# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 1045

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20884 "2013-11-15T21:23:37Z")

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TV Shows with Time Travel as a major theme/part (NOT any flavor of Star Trek!)

1. The Time Tunnel
2. Voyagers!
3. The Twilight Zone
4. Peabody’s Improbable History (the intellectual dog Mr. Peabody and his pet boy Sherman were a regular feature on Rocky & Bullwinkle)
5. Doctor Who
6. Power Rangers Time Force
7. Quantum Leap
8. _ **It’s About Time** _. This was a short-lived sitcom I loved as a little kid- all about astronauts who end up back in caveman days (Imogene Coca played leader of cave clan.)

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20885 "2013-11-15T21:54:45Z")

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TV Shows with Time Travel as a major theme/part (NOT any flavor of Star Trek!)

1. The Time Tunnel
2. Voyagers!
3. The Twilight Zone
4. Peabody’s Improbable History (the intellectual dog Mr. Peabody and his pet boy Sherman were a regular feature on Rocky & Bullwinkle)
5. Doctor Who
6. Power Rangers Time Force
7. Quantum Leap
8. It’s About Time. This was a short-lived sitcom I loved as a little kid- all about astronauts who end up back in caveman days (Imogene Coca played leader of cave clan.)
9. Time Trax

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20886 "2013-11-15T22:46:32Z")

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TV Shows with Time Travel as a major theme/part (NOT any flavor of Star Trek!)

1. The Time Tunnel
2. Voyagers!
3. The Twilight Zone
4. Peabody’s Improbable History (the intellectual dog Mr. Peabody and his pet boy Sherman were a regular feature on Rocky & Bullwinkle)
5. Doctor Who
6. Power Rangers Time Force
7. Quantum Leap
8. It’s About Time. This was a short-lived sitcom I loved as a little kid- all about astronauts who end up back in caveman days (Imogene Coca played leader of cave clan.)
9. Time Trax
10. _ **Timecop** _ (not very successful TV version of Jean-Claude van Damme movie)

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**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:** [November 15, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20887 "2013-11-15T22:49:15Z")

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TV Shows with Time Travel as a major theme/part (NOT any flavor of Star Trek!)

1. The Time Tunnel
2. Voyagers!
3. The Twilight Zone
4. Peabody’s Improbable History (the intellectual dog Mr. Peabody and his pet boy Sherman were a regular feature on Rocky & Bullwinkle)
5. Doctor Who
6. Power Rangers Time Force
7. Quantum Leap
8. It’s About Time. This was a short-lived sitcom I loved as a little kid- all about astronauts who end up back in caveman days (Imogene Coca played leader of cave clan.)
9. Time Trax
10. Timecop (not very successful TV version of Jean-Claude van Damme movie)
11. Time Warp Trio (a Discovery channel cartoon)

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**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20888 "2013-11-15T23:05:08Z")

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TV Shows with Time Travel as a major theme/part (NOT any flavor of Star Trek!)

1. The Time Tunnel
2. Voyagers!
3. The Twilight Zone
4. Peabody’s Improbable History (the intellectual dog Mr. Peabody and his pet boy Sherman were a regular feature on Rocky & Bullwinkle)
5. Doctor Who
6. Power Rangers Time Force
7. Quantum Leap
8. It’s About Time. This was a short-lived sitcom I loved as a little kid- all about astronauts who end up back in caveman days (Imogene Coca played leader of cave clan.)
9. Time Trax
10. Timecop (not very successful TV version of Jean-Claude van Damme movie)
11. Time Warp Trio (a Discovery channel cartoon)
12. Goodnight Sweetheart (BBC sitcom in which the main character travels between 1990s and Wartime London)

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**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 16, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20889 "2013-11-16T01:01:04Z")

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TV Shows with Time Travel as a major theme/part (NOT any flavor of Star Trek!)

