# 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:** 1372
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27424 "2014-07-12T23:21:46Z")
An Actor and an Actress Who Have Made at least 3 Movies Together 1. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan (Sleepless in Seattle, Joe vs. the Volcano, You’ve Got Mail) 2. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers The Barkleys of Broadway, Swing Time, Flying Down to Rio 3. Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn Desk Set, Adam’s Rib, Woman of the Year, etc., etc., etc. 4. Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter - Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland, Dark Shadows, The Lone Ranger 5. Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont - The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Duck Soup, etc. 6. William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols - STI, II and III 7. Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland - nine films together including Babes in Arms, Strike Up The Band, and Girl Crazy 8. Bing Crosby & Dorothy Lamour - Road to Rio, Morocco, Singapore, Zanzibar, Bali, Utopia and Hong Kong; also Bob Hope 9. Matt Damon and Julia Stiles, the Bourne trilogy 10. Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi 11. Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman: An Angel From Texas, Brother Rat and a Baby, and Tugboat Annie Sails Again. 12. Daniel Craig and Judi Dench: Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, and Skyfall. 13. Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, Manhattan murder mystery/Annie Hall/Manhattan/Love and Death Foods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27425 "2014-07-12T23:35:24Z")
Foods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken 2. the sandwich ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27426 "2014-07-12T23:36:59Z")
Foods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken 2. the sandwich 3. Caesar salad (Named after it’s inventor, an Italian immigrant named Caesar Cardini – NOT Julius Caesar or any other Roman Caesar, as often believed.) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27427 "2014-07-12T23:49:52Z")
Foods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken 2. the sandwich 3. Caesar salad 4. Cobb Salad Named for Robert Howard Cobb, owner of the Brown Capital Derby Restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27428 "2014-07-13T00:36:31Z")
Foods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken 2. the sandwich 3. Caesar salad 4. Cobb Salad 5. Oysters Rockefeller ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27429 "2014-07-13T01:34:59Z")
Foods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken 2. the sandwich 3. Caesar salad 4. Cobb Salad 5. Oysters Rockefeller 6. Peach Melba _I have a history book entirely on General Tso’s chicken. I can’t remember if he ever existed; I’ll report back if I find it. I’m not complaining he doesn’t count for the dozen, though._ ---
**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:** [July 13, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27430 "2014-07-13T01:57:41Z")
Foods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken 2. the sandwich 3. Caesar salad 4. Cobb Salad 5. Oysters Rockefeller 6. Peach Melba 7. Baby Ruth candy bar Named after Grover Cleveland’s daughter (as the story goes.) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27431 "2014-07-13T02:40:26Z")
Foods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken 2. the sandwich 3. Caesar salad 4. Cobb Salad 5. Oysters Rockefeller 6. Peach Melba 7. Baby Ruth candy bar 8. Cherry Garcia ice cream ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27432 "2014-07-13T02:40:57Z")
Foods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken 2. the sandwich 3. Caesar salad 4. Cobb Salad 5. Oysters Rockefeller 6. Peach Melba 7. Baby Ruth candy bar 8. Cherry Garcia ice cream 9. Graham crackers ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27433 "2014-07-13T02:48:16Z")
Foods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken 2. the sandwich 3. Caesar salad 4. Cobb Salad 5. Oysters Rockefeller 6. Peach Melba 7. Baby Ruth candy bar 8. Cherry Garcia ice cream 9. Graham crackers 10. Veal Prince Orloff Most famous for an episode of _Mary Tyler Moore_ in which Lou Grant is particularly hungry. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27434 "2014-07-13T03:06:35Z")
Foods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken 2. the sandwich 3. Caesar salad 4. Cobb Salad 5. Oysters Rockefeller 6. Peach Melba 7. Baby Ruth candy bar 8. Cherry Garcia ice cream 9. Graham crackers 10. Veal Prince Orloff 11. Melba toast Dame Nellie Melba was a widespread source of culinary inspiration. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27435 "2014-07-13T03:17:12Z")
oods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken 2. the sandwich 3. Caesar salad 4. Cobb Salad 5. Oysters Rockefeller 6. Peach Melba 7. Baby Ruth candy bar 8. Cherry Garcia ice cream 9. Graham crackers 10. Veal Prince Orloff 11. Melba toast 12. Reuben ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27436 "2014-07-13T05:32:27Z")
Foods named after specific individuals 1. General Tso’s Chicken 2. the sandwich 3. Caesar salad 4. Cobb Salad 5. Oysters Rockefeller 6. Peach Melba 7. Baby Ruth candy bar 8. Cherry Garcia ice cream 9. Graham crackers 10. Veal Prince Orloff 11. Melba toast 12. Reuben 13. Fettucine ALfredo New topic: A Food or Household Product Brand That Belongs to Unilever 14. Dove soap ---
**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:** [July 13, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27437 "2014-07-13T05:34:44Z")
A Food or Household Product Brand That Belongs to Unilever 1. Dove soap 2. Hellmann’s mayonnaise ---
**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:** [July 13, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27438 "2014-07-13T06:18:10Z")
A Food or Household Product Brand That Belongs to Unilever 1. Dove soap 2. Hellmann’s mayonnaise 3. Ben & Jerry’s ice cream ---
**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:** [July 13, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27439 "2014-07-13T06:37:36Z")
A Food or Household Product Brand That Belongs to Unilever 1. Dove soap 2. Hellmann’s mayonnaise 3. Ben & Jerry’s ice cream 4. Axe body spray ---
**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:** [July 13, 2014, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27440 "2014-07-13T07:59:40Z")
A Food or Household Product Brand That Belongs to Unilever 1. Dove soap 2. Hellmann’s mayonnaise 3. Ben & Jerry’s ice cream 4. Axe body spray 5. Lipton tea ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27441 "2014-07-13T12:55:20Z")
A Food or Household Product Brand That Belongs to Unilever 1. Dove soap 2. Hellmann’s mayonnaise 3. Ben & Jerry’s ice cream 4. Axe body spray 5. Lipton tea 6. Slim-Fast (Recent acquisition, as of two days ago) ---
**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:** [July 13, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27442 "2014-07-13T13:11:51Z")
A Food or Household Product Brand That Belongs to Unilever 1. Dove soap 2. Hellmann’s mayonnaise 3. Ben & Jerry’s ice cream 4. Axe body spray 5. Lipton tea 6. Slim-Fast 7. Promise spread ---
**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:** [July 13, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27443 "2014-07-13T13:15:53Z")
A Food or Household Product Brand That Belongs to Unilever 1. Dove soap 2. Hellmann’s mayonnaise 3. Ben & Jerry’s ice cream 4. Axe body spray 5. Lipton tea 6. Slim-Fast 7. Promise spread 8. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1371) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1373)