# 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:** 1177
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23524 "2014-03-10T03:16:23Z")
New! 13 Cosmonauts. 1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Valentina Tereshkova ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23525 "2014-03-10T03:59:31Z")
New! 13 Cosmonauts. 1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Valentina Tereshkova 3. [Laika](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23526 "2014-03-10T12:01:10Z")
New! 13 Cosmonauts. 1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Valentina Tereshkova 3. [Laika](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika) 4. Vladimir Komarov - the first human to be killed during a spaceflight ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23527 "2014-03-10T12:55:20Z")
13 Cosmonauts. 1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Valentina Tereshkova 3. [Laika](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika) 4. Vladimir Komarov - the first human to be killed during a spaceflight 5. Lev Andropov from “Armageddon.” ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23528 "2014-03-10T14:32:23Z")
13 Cosmonauts. 1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Valentina Tereshkova 3. Laika 4. Vladimir Komarov - the first human to be killed during a spaceflight 5. Lev Andropov from “Armageddon.” 6. Armaldo Tamayo Mendez - Cuban spacefarer who traveled along in a Soyuz ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23529 "2014-03-10T15:04:15Z")
13 Cosmonauts. 1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Valentina Tereshkova 3. Laika 4. Vladimir Komarov - the first human to be killed during a spaceflight 5. Lev Andropov from “Armageddon.” 6. Armaldo Tamayo Mendez - Cuban spacefarer who traveled along in a Soyuz 7. Alexey Leonov - First man to walk in space ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23530 "2014-03-10T16:18:59Z")
13 Cosmonauts. 1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Valentina Tereshkova 3. Laika 4. Vladimir Komarov - the first human to be killed during a spaceflight 5. Lev Andropov from “Armageddon.” 6. Armaldo Tamayo Mendez - Cuban spacefarer who traveled along in a Soyuz 7. Alexey Leonov - First man to walk in space 8. Oleg Kotov - commander of the current ISS mission Aw, I was gonna mention Leonov - he was pals with Arthur C. Clarke, who named the Soviet spacecraft in _2010: Odyssey Two_ after him. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23531 "2014-03-10T16:30:29Z")
13 Cosmonauts. 1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Valentina Tereshkova 3. Laika 4. Vladimir Komarov - the first human to be killed during a spaceflight 5. Lev Andropov from “Armageddon.” 6. Armaldo Tamayo Mendez - Cuban spacefarer who traveled along in a Soyuz 7. Alexey Leonov - First man to walk in space 8. Oleg Kotov - commander of the current ISS mission 9. Dimitri Rezinov - cosmonaut who went to space with Wolowitz in _The Big Bang Theory_ ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23532 "2014-03-10T16:38:03Z")
13 Cosmonauts. 1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Valentina Tereshkova 3. Laika 4. Vladimir Komarov - the first human to be killed during a spaceflight 5. Lev Andropov from “Armageddon.” 6. Armaldo Tamayo Mendez - Cuban spacefarer who traveled along in a Soyuz 7. Alexey Leonov - First man to walk in space 8. Oleg Kotov - commander of the current ISS mission 9. Dimitri Rezinov - cosmonaut who went to space with Wolowitz in The Big Bang Theory 10. Vyacheslav Zudov ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23533 "2014-03-10T16:49:18Z")
13 Cosmonauts. 1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Valentina Tereshkova 3. Laika 4. Vladimir Komarov - the first human to be killed during a spaceflight 5. Lev Andropov from “Armageddon.” 6. Armaldo Tamayo Mendez - Cuban spacefarer who traveled along in a Soyuz 7. Alexey Leonov - First man to walk in space 8. Oleg Kotov - commander of the current ISS mission 9. Dimitri Rezinov - cosmonaut who went to space with Wolowitz in The Big Bang Theory 10. Vyacheslav Zudov 11. Svetlana Savitskaya - first woman to make two spaceflights ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23534 "2014-03-10T20:33:58Z")
