# 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:** 153

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3041 "2023-09-14T06:02:46Z")

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**Foreign words and phrases commonly used in English**

1. je ne sais quoi
2. schadenfreude
3. naivete
4. kindergarten
5. Volkswagen
6. Quid pro quo
7. Fiesta

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3042 "2023-09-14T10:29:25Z")

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**Foreign words and phrases commonly used in English**

1. je ne sais quoi
2. schadenfreude
3. naivete
4. kindergarten
5. Volkswagen
6. Quid pro quo
7. Fiesta
8. prima donna

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3043 "2023-09-14T12:51:08Z")

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**Foreign words and phrases commonly used in English**

1. je ne sais quoi
2. schadenfreude
3. naivete
4. kindergarten
5. Volkswagen
6. Quid pro quo
7. Fiesta
8. prima donna
9. bon voyage

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3044 "2023-09-14T14:00:58Z")

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**Foreign words and phrases commonly used in English**

1. je ne sais quoi
2. schadenfreude
3. naivete
4. kindergarten
5. Volkswagen
6. Quid pro quo
7. Fiesta
8. prima donna
9. bon voyage
10. Gesundheit

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3045 "2023-09-14T14:10:09Z")

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**Foreign words and phrases commonly used in English**

1. je ne sais quoi
2. schadenfreude
3. naivete
4. kindergarten
5. Volkswagen
6. Quid pro quo
7. Fiesta
8. prima donna
9. bon voyage
10. Gesundheit
11. Que sera sera

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3046 "2023-09-14T14:39:55Z")

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**Foreign words and phrases commonly used in English**

1. je ne sais quoi
2. schadenfreude
3. naivete
4. kindergarten
5. Volkswagen
6. Quid pro quo
7. Fiesta
8. prima donna
9. bon voyage
10. Gesundheit
11. Que sera sera
12. Yogurt

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3047 "2023-09-14T15:04:43Z")

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**Foreign words and phrases commonly used in English**

1. je ne sais quoi
2. schadenfreude
3. naivete
4. kindergarten
5. Volkswagen
6. Quid pro quo
7. Fiesta
8. prima donna
9. bon voyage
10. Gesundheit
11. Que sera sera
12. Yogurt
13. oy vey

**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3048 "2023-09-14T15:09:50Z")

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**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker
2. Drew Pearson

Co-author of syndicated column ‘Washington Merry-Go-Round’

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3049 "2023-09-14T16:11:33Z")

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**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker
2. Drew Pearson
3. Mike Royko

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3050 "2023-09-14T16:13:10Z")

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**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker
2. Drew Pearson
3. Mike Royko
4. Franklin P. Adams

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3051 "2023-09-14T16:18:32Z")

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**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker
2. Drew Pearson
3. Mike Royko
4. Franklin P. Adams
5. Molly Ivins

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3052 "2023-09-14T16:48:53Z")

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**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker
2. Drew Pearson
3. Mike Royko
4. Franklin P. Adams
5. Molly Ivins
6. H.L. Mencken

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3053 "2023-09-14T17:19:22Z")

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**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker
2. Drew Pearson
3. Mike Royko
4. Franklin P. Adams
5. Molly Ivins
6. H.L. Mencken
7. Cecil Adams

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3054 "2023-09-14T17:49:46Z")

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**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker
2. Drew Pearson
3. Mike Royko
4. Franklin P. Adams
5. Molly Ivins
6. H.L. Mencken
7. Cecil Adams
8. Jack Anderson

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**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3055 "2023-09-14T18:48:47Z")

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**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker
2. Drew Pearson
3. Mike Royko
4. Franklin P. Adams
5. Molly Ivins
6. H.L. Mencken
7. Cecil Adams
8. Jack Anderson
9. [Andrew Jennings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jennings)

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3056 "2023-09-14T18:56:08Z")

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**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker
2. Drew Pearson
3. Mike Royko
4. Franklin P. Adams
5. Molly Ivins
6. H.L. Mencken
7. Cecil Adams
8. Jack Anderson
9. [Andrew Jennings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jennings)
10. Andy Borowitz

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3057 "2023-09-14T20:07:44Z")

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**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker
2. Drew Pearson
3. Mike Royko
4. Franklin P. Adams
5. Molly Ivins
6. H.L. Mencken
7. Cecil Adams
8. Jack Anderson
9. [Andrew Jennings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jennings)
10. Andy Borowitz
11. William Safire

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3058 "2023-09-14T20:17:56Z")

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**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker
2. Drew Pearson
3. Mike Royko
4. Franklin P. Adams
5. Molly Ivins
6. H.L. Mencken
7. Cecil Adams
8. Jack Anderson
9. [Andrew Jennings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jennings)
10. Andy Borowitz
11. William Safire
12. Abigail Van Buren

Better known as “Dear Abby.”

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3059 "2023-09-14T20:28:11Z")

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**Newspaper Columnists**

1. Dorothy Parker
2. Drew Pearson
3. Mike Royko
4. Franklin P. Adams
5. Molly Ivins
6. H.L. Mencken
7. Cecil Adams
8. Jack Anderson
9. [Andrew Jennings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jennings)
10. Andy Borowitz
11. William Safire
12. Abigail Van Buren
13. Dave Barry

The funniest columnist I ever read.

pass

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3060 "2023-09-14T20:29:32Z")

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**Basketball terms**

1. Three-point shot

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