# 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:** 1462

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**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:** [September 15, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29224 "2014-09-15T02:51:29Z")

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Dan Hedaya Movies

1. Commando
2. The Addams Family
3. The Usual Suspects
4. The First Wives Club
5. Clueless
6. Running Scared
7. Dick
8. Alien: Resurrection

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29225 "2014-09-15T03:52:13Z")

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Dan Hedaya Movies

1. Commando
2. The Addams Family
3. The Usual Suspects
4. The First Wives Club
5. Clueless
6. Running Scared
7. Dick
8. Alien: Resurrection
9. Myra Breckinridge

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29226 "2014-09-15T04:08:33Z")

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Dan Hedaya Movies

1. Commando
2. The Addams Family
3. The Usual Suspects
4. The First Wives Club
5. Clueless
6. Running Scared
7. Dick
8. Alien: Resurrection
9. Myra Breckinridge
10. Joe Versus the Volcano

_“…I’m not arguing that with you!”_

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29227 "2014-09-15T04:24:03Z")

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Dan Hedaya Movies

1. Commando
2. The Addams Family
3. The Usual Suspects
4. The First Wives Club
5. Clueless
6. Running Scared
7. Dick
8. Alien: Resurrection
9. Myra Breckinridge
10. Joe Versus the Volcano
11. Blood Simple

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29228 "2014-09-15T04:33:01Z")

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Dan Hedaya Movies

1. Commando
2. The Addams Family
3. The Usual Suspects
4. The First Wives Club
5. Clueless
6. Running Scared
7. Dick
8. Alien: Resurrection
9. Myra Breckinridge
10. Joe Versus the Volcano
11. Blood Simple
12. Shaft

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29229 "2014-09-15T11:56:07Z")

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Dan Hedaya Movies

1. Commando

2. The Addams Family

3. The Usual Suspects

4. The First Wives Club

5. Clueless

6. Running Scared

7. Dick

8. Alien: Resurrection

9. Myra Breckinridge

10. Joe Versus the Volcano

11. Blood Simple

12. Shaft

13. Swimfan  
New topic: Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

14. Sid Luckman (Columbia)

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29230 "2014-09-15T11:58:36Z")

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Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

1. Sid Luckman (Columbia)
2. Herschel Walker (U. of Georgia)

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29231 "2014-09-15T12:39:53Z")

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Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

1. Sid Luckman (Columbia)
2. Herschel Walker (U. of Georgia)
3. Joe Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Regards,  
Shodan

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29232 "2014-09-15T13:55:09Z")

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Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

1. Sid Luckman (Columbia)
2. Herschel Walker (U. of Georgia)
3. Joe Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
4. Isiah Thomas (Indiana University)

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29233 "2014-09-15T14:11:24Z")

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Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

1. Sid Luckman (Columbia)
2. Herschel Walker (U. of Georgia)
3. Joe Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
4. Isiah Thomas (Indiana University)
5. Barry Zito (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29234 "2014-09-15T14:14:20Z")

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Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

1. Sid Luckman (Columbia)
2. Herschel Walker (U. of Georgia)
3. Joe Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
4. Isiah Thomas (Indiana University)
5. Barry Zito (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
6. Moses Fleetwood Walker (Oberlin College)

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29235 "2014-09-15T14:23:51Z")

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Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

1. Sid Luckman (Columbia)
2. Herschel Walker (U. of Georgia)
3. Joe Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
4. Isiah Thomas (Indiana University)
5. Barry Zito (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
6. Moses Fleetwood Walker (Oberlin College)
7. Brian Shaw (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29236 "2014-09-15T14:31:15Z")

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Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

1. Sid Luckman (Columbia)
2. Herschel Walker (U. of Georgia)
3. Joe Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
4. Isiah Thomas (Indiana University)
5. Barry Zito (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
6. Moses Fleetwood Walker (Oberlin College)
7. Brian Shaw (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
8. Steve Young (Brigham Young University)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29237 "2014-09-15T15:08:17Z")

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Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

1. Sid Luckman (Columbia)
2. Herschel Walker (U. of Georgia)
3. Joe Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
4. Isiah Thomas (Indiana University)
5. Barry Zito (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
6. Moses Fleetwood Walker (Oberlin College)
7. Brian Shaw (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
8. Steve Young (Brigham Young University)
9. Shaquille O’Neal (LSU)

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29238 "2014-09-15T15:09:12Z")

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Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

1. Sid Luckman (Columbia)
2. Herschel Walker (U. of Georgia)
3. Joe Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
4. Isiah Thomas (Indiana University)
5. Barry Zito (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
6. Moses Fleetwood Walker (Oberlin College)
7. Brian Shaw (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
8. Steve Young (Brigham Young University)
9. Billy Cannon and Jimmy Taylor and Johnny Robinson, (LSU, 1956)
10. Dominique Wilkens (University of Georgia)

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29239 "2014-09-15T15:27:23Z")

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Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

1. Sid Luckman (Columbia)
2. Herschel Walker (U. of Georgia)
3. Joe Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
4. Isiah Thomas (Indiana University)
5. Barry Zito (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
6. Moses Fleetwood Walker (Oberlin College)
7. Brian Shaw (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
8. Steve Young (Brigham Young University)
9. Billy Cannon and Jimmy Taylor and Johnny Robinson, (LSU, 1956)
10. Dominique Wilkens (University of Georgia)
11. Emmitt Smith (University of Florida)

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29240 "2014-09-15T17:30:38Z")

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Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

1. Sid Luckman (Columbia)
2. Herschel Walker (U. of Georgia)
3. Joe Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
4. Isiah Thomas (Indiana University)
5. Barry Zito (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
6. Moses Fleetwood Walker (Oberlin College)
7. Brian Shaw (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
8. Steve Young (Brigham Young University)
9. Billy Cannon and Jimmy Taylor and Johnny Robinson, (LSU, 1956)
10. Dominique Wilkens (University of Georgia)
11. Emmitt Smith (University of Florida)
12. Bobby Jones (Ga Tech)

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29241 "2014-09-15T17:36:23Z")

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Name a Star Athlete Who Went to Your College

1. Sid Luckman (Columbia)
2. Herschel Walker (U. of Georgia)
3. Joe Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
4. Isiah Thomas (Indiana University)
5. Barry Zito (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
6. Moses Fleetwood Walker (Oberlin College)
7. Brian Shaw (UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara)
8. Steve Young (Brigham Young University)
9. Billy Cannon and Jimmy Taylor and Johnny Robinson, (LSU, 1956)
10. Dominique Wilkens (University of Georgia)
11. Emmitt Smith (University of Florida)
12. Bobby Jones (Ga Tech)
13. Christy Mathewson (Bucknell)

New: Fiction that includes a graduation

1. Junie B. Jones is a Graduation Girl, by Barbara Park

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29242 "2014-09-15T17:51:02Z")

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New: Fiction that includes a graduation

1. Junie B. Jones is a Graduation Girl, by Barbara Park
2. Goodbye, Mr. Chips, by James Hilton

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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:** [September 15, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29243 "2014-09-15T17:55:24Z")

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New: Fiction that includes a graduation

1. Junie B. Jones is a Graduation Girl, by Barbara Park
2. Goodbye, Mr. Chips, by James Hilton

(nm–the more I think of it, I’m not sure Harry Potter included any graduations)

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