# 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:** 1055
**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 25, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21084 "2013-11-25T16:40:24Z")
Acoustic songs that were hits 1. Layla (the version from Unplugged) 2. “More than Words” by Extreme 3. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (Billboard #1) by Peter, Paul & Mary (written by John Denver) 4. “Hurt” performed by Johnny Cash ---
**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 25, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21085 "2013-11-25T17:01:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Lawrence Livermore? Maybe I’m being whooshed but the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was named after its founder Ernest Lawrence and its location in Livermore, California. Learn something new every day! 😉 I’ll go with digital activist Lawrence Lessig instead. Acoustic songs that were hits 1. “Layla” (the version from Unplugged) by Eric Clapton 2. “More than Words” by Extreme 3. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (Billboard #1) by Peter, Paul & Mary (written by John Denver) 4. “Hurt” performed by Johnny Cash 5. “Unbreakable” by Alicia Keys ---
**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:** [November 25, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21086 "2013-11-25T17:02:25Z")
Acoustic songs that were hits 1. Layla (the version from Unplugged) 2. “More than Words” by Extreme 3. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (Billboard #1) by Peter, Paul & Mary (written by John Denver) 4. “Hurt” performed by Johnny Cash 5. “Heart of Gold” by Neil Young. (Billboard number one) ---
**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 25, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21087 "2013-11-25T17:18:15Z")
Acoustic songs that were hits 1. Layla (the version from Unplugged) 2. “More than Words” by Extreme 3. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (Billboard #1) by Peter, Paul & Mary (written by John Denver) 4. “Hurt” performed by Johnny Cash 5. “Unbreakable” by Alicia Keys 6. “Heart of Gold” by Neil Young. (Billboard number one) 7. “One of Us” by Joan Osborne [I was kinda surprised no one mentioned Loretta Lynn or Lyle Lovett.] ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21088 "2013-11-25T19:35:37Z")
Acoustic songs that were hits 1. Layla (the version from Unplugged) 2. “More than Words” by Extreme 3. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (Billboard #1) by Peter, Paul & Mary (written by John Denver) 4. “Hurt” performed by Johnny Cash 5. “Unbreakable” by Alicia Keys 6. “Heart of Gold” by Neil Young. (Billboard number one) 7. “One of Us” by Joan Osborne 8. “Piano Man” by Billy Joel Did not know that about John Denver. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21089 "2013-11-25T19:58:02Z")
Acoustic songs that were hits 1. Layla (the version from Unplugged) 2. “More than Words” by Extreme 3. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (Billboard #1) by Peter, Paul & Mary (written by John Denver) 4. “Hurt” performed by Johnny Cash 5. “Unbreakable” by Alicia Keys 6. “Heart of Gold” by Neil Young. (Billboard number one) 7. “One of Us” by Joan Osborne 8. “Piano Man” by Billy Joel 9. “I’ll Never Find Another You,” by the Seekers ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21090 "2013-11-25T21:07:55Z")
Acoustic songs that were hits 1. Layla (the version from Unplugged) 2. “More than Words” by Extreme 3. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (Billboard #1) by Peter, Paul & Mary (written by John Denver) 4. “Hurt” performed by Johnny Cash 5. “Unbreakable” by Alicia Keys 6. “Heart of Gold” by Neil Young. (Billboard number one) 7. “One of Us” by Joan Osborne 8. “Piano Man” by Billy Joel 9. “I’ll Never Find Another You,” by the Seekers 10. “Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce (another Billboard #1 hit) ---
**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:** [November 25, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21091 "2013-11-25T22:15:15Z")
Acoustic songs that were hits 1. Layla (the version from Unplugged) 2. “More than Words” by Extreme 3. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (Billboard #1) by Peter, Paul & Mary (written by John Denver) 4. “Hurt” performed by Johnny Cash 5. “Unbreakable” by Alicia Keys 6. “Heart of Gold” by Neil Young. (Billboard number one) 7. “One of Us” by Joan Osborne 8. “Piano Man” by Billy Joel 9. “I’ll Never Find Another You,” by the Seekers 10. “Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce (another Billboard #1 hit) 11. “I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song” by Jim Croce ---
**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 26, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21092 "2013-11-26T05:36:48Z")
Acoustic songs that were hits 1. Layla (the version from Unplugged), by Eric Clapton 2. “More than Words” by Extreme 3. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (Billboard #1) by Peter, Paul & Mary (written by John Denver) 4. “Hurt” performed by Johnny Cash 5. “Unbreakable” by Alicia Keys 6. “Heart of Gold” by Neil Young. 7. “One of Us” by Joan Osborne 8. “Piano Man” by Billy Joel 9. “I’ll Never Find Another You,” by the Seekers 10. “Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce 11. “I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song” by Jim Croce 12. “Because the Night” by 10,000 Maniacs ---
**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 26, 2013, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21093 "2013-11-26T07:59:32Z")
Acoustic songs that were hits 1. Layla (the version from Unplugged), by Eric Clapton 2. “More than Words” by Extreme 3. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (Billboard #1) by Peter, Paul & Mary (written by John Denver) 4. “Hurt” performed by Johnny Cash 5. “Unbreakable” by Alicia Keys 6. “Heart of Gold” by Neil Young. 7. “One of Us” by Joan Osborne 8. “Piano Man” by Billy Joel 9. “I’ll Never Find Another You,” by the Seekers 10. “Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce 11. “I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song” by Jim Croce 12. “Because the Night” by 10,000 Maniacs 13. “The Boxer” by Simon and Garfunkel I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21094 "2013-11-26T12:19:17Z")
