# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 264
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5264 "2021-03-25T15:44:15Z")
**Project Gemini Astronauts** _(must have flown at least one mission)_ 1. Ed White (Gemini IV) - first American astronaut to perform an EVA (spacewalk) 2. Gus Grissom (Gemini III). Rest In Peace, Gus. And Ed too. You both are walking in space heaven now. 3. Jim Lovell (Gemini VII and XII) - Still alive at 92. 4. Wally Schirra (Gemini VIa) - played _Jingle Bells_ on a smuggled harmonica after reporting to have seen Santa Claus in flight ['twas Christmas Eve]. 5. Neil Armstrong (Gemini VIII) - Too bad that was pretty much the last anyone ever heard of him. 6. John Young (Gemini III and X) - Also the ninth man to walk on the moon with Apollo 16. Commanded the first and ninth Space Shuttle missions. 7. Michael Collins (Gemini X) - he said that the Apollo 11 Mission was “structured for three men, and I consider my third to be as necessary as either of the other two”. 8. Buzz Aldrin (Gemini XII) - another living Gemini astronaut, at age 91 9. Frank Borman (Gemini VII) — still kicking at 93 years young. 10. Pete Conrad (Gemini XI) - at 5’6" he didn’t mind confinement in the capsule as much as others. 11. David Scott (Gemini VIII) - will turn 89 this June. He praised Neil Armstrong’s brilliant handling when Gemini VIII malfunctioned: “he activated the solution, under extreme circumstances … it was my lucky day to be flying with him.” 12. James McDivitt (Gemini IV) - it’s actually surprising how many of these guys are still alive over fifty years later ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5265 "2021-03-25T19:05:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 1. James McDivitt (Gemini IV) - it’s actually surprising how many of these guys are still alive over fifty years later I was thinking the same thing. But on second thought, these guys were heavily screened. I’m picturing _The Right Stuff_ and all those tests… ---
**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 25, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5266 "2021-03-25T19:55:24Z")
**Project Gemini Astronauts** _(must have flown at least one mission)_ 1. Ed White (Gemini IV) - first American astronaut to perform an EVA (spacewalk) 2. Gus Grissom (Gemini III). Rest In Peace, Gus. And Ed too. You both are walking in space heaven now. 3. Jim Lovell (Gemini VII and XII) - Still alive at 92. 4. Wally Schirra (Gemini VIa) - played _Jingle Bells_ on a smuggled harmonica after reporting to have seen Santa Claus in flight ['twas Christmas Eve]. 5. Neil Armstrong (Gemini VIII) - Too bad that was pretty much the last anyone ever heard of him. 6. John Young (Gemini III and X) - Also the ninth man to walk on the moon with Apollo 16. Commanded the first and ninth Space Shuttle missions. 7. Michael Collins (Gemini X) - he said that the Apollo 11 Mission was “structured for three men, and I consider my third to be as necessary as either of the other two”. 8. Buzz Aldrin (Gemini XII) - another living Gemini astronaut, at age 91 9. Frank Borman (Gemini VII) — still kicking at 93 years young. 10. Pete Conrad (Gemini XI) - at 5’6" he didn’t mind confinement in the capsule as much as others. 11. David Scott (Gemini VIII) - will turn 89 this June. He praised Neil Armstrong’s brilliant handling when Gemini VIII malfunctioned: “he activated the solution, under extreme circumstances … it was my lucky day to be flying with him.” 12. James McDivitt (Gemini IV) - it’s actually surprising how many of these guys are still alive over fifty years later 13. Gene Cernan (Gemini IXa) - later went on to be the 11th person to walk on the moon. **-ologies** 1. Meteorology ---
**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 25, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5267 "2021-03-25T19:56:07Z")
**-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5268 "2021-03-25T20:17:17Z")
**-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology 3. Psychopathology ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5269 "2021-03-25T20:27:26Z")
**-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology 3. Psychopathology 4. Herpetology ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5270 "2021-03-25T20:37:24Z")
**-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology 3. Psychopathology 4. Herpetology 5. Otolaryngology ---
**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 25, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5271 "2021-03-25T21:10:55Z")
**-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology 3. Psychopathology 4. Herpetology 5. Otolaryngology 6. Zoology ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5272 "2021-03-25T21:34:45Z")
**-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology 3. Psychopathology 4. Herpetology 5. Otolaryngology 6. Zoology 7. Etymology ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5273 "2021-03-25T21:36:32Z")
Is somebody who develops programs for mobile phones an apologist? ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5274 "2021-03-25T21:51:50Z")
**-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology 3. Psychopathology 4. Herpetology 5. Otolaryngology 6. Zoology 7. Etymology 8. Oology ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5275 "2021-03-25T21:59:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is somebody who develops programs for mobile phones an apologist? And if meteorology is actually the study of weather, would that make weatherology the study of meteors? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5276 "2021-03-25T22:01:31Z")
**-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology 3. Psychopathology 4. Herpetology 5. Otolaryngology 6. Zoology 7. Etymology 8. Oology 9. Pathology ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5277 "2021-03-25T22:18:31Z")
**-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology 3. Psychopathology 4. Herpetology 5. Otolaryngology 6. Zoology 7. Etymology 8. Oology 9. Pathology 10. Proctology _(why tap-dance around it? Someone was going to say it; might as well be me)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5278 "2021-03-25T22:23:19Z")
**-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology 3. Psychopathology 4. Herpetology 5. Otolaryngology 6. Zoology 7. Etymology 8. Oology 9. Pathology 10. Proctology 11. Mycology The study of the ways in which you can misspell the name Mike ---
**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 26, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5279 "2021-03-26T00:00:56Z")
**-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology 3. Psychopathology 4. Herpetology 5. Otolaryngology 6. Zoology 7. Etymology 8. Oology 9. Pathology 10. Proctology 11. Mycology 12. Archaeology ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5280 "2021-03-26T03:28:23Z")
**-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology 3. Psychopathology 4. Herpetology 5. Otolaryngology 6. Zoology 7. Etymology 8. Oology 9. Pathology 10. Proctology 11. Mycology 12. Archaeology 13. Oology The shortest ology; the study of birds’ eggs **-isms:** 1. Capitalism ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5281 "2021-03-26T04:01:29Z")
8 & 13 are both oology. ---
**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 26, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5282 "2021-03-26T04:17:37Z")
Good catch. Let’s try this: **-ologies** 1. Meteorology 2. Criminology 3. Psychopathology 4. Herpetology 5. Otolaryngology 6. Zoology 7. Etymology 8. Oology 9. Pathology 10. Proctology 11. Mycology 12. Archaeology 13. Geology Okay, on we go: **-isms:** 1. Capitalism 2. Socialism ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5283 "2021-03-26T04:57:22Z")
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