# 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:** 134

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2661 "2010-12-09T20:20:34Z")

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Christmas movies

1. “It’s a Wonderful Life”
2. “Silent Night, Deadly Night”
3. “Miracle on 34th Street”
4. “Scrooged”
5. "Love Actually
6. “The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, But Then Was”
7. “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”
8. “Christmas in Connecticut”

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2662 "2010-12-09T20:31:43Z")

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Christmas movies

1. “It’s a Wonderful Life”
2. “Silent Night, Deadly Night”
3. “Miracle on 34th Street”
4. “Scrooged”
5. "Love Actually
6. “The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, But Then Was”
7. “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”
8. “Christmas in Connecticut”
9. “Die Hard”

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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:** [December 9, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2663 "2010-12-09T20:34:41Z")

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Christmas movies

1. “It’s a Wonderful Life”
2. “Silent Night, Deadly Night”
3. “Miracle on 34th Street”
4. “Scrooged”
5. "Love Actually
6. “The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, But Then Was”
7. “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”
8. “Christmas in Connecticut”
9. “Die Hard”
10. “The Nightmare Before Christmas”

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2664 "2010-12-09T20:59:18Z")

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Christmas movies

1. “It’s a Wonderful Life”
2. “Silent Night, Deadly Night”
3. “Miracle on 34th Street”
4. “Scrooged”
5. “Love Actually”
6. “The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, But Then Was”
7. “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”
8. “Christmas in Connecticut”
9. “Die Hard”
10. “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
11. “Christmas with the Kranks”

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2665 "2010-12-09T22:12:06Z")

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Christmas movies

1. “It’s a Wonderful Life”
2. “Silent Night, Deadly Night”
3. “Miracle on 34th Street”
4. “Scrooged”
5. “Love Actually”
6. “The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, But Then Was”
7. “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”
8. “Christmas in Connecticut”
9. “Die Hard”
10. “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
11. “Christmas with the Kranks”
12. “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”

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Offtopic and very small wondering: I thought movie titles were either italicized or just left as is? I thought songs and short stories were the only things with quotation marks…

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2666 "2010-12-09T22:28:25Z")

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Christmas movies

1. “It’s a Wonderful Life”
2. “Silent Night, Deadly Night”
3. “Miracle on 34th Street”
4. “Scrooged”
5. “Love Actually”
6. “The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, But Then Was”
7. “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”
8. “Christmas in Connecticut”
9. “Die Hard”
10. “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
11. “Christmas with the Kranks”
12. “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
13. “A Christmas Story”

Types of disasters

1. hurricane

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2667 "2010-12-09T22:51:05Z")

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2668 "2010-12-09T23:02:04Z")

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Types of disasters

1. hurricane
2. Earthquake

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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:** [December 10, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2669 "2010-12-10T00:53:41Z")

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Types of disasters

1. hurricane
2. Earthquake
3. tsunami

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2670 "2010-12-10T01:52:25Z")

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Types of disasters

1. hurricane
2. Earthquake
3. tsunami
4. tornado

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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:** [December 10, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2671 "2010-12-10T02:07:43Z")

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Types of disasters

1. hurricane
2. Earthquake
3. tsunami
4. tornado
5. Avalanche

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2672 "2010-12-10T03:18:38Z")

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Types of disasters

1. hurricane
2. Earthquake
3. tsunami
4. tornado
5. Avalanche
6. flood

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2673 "2010-12-10T04:12:17Z")

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Types of disasters

1. hurricane
2. Earthquake
3. tsunami
4. tornado
5. Avalanche
6. flood
7. mudslide

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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:** [December 10, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2674 "2010-12-10T04:57:56Z")

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> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#):
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> … Offtopic and very small wondering: I thought movie titles were either italicized or just left as is? I thought songs and short stories were the only things with quotation marks…

Ordinarily yes, but since people copy-and-paste previous entries in this game, resulting in italics often being dropped, I thought I’d use quotation marks instead of just leaving the title “bare.” YMMV.

Types of disasters

1. hurricane
2. Earthquake
3. tsunami
4. tornado
5. Avalanche
6. flood
7. mudslide
8. forest fire

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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:** [December 10, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2675 "2010-12-10T05:02:53Z")

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Types of disasters

1. hurricane
2. Earthquake
3. tsunami
4. tornado
5. Avalanche
6. flood
7. mudslide
8. forest fire
9. volcano

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2676 "2010-12-10T12:24:43Z")

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Types of disasters

1. hurricane
2. Earthquake
3. tsunami
4. tornado
5. Avalanche
6. flood
7. mudslide
8. forest fire
9. volcanic eruption
10. Asteroid impact

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2677 "2010-12-10T13:09:50Z")

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Types of disasters

1. hurricane
2. Earthquake
3. tsunami
4. tornado
5. Avalanche
6. flood
7. mudslide
8. forest fire
9. volcanic eruption
10. Asteroid impact
11. Blizzard

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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:** [December 10, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2678 "2010-12-10T14:06:54Z")

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Types of disasters

1. hurricane
2. Earthquake
3. tsunami
4. tornado
5. Avalanche
6. flood
7. mudslide
8. forest fire
9. volcanic eruption
10. Asteroid impact
11. Blizzard
12. Adverse election returns

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2679 "2010-12-10T14:25:08Z")

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Types of disasters

1. hurricane
2. Earthquake
3. tsunami
4. tornado
5. Avalanche
6. flood
7. mudslide
8. forest fire
9. volcanic eruption
10. Asteroid impact
11. Blizzard
12. Adverse election returns
13. Plane crashes, especially into buildings

TV stars who died mid-series

1. John Ritter, 8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2680 "2010-12-10T14:40:37Z")

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TV stars who died mid-series

1. John Ritter, 8 Simple Rules for Dating my Teenage Daughter
2. Phil Hartman, News Radio

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