# 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:** 417
**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 19, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8324 "2022-01-19T13:16:14Z")
**Famous Ships from History** 1. SS _Edmund Fitzgerald_ 2. HMS _Dreadnought_ 3. USS _Kearsarge_ 4. _Le Griffon_ (1679) 5. RMS _Titanic_ 6. Battleship IJNS _Yamato_ 7. USS _Constitution_ 8. USS _Enterprise_ 9. The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria 10. HMS Victory 11. SS Minnow 12. RMS Carpathia 13. Paralus Athenian trireme during the Peloponnesian War Next: **Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key Performing horse from the turn of the twentieth century who appeared to read, count, and do math. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8325 "2022-01-19T13:19:01Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit an underdog story so compelling they made a movie about it ---
**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 19, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8326 "2022-01-19T13:20:22Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit 3. Traveller Robert E. Lee’s horse ---
**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:** [January 19, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8327 "2022-01-19T14:29:49Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit 3. Traveller 4. Trigger ---
**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:** [January 19, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8328 "2022-01-19T14:55:29Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit 3. Traveller 4. Trigger 5. Secretariat ---
**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:** [January 19, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8329 "2022-01-19T15:09:52Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit 3. Traveller 4. Trigger 5. Secretariat 6. Upset (Only horse to defeat Man o’War) ---
**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 19, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8330 "2022-01-19T15:37:45Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit 3. Traveller 4. Trigger 5. Secretariat 6. Upset 7. Bucephalus Alexander the Great’s horse ---
**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 19, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8331 "2022-01-19T18:48:18Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit 3. Traveller 4. Trigger 5. Secretariat 6. Upset 7. Bucephalus 8. Potoooooooo, AKA Pot-8-O Famous race horse in late 1700s England. Supposedly a stable-boy miswrote his name, which is pronounced “potato”. Mentioned in the Aubrey-Maturin series. ---
**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 19, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8332 "2022-01-19T19:32:48Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit 3. Traveller 4. Trigger 5. Secretariat 6. Upset 7. Bucephalus 8. Potoooooooo, AKA Pot-8-O 9. Dan Patch famed pacer (harness racing) horse of early 20th century, name-checked in “Ya Got Trouble” song from _The Music Man_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 19, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8333 "2022-01-19T21:11:09Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit 3. Traveller 4. Trigger 5. Secretariat 6. Upset 7. Bucephalus 8. Potoooooooo, AKA Pot-8-O 9. Dan Patch 10. Man o’ War Quite a racehorse, and Seabiscuit’s grandsire: [Man o' War - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_o%27_War) ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8334 "2022-01-19T22:12:29Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit 3. Traveller 4. Trigger 5. Secretariat 6. Upset 7. Bucephalus 8. Marengo Napoleon’s horse. Named for the first battle he carried Boney through. Was also in the battles of Austerlitz, Jena, and Wagram, survived the retreat from Moscow, and was at Waterloo. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8335 "2022-01-19T22:34:54Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit 3. Traveller 4. Trigger 5. Secretariat 6. Upset 7. Bucephalus 8. Marengo 9. Incitatus Caligula’s horse that he wanted to make a Senator around the time of his assassination. ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8336 "2022-01-19T22:35:57Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit 3. Traveller 4. Trigger 5. Secretariat 6. Upset 7. Bucephalus 8. Potoooooooo, AKA Pot-8-O 9. Dan Patch 10. Man o’ War 11. Marengo 12. Incitatus housekeeping ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8337 "2022-01-20T15:22:03Z")
**Famous Horses from Real Life** 1. Beautiful Jim Key 2. Seabiscuit 3. Traveller 4. Trigger 5. Secretariat 6. Upset 7. Bucephalus 8. Potoooooooo, AKA Pot-8-O 9. Dan Patch 10. Man o’ War 11. Marengo 12. Incitatus 13. Rienzi Gen. Phil Sheridan’s horse from the Civil War, now stuffed and on display at Smithsonian: [Stuffed Civil War Hero Horse, Washington, DC](https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/3629) Next up: **Famous Dogs from Real Life** 1. Sweetlips One of George Washington’s favorite dogs: [Soldier, Statesman, Dog-Lover: George Washington's Pups · George Washington's Mount Vernon](https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/facts/washington-stories/soldier-statesman-dog-lover-george-washingtons-pups/) ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8338 "2022-01-20T15:59:24Z")
**Famous Dogs from Real Life** 1. Sweetlips 2. Checkers Nixon’s dog ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8339 "2022-01-20T16:07:10Z")
**Famous Dogs from Real Life** 1. Sweetlips 2. Checkers 3. Balto – although there are still some who dispute whether his fame was legitimately earned _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8340 "2022-01-20T17:12:31Z")
**Famous Dogs from Real Life** 1. Sweetlips 2. Checkers 3. Balto 4. Liberty Gerald Ford’s dog, spoofed on _SNL_ as a mannequin which falls over ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8341 "2022-01-20T17:17:54Z")
**Famous Dogs from Real Life** 1. Sweetlips 2. Checkers 3. Balto 4. Liberty 5. Hachikō ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8342 "2022-01-20T17:30:35Z")
**Famous Dogs from Real Life** 1. Sweetlips 2. Checkers 3. Balto 4. Liberty 5. Hachikō 6. Laika First mammal in space ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8343 "2022-01-20T17:53:57Z")
**Famous Dogs from Real Life** 1. Sweetlips 2. Checkers 3. Balto 4. Liberty 5. Hachikō 6. Laika 7. Bo and Sunny The Obamas’ dogs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=416) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=418)