# 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:** 80
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1581 "2020-04-08T12:09:59Z")
Roadside Attractions 1. World’s biggest ball of twine 2. World’s deepest hand-dug well 3. The World’s Largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick 4. The Mindfield, Brownsville, Tennessee 5. The Big Duck, Long Island, NY 6. The Longaberger Basket Co., Dresden, Ohio 7. World’s biggest steam shovel, Big Brutus 8. Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, AZ 9. World’s biggest Canada goose, Wawa; Ontario 10. World’s biggest prairia dog town, Oakley, Kansas ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1582 "2020-04-08T12:50:36Z")
Roadside Attractions 1. World’s biggest ball of twine 2. World’s deepest hand-dug well 3. The World’s Largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick 4. The Mindfield, Brownsville, Tennessee 5. The Big Duck, Long Island, NY 6. The Longaberger Basket Co., Dresden, Ohio 7. World’s biggest steam shovel, Big Brutus 8. Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, AZ 9. World’s biggest Canada goose, Wawa; Ontario 10. World’s biggest prairia dog town, Oakley, Kansas 11. Carhenge, Alliance, NE ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1583 "2020-04-08T13:02:46Z")
Roadside Attractions 1. World’s biggest ball of twine 2. World’s deepest hand-dug well 3. The World’s Largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick 4. The Mindfield, Brownsville, Tennessee 5. The Big Duck, Long Island, NY 6. The Longaberger Basket Co., Dresden, Ohio 7. World’s biggest steam shovel, Big Brutus 8. Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, AZ 9. World’s biggest Canada goose, Wawa; Ontario 10. World’s biggest prairia dog town, Oakley, Kansas 11. Carhenge, Alliance, NE 12. Dignity, near Chamberlain, South Dakota 50’ tall statue to honor Lakota and Dakota indigenous peoples, built in 2016. Wiki — [Dignity (statue) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity_(statue)) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1584 "2020-04-08T17:15:56Z")
Roadside Attractions 1. World’s biggest ball of twine 2. World’s deepest hand-dug well 3. The World’s Largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick 4. The Mindfield, Brownsville, Tennessee 5. The Big Duck, Long Island, NY 6. The Longaberger Basket Co., Dresden, Ohio 7. World’s biggest steam shovel, Big Brutus 8. Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, AZ 9. World’s biggest Canada goose, Wawa; Ontario 10. World’s biggest prairia dog town, Oakley, Kansas 11. Carhenge, Alliance, NE 12. Dignity, near Chamberlain, South Dakota 13. South of the Border, Dillon, South Carolina We stopped, drawn in by the dozens of billboards. Worth a drive-by at most. New Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1585 "2020-04-08T17:25:51Z")
Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill 2. [Reilly, Ace of Spies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reilly,_Ace_of_Spies) - a British mini-series starring Sam Neill ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1586 "2020-04-08T18:50:53Z")
Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill 2. Reilly, Ace of Spies - a British mini-series starring Sam Neill 3. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - French spy movie spoof ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1587 "2020-04-08T18:57:51Z")
Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill 2. Reilly, Ace of Spies - a British mini-series starring Sam Neill 3. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - French spy movie spoof 4. Doris Fein: Superspy - a YA novel by T. Ernesto Bethancourt ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1588 "2020-04-08T19:23:24Z")
Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill 2. Reilly, Ace of Spies - a British mini-series starring Sam Neill 3. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - French spy movie spoof 4. Doris Fein: Superspy - a YA novel by T. Ernesto Bethancourt 5. The Man in Black, and The Man in White; Spy vs. Spy, Mad Magazine ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1589 "2020-04-08T21:00:06Z")
Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill 2. Reilly, Ace of Spies - a British mini-series starring Sam Neill 3. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - French spy movie spoof 4. Doris Fein: Superspy - a YA novel by T. Ernesto Bethancourt 5. The Man in Black, and The Man in White; Spy vs. Spy, Mad Magazine 6. The Culper Ring during the American Revolution > **[Culper Ring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culper_Ring)** > > The Culper Ring was a network of spies active during the American Revolutionary War, organized by Major Benjamin Tallmadge and General George Washington in 1778 during the British occupation of New York City. The name "Culper" was suggested by George Washington and taken from Culpeper County, Virginia. The leaders of the spy ring were Abraham Woodhull and Robert Townsend, using the aliases of "Samuel Culper Sr." and "Samuel Culper Jr.", respectively; Tallmadge was referred to as "John Bolton". > W... ---
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1590 "2020-04-08T23:29:44Z")
Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill 2. Reilly, Ace of Spies - a British mini-series starring Sam Neill 3. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - French spy movie spoof 4. Doris Fein: Superspy - a YA novel by T. Ernesto Bethancourt 5. The Man in Black, and The Man in White; Spy vs. Spy, Mad Magazine 6. The Culper Ring during the American Revolution 7. Secret Agent Man - song by Johnny Rivers ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1591 "2020-04-09T00:47:29Z")
Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill 2. Reilly, Ace of Spies - a British mini-series starring Sam Neill 3. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - French spy movie spoof 4. Doris Fein: Superspy - a YA novel by T. Ernesto Bethancourt 5. The Man in Black, and The Man in White; Spy vs. Spy, Mad Magazine 6. The Culper Ring during the American Revolution 7. Secret Agent Man - song by Johnny Rivers 8. Garbo: The Spy A pretty good documentary about arguably the most important spy of WWII: [Garbo: The Spy - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbo:_The_Spy) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1592 "2020-04-09T01:10:09Z")
Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill 2. Reilly, Ace of Spies - a British mini-series starring Sam Neill 3. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - French spy movie spoof 4. Doris Fein: Superspy - a YA novel by T. Ernesto Bethancourt 5. The Man in Black, and The Man in White; Spy vs. Spy, Mad Magazine 6. The Culper Ring during the American Revolution 7. Secret Agent Man - song by Johnny Rivers 8. Garbo: The Spy 9. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre A non-fiction book on [Oleg Gordievsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Gordievsky). Macintyre has written a number of excellent works on espionage operations and I recommend him. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1593 "2020-04-09T01:33:58Z")
Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill 2. Reilly, Ace of Spies - a British mini-series starring Sam Neill 3. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - French spy movie spoof 4. Doris Fein: Superspy - a YA novel by T. Ernesto Bethancourt 5. The Man in Black, and The Man in White; Spy vs. Spy, Mad Magazine 6. The Culper Ring during the American Revolution 7. Secret Agent Man - song by Johnny Rivers 8. Garbo: The Spy 9. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre 10. Harriet the Spy ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1594 "2020-04-09T01:41:28Z")
Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill 2. Reilly, Ace of Spies - a British mini-series starring Sam Neill 3. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - French spy movie spoof 4. Doris Fein: Superspy - a YA novel by T. Ernesto Bethancourt 5. Herb Philbrick, of the 50s TV series “I Led Three Lives” ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1595 "2020-04-09T01:51:04Z")
Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill 2. Reilly, Ace of Spies - a British mini-series starring Sam Neill 3. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - French spy movie spoof 4. Doris Fein: Superspy - a YA novel by T. Ernesto Bethancourt 5. Herb Philbrick, of the 50s TV series “I Led Three Lives” 6. Violetta Seina, Moscow, early 1980s A sad time for the Marine Corps. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1596 "2020-04-09T01:57:46Z")
Spies, real or fictional, or books, movies, songs etc about a spy 1. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, a great book by Eric O’Neill 2. Reilly, Ace of Spies - a British mini-series starring Sam Neill 3. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - French spy movie spoof 4. Doris Fein: Superspy - a YA novel by T. Ernesto Bethancourt 5. The Man in Black, and The Man in White; Spy vs. Spy, Mad Magazine 6. The Culper Ring during the American Revolution 7. Secret Agent Man - song by Johnny Rivers 8. Garbo: The Spy 9. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre 10. Harriet the Spy 11. Herb Philbrick, of the 50s TV series “I Led Three Lives” 12. Violetta Seina, Moscow, early 1980s 13. Aldrich Ames (former CIA officer turned KGB double agent) Housekeeping I started the category, so, pass ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1597 "2020-04-09T04:09:03Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Housekeeping Thanks. I saw only the post before mine, and not the prior 2 or 3. Let’s try this one Presidential Candidates Who Came Close to Gaining their Party’s Nomination. Give year. 1. Bernie, 2020 ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1598 "2020-04-09T05:16:20Z")
Presidential Candidates Who Came Close to Gaining their Party’s Nomination. Give year. 1. Bernie, Democratic Party, 2020 2. William H. Seward, Republican Party, 1860 ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1599 "2020-04-09T06:04:48Z")
Presidential Candidates Who Came Close to Gaining their Party’s Nomination. Give year. 1. Bernie, Democratic Party, 2020 2. William H. Seward, Republican Party, 1860 3. Bernie, Democratic Party, 2016 ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1600 "2020-04-09T06:56:05Z")
Presidential Candidates Who Came Close to Gaining their Party’s Nomination. Give year. 1. Bernie, Democratic Party, 2020 2. William H. Seward, Republican Party, 1860 3. Bernie, Democratic Party, 2016 4. Robert Kennedy, Democratic Party, 1968 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=81)