# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4562 "2021-01-04T05:05:00Z")

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**Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work**

1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game
2. Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon
3. Sir Pterry Pratchett’s _‘Discworld’_ novels
4. Bone by Jeff Smith
5. _Music Inspired By Lord of the Rings_ album by Bo Hansson
6. _Quendi_ , symphonic poem by Martin Romberg, inspired by a passage from _The Silmarillion_ .
7. Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On”  
[Ramble On (Remaster) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h9MxNn8P7w)
8. _The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins_ as performed by Leonard Nimoy
9. The name for a genus of sea slugs from Australia and New Zealand, including _Smeagol manneringi_ and _Smeagol parvulus_
10. “Rivendell” by Rush from their album _Fly By Night_

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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:** [January 4, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4563 "2021-01-04T12:46:54Z")

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**Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work**

1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game
2. Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon
3. Sir Pterry Pratchett’s _‘Discworld’_ novels
4. Bone by Jeff Smith
5. _Music Inspired By Lord of the Rings_ album by Bo Hansson
6. _Quendi_ , symphonic poem by Martin Romberg, inspired by a passage from _The Silmarillion_ .
7. Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On”  
[Ramble On (Remaster) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h9MxNn8P7w)
8. _The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins_ as performed by Leonard Nimoy
9. The name for a genus of sea slugs from Australia and New Zealand, including _Smeagol manneringi_ and _Smeagol parvulus_
10. “Rivendell” by Rush from their album _Fly By Night_
11. The Shannara series by Terry Brooks

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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:** [January 4, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4564 "2021-01-04T17:23:03Z")

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**Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work**

1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game
2. Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon
3. Sir Pterry Pratchett’s _‘Discworld’_ novels
4. Bone by Jeff Smith
5. _Music Inspired By Lord of the Rings_ album by Bo Hansson
6. _Quendi_ , symphonic poem by Martin Romberg, inspired by a passage from _The Silmarillion_ .
7. Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On”  
[Ramble On (Remaster) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h9MxNn8P7w)
8. _The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins_ as performed by Leonard Nimoy
9. The name for a genus of sea slugs from Australia and New Zealand, including _Smeagol manneringi_ and _Smeagol parvulus_
10. “Rivendell” by Rush from their album _Fly By Night_
11. The Shannara series by Terry Brooks
12. Shadowfax, a musical group

In 1989 they won the Grammy for Best New Age Performance

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4565 "2021-01-05T03:20:37Z")

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**Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work**

1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game
2. Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon
3. Sir Pterry Pratchett’s _‘Discworld’_ novels
4. Bone by Jeff Smith
5. _Music Inspired By Lord of the Rings_ album by Bo Hansson
6. _Quendi_ , symphonic poem by Martin Romberg, inspired by a passage from _The Silmarillion_ .
7. Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On”  
[Ramble On (Remaster) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h9MxNn8P7w)
8. _The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins_ as performed by Leonard Nimoy
9. The name for a genus of sea slugs from Australia and New Zealand, including _Smeagol manneringi_ and _Smeagol parvulus_
10. “Rivendell” by Rush from their album _Fly By Night_
11. The Shannara series by Terry Brooks
12. Shadowfax, a musical group
13. Captain Frodo; Norwegian stage contortionist

Pass  
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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:** [January 5, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4566 "2021-01-05T04:00:49Z")

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For the New Year:  
Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. “1812 Overture”, Tchaikovsky

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**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:** [January 5, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4567 "2021-01-05T04:48:08Z")

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Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. _1812 Overture_, Tchaikovsky
2. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ film

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4568 "2021-01-05T05:16:34Z")

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Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. _1812 Overture_, Tchaikovsky
2. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ film
3. “In the Tear 2525” – song, Zager and Evans

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**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:** [January 5, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4569 "2021-01-05T05:45:08Z")

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Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. _1812 Overture_ , Tchaikovsky
2. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ film
3. “In the Tear 2525” – song, Zager and Evans
4. _Death Race 2000_ – 1975 movie with David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4570 "2021-01-05T07:05:25Z")

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Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. _1812 Overture_ , Tchaikovsky
2. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ film
3. “In the Year 2525” – song, Zager and Evans
4. _Death Race 2000_ – 1975 movie with David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone
5. _Symphony #11 in g, “Year 1905”,_ Dmitri Shostakovich

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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:** [January 5, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4571 "2021-01-05T11:47:07Z")

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Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. _1812 Overture_ , Tchaikovsky
2. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ film
3. “In the Year 2525” – song, Zager and Evans
4. _Death Race 2000_ – 1975 movie with David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone
5. _Symphony #11 in g, “Year 1905”,_ Dmitri Shostakovich
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_, book and movie

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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:** [January 5, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4572 "2021-01-05T13:04:42Z")