Famous plane crashes (and any descriptive passages, if you care to write them) 1. Valuejet 592 (Crashes in FL Everglades because of improperly placed oxygen containers, 110 died, financial impact ruins company) > **[ValuJet Flight 592](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ValuJet_Flight_592)** > > ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. On May 11, 1996, the ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the route crashed into the Everglades about 10 minutes after taking off from Miami as a result of a fire in the cargo compartment caused by mislabeled and improperly stored hazardous cargo. All 110 people on board died. The airline already had a poor safety record before the c Va... ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21095 "2013-11-26T12:28:15Z")
Famous plane crashes (and any descriptive passages, if you care to write them) 1. Valuejet 592 (Crashes in FL Everglades because of improperly placed oxygen containers, 110 died, financial impact ruins company) 2. Crash of 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa which killed Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and Buddy Holly, dubbed “The day the music died” by Don MacLean in his song "American Pie"for it’s effect on popular music which is still felt today. ---
**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 26, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21096 "2013-11-26T13:11:31Z")
Famous plane crashes (and any descriptive passages, if you care to write them) 1. Valuejet 592 (Crashes in FL Everglades because of improperly placed oxygen containers, 110 died, financial impact ruins company) 2. Crash of 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa which killed Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and Buddy Holly, dubbed “The day the music died” by Don MacLean in his song "American Pie"for it’s effect on popular music which is still felt today. 3. Crash on August 15, 1935 near Point Barrow, Alaska, resulting in the deaths of humorist Will Rogers and adventurer Wiley Post. ---
**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 26, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21097 "2013-11-26T13:46:31Z")
Famous plane crashes (and any descriptive passages, if you care to write them) 1. Valuejet 592 (Crashes in FL Everglades because of improperly placed oxygen containers, 110 died, financial impact ruins company) 2. Crash of 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa which killed Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and Buddy Holly, dubbed “The day the music died” by Don MacLean in his song "American Pie"for it’s effect on popular music which is still felt today. 3. Crash on August 15, 1935 near Point Barrow, Alaska, resulting in the deaths of humorist Will Rogers and adventurer Wiley Post. 4. Tenerife, Canary Islands, on Sunday 27 March 1977. Two Boeing 747s collide on the runway. 583 total fatalities, and this remains to this day the deadliest-ever aviation accident. ---
**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 26, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21098 "2013-11-26T14:30:29Z")
Famous plane crashes (and any descriptive passages, if you care to write them) 1. Valuejet 592 (Crashes in FL Everglades because of improperly placed oxygen containers, 110 died, financial impact ruins company) 2. Crash of 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa which killed Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and Buddy Holly, dubbed “The day the music died” by Don MacLean in his song "American Pie"for it’s effect on popular music which is still felt today. 3. Crash on August 15, 1935 near Point Barrow, Alaska, resulting in the deaths of humorist Will Rogers and adventurer Wiley Post. 4. Tenerife, Canary Islands, on Sunday 27 March 1977. Two Boeing 747s collide on the runway. 583 total fatalities, and this remains to this day the deadliest-ever aviation accident. 5. United 93, Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2001. Passengers storm cockpit, attempting to retake control of hijacked aircraft. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21099 "2013-11-26T15:11:20Z")
Famous plane crashes (and any descriptive passages, if you care to write them) 1. Valuejet 592 (Crashes in FL Everglades because of improperly placed oxygen containers, 110 died, financial impact ruins company) 2. Crash of 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa which killed Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and Buddy Holly, dubbed “The day the music died” by Don MacLean in his song "American Pie"for it’s effect on popular music which is still felt today. 3. Crash on August 15, 1935 near Point Barrow, Alaska, resulting in the deaths of humorist Will Rogers and adventurer Wiley Post. 4. Tenerife, Canary Islands, on Sunday 27 March 1977. Two Boeing 747s collide on the runway. 583 total fatalities, and this remains to this day the deadliest-ever aviation accident. 5. United 93, Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2001. Passengers storm cockpit, attempting to retake control of hijacked aircraft. 6. Pan Am #103, blown up by terrorists over Lockerbie, Scotland ---
