# 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:** 373
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7441 "2025-05-02T12:08:19Z")
**Fictional planets** 1. Tattooine - _Star Wars_ 2. Tralfamadore - Multiple Vonnegut novels, most prominently _Slaughterhouse-Five_ ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7442 "2025-05-02T12:16:43Z")
**Fictional planets** 1. Tattooine - _Star Wars_ 2. Tralfamadore - Multiple Vonnegut novels, most prominently _Slaughterhouse-Five_ 3. The King’s Planet - _The Little Prince_ ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7443 "2025-05-02T12:32:03Z")
**Fictional planets** 1. Tattooine - _Star Wars_ 2. Tralfamadore - Multiple Vonnegut novels, most prominently _Slaughterhouse-Five_ 3. The King’s Planet - _The Little Prince_ 4. Arrakis - _Dune_ ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7444 "2025-05-02T13:22:04Z")
**Fictional planets** 1. Tattooine - _Star Wars_ 2. Tralfamadore - Multiple Vonnegut novels, most prominently _Slaughterhouse-Five_ 3. The King’s Planet - _The Little Prince_ 4. Arrakis - _Dune_ 5. Mongo - Flash Gordon serials ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7445 "2025-05-02T13:38:15Z")
**Fictional planets** 1. Tattooine - _Star Wars_ 2. Tralfamadore - Multiple Vonnegut novels, most prominently _Slaughterhouse-Five_ 3. The King’s Planet - _The Little Prince_ 4. Arrakis - _Dune_ 5. Mongo - Flash Gordon serials 6. Ceti Alpha V – _Star Trek: TOS_ (and _Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan_) It’s the planet on which Khan and his followers were marooned. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7446 "2025-05-02T13:43:42Z")
**Fictional planets** 1. Tattooine - _Star Wars_ 2. Tralfamadore - Multiple Vonnegut novels, most prominently _Slaughterhouse-Five_ 3. The King’s Planet - _The Little Prince_ 4. Arrakis - _Dune_ 5. Mongo - Flash Gordon serials 6. Ceti Alpha V – _Star Trek: TOS_ (and _Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan_) 7. Vogosphere - _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7447 "2025-05-02T13:50:25Z")
**Fictional planets** 1. Tattooine - _Star Wars_ 2. Tralfamadore - Multiple Vonnegut novels, most prominently _Slaughterhouse-Five_ 3. The King’s Planet - _The Little Prince_ 4. Arrakis - _Dune_ 5. Mongo - Flash Gordon serials 6. Ceti Alpha V – _Star Trek: TOS_ (and _Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan_) 7. Vogosphere - _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ 8. Lagash - _Nightfall_ by Isaac Asimov ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7448 "2025-05-02T15:34:04Z")
**Fictional planets** 1. Tattooine - _Star Wars_ 2. Tralfamadore - Multiple Vonnegut novels, most prominently _Slaughterhouse-Five_ 3. The King’s Planet - _The Little Prince_ 4. Arrakis - _Dune_ 5. Mongo - Flash Gordon serials 6. Ceti Alpha V – _Star Trek: TOS_ (and _Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan_) 7. Vogosphere - _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ 8. Lagash - _Nightfall_ by Isaac Asimov 9. Flohston - _The Fifth Element_ Notably, they don’t ever visit the planet itself, just an orbiting luxury cruise ship. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7449 "2025-05-02T15:39:16Z")
**Fictional planets** 1. Tattooine - _Star Wars_ 2. Tralfamadore - Multiple Vonnegut novels, most prominently _Slaughterhouse-Five_ 3. The King’s Planet - _The Little Prince_ 4. Arrakis - _Dune_ 5. Mongo - Flash Gordon serials 6. Ceti Alpha V – _Star Trek: TOS_ (and _Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan_) 7. Vogosphere - _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ 8. Lagash - _Nightfall_ by Isaac Asimov 9. Flohston - _The Fifth Element_ 10. Knowhere - _Guardians of the Galaxy_ ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7450 "2025-05-02T16:16:41Z")
**Fictional planets** 1. Tattooine - _Star Wars_ 2. Tralfamadore - Multiple Vonnegut novels, most prominently _Slaughterhouse-Five_ 3. The King’s Planet - _The Little Prince_ 4. Arrakis - _Dune_ 5. Mongo - Flash Gordon serials 6. Ceti Alpha V – _Star Trek: TOS_ (and _Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan_) 7. Vogosphere - _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ 8. Lagash - _Nightfall_ by Isaac Asimov 9. Flohston - _The Fifth Element_ 10. Knowhere - _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 11. Unicron - _The Transformers_ ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7451 "2025-05-02T19:02:13Z")
**Fictional planets** 1. Tattooine - _Star Wars_ 2. Tralfamadore - Multiple Vonnegut novels, most prominently _Slaughterhouse-Five_ 3. The King’s Planet - _The Little Prince_ 4. Arrakis - _Dune_ 5. Mongo - Flash Gordon serials 6. Ceti Alpha V – _Star Trek: TOS_ (and _Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan_) 7. Vogosphere - _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ 