# 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:** 1428

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**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:** [August 22, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28544 "2014-08-22T00:04:11Z")

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Link to a YouTube performance you’ve watched over and over and over and…

1. [Neil Patrick Harris 2013 Tony opening number](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0cK6lkfgHI)
2. [Monty Python - The Cheese Shop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPN3KTtrnZM)
3. [Mason Williams - Classical Gas/3000 Years Of Art](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ibWm96aoPQ)
4. [George Washington](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6OOuPI5c0)
5. [Simon, Garfunkel and Andy Williams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWyPhQkZNLw)
6. [Doctor Who - Time Crash (Children In Need special)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szuP0oBZX4g)
7. [100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FExqG6LdWHU)
8. [Ronnie Drew & the Dubliners: “Rare Old Times”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T7OaDDR7i8)
9. [The Times Square Two](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYFaRUIoLGg)
10. [Steve Martin as used-car salesman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR0PQD-7BLw)
11. [The great dog escape](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2coNyYnofd0)
12. [Usher - “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-dvTjK_07c)
13. [The final scene of _City Lights_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHBHdYgg9fI)

I’ll pass.

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**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:** [August 22, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28545 "2014-08-22T00:41:02Z")

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I’ll jump in with…

A Famous Person’s Grave Site You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower

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**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:** [August 22, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28546 "2014-08-22T00:49:54Z")

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A Famous Person’s Grave Site You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Jonathan Swift

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28547 "2014-08-22T00:56:37Z")

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A Famous Person’s Gravesite You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Jonathan Swift
3. George H. Thomas

One of my Civil War heroes; just a few weeks ago, in Troy, N.Y.: [George Henry Thomas (1816-1870) - Find a Grave Memorial](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3550)

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28548 "2014-08-22T01:12:34Z")

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A Famous Person’s Gravesite You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Jonathan Swift
3. George H. Thomas
4. The Unknown Soldier

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28549 "2014-08-22T01:26:15Z")

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A Famous Person’s Gravesite You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Jonathan Swift
3. George H. Thomas
4. The Unknown Soldier
5. JFK

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28550 "2014-08-22T01:51:38Z")

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A Famous Person’s Gravesite You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Jonathan Swift
3. George H. Thomas
4. The Unknown Soldier
5. JFK
6. Charles Darwin

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28551 "2014-08-22T02:33:58Z")

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A Famous Person’s Gravesite You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Jonathan Swift
3. George H. Thomas
4. The Unknown Soldier
5. JFK
6. Charles Darwin
7. Fireball Roberts

(Racecar driver, died as a result of burns suffered in a NASCAR race in 1964. His nickname was given long before the accident, of course - it’s just a terrible coincidence that it reflects the manner of his death.)

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28552 "2014-08-22T04:15:52Z")

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A Famous Person’s Gravesite You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Jonathan Swift
3. George H. Thomas
4. The Unknown Soldier
5. JFK
6. Charles Darwin
7. Fireball Roberts
8. George Washington

[http://www.allairports.net/images/george-washington-tomb.jpg](http://www.allairports.net/images/george-washington-tomb.jpg)

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28553 "2014-08-22T14:38:19Z")

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A Famous Person’s Gravesite You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Jonathan Swift
3. George H. Thomas
4. The Unknown Soldier
5. JFK
6. Charles Darwin
7. Fireball Roberts
8. George Washington
9. Henry David Thoreau

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28554 "2014-08-22T14:44:44Z")

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A Famous Person’s Gravesite You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Jonathan Swift
3. George H. Thomas
4. The Unknown Soldier
5. JFK
6. Charles Darwin
7. Fireball Roberts
8. George Washington
9. Henry David Thoreau
10. Alexander Hamilton (small cemetery near Wall Street)

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28555 "2014-08-22T14:45:09Z")

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A Famous Person’s Gravesite You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Jonathan Swift
3. George H. Thomas
4. The Unknown Soldier
5. JFK
6. Charles Darwin
7. Fireball Roberts
8. George Washington
9. Henry David Thoreau
10. Alexander Hamilton (small cemetery near Wall Street)
11. James Whitcomb Riley

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28556 "2014-08-22T14:54:15Z")

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A Famous Person’s Gravesite You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Jonathan Swift
3. George H. Thomas
4. The Unknown Soldier
5. JFK
6. Charles Darwin
7. Fireball Roberts
8. George Washington
9. Henry David Thoreau
10. Alexander Hamilton (small cemetery near Wall Street)
11. James Whitcomb Riley
12. Queen Elizabeth I of England (not a grave, really; her tomb in Westminster Abbey)

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28557 "2014-08-22T15:16:21Z")

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A Famous Person’s Gravesite You’ve Visited

1. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Jonathan Swift
3. George H. Thomas
4. The Unknown Soldier
5. JFK
6. Charles Darwin
7. Fireball Roberts
8. George Washington
9. Henry David Thoreau
10. Alexander Hamilton (small cemetery near Wall Street)
11. James Whitcomb Riley
12. Queen Elizabeth I of England (not a grave, really; her tomb in Westminster Abbey)
13. Millard Fillmore

I’ll pass.

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28558 "2014-08-22T15:24:03Z")

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Next Up: Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28559 "2014-08-22T15:34:27Z")

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Next Up: Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp
2. Gabriel Noone, The Night Listener

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28560 "2014-08-22T16:11:16Z")

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Next Up: Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp
2. Gabriel Noone, The Night Listener
3. Dr. Sean Maguire - Good Will Hunting

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28561 "2014-08-22T16:12:59Z")

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Next Up: Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp
2. Gabriel Noone, The Night Listener
3. Dr. Sean Maguire - Good Will Hunting
4. Seymour Parrish - One Hour Photo

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28562 "2014-08-22T16:15:49Z")

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Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp
2. Gabriel Noone, The Night Listener
3. Dr. Sean Maguire - Good Will Hunting
4. Seymour Parrish - One Hour Photo
5. Adrian Cronauer - Good Morning Vietnam

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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:** [August 22, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28563 "2014-08-22T16:17:30Z")

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Next Up: Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp
2. Gabriel Noone, The Night Listener
3. Dr. Sean Maguire - Good Will Hunting
4. Seymour Parrish - One Hour Photo
5. Adrian Cronauer - Good Morning Vietnam
6. John Keating - Dead Poets Society

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