# 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:** 431
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8601 "2025-09-16T17:30:13Z")
**Nursery rhymes** 1. London Bridge 2. Little Bo Peep 3. Jack Sprat 4. Jack and Jill 5. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 6. There Was an Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe ---
**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 16, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8602 "2025-09-16T17:36:36Z")
**Nursery rhymes** 1. London Bridge 2. Little Bo Peep 3. Jack Sprat 4. Jack and Jill 5. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 6. There Was an Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe 7. Jack Be Nimble What’s with all the Jacks? ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8603 "2025-09-16T17:57:47Z")
> [@Gr8Kat](#): > > **Failed assassination attempts (and year that it happened)** > > 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) > 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) > 3. Andrew Jackson (1835) > 4. George Wallace (1972) > 5. Queen Victoria (1840) > 6. Gerald Ford (1972) > 7. Theodore Roosevelt (1912) > 8. Ronald Reagan (1981) > 9. Donald Trump (2024) > 10. Martin Luther King Jr. (1958) > 11. Pope John Paul II (1981) > 12. Margaret Thatcher (1984) > 13. Gerald Ford (1975) I realize now that the first reference to Gerald Ford (#6) was misdated. No one tried to kill him in 1972, when he was House Minority Leader, that I’ve ever heard of. Both attempts against his life (#13) were made in 1975, when he was President. So I’ll add: 1. Leonid Brezhnev (1969) For more: [Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Leonid_Brezhnev) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8604 "2025-09-16T17:59:10Z")
**Nursery rhymes** 1. London Bridge 2. Little Bo Peep 3. Jack Sprat 4. Jack and Jill 5. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 6. There Was an Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe 7. Jack Be Nimble 8. The Itsy Bitsy Spider ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8605 "2025-09-17T00:24:43Z")
**Nursery rhymes** 1. London Bridge 2. Little Bo Peep 3. Jack Sprat 4. Jack and Jill 5. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 6. There Was an Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe 7. Jack Be Nimble 8. The Itsy Bitsy Spider 9. Little Miss Muffet ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8606 "2025-09-17T02:16:53Z")
**Nursery rhymes** 1. London Bridge 2. Little Bo Peep 3. Jack Sprat 4. Jack and Jill 5. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 6. There Was an Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe 7. Jack Be Nimble 8. The Itsy Bitsy Spider 9. Little Miss Muffet 10. Little Jack Horner I think they’re all the same Jack. He had quite a life. He was the Florida Man of Olde England. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8607 "2025-09-17T02:43:27Z")
**Nursery rhymes** 1. London Bridge 2. Little Bo Peep 3. Jack Sprat 4. Jack and Jill 5. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 6. There Was an Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe 7. Jack Be Nimble 8. The Itsy Bitsy Spider 9. Little Miss Muffet 10. Little Jack Horner 11. Mary Had a Little Lamb ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8608 "2025-09-17T03:02:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I realize now that the first reference to Gerald Ford (#6) was misdated. No one tried to kill him in 1972, when he was House Minority Leader, that I’ve ever heard of. Both attempts against his life (#13) were made in 1975, when he was President. Let this be a lesson: never buy a cheap time machine from the back of some swarthy gentleman’s Town & Country Wagon near the interchange of I-5 and I-90. In play: **Nursery rhymes** 1. London Bridge 2. Little Bo Peep 3. Jack Sprat 4. Jack and Jill 5. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 6. There Was an Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe 7. Jack Be Nimble 8. The Itsy Bitsy Spider 9. Little Miss Muffet 10. Little Jack Horner 11. Mary Had a Little Lamb 12. Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8609 "2025-09-17T04:06:34Z")
**Nursery rhymes** 1. London Bridge 2. Little Bo Peep 3. Jack Sprat 4. Jack and Jill 5. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 6. There Was an Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe 7. Jack Be Nimble 8. The Itsy Bitsy Spider 9. Little Miss Muffet 10. Little Jack Horner 11. Mary Had a Little Lamb 12. Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross 13. Miss Mary Mack New category: **Outstanding musical themes from the _Sonic the Hedgehog_ video game series** 1. Hydrocity Zone (especially Act 2); Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8610 "2025-09-17T14:40:42Z")
**Outstanding musical themes from the _Sonic the Hedgehog_ video game series** 1. Hydrocity Zone (especially Act 2); Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2. I Am… All of Me; Shadow the Hedgehog ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8611 "2025-09-17T16:05:32Z")
**Outstanding musical themes from the _Sonic the Hedgehog_ video game series** 1. Hydrocity Zone (especially Act 2); Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2. I Am… All of Me; Shadow the Hedgehog 3. Lost World: Leading Lights; Sonic Adventure ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8612 "2025-09-17T19:28:45Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > I realize now that the first reference to Gerald Ford (#6) was misdated. No one tried to kill him in 1972, when he was House Minority Leader, that I’ve ever heard of. Both attempts against his life (#13) were made in 1975, when he was President. > > Let this be a lesson: never buy a cheap time machine from the back of some swarthy gentleman’s Town & Country Wagon near the interchange of I-5 and I-90. Now _that’s_ good advice! ---
**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 22, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8613 "2025-09-22T16:07:08Z")
**Outstanding musical themes from the _Sonic the Hedgehog_ video game series** 1. Hydrocity Zone (especially Act 2); Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2. I Am… All of Me; Shadow the Hedgehog 3. Lost World: Leading Lights; Sonic Adventure 4. Emerald Hill Zone ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8614 "2025-09-23T15:39:43Z")
**Outstanding musical themes from the _Sonic the Hedgehog_ video game series** 1. Hydrocity Zone (especially Act 2); Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2. I Am… All of Me; Shadow the Hedgehog 3. Lost World: Leading Lights; Sonic Adventure 4. Emerald Hill Zone; Sonic the Hedgehog 2 5. A Ghost’s Pumpkin Soup; Sonic Adventure 2 ---
**Author:** ![Bubblethegumkid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubblethegumkid/32/19893_2.png) [@Bubblethegumkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubblethegumkid)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8615 "2025-09-28T06:57:02Z")
**Outstanding musical themes from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series** 1. Hydrocity Zone (especially Act 2); Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2. I Am… All of Me; Shadow the Hedgehog 3. Lost World: Leading Lights; Sonic Adventure 4. Emerald Hill Zone; Sonic the Hedgehog 2 5. A Ghost’s Pumpkin Soup; Sonic Adventure 2 6. Chemical Plant Zone; Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ---
**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 28, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8616 "2025-09-28T11:06:54Z")
**Outstanding musical themes from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series** 1. Hydrocity Zone (especially Act 2); Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2. I Am… All of Me; Shadow the Hedgehog 3. Lost World: Leading Lights; Sonic Adventure 4. Emerald Hill Zone; Sonic the Hedgehog 2 5. A Ghost’s Pumpkin Soup; Sonic Adventure 2 6. Chemical Plant Zone; Sonic the Hedgehog 2 7. Mystic Cave Zone; Sonic the Hedgehog 2 I used to have that as a ringtone. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8617 "2025-10-01T16:18:37Z")
**Outstanding musical themes from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series** 1. Hydrocity Zone (especially Act 2); Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2. I Am… All of Me; Shadow the Hedgehog 3. Lost World: Leading Lights; Sonic Adventure 4. Emerald Hill Zone; Sonic the Hedgehog 2 5. A Ghost’s Pumpkin Soup; Sonic Adventure 2 6. Chemical Plant Zone; Sonic the Hedgehog 2 7. Mystic Cave Zone; Sonic the Hedgehog 2 8. Fist Bump, Sonic the Hedgehog ---
**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:** [October 8, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8618 "2025-10-08T15:13:59Z")
Next: **Places to find the information that you are looking for** 1. Encyclopedia Britannica ---
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**Places to find the information that you are looking for** 1. Encyclopedia Britannica 2. Oxford English Dictionary ---
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