# 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:** 475
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9484 "2022-06-17T10:58:35Z")
**Words with 2 repeated letters exactly in the middle** (words like “otter” with 1 letter before the repeated tt and 2 letters after them don’t qualify) 1. letter 2. tessellation 3. pepper 4. beer 5. Kettle 6. aa 7. better 8. bonnet 9. whoops 10. speech 11. patootie 12. battle 13. coffee Pass ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9485 "2022-06-17T12:09:02Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial ---
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**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial 2. Roads ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9487 "2022-06-17T13:58:59Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial 2. Roads 3. Aqueducts ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9488 "2022-06-17T15:31:54Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial 2. Roads 3. Aqueducts 4. Togas ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9489 "2022-06-17T15:56:26Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial 2. Roads 3. Aqueducts 4. Togas 5. Cicero Doesn’t ‘Romans’ mean people? ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9490 "2022-06-17T17:09:28Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial 2. Roads 3. Aqueducts 4. Togas 5. Cicero 6. Julius Caesar ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9491 "2022-06-17T17:30:52Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial 2. Roads 3. Aqueducts 4. Togas 5. Cicero 6. Julius Caesar 7. Incontinentia… Incontinentia _Buttocks_ “He has a wife, you know…” ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9492 "2022-06-17T19:35:23Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial 2. Roads 3. Aqueducts 4. Togas 5. Cicero 6. Julius Caesar 7. Incontinentia… Incontinentia _Buttocks_ 8. Brutus “This was the noblest roman of them all”, according to Shakespeare ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9493 "2022-06-17T20:38:39Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial 2. Roads 3. Aqueducts 4. Togas 5. Cicero 6. Julius Caesar 7. Incontinentia… Incontinentia _Buttocks_ 8. Brutus 9. Maximus Decimus Meridius [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X1UmHfWCw-4/maxresdefault.jpg "Gladiator (5/8) Movie CLIP - My Name is Maximus (2000) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1UmHfWCw-4) ---
**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:** [June 18, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9494 "2022-06-18T04:53:27Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial 2. Roads 3. Aqueducts 4. Togas 5. Cicero 6. Julius Caesar 7. Incontinentia… Incontinentia _Buttocks_ 8. Brutus 9. Maximus Decimus Meridius 10. Romulus and Remus ---
**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:** [June 18, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9495 "2022-06-18T12:50:08Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial 2. Roads 3. Aqueducts 4. Togas 5. Cicero 6. Julius Caesar 7. Incontinentia… Incontinentia _Buttocks_ 8. Brutus 9. Maximus Decimus Meridius 10. Romulus and Remus 11. Cato the Younger ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9496 "2022-06-18T13:07:40Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial 2. Roads 3. Aqueducts 4. Togas 5. Cicero 6. Julius Caesar 7. Incontinentia… Incontinentia _Buttocks_ 8. Brutus 9. Maximus Decimus Meridius 10. Romulus and Remus 11. Cato the Younger 12. Pliny the Elder ---
**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:** [June 18, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9497 "2022-06-18T14:22:19Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Martial 2. Roads 3. Aqueducts 4. Togas 5. Cicero 6. Julius Caesar 7. Incontinentia… Incontinentia _Buttocks_ 8. Brutus 9. Maximus Decimus Meridius 10. Romulus and Remus 11. Cato the Younger 12. Pliny the Elder 13. Caligula Pass ---
**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:** [June 18, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9498 "2022-06-18T18:04:39Z")
**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid ---
**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:** [June 18, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9499 "2022-06-18T18:44:07Z")
**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid 2. Sappho ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9500 "2022-06-19T01:10:45Z")
**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid 2. Sappho 3. Sophocles ---
**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:** [June 19, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9501 "2022-06-19T02:21:40Z")
**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid 2. Sappho 3. Sophocles 4. Themistocles ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9502 "2022-06-19T02:25:50Z")
**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid 2. Sappho 3. Sophocles 4. Themistocles 5. Socrates ---
**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:** [June 19, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9503 "2022-06-19T02:29:01Z")
**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid 2. Sappho 3. Sophocles 4. Themistocles 5. Socrates 6. Leonidas _Tell them in Sparta, passerby, That here, obedient to their law, we lie_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=474) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=476)