1. The Time Tunnel
2. Voyagers!
3. The Twilight Zone
4. Peabody’s Improbable History (the intellectual dog Mr. Peabody and his pet boy Sherman were a regular feature on Rocky & Bullwinkle)
5. Doctor Who
6. Power Rangers Time Force
7. Quantum Leap
8. It’s About Time. This was a short-lived sitcom I loved as a little kid- all about astronauts who end up back in caveman days (Imogene Coca played leader of cave clan.)
9. Time Trax
10. Timecop (not very successful TV version of Jean-Claude van Damme movie)
11. Time Warp Trio (a Discovery channel cartoon)
12. Goodnight Sweetheart (BBC sitcom in which the main character travels between 1990s and Wartime London)
13. Life on Mars

I’ll pass.

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**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:** [November 16, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20890 "2013-11-16T04:47:16Z")

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I’ll go.

13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon  
(There are over 7,000 islands, but only 2,000 are inhabited. Give or take a couple.)

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**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 16, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20891 "2013-11-16T04:56:37Z")

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13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga

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**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:** [November 16, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20892 "2013-11-16T05:22:54Z")

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13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga
3. Mindanao

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**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 16, 2013, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20893 "2013-11-16T08:30:39Z")

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13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga
3. Mindanao
4. Leyte

If you’ve ever been there, you’ll want to return.

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20894 "2013-11-16T10:06:59Z")

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13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga
3. Mindanao
4. Leyte
5. Palawan

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**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:** [November 16, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20895 "2013-11-16T12:25:18Z")

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13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga
3. Mindanao
4. Leyte
5. Palawan
6. Tawi-Tawi  
I’ve actually been to Tawi-Tawi.

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**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 16, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20896 "2013-11-16T13:04:47Z")

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13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga
3. Mindanao
4. Leyte
5. Palawan
6. Tawi-Tawi
7. Corregidor

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**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:** [November 16, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20897 "2013-11-16T13:11:29Z")

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13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga
3. Mindanao
4. Leyte
5. Palawan
6. Tawi-Tawi
7. Corregidor
8. Pangasinan

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20898 "2013-11-16T13:31:37Z")

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13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga
3. Mindanao
4. Leyte
5. Palawan
6. Tawi-Tawi
7. Talim

(largest island in the largest freshwater lake in the Philippines, Laguna de Bay)

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**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:** [November 16, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20899 "2013-11-16T13:43:08Z")

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Lost a couple, there. Restoring…

13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga
3. Mindanao
4. Leyte
5. Palawan
6. Tawi-Tawi
7. Corregidor
8. Pangasinan
9. Talim
10. Vulcan Point Island near Tagaytay City  
An island inside a lake that’s on an island that’s inside a lake that’s inside a volcano that’s on an island: Vulcan Point within the Main Crater Lake, on Volcano Island within Lake Taal (contained by Taal Caldera), on the island of Luzon.

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20900 "2013-11-16T13:45:07Z")

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13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga
3. Mindanao
4. Leyte
5. Palawan
6. Tawi-Tawi
7. Negros

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20901 "2013-11-16T13:46:46Z")

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I was too slow. So, I guess we’re up to :

13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga
3. Mindanao
4. Leyte
5. Palawan
6. Tawi-Tawi
7. Corregidor
8. Pangasinan
9. Talim
10. Vulcan Point Island near Tagaytay City
11. Negros

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**Author:** ![MrsTango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@MrsTango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsTango)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20902 "2013-11-16T14:55:52Z")

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13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga
3. Mindanao
4. Leyte
5. Palawan
6. Tawi-Tawi
7. Corregidor
8. Pangasinan
9. Talim
10. Vulcan Point Island near Tagaytay City
11. Negros
12. Visayas

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**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:** [November 16, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20903 "2013-11-16T14:57:29Z")

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13 Islands of the Philippines

1. Luzon
2. Fuga
3. Mindanao
4. Leyte
5. Palawan
6. Tawi-Tawi
7. Corregidor
8. Pangasinan
9. Talim
10. Vulcan Point Island near Tagaytay City
11. Negros
12. Visayas
13. Leyte, where Tacloban is  
More on the Philippines

Traditional Foods of the Philippine Islands

1. Adobo (chicken or pork)

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