# 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:** 1486
**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 29, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29704 "2014-09-29T00:21:53Z")
Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” 3. Roger Miller’s “England Swings” 4. The Beatles - “Back in the U.S.S.R.” 5. George Strait - “Blame it on Mexico” 6. Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman - “Blame Canada” 7. The Kingston Trio - “The Tijuana Jail” 8. Supertramp - “Breakfast in America” 9. Bee Gees - “Massachusetts” 10. Billy Murray - “I’ll See You In C-U-B-A” 11. Murray Head - “One Night in Bangkok” 12. Bing & Bob - “The Road to Morocco” ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29705 "2014-09-29T00:41:10Z")
Songs with the name of a foreign place in the title (foreign to the country of the song’s origin). 1. Big in Japan 2. Three Dog Night’s “Never Been to Spain” 3. Roger Miller’s “England Swings” 4. The Beatles - “Back in the U.S.S.R.” 5. George Strait - “Blame it on Mexico” 6. Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman - “Blame Canada” 7. The Kingston Trio - “The Tijuana Jail” 8. Supertramp - “Breakfast in America” 9. Bee Gees - “Massachusetts” 10. Billy Murray - “I’ll See You In C-U-B-A” 11. Murray Head - “One Night in Bangkok” 12. Bing & Bob - “The Road to Morocco” 13. Andy Williams - “Moon River” Gene Hackman movies - year Night Moves - 1975 ---
**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 29, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29706 "2014-09-29T00:42:42Z")
Gene Hackman movies - year 1. Night Moves - 1975 2. Superman - 1978 ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29707 "2014-09-29T00:48:01Z")
Gene Hackman movies - year 1. Night Moves - 1975 2. Superman - 1978 3. The Conversation - 1974 ---
**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:** [September 29, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29708 "2014-09-29T00:57:27Z")
Gene Hackman movies - year 1. Night Moves - 1975 2. Superman - 1978 3. The Conversation - 1974 4. The French Connection - 1971 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29709 "2014-09-29T01:01:59Z")
Gene Hackman movies - year 1. Night Moves - 1975 2. Superman - 1978 3. The Conversation - 1974 4. The French Connection - 1971 5. The Poseidon Adventure - 1972 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29710 "2014-09-29T01:04:03Z")
Gene Hackman movies - year 1. Night Moves - 1975 2. Superman - 1978 3. The Conversation - 1974 4. The French Connection - 1971 5. The Poseidon Adventure - 1972 6. Unforgiven - 1992 ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29711 "2014-09-29T01:09:17Z")
Gene Hackman movies - year 1. Night Moves - 1975 2. Superman - 1978 3. The Conversation - 1974 4. The French Connection - 1971 5. The Poseidon Adventure - 1972 6. Unforgiven - 1992 7. Hoosiers - 1986 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29712 "2014-09-29T01:09:31Z")
Gene Hackman movies - year 1. Night Moves - 1975 2. Superman - 1978 3. The Conversation - 1974 4. The French Connection - 1971 5. The Poseidon Adventure - 1972 6. Unforgiven - 1992 7. Hoosiers - 1986 8. All Night Long - 1981 ---
**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 29, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29713 "2014-09-29T01:20:56Z")
Gene Hackman movies - year 1. Night Moves - 1975 2. Superman - 1978 3. The Conversation - 1974 4. The French Connection - 1971 5. The Poseidon Adventure - 1972 6. Unforgiven - 1992 7. Hoosiers - 1986 8. All Night Long - 1981 9. Young Frankenstein - 1974 A hilarious cameo. I was disappointed when I learned that Hackman, while respected as an actor, was considered one of the most difficult people to work with in Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29714 "2014-09-29T01:22:58Z")
Gene Hackman movies - year 1. Night Moves - 1975 2. Superman - 1978 3. The Conversation - 1974 4. The French Connection - 1971 5. The Poseidon Adventure - 1972 6. Unforgiven - 1992 7. Hoosiers - 1986 8. All Night Long - 1981 9. Young Frankenstein - 1974 10. The Conversation - 1974 ---
**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 29, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29715 "2014-09-29T01:35:43Z")
Gene Hackman movies - year 1. Night Moves - 1975 2. Superman - 1978 3. The Conversation - 1974 4. The French Connection - 1971 5. The Poseidon Adventure - 1972 6. Unforgiven - 1992 7. Hoosiers - 1986 8. All Night Long - 1981 9. Young Frankenstein - 1974 10. The Conversation - 1974 11. No Way Out - 1987 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29716 "2014-09-29T01:50:55Z")
Gene Hackman movies - year 1. Night Moves - 1975 2. Superman - 1978 3. The Conversation - 1974 4. The French Connection - 1971 5. The Poseidon Adventure - 1972 6. Unforgiven - 1992 7. Hoosiers - 1986 8. All Night Long - 1981 9. Young Frankenstein - 1974 10. The Conversation - 1974 11. No Way Out - 1987 12. The Chamber - 1996 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29717 "2014-09-29T01:53:22Z")
Gene Hackman movies - year 1. Night Moves - 1975 2. Superman - 1978 3. The Conversation - 1974 4. The French Connection - 1971 5. The Poseidon Adventure - 1972 6. Unforgiven - 1992 7. Hoosiers - 1986 8. All Night Long - 1981 9. Young Frankenstein - 1974 10. The Conversation - 1974 11. No Way Out - 1987 12. The Chamber - 1996 13. Mississippi Burning - 1988 Next: Attendees at The Last Supper 1. Jude Thaddeus ---
**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 29, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29718 "2014-09-29T01:59:19Z")
Next: Attendees at The Last Supper 1. Jude Thaddeus 2. Jesus Christ ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29719 "2014-09-29T02:09:53Z")
Next: Attendees at The Last Supper 1. Jude Thaddeus 2. Jesus Christ 3. The Kangaroo “I’ll paint it out, no problem. I’ll make him into a disciple!” ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29720 "2014-09-29T02:39:29Z")
Attendees at The Last Supper 1. Jude Thaddeus 2. Jesus Christ 3. The Kangaroo 4. Simon aka Rocky Seriously, I think the guys who translated the Bible missed by not translating Peter’s nickname. I would have been impressed as a kid to know that Jesus had a best friend named Rocky. ---
**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 29, 2014, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29721 "2014-09-29T11:02:08Z")
Attendees at The Last Supper 1. Jude Thaddeus 2. Jesus Christ 3. The Kangaroo 4. Simon aka Rocky 5. Thomas Didymus ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29722 "2014-09-29T12:03:12Z")
Attendees at The Last Supper 1. Jude Thaddeus 2. Jesus Christ 3. The Kangaroo 4. Simon aka Rocky 5. Thomas Didymus 6. Matthew [We’ve done this one before.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17359971) And it was only this past May!? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29723 "2014-09-29T12:05:21Z")
Attendees at The Last Supper 1. Jude Thaddeus 2. Jesus Christ 3. The Kangaroo 4. Simon aka Rocky 5. Thomas Didymus 6. [Hawkeye & Trapper John](http://www.statisticsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Mash_Docs_Last_Supper.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1485) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1487)