# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **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:** 238
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4741 "2024-03-20T20:28:03Z")
**Fears** 1. Triskaidekaphobia 2. gephyrophobia 3. Ailurophobia 4. Ephebiphobia 5. Arachibutyrophobia 6. Hydrophobia 7. Coulrophobia 8. Acrophobia 9. Anatidaephobia 10. Aviophobia 11. Papyrophobia Fear of paper ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4742 "2024-03-20T20:37:19Z")
**Fears** 1. Triskaidekaphobia 2. gephyrophobia 3. Ailurophobia 4. Ephebiphobia 5. Arachibutyrophobia 6. Hydrophobia 7. Coulrophobia 8. Acrophobia 9. Anatidaephobia 10. Aviophobia 11. Papyrophobia 12. Scotophobia Fear of the dark ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4743 "2024-03-20T23:11:29Z")
**Fears** 1. Triskaidekaphobia 2. gephyrophobia 3. Ailurophobia 4. Ephebiphobia 5. Arachibutyrophobia 6. Hydrophobia 7. Coulrophobia 8. Acrophobia 9. Anatidaephobia 10. Aviophobia 11. Papyrophobia 12. Scotophobia 13. Venustraphobia Fear of beautiful women pass ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4744 "2024-03-21T04:52:12Z")
Next up: **American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful ---
**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:** [March 21, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4745 "2024-03-21T05:03:27Z")
**American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful 2. Tennessee - the Great Smoky Mountains and country music ---
**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:** [March 21, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4746 "2024-03-21T12:46:22Z")
**American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful 2. Tennessee - the Great Smoky Mountains and country music 3. Alaska - I want to see the puffins ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4747 "2024-03-21T12:51:45Z")
**American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful 2. Tennessee - the Great Smoky Mountains and country music 3. Alaska - I want to see the puffins 4. Hawaii - For the scuba diving ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4748 "2024-03-21T12:58:27Z")
**American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful 2. Tennessee - the Great Smoky Mountains and country music 3. Alaska - I want to see the puffins 4. Hawaii - For the scuba diving 5. Pennsylvania - AFAIK it’s the closest state to mine I never visited ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4749 "2024-03-21T13:03:40Z")
**American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful 2. Tennessee - the Great Smoky Mountains and country music 3. Alaska - I want to see the puffins 4. Hawaii - For the scuba diving 5. Pennsylvania - AFAIK it’s the closest state to mine I never visited 6. Colorado - I’d like to see the continental divide with my own eyes, instead of pictures. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4750 "2024-03-21T15:33:25Z")
**American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful 2. Tennessee - the Great Smoky Mountains and country music 3. Alaska - I want to see the puffins 4. Hawaii - For the scuba diving 5. Pennsylvania - AFAIK it’s the closest state to mine I never visited 6. Colorado - I’d like to see the continental divide with my own eyes, instead of pictures. 7. Michigan - Especially the Christmas Town of Frankenmuth ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4751 "2024-03-21T15:36:09Z")
**American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful 2. Tennessee - the Great Smoky Mountains and country music 3. Alaska - I want to see the puffins 4. Hawaii - For the scuba diving 5. Pennsylvania - AFAIK it’s the closest state to mine I never visited 6. Colorado - I’d like to see the continental divide with my own eyes, instead of pictures. 7. Michigan - Especially the Christmas Town of Frankenmuth 8. Nevada - Vegas, baby! Just once, to see what it’s like. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4752 "2024-03-21T16:26:45Z")
**American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful 2. Tennessee - the Great Smoky Mountains and country music 3. Alaska - I want to see the puffins 4. Hawaii - For the scuba diving 5. Pennsylvania - AFAIK it’s the closest state to mine I never visited 6. Colorado - I’d like to see the continental divide with my own eyes, instead of pictures. 7. Michigan - Especially the Christmas Town of Frankenmuth 8. Nevada - Vegas, baby! Just once, to see what it’s like. 9. New Mexico - Taos pueblo, Spanish missions and ranchos ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4753 "2024-03-21T16:34:45Z")
**American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful 2. Tennessee - the Great Smoky Mountains and country music 3. Alaska - I want to see the puffins 4. Hawaii - For the scuba diving 5. Pennsylvania - AFAIK it’s the closest state to mine I never visited 6. Colorado - I’d like to see the continental divide with my own eyes, instead of pictures. 