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Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. _1812 Overture_ , Tchaikovsky
2. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ film
3. “In the Year 2525” – song, Zager and Evans
4. _Death Race 2000_ – 1975 movie with David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone
5. _Symphony #11 in g, “Year 1905”,_ Dmitri Shostakovich
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ , book and movie
7. Vienna, 1814 - book by David King

A fun little history of the Congress of Vienna

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**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4573 "2021-01-05T14:44:48Z")

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Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. _1812 Overture_ , Tchaikovsky
2. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ film
3. “In the Year 2525” – song, Zager and Evans
4. _Death Race 2000_ – 1975 movie with David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone
5. _Symphony #11 in g, “Year 1905”,_ Dmitri Shostakovich
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ , book and movie
7. Vienna, 1814 - book by David King
8. Planet Earth 1988 - Song by The Ramones

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4574 "2021-01-05T16:02:26Z")

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Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. _1812 Overture_ , Tchaikovsky
2. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ film
3. “In the Year 2525” – song, Zager and Evans
4. _Death Race 2000_ – 1975 movie with David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone
5. _Symphony #11 in g, “Year 1905”,_ Dmitri Shostakovich
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ , book and movie
7. Vienna, 1814 - book by David King
8. Planet Earth 1988 - Song by The Ramones
9. Summer of '69 - song by Bryan Adams

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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:** [January 5, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4575 "2021-01-05T16:12:39Z")

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[quote=“MissTake, post:4574, topic:846938, full:true”]  
Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. _1812 Overture_ , Tchaikovsky
2. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ film
3. “In the Year 2525” – song, Zager and Evans
4. _Death Race 2000_ – 1975 movie with David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone
5. _Symphony #11 in g, “Year 1905”,_ Dmitri Shostakovich
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ , book and movie
7. Vienna, 1814 - book by David King
8. Planet Earth 1988 - Song by The Ramones
9. Summer of '69 - song by Bryan Adams
10. _1920: The Year of Six Presidents_, book by David Petrusza

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**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4576 "2021-01-05T16:20:44Z")

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Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. _1812 Overture_ , Tchaikovsky
2. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ film
3. “In the Year 2525” – song, Zager and Evans
4. _Death Race 2000_ – 1975 movie with David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone
5. _Symphony #11 in g, “Year 1905”,_ Dmitri Shostakovich
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ , book and movie
7. Vienna, 1814 - book by David King
8. Planet Earth 1988 - Song by The Ramones
9. Summer of '69 - song by Bryan Adams
10. _1920: The Year of Six Presidents_, book by David Petrusza
11. _Space: 1999_ — TV series, two seasons, 1975-1977

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4577 "2021-01-05T16:56:27Z")

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Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. _1812 Overture_ , Tchaikovsky
2. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ film
3. “In the Year 2525” – song, Zager and Evans
4. _Death Race 2000_ – 1975 movie with David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone
5. _Symphony #11 in g, “Year 1905”,_ Dmitri Shostakovich
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ , book and movie
7. Vienna, 1814 - book by David King
8. Planet Earth 1988 - Song by The Ramones
9. Summer of '69 - song by Bryan Adams
10. _1920: The Year of Six Presidents_ , book by David Petrusza
11. _Space: 1999_ — TV series, two seasons, 1975-1977
12. 1941 - movie (1979)

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**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4578 "2021-01-05T22:47:10Z")

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Book, film or song titles that contain the word “year”, or an actual year

1. _1812 Overture_ , Tchaikovsky
2. _The Year of Living Dangerously_ film
3. “In the Year 2525” – song, Zager and Evans
4. _Death Race 2000_ – 1975 movie with David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone
5. _Symphony #11 in g, “Year 1905”,_ Dmitri Shostakovich
6. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ , book and movie
7. Vienna, 1814 - book by David King
8. Planet Earth 1988 - Song by The Ramones
9. Summer of '69 - song by Bryan Adams
10. _1920: The Year of Six Presidents_ , book by David Petrusza
11. _Space: 1999_ — TV series, two seasons, 1975-1977
12. 1941 - movie (1979)
13. '39 - Song by Queen

**Fictional characters with noteworthy 'staches**

1. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4579 "2021-01-05T23:15:43Z")

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**Fictional characters with noteworthy 'staches**

1. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons
2. Magnum PI

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**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:** [January 5, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4580 "2021-01-05T23:52:30Z")

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**Fictional characters with noteworthy 'staches**

1. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons
2. Magnum PI
3. Ming the Merciless - Flash Gordon (movie AND comics)

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4581 "2021-01-06T01:14:07Z")

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**Fictional characters with noteworthy 'staches**

1. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons
2. Magnum PI
3. Ming the Merciless - Flash Gordon (movie AND comics)
4. The Bandit (Burt Reynolds) - Smokey and the Bandit

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