# 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:** 103
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2041 "2010-11-06T09:14:16Z")
Actors/actresses who received Oscar nominations in their film debut: 1. Ben Kingsley, \*Gandhi \* 2. Angela Lansbury, _Gaslight_ 3. Sydney Greenstreet, _The Maltese Falcon_ 4. Marlee Matlin, _Children of a Lesser God_ 5. Anna Paquin, _The Piano_ 6. Oprah Winfrey, _The Color Purple_ 7. Julie Andrews, _Mary Poppins_ 8. Haing S. Ngor, _The Killing Fields_ 9. Harold Russell, _The Best Years of Our Lives_ 10. Tatum O’Neal, _Paper Moon_ 11. Peter O’Toole, _Lawrence of Arabia_ (for my money, he should have won) 12. Eva Marie Saint, _On the Waterfront_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2042 "2010-11-06T13:25:07Z")
Actors/actresses who received Oscar nominations in their film debut: 1. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi 2. Angela Lansbury, Gaslight 3. Sydney Greenstreet, The Maltese Falcon 4. Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God 5. Anna Paquin, The Piano 6. Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple 7. Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins 8. Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields 9. Harold Russell, The Best Years of Our Lives 10. Tatum O’Neal, Paper Moon 11. Peter O’Toole, Lawrence of Arabia (for my money, he should have won) 12. Eva Marie Saint, On the Waterfront 13. Whoopi Goldberg, _The Color Purple_ Next: Pairs of colors with a single association: 1. Black & Orange - Halloween ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2043 "2010-11-06T13:34:23Z")
Pairs of colors with a single association: 1. Black & Orange - Halloween 2. Blue & Grey - US Civil War ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2044 "2010-11-06T14:12:20Z")
Pairs of colors with a single association: 1. Black & Orange - Halloween (but lately here in San Francisco, those colors are only associated for the Word Series winning Giants!) 2. Blue & Grey - US Civil War 3. Red & Green - Christmas ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2045 "2010-11-06T14:28:48Z")
Pairs of colors with a single association: 1. Black & Orange - Halloween 2. Blue & Grey - US Civil War 3. Red & Green - Christmas 4. Orange & Brown - Thanksgiving ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2046 "2010-11-06T14:31:22Z")
Pairs of colors with a single association: 1. Black & Orange - Halloween 2. Blue & Grey - US Civil War 3. Red & Green - Christmas 4. Orange & Brown - Thanksgiving 5. Purple & Green - The Wine Industry ---
**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:** [November 6, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2047 "2010-11-06T15:41:15Z")
Pairs of colors with a single association: 1. Black & Orange - Halloween 2. Blue & Grey - US Civil War 3. Red & Green - Christmas 4. Orange & Brown - Thanksgiving 5. Purple & Green - The Wine Industry 6. Black & Yellow - Bees ---
**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:** [November 6, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2048 "2010-11-06T16:05:58Z")
Pairs of colors with a single association: 1. Black & Orange - Halloween 2. Blue & Grey - US Civil War 3. Red & Green - Christmas 4. Orange & Brown - Thanksgiving 5. Purple & Green - The Wine Industry 6. Black & Yellow - Bees 7. Black & White - racial issues Thanks for the topic summary, **Little Nemo**! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2049 "2010-11-06T17:10:56Z")
Pairs of colors with a single association: 1. Black & Orange - Halloween 2. Blue & Grey - US Civil War 3. Red & Green - Christmas 4. Orange & Brown - Thanksgiving 5. Purple & Green - The Wine Industry 6. Black & Yellow - Bees 7. Black & White - racial issues 8. Red & Blue - Republican/Democrat Many gracias **Little Nemo**! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2050 "2010-11-06T17:19:47Z")
Pairs of colors with a single association: 1. Black & Orange - Halloween 2. Blue & Grey - US Civil War 3. Red & Green - Christmas 4. Orange & Brown - Thanksgiving 5. Purple & Green - The Wine Industry 6. Black & Yellow - Bees 7. Black & White - racial issues 8. Red & Blue - Republican/Democrat 9. Maize & Blue - University of Michigan ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2051 "2010-11-06T17:44:34Z")
Pairs of colors with a single association: 1. Black & Orange - Halloween 2. Blue & Grey - US Civil War 3. Red & Green - Christmas 4. Orange & Brown - Thanksgiving 5. Purple & Green - The Wine Industry 6. Black & Yellow - Bees 7. Black & White - racial issues 8. Red & Blue - Republican/Democrat 9. Maize & Blue - University of Michigan 10. Black & Tan - my favorite pub beverage ---
**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:** [November 6, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2052 "2010-11-06T18:00:28Z")
Pairs of colors with a single association: 1. Black & Orange - Halloween 2. Blue & Grey - US Civil War 3. Red & Green - Christmas 4. Orange & Brown - Thanksgiving 5. Purple & Green - The Wine Industry 6. Black & Yellow - Bees 7. Black & White - racial issues 8. Red & Blue - Republican/Democrat 9. Maize & Blue - University of Michigan 10. Black & Tan - my favorite pub beverage 11. Green & Purple - the Hulk ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2053 "2010-11-06T18:59:59Z")
Pairs of colors with a single association: 1. Black & Orange - Halloween 2. Blue & Grey - US Civil War 3. Red & Green - Christmas 4. Orange & Brown - Thanksgiving 5. Purple & Green - The Wine Industry 6. Black & Yellow - Bees 7. Black & White - racial issues 8. Red & Blue - Republican/Democrat 9. Maize & Blue - University of Michigan 10. Black & Tan - my favorite pub beverage 11. Green & Purple - the Hulk 12. Red & Pink - Valentines ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2054 "2010-11-06T19:08:07Z")
never mind ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2055 "2010-11-06T19:08:36Z")
Words/terms for the gluteus maximus 1. Buttocks 2. Rump ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2056 "2010-11-06T19:10:56Z")
Famous people with a middle initial 1. Samuel L. Jackson 2. Ulysses S. Grant ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2057 "2010-11-06T19:24:11Z")
Famous people with a middle initial 1. Samuel L. Jackson 2. Ulysses S. Grant 3. Alfred E. Neuman 😃 4. Black & Blue: hematoma ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2058 "2010-11-06T19:27:29Z")
Ha!! We’ll have to revisit that category, **Ponch8** , it’s too good to pass up. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2059 "2010-11-06T19:32:05Z")
Famous people with a middle initial (I’ll see your “What, me worry?” and raise you a “D’oh!”) 1. Samuel L. Jackson 2. Ulysses S. Grant 3. Alfred E. Neuman 4. Homer J. Simpson ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2060 "2010-11-06T20:44:56Z")
Famous people with a middle initial (I’ll see your “What, me worry?” and raise you a “D’oh!”) 1. Samuel L. Jackson 2. Ulysses S. Grant 3. Alfred E. Neuman 4. Homer J. Simpson 5. John F. Kennedy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=104)