# 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:** 53
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1041 "2020-03-09T14:33:19Z")
Common Mnemonics 1. HOMES - The Great Lakes (Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 2. King Philip came over from Greece, sailing. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) ---
**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 9, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1042 "2020-03-09T17:06:27Z")
Common Mnemonics 1. HOMES - The Great Lakes (Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 2. King Philip came over from Greece, sailing. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) 3. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (EGBDF - The notes on the lines of the treble clef) ---
**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 9, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1043 "2020-03-09T17:24:51Z")
Common Mnemonics 1. HOMES - The Great Lakes (Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 2. King Philip came over from Greece, sailing. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) 3. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (EGBDF - The notes on the lines of the treble clef) 4. My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas - The planets, in order out from the Sun (including Pluto, dammit!) ---
**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 9, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1044 "2020-03-09T17:52:38Z")
Common Mnemonics 1. HOMES - The Great Lakes (Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 2. King Philip came over from Greece, sailing. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) 3. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (EGBDF - The notes on the lines of the treble clef) 4. My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas - The planets, in order out from the Sun (including Pluto, dammit!) 5. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (the order of mathematical operations - Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1045 "2020-03-09T18:05:25Z")
Common Mnemonics 1. HOMES - The Great Lakes (Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 2. King Philip came over from Greece, sailing. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) 3. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (EGBDF - The notes on the lines of the treble clef) 4. My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas - The planets, in order out from the Sun (including Pluto, dammit!) 5. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (the order of mathematical operations - Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) 6. Roy G Biv (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,violet–colors of the rainbow) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1046 "2020-03-09T18:30:06Z")
Common Mnemonics 1. HOMES - The Great Lakes (Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 2. King Philip came over from Greece, sailing. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) 3. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (EGBDF - The notes on the lines of the treble clef) 4. My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas - The planets, in order out from the Sun (including Pluto, dammit!) 5. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (the order of mathematical operations - Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) 6. Roy G Biv (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,violet–colors of the rainbow) 7. Able Bodied Seamen Catch Hairy Pirates. (For the surnames of the wives of Henry VIII: Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr) ---
**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 9, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1047 "2020-03-09T20:22:09Z")
Common Mnemonics 1. HOMES - The Great Lakes (Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 2. King Philip came over from Greece, sailing. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) 3. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (EGBDF - The notes on the lines of the treble clef) 4. My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas - The planets, in order out from the Sun (including Pluto, dammit!) 5. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (the order of mathematical operations - Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) 6. Roy G Biv (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,violet–colors of the rainbow) 7. Able Bodied Seamen Catch Hairy Pirates. (For the surnames of the wives of Henry VIII: Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr) 8. The Seven Ps: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance ---
**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 9, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1048 "2020-03-09T21:02:16Z")
Common Mnemonics 1. HOMES - The Great Lakes (Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 2. King Philip came over from Greece, sailing. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) 3. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (EGBDF - The notes on the lines of the treble clef) 4. My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas - The planets, in order out from the Sun (including Pluto, dammit!) 5. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (the order of mathematical operations - Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) 6. Roy G Biv (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,violet–colors of the rainbow) 7. Able Bodied Seamen Catch Hairy Pirates. (For the surnames of the wives of Henry VIII: Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr) 8. The Seven Ps: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance 9. Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds (the order of sharps in key signature notation) ---