7. Michigan - Especially the Christmas Town of Frankenmuth 8. Nevada - Vegas, baby! Just once, to see what it’s like. 9. New Mexico - Taos pueblo, Spanish missions and ranchos 10. Maine - It’s one of only five states that I’ve never visited ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4754 "2024-03-21T21:51:09Z")
**American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful 2. Tennessee - the Great Smoky Mountains and country music 3. Alaska - I want to see the puffins 4. Hawaii - For the scuba diving 5. Pennsylvania - AFAIK it’s the closest state to mine I never visited 6. Colorado - I’d like to see the continental divide with my own eyes, instead of pictures. 7. Michigan - Especially the Christmas Town of Frankenmuth 8. Nevada - Vegas, baby! Just once, to see what it’s like. 9. New Mexico - Taos pueblo, Spanish missions and ranchos 10. Maine - It’s one of only five states that I’ve never visited 11. WY (MT/ID) - Yellowstone, in winter, to (photo) shoot the snow-covered bison ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4755 "2024-03-21T22:56:15Z")
**American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful 2. Tennessee - the Great Smoky Mountains and country music 3. Alaska - I want to see the puffins 4. Hawaii - For the scuba diving 5. Pennsylvania - AFAIK it’s the closest state to mine I never visited 6. Colorado - I’d like to see the continental divide with my own eyes, instead of pictures. 7. Michigan - Especially the Christmas Town of Frankenmuth 8. Nevada - Vegas, baby! Just once, to see what it’s like. 9. New Mexico - Taos pueblo, Spanish missions and ranchos 10. Maine - It’s one of only five states that I’ve never visited 11. WY (MT/ID) - Yellowstone, in winter, to (photo) shoot the snow-covered bison 12. Michigan - I’ve always wanted to see what the Upper Peninsula is like ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4756 "2024-03-23T14:44:32Z")
**American states you’ve never visited, but would like to, and why** 1. Montana - I hear it’s beautiful 2. Tennessee - the Great Smoky Mountains and country music 3. Alaska - I want to see the puffins 4. Hawaii - For the scuba diving 5. Pennsylvania - AFAIK it’s the closest state to mine I never visited 6. Colorado - I’d like to see the continental divide with my own eyes, instead of pictures. 7. Michigan - Especially the Christmas Town of Frankenmuth 8. Nevada - Vegas, baby! Just once, to see what it’s like. 9. New Mexico - Taos pueblo, Spanish missions and ranchos 10. Maine - It’s one of only five states that I’ve never visited 11. WY (MT/ID) - Yellowstone, in winter, to (photo) shoot the snow-covered bison 12. Michigan - I’ve always wanted to see what the Upper Peninsula is like 13. Arizona - the Grand Canyon, and one of my best friends who i haven’t seen in 6 years lives in Phoenix. **Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc** 1. Wilhelm Furtwangler Considered to be one of the greatest conductors of all time. Unjustly accused of Nazi sympathies, in spite of his open opposition to Hitler and his helping Jewish musicians to escape. I would post links but the Paste button doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4757 "2024-03-23T14:51:07Z")
**Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc** 1. Wilhelm Furtwangler 2. David Helfgott The central character of _Shine_ (1996). Referred to as “Shiny McShine” by [Homer](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0edb5c8e-be71-4997-8c8a-11fe5d3f3892). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4758 "2024-03-23T15:58:36Z")
Here you go, **gkster** : [Wilhelm Furtwängler - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Furtw%C3%A4ngler) **Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc** 1. Wilhelm Furtwangler 2. David Helfgott 3. J.S. Bach My all-time favorite Baroque composer, and this is one of his very best works IMHO: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osg\_WmeLxQk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osg_WmeLxQk) ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4759 "2024-03-23T17:51:08Z")
**Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc** 1. Wilhelm Furtwangler 2. David Helfgott 3. J.S. Bach 4, [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart) Amazingly prolific and a huge variety of styles. All in a lifetime of just 35 years. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4760 "2024-03-23T21:31:46Z")
**Great names in classical music: composers, performers etc** 1. Wilhelm Furtwangler 2. David Helfgott 3. J.S. Bach 4. [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart) 5. Joseph “Papa” Haydn [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=239)