**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 26, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21100 "2013-11-26T16:41:43Z")
Famous plane crashes (and any descriptive passages, if you care to write them) 1. Valuejet 592 (Crashes in FL Everglades because of improperly placed oxygen containers, 110 died, financial impact ruins company) 2. Crash of 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa which killed Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and Buddy Holly, dubbed “The day the music died” by Don MacLean in his song "American Pie"for its effect on popular music which is still felt today. 3. Crash on August 15, 1935 near Point Barrow, Alaska, resulting in the deaths of humorist Will Rogers and adventurer Wiley Post. 4. Tenerife, Canary Islands, on Sunday 27 March 1977. Two Boeing 747s collide on the runway. 583 total fatalities, and this remains to this day the deadliest-ever aviation accident. 5. United 93, Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2001. Passengers storm cockpit, attempting to retake control of hijacked aircraft. 6. Pan Am #103, blown up by terrorists over Lockerbie, Scotland 7. United 629, blown up by an guy in 1955 to kill his mom and collect insurance money. > **[Jack Gilbert Graham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Gilbert_Graham)** > > John "Jack" Gilbert Graham (January 23, 1932 – January 11, 1957) was an American mass murderer who, on November 1, 1955, killed 44 people aboard United Airlines Flight 629 near Longmont, Colorado, using a dynamite time bomb. Graham planted the bomb in his mother's suitcase in an apparent move to murder her and claim $37,500 (equivalent to $410,000 in 2022) worth of life insurance money from policies he purchased in the airport terminal just before the flight departure. Graham was charged with a... ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21101 "2013-11-26T18:29:48Z")
Famous plane crashes (and any descriptive passages, if you care to write them) 1. Valuejet 592 (Crashes in FL Everglades because of improperly placed oxygen containers, 110 died, financial impact ruins company) 2. Crash of 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa which killed Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and Buddy Holly, dubbed “The day the music died” by Don MacLean in his song "American Pie"for its effect on popular music which is still felt today. 3. Crash on August 15, 1935 near Point Barrow, Alaska, resulting in the deaths of humorist Will Rogers and adventurer Wiley Post. 4. Tenerife, Canary Islands, on Sunday 27 March 1977. Two Boeing 747s collide on the runway. 583 total fatalities, and this remains to this day the deadliest-ever aviation accident. 5. United 93, Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2001. Passengers storm cockpit, attempting to retake control of hijacked aircraft. 6. Pan Am #103, blown up by terrorists over Lockerbie, Scotland 7. United 629, blown up by an guy in 1955 to kill his mom and collect insurance money. 8. [TWA flight 800, July 17,1996](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800) I guy I knew at the time was a flight attendant - was supposed to be on that flight but got sick so was replaced ---
**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 26, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21102 "2013-11-26T19:13:12Z")
Famous plane crashes (and any descriptive passages, if you care to write them) 1. Valuejet 592 (Crashes in FL Everglades because of improperly placed oxygen containers, 110 died, financial impact ruins company) 2. Crash of 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa which killed Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and Buddy Holly, dubbed “The day the music died” by Don MacLean in his song "American Pie"for its effect on popular music which is still felt today. 3. Crash on August 15, 1935 near Point Barrow, Alaska, resulting in the deaths of humorist Will Rogers and adventurer Wiley Post. 4. Tenerife, Canary Islands, on Sunday 27 March 1977. Two Boeing 747s collide on the runway. 583 total fatalities, and this remains to this day the deadliest-ever aviation accident. 5. United 93, Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2001. Passengers storm cockpit, attempting to retake control of hijacked aircraft. 6. Pan Am #103, blown up by terrorists over Lockerbie, Scotland 7. United 629, blown up by an guy in 1955 to kill his mom and collect insurance money. 8. TWA flight 800, July 17,1996 9. Wright Flyer, Ft. Myer, Va., Sept. 17, 1908 Army Lt. Thomas Selfridge was the first person killed in an airplane crash; Orville Wright was at the controls: [Thomas Selfridge - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Selfridge) ---
**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 26, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21103 "2013-11-26T19:22:10Z")
Famous plane crashes (and any descriptive passages, if you care to write them) 1. Valuejet 592 (Crashes in FL Everglades because of improperly placed oxygen containers, 110 died, financial impact ruins company) 2. Crash of 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa which killed Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) and Buddy Holly, dubbed “The day the music died” by Don MacLean in his song "American Pie"for its effect on popular music which is still felt today. 3. Crash on August 15, 1935 near Point Barrow, Alaska, resulting in the deaths of humorist Will Rogers and adventurer Wiley Post. 4. Tenerife, Canary Islands, on Sunday 27 March 1977. Two Boeing 747s collide on the runway. 583 total fatalities, and this remains to this day the deadliest-ever aviation accident. 5. United 93, Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2001. Passengers storm cockpit, attempting to retake control of hijacked aircraft. 6. Pan Am #103, blown up by terrorists over Lockerbie, Scotland 7. United 629, blown up by an guy in 1955 to kill his mom and collect insurance money. 8. TWA flight 800, July 17,1996 9. Wright Flyer, Ft. Myer, Va., Sept. 17, 1908 10. 1996 Air Africa Crash, Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, crashed into a marketplace, over 300 dead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1054) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1056)