# Baker’s Dozen III
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 133
### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2641 "2023-07-31T15:43:29Z")
**Fictional Planets**
1. Krypton
2. Tralfamadore
3. Gallifrey
4. Htrae
5. Spheron 1
6. Alderaan
7. Nibiru
8. Arrakis (Dune)
9. Perelandra
10. Tatooine
11. Vulcan
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2642 "2023-07-31T16:18:16Z")
**Fictional Planets**
1. Krypton
2. Tralfamadore
3. Gallifrey
4. Htrae
5. Spheron 1
6. Alderaan
7. Nibiru
8. Arrakis (Dune)
9. Perelandra
10. Tatooine
11. Vulcan
12. Ego
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2643 "2023-07-31T16:41:51Z")
**Fictional Planets**
1. Krypton
2. Tralfamadore
3. Gallifrey
4. Htrae
5. Spheron 1
6. Alderaan
7. Nibiru
8. Arrakis (Dune)
9. Perelandra
10. Tatooine
11. Vulcan
12. Ego
13. LV-426
Next up:
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
For more: [Eärendil | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom](https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/E%C3%A4rendil)
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2644 "2023-07-31T16:43:51Z")
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
2. John F. Kennedy
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2645 "2023-07-31T16:45:41Z")
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
2. John F. Kennedy
3. William B. Cushing
A Civil War naval hero: [William B. Cushing - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Cushing)
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### Author:  [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2646 "2023-07-31T16:46:02Z")
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
2. John F. Kennedy
3. William B. Cushing
4. Ben Ainsley
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2647 "2023-07-31T16:47:54Z")
Look above, **Jegpeg**.
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### Author:  [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2648 "2023-07-31T16:50:46Z")
Been a few occasions when I have thought I was at the bottom of the thread and I was not. When I posted it it becamoe obvious so edited it with a more relevent answer
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2649 "2023-07-31T16:54:32Z")
No worries.
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
2. John F. Kennedy
3. William B. Cushing
4. Ben Ainsley
5. Zheng He
Perhaps the greatest explorer of his day: [Zheng He - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He)
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### Author:  [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2650 "2023-07-31T17:47:55Z")
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
2. John F. Kennedy
3. William B. Cushing
4. Ben Ainsley
5. Zheng He
6. Ferdinand Magellan
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2651 "2023-07-31T18:11:17Z")
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
2. John F. Kennedy
3. William B. Cushing
4. Ben Ainsley
5. Zheng He
6. Ferdinand Magellan
7. Lord Nelson
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2652 "2023-07-31T18:18:17Z")
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
2. John F. Kennedy
3. William B. Cushing
4. Ben Ainsley
5. Zheng He
6. Ferdinand Magellan
7. Lord Nelson
8. Blackbeard
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2653 "2023-07-31T18:22:01Z")
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
2. John F. Kennedy
3. William B. Cushing
4. Ben Ainsley
5. Zheng He
6. Ferdinand Magellan
7. Lord Nelson
8. Blackbeard
9. David Glasgow Farragut
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2654 "2023-07-31T18:25:02Z")
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
2. John F. Kennedy
3. William B. Cushing
4. Ben Ainsley
5. Zheng He
6. Ferdinand Magellan
7. Lord Nelson
8. Blackbeard
9. David Glasgow Farragut
10. Shanti Sethi
The only Indian-American woman to command a major US Navy combat warship.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2655 "2023-07-31T18:47:59Z")
Interesting, thanks, hadn’t heard of her before. I see she was a naval aide to Vice President Harris, and is now serving on the NSC.
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
2. John F. Kennedy
3. William B. Cushing
4. Ben Ainsley
5. Zheng He
6. Ferdinand Magellan
7. Lord Nelson
8. Blackbeard
9. David Glasgow Farragut
10. Shanti Sethi
11. Stephen Decatur Jr.
Namesake of the destroyer Capt. Sethi commanded: [USS Decatur (DDG-73) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Decatur_(DDG-73))
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2656 "2023-07-31T19:25:00Z")
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
2. John F. Kennedy
3. William B. Cushing
4. Ben Ainsley
5. Zheng He
6. Ferdinand Magellan
7. Lord Nelson
8. Blackbeard
9. David Glasgow Farragut
10. Shanti Sethi
11. Stephen Decatur Jr.
12. Grace O’Malley
AKA the Pirate Queen [Grace O'Malley - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O'Malley)
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2657 "2023-07-31T19:46:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> [Shanti Sethi] Interesting, thanks, hadn’t heard of her before. I see she was a naval aide to Vice President Harris, and is now serving on the NSC.
Yeah, she’s also a personal friend of my mother’s and the only person she personally knows who has a Wikipedia page as far as I’m aware.
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### Author:  [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2658 "2023-07-31T20:41:40Z")
**Notable mariners and sailors**
1. Eärendil
2. John F. Kennedy
3. William B. Cushing
4. Ben Ainsley
5. Zheng He
6. Ferdinand Magellan
7. Lord Nelson
8. Blackbeard
9. David Glasgow Farragut
10. Shanti Sethi
11. Stephen Decatur Jr.
12. Grace O’Malley
13. Popeye the Sailor Man
_(didn’t say they couldn’t be fictitious)_
**Famous Aviators**
1. Bryan Allen – pilot _(and power source)_ of both the Gossamer Condor, the first human-powered heavier-than-air craft capable of sustained controlled flight and winner of the Kremer Prize, and the Gossamer Albatross, the first human-powered heavier-than-air craft to successfully cross the English Channel.
_ **-“BB”-** _
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### Author:  [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2659 "2023-07-31T20:47:18Z")
**Famous Aviators**
1. Bryan Allen
2. Bessie Coleman - first African American woman and first Native American to earn a pilot’s license
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2660 "2023-07-31T20:49:23Z")
**Famous Aviators**
1. Bryan Allen
2. Bessie Coleman - first African American woman and first Native American to earn a pilot’s license
3. Wiley Post
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