated rival Edward Coke was a mentor to Roger Williams, who founded the colony of Rhode Island & this capital Providence |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $800: "You have built an ark to save learning from deluge", said Francis to Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian one of these library |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $1,000 (Daily Double): Francis' dad was pals with Matthew Parker, who in this job from 1559 to 1575 gave the Anglican Church its distinct identity Archbishop of Canterbury |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $1200: Bacon kissed the hand of King James I of England, who was the son of this queen, though James never saw her after age 1 Mary, Queen of Scots |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $2000: Francis' uncle, Lord Burleigh, built a home where you can still see the gardens of this 18th century designer known as "Capability" Lancelot "Capability" Brown |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | LETTER MEN $800: B: this tasty Elizabethan courtier pioneered inductive reasoning in "Novum Organum" (Francis) Bacon |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | THE ARTS $1200: In 1605 this Brit wrote "Advancement of Learning"; the "Screaming Popes" is a series by a British artist of the same name (Francis) Bacon |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | PHILOSOPHY $2000: Francis Bacon is considered a father of this school of philosophy that holds that all knowledge comes from experience empiricism |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | BEHIND BARS $400: In 1621 Francis Bacon was sent to this London lockup, but the king let him out after 4 days the Tower of London |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | 17th CENTURY LIT $800: Francis Bacon penned a vision of society based on 17th century science, "The New" this fabled lost land Atlantis |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | ENTERTAINING INSPIRATIONS $200: A triptych by painter Francis Bacon inspired the chest-bursting scene from this 1979 film Alien |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | PLAY THE JOKER $200: Christopher Nolan suggested that this actor prep for the role by looking at the disturbing art of Francis Bacon Heath Ledger |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | FAMILIAR TRIOS $1600: Sir Francis, iceberg & heirloom bacon, lettuce, and tomato |
| #7130, aired 2015-09-18 | SMART PEOPLE $800: In 1603 Francis Bacon wrote a treatise supporting the union of these 2 kingdoms, an idea King James liked England & Scotland |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | PHILOSOPHY $400: Francis Bacon's "Meditationes Sacrae" includes the famous aphorism "Knowledge is" this power |
| #6873, aired 2014-07-02 | WISE GUYS $2000: English statesman & philosopher Francis Bacon warned, "it is impossible" to do this "and to be wise" to love |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | 17th CENTURY THINKERS $400: Last name of Sir Francis, who crisply published "The Advancement of Learning" in 1605 Bacon |
| #6780, aired 2014-02-21 | FICTIONAL COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: A college called Salomon's House in Sir Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis" may have inspired the 1660 founding of this society the Royal Society |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | BESTSELLERS OF THE 13th CENTURY $1200: Last name of Roger, who in "Opus Majus" tried to organize scientific knowledge, & of Francis, who later did the same Bacon |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | SECONDS $2000: From 1577 to 1580 he commanded the second voyage ever to go around the world Francis Drake |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | TRUTH SEEKERS $800: This "meaty" 17th c. English thinker's "Essays, Civil and Moral" begins with his essay "Of Truth" Francis Bacon |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $1600: Philosopher Francis & jeweled Faberge creations bacon and eggs |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $2000: 17th century philosopher Sir Francis & 20th century painter Francis Bacon |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | HOPE $400: Francis Bacon opined that "Hope is a good breakfast but a bad" one of these supper |
| #5445, aired 2008-04-18 | BACON $400: In 1613 Francis Bacon got this office; he'd have trouble with the U.S. Senate today, as he approved of torture Attorney General |
| #5445, aired 2008-04-18 | BACON $800: Years after this country's revolution, it reshowed its Francis Bacon triptych... in a London museum Iran |
| #4762, aired 2005-04-26 | THINKERS $1600: In 1620's "Novum Organum" this Brit wrote that the way to truth is to work up from particulars to general principles Francis Bacon |