8. Lagash - _Nightfall_ by Isaac Asimov 9. Flohston - _The Fifth Element_ 10. Knowhere - _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 11. Unicron - _The Transformers_ 12. Omicron Persei Eight - _Futurama_ ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7452 "2025-05-02T23:47:28Z")
**Fictional planets** 1. Tattooine - _Star Wars_ 2. Tralfamadore - Multiple Vonnegut novels, most prominently _Slaughterhouse-Five_ 3. The King’s Planet - _The Little Prince_ 4. Arrakis - _Dune_ 5. Mongo - Flash Gordon serials 6. Ceti Alpha V – _Star Trek: TOS_ (and _Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan_) 7. Vogosphere - _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ 8. Lagash - _Nightfall_ by Isaac Asimov 9. Flohston - _The Fifth Element_ 10. Knowhere - _Guardians of the Galaxy_ 11. Unicron - _The Transformers_ 12. Omicron Persei Eight - _Futurama_ 13. Solaris - _Solaris_ **Defunct professional sports teams** 1. Canton Bulldogs - NFL, folded in 1927. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7453 "2025-05-03T00:11:36Z")
**Defunct professional sports teams** 1. Canton Bulldogs - NFL, folded in 1927. 2. Portland Storm - WFL, folded in 1975 ---
**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:** [May 3, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7454 "2025-05-03T00:24:09Z")
**Defunct professional sports teams** 1. Canton Bulldogs - NFL, folded in 1927 2. Portland Storm - WFL, folded in 1975 3. Providence Steamrollers - BAA, folded in 1949 The most recent Big Four sports team to be based in Rhode Island. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7455 "2025-05-03T02:36:35Z")
**Defunct professional sports teams** 1. Canton Bulldogs - NFL, folded in 1927 2. Portland Storm - WFL, folded in 1975 3. Providence Steamrollers - BAA, folded in 1949 4. Cleveland Spiders - American Association and National League baseball, folded in 1899 ---
**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:** [May 3, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7456 "2025-05-03T02:39:42Z")
**Defunct professional sports teams** 1. Canton Bulldogs - NFL, folded in 1927 2. Portland Storm - WFL, folded in 1975 3. Providence Steamrollers - BAA, folded in 1949 4. Cleveland Spiders - American Association and National League baseball, folded in 1899 5. Cleveland Barons - NHL, 1978 The last NHL team to fold. Merged into the Minnesota North Stars. ---
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**Defunct professional sports teams** 1. Canton Bulldogs - NFL, folded in 1927 2. Portland Storm - WFL, folded in 1975 3. Providence Steamrollers - BAA, folded in 1949 4. Cleveland Spiders - American Association and National League baseball, folded in 1899 5. Cleveland Barons - NHL, 1978 6. Dallas Texans - NFL, folded after one season in 1953 ---
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[quote=“NDP, post:7457, topic:970093, full:true”] **Defunct professional sports teams** 1. Canton Bulldogs - NFL, folded in 1927 2. Portland Storm - WFL, folded in 1975 3. Providence Steamrollers - BAA, folded in 1949 4. Cleveland Spiders - American Association and National League baseball, folded in 1899 5. Cleveland Barons - NHL, 1978 6. Dallas Texans - NFL, folded after one season in 1953 7. Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars - Dominant team of the USFL; played in all 3 championship games and won two of them ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7459 "2025-05-03T04:16:30Z")
**Defunct professional sports teams** 1. Canton Bulldogs - NFL, folded in 1927 2. Portland Storm - WFL, folded in 1975 3. Providence Steamrollers - BAA, folded in 1949 4. Cleveland Spiders - American Association and National League baseball, folded in 1899 5. Cleveland Barons - NHL, 1978 6. Dallas Texans - NFL, folded after one season in 1953 7. Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars - Dominant team of the USFL; played in all 3 championship games and won two of them 8. Portland Blue Sox - Minor league baseball team from Portland, Maine; folded in 1917 ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7460 "2025-05-03T08:02:11Z")
**Defunct professional sports teams** 1. Canton Bulldogs - NFL, folded in 1927 2. Portland Storm - WFL, folded in 1975 3. Providence Steamrollers - BAA, folded in 1949 4. Cleveland Spiders - American Association and National League baseball, folded in 1899 5. Cleveland Barons - NHL, 1978 6. Dallas Texans - NFL, folded after one season in 1953 7. Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars - Dominant team of the USFL; played in all 3 championship games and won two of them 8. Portland Blue Sox - Minor league baseball team from Portland, Maine; folded in 1917 9. Hamilton Tigers - NHL, folded in 1925 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=372) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=374)