**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 9, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1049 "2020-03-09T21:22:30Z")
Common Mnemonics 1. HOMES - The Great Lakes (Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 2. King Philip came over from Greece, sailing. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) 3. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (EGBDF - The notes on the lines of the treble clef) 4. My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas - The planets, in order out from the Sun (including Pluto, dammit!) 5. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (the order of mathematical operations - Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) 6. Roy G Biv (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,violet–colors of the rainbow) 7. Able Bodied Seamen Catch Hairy Pirates. (For the surnames of the wives of Henry VIII: Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr) 8. The Seven Ps: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance 9. Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds (the order of sharps in key signature notation) 10. FACE (the notes on the spaces of the treble clef) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1050 "2020-03-09T21:56:18Z")
Common Mnemonics 1. HOMES - The Great Lakes (Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 2. King Philip came over from Greece, sailing. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) 3. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (EGBDF - The notes on the lines of the treble clef) 4. My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas - The planets, in order out from the Sun (including Pluto, dammit!) 5. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (the order of mathematical operations - Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) 6. Roy G Biv (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,violet–colors of the rainbow) 7. Able Bodied Seamen Catch Hairy Pirates. (For the surnames of the wives of Henry VIII: Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr) 8. The Seven Ps: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance 9. Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds (the order of sharps in key signature notation) 10. FACE (the notes on the spaces of the treble clef) 11. Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly The colour code for electronic components. Hey, I didn’t invent it! ---
**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 9, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1051 "2020-03-09T22:06:47Z")
Common Mnemonics 1. HOMES - The Great Lakes (Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 2. King Philip came over from Greece, sailing. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) 3. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (EGBDF - The notes on the lines of the treble clef) 4. My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas - The planets, in order out from the Sun (including Pluto, dammit!) 5. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (the order of mathematical operations - Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) 6. Roy G Biv (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,violet–colors of the rainbow) 7. Able Bodied Seamen Catch Hairy Pirates. (For the surnames of the wives of Henry VIII: Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr) 8. The Seven Ps: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance 9. Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds (the order of sharps in key signature notation) 10. FACE (the notes on the spaces of the treble clef) 11. Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly (The colour code for electronic components. Hey, I didn’t invent it!) 12. King Henry Died Magnificently Drinking Chocolate Milk (Metric units: kilometer, hectometer, decameter, meter, decimeter, centimeter, millimeter) ---
**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 9, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1052 "2020-03-09T22:17:16Z")
Common Mnemonics 1. HOMES - The Great Lakes (Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) 2. King Philip came over from Greece, sailing. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) 3. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (EGBDF - The notes on the lines of the treble clef) 4. My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas - The planets, in order out from the Sun (including Pluto, dammit!) 5. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (the order of mathematical operations - Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) 6. Roy G Biv (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,violet–colors of the rainbow) 7. Able Bodied Seamen Catch Hairy Pirates. (For the surnames of the wives of Henry VIII: Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard, Parr) 8. The Seven Ps: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance 9. Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds (the order of sharps in key signature notation) 10. FACE (the notes on the spaces of the treble clef) 11. Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly (The colour code for electronic components. Hey, I didn’t invent it!) 12. King Henry Died Magnificently Drinking Chocolate Milk (Metric units: kilometer, hectometer, decameter, meter, decimeter, centimeter, millimeter) 13. On Saturday And Sunday Cold Ovens Make Pastry (adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose) Pass ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1053 "2020-03-10T02:26:30Z")
Ships famous for sinking 1. Bismarck ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1054 "2020-03-10T02:30:21Z")
Ships famous for sinking 1. Bismarck (1941) 2. Titanic (1912) ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1055 "2020-03-10T02:39:00Z")
Ships famous for sinking 1. Bismarck (1941) 2. Titanic (1912) 3. Vasa (1628) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1056 "2020-03-10T03:08:03Z")
Ships famous for sinking 1. Bismarck (1941) 2. Titanic (1912) 3. Vasa (1628) 4. Lusitania (1915) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1057 "2020-03-10T03:11:23Z")
Ships famous for sinking 1. Bismarck (1941) 2. Titanic (1912) 3. Vasa (1628) 4. Lusitania (1915) 5. Andrea Doria (1956) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1058 "2020-03-10T03:15:39Z")
Ships famous for sinking 1. Bismarck (1941) 2. Titanic (1912) 3. Vasa (1628) 4. Lusitania (1915) 5. Andrea Doria (1956) 6. Edmund Fitzgerald (1975) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1059 "2020-03-10T03:20:37Z")
Ships famous for sinking 1. Bismarck (1941) 2. Titanic (1912) 3. Vasa (1628) 4. Lusitania (1915) 5. Andrea Doria (1956) 6. Edmund Fitzgerald (1975) 7. USS Arizona (1941) ---
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Ships famous for sinking 1. Bismarck (1941) 2. Titanic (1912) 3. Vasa (1628) 4. Lusitania (1915) 5. Andrea Doria (1956) 6. Edmund Fitzgerald (1975) 7. USS Arizona (1941) 8. K-129 (1960) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=54)