| #4609, aired 2004-09-23 | THIS WAY TO THE EGRESS $2000: This 16th c. philosopher died of bronchitis after experiments with snow to delay the process of putrefaction (Sir Francis) Bacon |
| #4454, aired 2004-01-08 | QUOTATIONS $1200: As Francis Bacon said, "Hope is a good" this meal "but it is a bad supper" breakfast |
| #4386, aired 2003-10-06 | PAINTINGS $1000: A portrait of fellow artist Francis Bacon is one of the best-known works by this grandson of Sigmund Freud Lucian Freud |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | ESSAY $1600: The 2 main types of essays are personal & this stuffier type developed by Sir Francis Bacon formal |
| #4134, aired 2002-07-18 | HISTORIC NAMES $2000: Whit "Opus Magus", you can "bring home" this 13th C. British friar & philosopher (no relation to Francis) Roger Bacon |
| #4111, aired 2002-06-17 | COVERING BARON GROUND $800: The 1st Baron Verulam, some believe he wrote Shakespeare's plays--but others say that's hogwash Francis Bacon |
| #4068, aired 2002-04-17 | FRANKS & BEENS $1,200 (Daily Double): This Limerick-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning author has been called "a haunted man" Frank McCourt |
| #3670, aired 2000-07-14 | HISTORIC POST-IT NOTES $1000: Essayist & experimenter who wrote the 1626 note seen here: "Remember to Freeze Chicken!" Sir Francis Bacon |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | OOH, A WISE GUY $4,000 (Daily Double): He wrote that "Knowledge is power" -- & rumor has it he also wrote Shakespeare's plays Francis Bacon |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Accused of accepting bribes, Francis Bacon was imprisoned in this forbidding complex in 1621 the Tower of London |
| #3392, aired 1999-05-11 | PORK PRODUCTS? $1000: 1620's "Novum Organum" is considered the greatest work by this British philosopher Sir Francis Bacon |
| #3256, aired 1998-11-02 | 20th CENTURY ART $1,000 (Daily Double): This controversial painter was a descendant of the 17th C. English essayist of the same name Francis Bacon |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | HERE'S LOOKING AT ME $1000: This mannerist artist, a real ham, says "Cheese!" in the self-portrait seen here Parmigianino |
| #3208, aired 1998-07-08 | FEAR $200: Thoreau & Francis Bacon said they feared fear itself long before this man said it in 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: This 13th century English philosopher predicted there would be cars, airplanes & ships without rowers Roger Bacon |
| #2871, aired 1997-02-10 | ESSAYS $1000: This English philosopher developed the formal style of essays in works like 1625's "Of Beauty" Francis Bacon |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | PHILOSOPHERS $300: In 1604 philosopher Francis Bacon advocated union between England & this part of the U.K. Scotland |
| #2588, aired 1995-11-29 | ASTRONOMY $400: He was the second Astronomer Royal & perhaps the only one you could name Edmond Halley |
| #2392, aired 1995-01-17 | ELIZABETH'S COURT $800: Francis Bacon prosecuted Robert Devereux, the Earl of this, for attempting a coup Essex |
| #2353, aired 1994-11-23 | PHILOSOPHY $200: In 1597 in his "Religious Meditations", Francis Bacon wrote that this "is power" Knowledge |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | QUOTATIONS $400: Francis Bacon wrote of "the wisdom of" these animals,"that shed tears when they would, devour" crocodiles |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | GREAT BRITS $1000: Name shared by a 17th c. philosopher, essayist & statesman & his descendant, a 20th c. painter Francis Bacon |
| #1662, aired 1991-11-19 | FAMOUS QUOTES $400: In 1597 Francis Bacon wrote in "Meditationes Sacrae" that this "is power" knowledge |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | ENGLISH LIT $3,100 (Daily Double): The Baconian theory expounds this that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | SPIES & SPYING $200: Some credit Francis Bacon with coining this term for an agent who burrows into a rival spy agency mole |
| #681, aired 1987-07-20 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $200: In 1853, Delia Bacon pried open Shakespeare's tomb to try to prove this man wrote the plays (Sir) Francis Bacon |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500: This medieval Eng. philosopher lived 350 years before Francis Bacon, with whom he's often confused Roger Bacon |
| #436, aired 1986-05-12 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $300: Author & philosopher Francis Bacon said this "is power" knowledge |
| #340, aired 1985-12-27 | PROVERBS $300: Said Francis Bacon, "If the mountain will not come to Muhammed, Muhammed will" do this go to the mountain |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Theory that this English scientist & statesman actually wrote Shakespeare's plays has been discredited Francis Bacon |
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