# 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:** 1260

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**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25184 "2014-05-02T03:29:57Z")

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Movies with three-word names (no definite articles for first word)

1. Full Fathom Five
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. Nine To Five
4. Pennies From Heaven
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. Harold And Maude
7. Zero Dark Thirty
8. Dances With Wolves
9. Jaws: The Revenge
10. Look Who’s Talking
11. Tora! Tora! Tora!

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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:** [May 2, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25185 "2014-05-02T03:54:30Z")

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Movies with three-word names (no definite articles for first word)

1. Full Fathom Five
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. Nine To Five
4. Pennies From Heaven
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. Harold And Maude
7. Zero Dark Thirty
8. Dances With Wolves
9. Jaws: The Revenge
10. Look Who’s Talking
11. Tora! Tora! Tora!
12. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25186 "2014-05-02T11:31:19Z")

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Movies with three-word names (no definite articles for first word)

1. Full Fathom Five
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. Nine To Five
4. Pennies From Heaven
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. Harold And Maude
7. Zero Dark Thirty
8. Dances With Wolves
9. Jaws: The Revenge
10. Look Who’s Talking
11. Tora! Tora! Tora!
12. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
13. Dead Poets’ Society

Next: **US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language**

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

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**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:** [May 2, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25187 "2014-05-02T11:39:53Z")

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Next: US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Bible

(Except for those versions written in God’s Original Tongue: King James English. 😉 )

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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:** [May 2, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25188 "2014-05-02T13:03:43Z")

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US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Bible
3. The Little Prince

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**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:** [May 2, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25189 "2014-05-02T13:34:06Z")

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US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Bible
3. The Little Prince
4. Les Miserables

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25190 "2014-05-02T13:41:28Z")

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US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Bible
3. The Little Prince
4. Les Miserables
5. One Hundred Years of Solitude

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25191 "2014-05-02T13:48:23Z")

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US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Bible
3. The Little Prince
4. Les Miserables
5. The Name of the Rose

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**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:** [May 2, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25192 "2014-05-02T13:53:18Z")

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US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Bible
3. The Little Prince
4. Les Miserables
5. One Hundred Years of Solitude
6. The Name of the Rose
7. The Art of War

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25193 "2014-05-02T14:06:33Z")

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US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Bible
3. The Little Prince
4. Les Miserables
5. One Hundred Years of Solitude
6. The Name of the Rose
7. The Art of War
8. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

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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:** [May 2, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25194 "2014-05-02T15:30:08Z")

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US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Bible
3. The Little Prince
4. Les Miserables
5. One Hundred Years of Solitude
6. The Name of the Rose
7. The Art of War
8. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
9. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25195 "2014-05-02T15:59:31Z")

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US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Bible
3. The Little Prince
4. Les Miserables
5. One Hundred Years of Solitude
6. The Name of the Rose
7. The Art of War
8. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
9. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
10. All the Babar books

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**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:** [May 2, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25196 "2014-05-02T16:16:28Z")

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US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Bible
3. The Little Prince
4. Les Miserables
5. One Hundred Years of Solitude
6. The Name of the Rose
7. The Art of War
8. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
9. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
10. All the Babar books
11. The Count of Monte Cristo

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25197 "2014-05-02T16:20:05Z")

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US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Bible
3. The Little Prince
4. Les Miserables
5. One Hundred Years of Solitude
6. The Name of the Rose
7. The Art of War
8. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
9. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
10. All the Babar books
11. The Count of Monte Cristo
12. Twenty-thousand Leagues Under The Sea

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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:** [May 2, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25198 "2014-05-02T16:25:37Z")

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US Bestselling Books Translated From Another Language

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Bible
3. The Little Prince
4. Les Miserables
5. One Hundred Years of Solitude
6. The Name of the Rose
7. The Art of War
8. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
9. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
10. All the Babar books
11. The Count of Monte Cristo
12. Twenty-thousand Leagues Under The Sea
13. Darkness at Noon

Probably the only well-known book that only exists in translation.

I’ll pass

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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:** [May 2, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25199 "2014-05-02T18:32:59Z")

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New! Characters from American Folklore.

1. Paul Bunyan

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25200 "2014-05-02T18:38:35Z")

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Characters from American Folklore.

1. Paul Bunyan
2. John Henry

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**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:** [May 2, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25201 "2014-05-02T18:39:47Z")

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Characters from American Folklore.

1. Paul Bunyan
2. John Henry
3. Johnny Appleseed

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**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:** [May 2, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25202 "2014-05-02T18:40:12Z")

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Characters from American Folklore.

1. Paul Bunyan
2. John Henry
3. Johnny Appleseed

ETA: Jinx!!! 🙂

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**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:** [May 2, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25203 "2014-05-02T18:41:10Z")

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Characters from American Folklore.

1. Paul Bunyan
2. John Henry
3. Johnny Appleseed
4. Joe Magarac

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