13 Cosmonauts. 1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Valentina Tereshkova 3. Laika 4. Vladimir Komarov - the first human to be killed during a spaceflight 5. Lev Andropov from “Armageddon.” 6. Armaldo Tamayo Mendez - Cuban spacefarer who traveled along in a Soyuz 7. Alexey Leonov - First man to walk in space 8. Oleg Kotov - commander of the current ISS mission 9. Dimitri Rezinov - cosmonaut who went to space with Wolowitz in The Big Bang Theory 10. Vyacheslav Zudov 11. Svetlana Savitskaya - first woman to make two spaceflights 12. Marc Garneau - First Canadian in space ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23535 "2014-03-10T20:45:15Z")
13 Cosmonauts. 1. Yuri Gagarin 2. Valentina Tereshkova 3. Laika 4. Vladimir Komarov - the first human to be killed during a spaceflight 5. Lev Andropov from “Armageddon.” 6. Armaldo Tamayo Mendez - Cuban spacefarer who traveled along in a Soyuz 7. Alexey Leonov - First man to walk in space 8. Oleg Kotov - commander of the current ISS mission 9. Dimitri Rezinov - cosmonaut who went to space with Wolowitz in The Big Bang Theory 10. Vyacheslav Zudov 11. Svetlana Savitskaya - first woman to make two spaceflights 12. Marc Garneau - First Canadian in space 13. Georgy Dobrovolsky- killed while reentering the atmosphere Next up: I once started a thread of this, but I’ll reincarnate it here, and answer as many times as you like: Fill in the blank: “I will never again buy cheap \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ or expensive \_\_\_\_\_.” 1. walking shoes/jump drives ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23536 "2014-03-10T21:17:50Z")
Fill in the blank: “I will never again buy cheap \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ or expensive \_\_\_\_\_.” 1. walking shoes/jump drives 2. toilet paper/speaker cables ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23537 "2014-03-10T21:34:48Z")
Fill in the blank: “I will never again buy cheap \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ or expensive \_\_\_\_\_.” 1. walking shoes/jump drives 2. toilet paper/speaker cables 3. scotch/beer ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23538 "2014-03-10T21:57:27Z")
Fill in the blank: “I will never again buy cheap \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ or expensive \_\_\_\_\_.” 1. walking shoes/jump drives 2. toilet paper/speaker cables 3. scotch/beer 4. trash bags/cat toys ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23539 "2014-03-10T23:45:16Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > 13 Cosmonauts. > > …12. Marc Garneau - First Canadian in space Garneau is a Canadian and flew on the U.S. space shuttle, so I don’t think you could consider him a “cosmonaut.” A substitute: 1. Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev - The first cosmonaut, alphabetically speaking, per Wiki. In play: Fill in the blank: “I will never again buy cheap \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ or expensive \_\_\_\_\_.” 1. walking shoes/jump drives 2. toilet paper/speaker cables 3. scotch/beer 4. trash bags/cat toys 5. courtesans/gigolos ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23540 "2014-03-11T00:02:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Garneau is a Canadian and flew on the U.S. space shuttle, so I don’t think you could consider him a “cosmonaut.” Of course you’re correct, and I’m wrong. I was on my phone in the back of a shaky car and misinterpreted the question. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23541 "2014-03-11T00:08:09Z")
Fill in the blanks: “I will never again buy cheap \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ or expensive \_\_\_\_\_.” 1. walking shoes/jump drives 2. toilet paper/speaker cables 3. scotch/beer 4. trash bags/cat toys 5. courtesans/gigolos 6. enamelware/spices ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23542 "2014-03-11T00:37:44Z")
Fill in the blanks: “I will never again buy cheap \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ or expensive \_\_\_\_\_.” 1. walking shoes/jump drives 2. toilet paper/speaker cables 3. scotch/beer 4. trash bags/cat toys 5. courtesans/gigolos 6. enamelware/spices 7. Eyeglasses/Laundry detergent ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23543 "2014-03-11T02:28:04Z")
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