# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1010
**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:** [October 6, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20184 "2013-10-06T02:00:49Z")
Fiction Dealing with Codes/Ciphers 1. Numb3rs, various episodes 2. The Da Vinci Code 3. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett 4. Alvin’s Secret Code, by Clifford B. Hicks 5. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson 6. “The Gold Bug” by Edgar Allan Poe 7. The Matrix (not necessarily including the character “Cypher”…) 8. The Adventure of the Dancing Men, a Sherlock Holmes mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [/quote] 9. National Treasure 1 & 2 10. Enigma 11. Windtalkers 12. The Mysterious Code, Trixie Belden Series #7 by Kathryn Kenny ---
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Fiction Dealing with Codes/Ciphers 1. Numb3rs, various episodes 2. The Da Vinci Code 3. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett 4. Alvin’s Secret Code, by Clifford B. Hicks 5. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson 6. “The Gold Bug” by Edgar Allan Poe 7. The Matrix (not necessarily including the character “Cypher”…) 8. The Adventure of the Dancing Men, a Sherlock Holmes mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9. National Treasure 1 & 2 10. Enigma 11. Windtalkers 12. The Mysterious Code, Trixie Belden Series #7 by Kathryn Kenny 13. Ken Follett’s _ **The Key to Rebecca** _ New Topic: Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 14. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in _ **Thor** _ ---
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Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 1. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor 2. Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus in Clash of the Titans (1981) ---
**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:** [October 6, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20187 "2013-10-06T13:56:48Z")
Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 1. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor 2. Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus in Clash of the Titans (1981) 3. James Woods as Hades in Hercules (1997) ---
**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:** [October 6, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20188 "2013-10-06T16:13:55Z")
Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 1. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor 2. Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus in Clash of the Titans (1981) 3. James Woods as Hades in Hercules (1997) 4. Tom Hiddleston as Loki in all the recent Marvel movies And I got to see him in person on the _Avengers_ set!: [I was an Avengers extra - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650920) ---
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Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 1. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor 2. Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus in Clash of the Titans (1981) 3. James Woods as Hades in Hercules (1997) 4. Tom Hiddleston as Loki in all the recent Marvel movies 5. Kevin McKidd as Poseidon in Percy Jackson ---
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Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 1. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor 2. Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus in Clash of the Titans (1981) 3. James Woods as Hades in Hercules (1997) 4. Tom Hiddleston as Loki in all the recent Marvel movies 5. Kevin McKidd as Poseidon in Percy Jackson 6. George Burns in Oh! God ---
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Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 1. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor 2. Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus in Clash of the Titans (1981) 3. James Woods as Hades in Hercules (1997) 4. Tom Hiddleston as Loki in all the recent Marvel movies 5. Kevin McKidd as Poseidon in Percy Jackson 6. George Burns in Oh! God 7. Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty ---
**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:** [October 6, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20192 "2013-10-06T17:55:16Z")
Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 1. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor 2. Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus in Clash of the Titans (1981) 3. James Woods as Hades in Hercules (1997) 4. Tom Hiddleston as Loki in all the recent Marvel movies 5. Kevin McKidd as Poseidon in Percy Jackson 6. George Burns in Oh! God 7. Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty 8. Honor Blackman as Hera in Jason and the Argonauts (1963) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20193 "2013-10-06T19:54:19Z")
Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 1. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor 2. Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus in Clash of the Titans (1981) 3. James Woods as Hades in Hercules (1997) 4. Tom Hiddleston as Loki in all the recent Marvel movies 5. Kevin McKidd as Poseidon in Percy Jackson 6. George Burns in Oh! God 7. Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty 8. Honor Blackman as Hera in Jason and the Argonauts (1963) 9. Vanna White as Venus in _Goddess of Love (1988)_ There’s a reason she’s not known as “the actress Vanna White”. ---
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Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 1. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor 2. Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus in Clash of the Titans (1981) 3. James Woods as Hades in Hercules (1997) 4. Tom Hiddleston as Loki in all the recent Marvel movies 5. Kevin McKidd as Poseidon in Percy Jackson 6. George Burns in Oh! God 7. Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty 8. Honor Blackman as Hera in Jason and the Argonauts (1963) 9. Vanna White as Venus in Goddess of Love (1988) 10. Graham Chapman as the Voice of God in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ (or W. G. Grace as the visage, take your pick) ---
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Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 1. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor 2. Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus in Clash of the Titans (1981) 3. James Woods as Hades in Hercules (1997) 4. Tom Hiddleston as Loki in all the recent Marvel movies 5. Kevin McKidd as Poseidon in Percy Jackson 6. George Burns in Oh! God 7. Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty 8. Honor Blackman as Hera in Jason and the Argonauts (1963) 9. Vanna White as Venus in Goddess of Love (1988) 10. Graham Chapman as the Voice of God in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ (or W. G. Grace as the visage, take your pick) 11. Susan Fleetwood as Athena in Clash of the Titans (1981) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20196 "2013-10-07T00:31:23Z")
Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 1. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor 2. Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus in Clash of the Titans (1981) 3. James Woods as Hades in Hercules (1997) 4. Tom Hiddleston as Loki in all the recent Marvel movies 5. Kevin McKidd as Poseidon in Percy Jackson 6. George Burns in Oh! God 7. Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty 8. Honor Blackman as Hera in Jason and the Argonauts (1963) 9. Vanna White as Venus in Goddess of Love (1988) 10. Graham Chapman as the Voice of God in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ (or W. G. Grace as the visage, take your pick) 11. Susan Fleetwood as Athena in Clash of the Titans (1981) 12. Alanis Morissette as God in _Dogma_ ---
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Actors/Actresses Who Have Played Gods or Goddesses in Movies 1. Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor 2. Sir Laurence Olivier as Zeus in Clash of the Titans (1981) 3. James Woods as Hades in Hercules (1997) 4. Tom Hiddleston as Loki in all the recent Marvel movies 5. Kevin McKidd as Poseidon in Percy Jackson 6. George Burns in Oh! God 7. Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty 8. Honor Blackman as Hera in Jason and the Argonauts (1963) 9. Vanna White as Venus in Goddess of Love (1988) 10. Graham Chapman as the Voice of God in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (or W. G. Grace as the visage, take your pick) 11. Susan Fleetwood as Athena in Clash of the Titans (1981) 12. Alanis Morissette as God in Dogma 13. Harry Schearer on _The Simpsons_ Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) ---
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Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. ---
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Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. 3. "[Play with Fire"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gKmmaZrJpc) - Rolling Stones ---
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Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. 3. “Play with Fire” - Rolling Stones 4. “Set Fire to the Rain” - Adele ---
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Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. 3. "[Play with Fire"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gKmmaZrJpc) - Rolling Stones 4. “[Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8)” - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. ---
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Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. 3. “Play with Fire” - Rolling Stones 4. “Fire” - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. 5. “Fire Down Below” by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4muo19gW8s) ---
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Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. 3. “Play with Fire” - Rolling Stones 4. “Fire” - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. 5. “Fire Down Below” by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 6. “On Fire” Van Halen [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1009) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1011)