# 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:** 1193
**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 20, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23844 "2014-03-20T01:04:55Z")
Brands of whisk(e)y 1. Glenfiddich 2. Tullamore Dew 3. Lagavulin 4. Jack Daniels Old No. 7 5. Jameson’s 6. Johnnie Walker ---
**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 20, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23845 "2014-03-20T01:22:24Z")
Brands of whisk(e)y 1. Glenfiddich 2. Tullamore Dew 3. Lagavulin 4. Jack Daniels Old No. 7 5. Jameson’s 6. Johnnie Walker 7. Wild Turkey ---
**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 20, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23846 "2014-03-20T01:36:25Z")
Brands of whisk(e)y 1. Glenfiddich 2. Tullamore Dew 3. Lagavulin 4. Jack Daniels Old No. 7 5. Jameson’s 6. Johnnie Walker 7. Wild Turkey 8. Dry Fly ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23847 "2014-03-20T02:29:01Z")
Brands of whisk(e)y 1. Glenfiddich 2. Tullamore Dew 3. Lagavulin 4. Jack Daniels Old No. 7 5. Jameson’s 6. Johnnie Walker 7. Wild Turkey 8. Dry Fly 9. Chivas Regal ---
**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 20, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23848 "2014-03-20T02:30:26Z")
Brands of whisk(e)y 1. Glenfiddich 2. Tullamore Dew 3. Lagavulin 4. Jack Daniels Old No. 7 5. Jameson’s 6. Johnnie Walker 7. Wild Turkey 8. Dry Fly 9. Chivas Regal 10. Crown Royal ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23849 "2014-03-20T02:30:39Z")
Brands of whisk(e)y 1. Glenfiddich 2. Tullamore Dew 3. Lagavulin 4. Jack Daniels Old No. 7 5. Jameson’s 6. Johnnie Walker 7. Wild Turkey 8. Dry Fly 9. Crown Royal 10. Chivas Regal 11. Seagrams V-O Finally a topic that I don’t have to think about an answer! NFM knows whisky. ---
**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 20, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23850 "2014-03-20T03:23:29Z")
Brands of whisk(e)y 1. Glenfiddich 2. Tullamore Dew 3. Lagavulin 4. Jack Daniels Old No. 7 5. Jameson’s 6. Johnnie Walker 7. Wild Turkey 8. Dry Fly 9. Crown Royal 10. Chivas Regal 11. Seagrams V-O 12. Canadian Club ---
**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:** [March 20, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23851 "2014-03-20T03:29:16Z")
Brands of whisk(e)y 1. Glenfiddich 2. Tullamore Dew 3. Lagavulin 4. Jack Daniels Old No. 7 5. Jameson’s 6. Johnnie Walker 7. Wild Turkey 8. Dry Fly 9. Crown Royal 10. Chivas Regal 11. Seagrams V-O 12. Canadian Club 13. Kentucky Vintage New Topic: Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. > **[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics)** > > Basketball contests at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the eighth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich, Germany from August 27 to September 9. The Soviet Union controversially won the gold medal game against the United States. This was the first time that the USA did not win a gold medal since the sport's introduction into the Olympics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. The bronze was won by Cuba, the only Ol Autom... ---
**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 20, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23852 "2014-03-20T03:41:25Z")
Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. 2. Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France Doping Scandal ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23853 "2014-03-20T04:21:17Z")
Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. 2. Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France Doping Scandal 3. Monica Lewinski ---
**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:** [March 20, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23854 "2014-03-20T04:35:55Z")
Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. 2. Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France Doping Scandal 3. Monica Lewinski 4. Mark McGwire’s doping ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23855 "2014-03-20T04:41:06Z")
Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. 2. Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France Doping Scandal 3. Monica Lewinski 4. Mark McGwire’s doping 5. Did Babe Ruth call his shot? ---
**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:** [March 20, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23856 "2014-03-20T05:34:07Z")
Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. 2. Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France Doping Scandal 3. Monica Lewinski 4. Mark McGwire’s doping 5. Did Babe Ruth call his shot? 6. 09 Aug 1974: _ **NIXON RESIGNS** _ (Hartford Courant issue image: [http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m3mpiLZoCwQwJXXAGscYciw.jpg](http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m3mpiLZoCwQwJXXAGscYciw.jpg)) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23857 "2014-03-20T12:16:53Z")
Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. 2. Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France Doping Scandal 3. Monica Lewinski 4. Mark McGwire’s doping 5. Did Babe Ruth call his shot? 6. 09 Aug 1974: NIXON RESIGNS (Hartford Courant issue image: [http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...XXAGscYciw.jpg](http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...XXAGscYciw.jpg)) 7. Andres Serrano’s “Piss Christ” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23858 "2014-03-20T12:47:59Z")
Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. 2. Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France Doping Scandal 3. Monica Lewinski 4. Mark McGwire’s doping 5. Did Babe Ruth call his shot? 6. 09 Aug 1974: NIXON RESIGNS (Hartford Courant issue image: [http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...XXAGscYciw.jpg](http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...XXAGscYciw.jpg)) 7. Andres Serrano’s “Piss Christ” 8. The John Scopes “Monkey” Trial in Tennessee 1925 ---
**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 20, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23859 "2014-03-20T13:07:22Z")
Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. 2. Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France Doping Scandal 3. Monica Lewinsky 4. Mark McGwire’s doping 5. Did Babe Ruth call his shot? 6. 09 Aug 1974: NIXON RESIGNS 7. Andres Serrano’s “Piss Christ” 8. The John Scopes “Monkey” Trial in Tennessee 1925 9. NYC Mayor Bloomberg bans superbig drinks ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23860 "2014-03-20T13:16:34Z")
Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. 2. Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France Doping Scandal 3. Monica Lewinski 4. Mark McGwire’s doping 5. Did Babe Ruth call his shot? 6. 09 Aug 1974: NIXON RESIGNS (Hartford Courant issue image: [http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225…XXAGscYciw.jpg](http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...XXAGscYciw.jpg)) 7. Andres Serrano’s “Piss Christ” 8. The John Scopes “Monkey” Trial in Tennessee 1925 9. NYC Mayor Bloomberg bans superbig drinks 10. The Rodney King beating and subsequent LA Police acquittal resulting in the riots of 1992. ---
**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 20, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23861 "2014-03-20T13:35:20Z")
Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Great White North Posts: 2,854 Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. 2. Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France Doping Scandal 3. Monica Lewinski 4. Mark McGwire’s doping 5. Did Babe Ruth call his shot? 6. 09 Aug 1974: NIXON RESIGNS (Hartford Courant issue image: [http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...XXAGscYciw.jpg](http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...XXAGscYciw.jpg)) 7. Andres Serrano’s “Piss Christ” 8. The John Scopes “Monkey” Trial in Tennessee 1925 9. NYC Mayor Bloomberg bans superbig drinks 10. The Rodney King beating and subsequent LA Police acquittal resulting in the riots of 1992. 11. Roe v. Wade ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23862 "2014-03-20T15:05:52Z")
Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. 2. Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France Doping Scandal 3. Monica Lewinski 4. Mark McGwire’s doping 5. Did Babe Ruth call his shot? 6. 09 Aug 1974: NIXON RESIGNS (Hartford Courant issue image: [http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...XXAGscYciw.jpg](http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...XXAGscYciw.jpg)) 7. Andres Serrano’s “Piss Christ” 8. The John Scopes “Monkey” Trial in Tennessee 1925 9. NYC Mayor Bloomberg bans superbig drinks 10. The Rodney King beating and subsequent LA Police acquittal resulting in the riots of 1992. 11. Roe v. Wade 12. Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl “Wardrobe Malfunction” ---
**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 20, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23863 "2014-03-20T15:08:03Z")
Famous Controversies (any subject, but not conspiracy theories) 1. 1972 Men’s Final Basketball game vs. the Russians. 2. Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France Doping Scandal 3. Monica Lewinski 4. Mark McGwire’s doping 5. Did Babe Ruth call his shot? 6. 09 Aug 1974: NIXON RESIGNS (Hartford Courant issue image: [http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...XXAGscYciw.jpg](http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225...XXAGscYciw.jpg)) 7. Andres Serrano’s “Piss Christ” 8. The John Scopes “Monkey” Trial in Tennessee 1925 9. NYC Mayor Bloomberg bans superbig drinks 10. The Rodney King beating and subsequent LA Police acquittal resulting in the riots of 1992. 11. Roe v. Wade 12. Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl “Wardrobe Malfunction” 13. The OJ Simpson verdict I’ll pass [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1192) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1194)