# 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:** 390
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7781 "2025-06-12T22:33:00Z")
**Airlines, past and present** 1. Trans World Airlines 2. Red Carpet Airlines 3. Qantas 4. Alaska Airlines 5. Braniff Dating myself, but I remember flying it as a kid. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7782 "2025-06-12T22:39:26Z")
**Airlines, past and present** 1. Trans World Airlines 2. Red Carpet Airlines 3. Qantas 4. Alaska Airlines 5. Braniff 6. Delta ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7783 "2025-06-12T22:40:32Z")
**Airlines, past and present** 1. Trans World Airlines 2. Red Carpet Airlines 3. Qantas 4. Alaska Airlines 5. Braniff 6. Delta 7. Pan Am ---
**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:** [June 13, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7784 "2025-06-13T02:21:26Z")
**Airlines, past and present** 1. Trans World Airlines 2. Red Carpet Airlines 3. Qantas 4. Alaska Airlines 5. Braniff 6. Delta 7. Pan Am 8. British Overseas Airways Corporation Referred to by its acronym in the Beatles’ song “Back in the USSR.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7785 "2025-06-13T04:19:23Z")
**Airlines, past and present** 1. Trans World Airlines 2. Red Carpet Airlines 3. Qantas 4. Alaska Airlines 5. Braniff 6. Delta 7. Pan Am 8. British Overseas Airways Corporation 9. Aeroflot At one time it was the largest airline in the world; following the dissolution of the USSR, it was broken up into several hundred regional companies known as “Babyflots.” ---
**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:** [June 13, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7786 "2025-06-13T18:11:45Z")
**Airlines, past and present** 1. Trans World Airlines 2. Red Carpet Airlines 3. Qantas 4. Alaska Airlines 5. Braniff 6. Delta 7. Pan Am 8. British Overseas Airways Corporation 9. Aeroflot 10. JetBlue ---
**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:** [June 13, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7787 "2025-06-13T18:16:35Z")
**Airlines, past and present** 1. Trans World Airlines 2. Red Carpet Airlines 3. Qantas 4. Alaska Airlines 5. Braniff 6. Delta 7. Pan Am 8. British Overseas Airways Corporation 9. Aeroflot 10. JetBlue 11. North Central Airlines a regional airline based out of Chicago, best known for ‘Herman’ on the vertical stablizers [![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/N509eg6ywJ3FcLKICxLBM-qZu-VC_Rr2feo645MiFn9OQmyDcu1mO6cQWTfXvmkL_R0ZQLs99KtzUhDlDrQH9rVSqqjhxLIcynebYRCx2yzeBqcxqa6Cz77VLos) ](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/N509eg6ywJ3FcLKICxLBM-qZu-VC_Rr2feo645MiFn9OQmyDcu1mO6cQWTfXvmkL_R0ZQLs99KtzUhDlDrQH9rVSqqjhxLIcynebYRCx2yzeBqcxqa6Cz77VLos) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [June 13, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7788 "2025-06-13T18:36:38Z")
**Airlines, past and present** 1. Trans World Airlines 2. Red Carpet Airlines 3. Qantas 4. Alaska Airlines 5. Braniff 6. Delta 7. Pan Am 8. British Overseas Airways Corporation 9. Aeroflot 10. JetBlue 11. North Central Airlines 12. Northwest Merged into Delta in 2010 ---
**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:** [June 13, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7789 "2025-06-13T21:53:45Z")
**Airlines, past and present** 1. Trans World Airlines 2. Red Carpet Airlines 3. Qantas 4. Alaska Airlines 5. Braniff 6. Delta 7. Pan Am 8. British Overseas Airways Corporation 9. Aeroflot 10. JetBlue 11. North Central Airlines 12. Northwest 13. Southwest New category: **Sesame Street Muppets** 1. Oscar the Grouch ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7790 "2025-06-13T23:57:21Z")
**Sesame Street Muppets** 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Grover ---
**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:** [June 14, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7791 "2025-06-14T00:10:19Z")
As distinguished from _The Muppet Show_ muppets? **_Sesame Street_ Muppets** 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Grover 3. Elmo ---
**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:** [June 14, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7792 "2025-06-14T01:09:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > As distinguished from _The Muppet Show_ muppets? Correct. **_Sesame Street_ Muppets** 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Grover 3. Elmo 4. Yip Yip Aliens ---
**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:** [June 14, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7793 "2025-06-14T01:17:37Z")
**_Sesame Street_ Muppets** 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Grover 3. Elmo 4. Yip Yip Aliens 5. Big Bird ---
**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:** [June 14, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7794 "2025-06-14T01:33:55Z")
**_Sesame Street_ Muppets** 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Grover 3. Elmo 4. Yip Yip Aliens 5. Big Bird 6. Telly ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7795 "2025-06-14T01:58:37Z")
**_Sesame Street_ Muppets** 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Grover 3. Elmo 4. Yip Yip Aliens 5. Big Bird 6. Telly 7. Mr. Snuffleupagus ---
**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:** [June 14, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7796 "2025-06-14T02:26:01Z")
**_Sesame Street_ Muppets** 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Grover 3. Elmo 4. Yip Yip Aliens 5. Big Bird 6. Telly 7. Mr. Snuffleupagus 8. Grover ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7797 "2025-06-14T05:52:05Z")
**_Sesame Street_ Muppets** 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Grover 3. Elmo 4. Yip Yip Aliens 5. Big Bird 6. Telly 7. Mr. Snuffleupagus 8. Grover 9. The Count Four spots left, ah ah ah ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7798 "2025-06-14T06:04:14Z")
**_Sesame Street_ Muppets** 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Grover 3. Elmo 4. Yip Yip Aliens 5. Big Bird 6. Telly 7. Mr. Snuffleupagus 8. Grover 9. The Count 10. Julia ---
**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:** [June 14, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7799 "2025-06-14T09:02:00Z")
**_Sesame Street_ Muppets** 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Grover 3. Elmo 4. Yip Yip Aliens 5. Big Bird 6. Telly 7. Mr. Snuffleupagus 8. Grover 9. The Count 10. Julia 11. Abby ---
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**_Sesame Street_ Muppets** 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Grover 3. Elmo 4. Yip Yip Aliens 5. Big Bird 6. Telly 7. Mr. Snuffleupagus 8. Grover 9. The Count 10. Julia 11. Abby 12. Kermit the Frog [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=389) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=391)