# 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:** 348
**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:** [July 26, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6944 "2021-07-26T19:51:55Z")
**Notable film directors** 1. Chloé Zhao 2. Woody Allen 3. Steven Spielberg 4. Alfred Hitchcock 5. Sergei Eisenstein 6. Stanley Kubrick 7. Martin Scorsese 8. Federico Fellini 9. David Lean 10. Georges Melies 11. Joe Dante 12. William Wyler 13. Ridley Scott ---
**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:** [July 26, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6945 "2021-07-26T19:53:06Z")
you get to pick a new topic now ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6946 "2021-07-27T14:22:18Z")
Righto - thanks! **Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6947 "2021-07-27T14:25:41Z")
**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6948 "2021-07-27T14:39:05Z")
**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ ---
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**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ 4. Maurice Castle - _The Human Factor_, by Graham Greene ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6950 "2021-07-27T14:59:23Z")
**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ 4. Maurice Castle - _The Human Factor_ , by Graham Greene 5. Mr. Waverly - Chief of the U.N.C.L.E organization ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6951 "2021-07-27T16:29:22Z")
**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ 4. Maurice Castle - _The Human Factor_ , by Graham Greene 5. Mr. Waverly - Chief of the U.N.C.L.E organization 6. Colonel Creighton - _Kim_, by Rudyard Kipling ---
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**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ 4. Maurice Castle - _The Human Factor_ , by Graham Greene 5. Mr. Waverly - Chief of the U.N.C.L.E organization 6. Stan Beeman - The Americans ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6953 "2021-07-27T16:54:40Z")
**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ 4. Maurice Castle - _The Human Factor_ , by Graham Greene 5. Mr. Waverly - Chief of the U.N.C.L.E organization 6. Colonel Creighton - _Kim_ , by Rudyard Kipling 7. Stan Beeman - The Americans 8. Sir Joseph Blaine, Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series ---
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**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ 4. Maurice Castle - _The Human Factor_ , by Graham Greene 5. Mr. Waverly - Chief of the U.N.C.L.E organization 6. Colonel Creighton - _Kim_ , by Rudyard Kipling 7. Stan Beeman - The Americans 8. Sir Joseph Blaine, Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series 9. Jim Phelps - _Mission: Impossible_ (TV) ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6955 "2021-07-27T17:25:34Z")
**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ 4. Maurice Castle - _The Human Factor_ , by Graham Greene 5. Mr. Waverly - Chief of the U.N.C.L.E organization 6. Colonel Creighton - _Kim_ , by Rudyard Kipling 7. Stan Beeman - The Americans 8. Sir Joseph Blaine, Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series 9. Jim Phelps - _Mission: Impossible_ (TV) 10. Alan Turing, _The Imitation Game_ ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6956 "2021-07-27T18:42:36Z")
**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ 4. Maurice Castle - _The Human Factor_ , by Graham Greene 5. Mr. Waverly - Chief of the U.N.C.L.E organization 6. Colonel Creighton - _Kim_ , by Rudyard Kipling 7. Stan Beeman - The Americans 8. Sir Joseph Blaine, Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series 9. Jim Phelps - _Mission: Impossible_ (TV) 10. Alan Turing, _The Imitation Game_ Blink, blink. Jim Phelps wasn’t a field agent??? ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6957 "2021-07-27T19:33:15Z")
Fair point. **Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - _The Spy Who Came in from the Cold_ 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ 4. Maurice Castle - _The Human Factor_ , by Graham Greene 5. Mr. Waverly - Chief of the U.N.C.L.E organization 6. Colonel Creighton - _Kim_ , by Rudyard Kipling 7. Stan Beeman - _The Americans_ 8. Sir Joseph Blaine, Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series 9. Edward Snowden 10. Alan Turing, _The Imitation Game_ ---
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**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - _The Spy Who Came in from the Cold_ 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ 4. Maurice Castle - _The Human Factor_ , by Graham Greene 5. Mr. Waverly - Chief of the U.N.C.L.E organization 6. Colonel Creighton - _Kim_ , by Rudyard Kipling 7. Stan Beeman - _The Americans_ 8. Sir Joseph Blaine, Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series 9. Edward Snowden 10. Alan Turing, _The Imitation Game_ 11. Miss Moneypenny, James Bond books and films ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6959 "2021-07-27T22:11:11Z")
**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - _The Spy Who Came in from the Cold_ 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ 4. Maurice Castle - _The Human Factor_ , by Graham Greene 5. Mr. Waverly - Chief of the U.N.C.L.E organization 6. Colonel Creighton - _Kim_ , by Rudyard Kipling 7. Stan Beeman - _The Americans_ 8. Sir Joseph Blaine, Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series 9. Edward Snowden 10. Alan Turing, _The Imitation Game_ 11. Miss Moneypenny, James Bond books and films 12. Gen. George Washington He ran an extensive spy network as CINC of the Continental Army: [Culper Ring - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culper_Ring) ---
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**Involved in espionage, but not as a field agent** 1. M, the James Bond movies 2. "Control” - _The Spy Who Came in from the Cold_ 3. The Chief - _Get Smart_ 4. Maurice Castle - _The Human Factor_ , by Graham Greene 5. Mr. Waverly - Chief of the U.N.C.L.E organization 6. Colonel Creighton - _Kim_ , by Rudyard Kipling 7. Stan Beeman - _The Americans_ 8. Sir Joseph Blaine, Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series 9. Edward Snowden 10. Alan Turing, _The Imitation Game_ 11. Miss Moneypenny, James Bond books and films 12. Gen. George Washington 13. Koval, head of the Tal Shiar **Popular and persistent conspiracy theories** 1. Lunar landings were a hoax ---
**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:** [July 28, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6961 "2021-07-28T13:48:03Z")
**Popular and persistent conspiracy theories** 1. Lunar landings were a hoax 2. Trump won the 2020 eleciton. ---
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**Popular and persistent conspiracy theories** 1. Lunar landings were a hoax 2. Trump won the 2020 election. 3. Sandy Hook mass shooting was a false flag. ---
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