# 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\
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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:** [October 16, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30344 "2014-10-16T21:47:23Z")

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Famous people you get mixed up with each other and have trouble telling them apart:

1. Gregory Peck and Clark Gable.
2. Jerry Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis
3. Gerard Butler and Clive Owen
4. Lee Marvin and James Coburn
5. Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman
6. Morgan Brittany and Morgan Fairchild
7. I’ll raise with Heather Thomas and Heather Locklear
8. Dylan McDermott and Dermot Mulroney
9. Character actors Kenneth Macmillan and Charles Durning
10. [Elizabeth Banks and Rachel McAdams](https://www.google.com/search?q=elizabeth+banks+rachel+mcadams&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=624&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WjxAVIz0HZDbsASuroCIDw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ)

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30345 "2014-10-16T21:48:55Z")

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Famous people you get mixed up with each other and have trouble telling them apart:

1. Gregory Peck and Clark Gable.
2. Jerry Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis
3. Gerard Butler and Clive Owen
4. Lee Marvin and James Coburn
5. Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman
6. Morgan Brittany and Morgan Fairchild
7. I’ll raise with Heather Thomas and Heather Locklear
8. Dylan McDermott and Dermot Mulroney
9. Character actors Kenneth Macmillan and Charles Durning
10. Charles Durning and Brain Dennehy

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30346 "2014-10-16T22:14:52Z")

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Famous people you get mixed up with each other and have trouble telling them apart:

1. Gregory Peck and Clark Gable.
2. Jerry Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis
3. Gerard Butler and Clive Owen
4. Lee Marvin and James Coburn
5. Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman
6. Morgan Brittany and Morgan Fairchild
7. I’ll raise with Heather Thomas and Heather Locklear
8. Dylan McDermott and Dermot Mulroney
9. Character actors Kenneth Macmillan and Charles Durning
10. Elizabeth Banks and Rachel McAdams
11. Charles Durning and Brain Dennehy
12. Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley

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**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:** [October 17, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30347 "2014-10-17T00:04:05Z")

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Famous people you get mixed up with each other and have trouble telling them apart:

1. Gregory Peck and Clark Gable.
2. Jerry Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis
3. Gerard Butler and Clive Owen
4. Lee Marvin and James Coburn
5. Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman
6. Morgan Brittany and Morgan Fairchild
7. I’ll raise with Heather Thomas and Heather Locklear
8. Dylan McDermott and Dermot Mulroney
9. Character actors Kenneth Macmillan and Charles Durning
10. Elizabeth Banks and Rachel McAdams
11. Charles Durning and Brain Dennehy
12. Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley
13. Barbara Hershey and Natalie Merchant\*

\*When they were both a bit younger, that is.

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Baker’s Dozen List Categories You’ve Been Dying To Propose:

1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat

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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:** [October 17, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30348 "2014-10-17T01:07:33Z")

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Baker’s Dozen List Categories You’ve Been Dying To Propose:

1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat
2. What have I got in my pocketses?

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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:** [October 17, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30349 "2014-10-17T01:58:00Z")

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Baker’s Dozen List Categories You’ve Been Dying To Propose:

1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat
2. What have I got in my pocketses?
3. Rhyming pairs of words with 13 or more syllables

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30350 "2014-10-17T03:29:04Z")

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Baker’s Dozen List Categories You’ve Been Dying To Propose:

1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat
2. What have I got in my pocketses?
3. Rhyming pairs of words with 13 or more syllables
4. Cekebrities you think would taste the best if you had to resort to cannibalism

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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:** [October 17, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30351 "2014-10-17T03:40:04Z")

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Baker’s Dozen List Categories You’ve Been Dying To Propose:

1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat
2. What have I got in my pocketses?
3. Rhyming pairs of words with 13 or more syllables
4. Cekebrities you think would taste the best if you had to resort to cannibalism
5. Favorite holiday destinations in the Holy Roman Empire.

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**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:** [October 17, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30352 "2014-10-17T03:46:43Z")

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Aw, c’mon, guys! You’re not supposed to be schoolin’ me in my OWN LIST! 😃

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30353 "2014-10-17T04:34:42Z")

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Baker’s Dozen List Categories You’ve Been Dying To Propose:

1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat
2. What have I got in my pocketses?
3. Rhyming pairs of words with 13 or more syllables
4. Cekebrities you think would taste the best if you had to resort to cannibalism
5. Favorite holiday destinations in the Holy Roman Empire.
6. Reasons **anyrose** deserves the title “Cutest Doper”

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**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30354 "2014-10-17T10:28:14Z")

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1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat
2. What have I got in my pocketses?
3. Rhyming pairs of words with 13 or more syllables
4. Cekebrities you think would taste the best if you had to resort to cannibalism
5. Favorite holiday destinations in the Holy Roman Empire.
6. Reasons anyrose deserves the title “Cutest Doper”
7. Test Match cricketers whose surnames are spelt the same forwards and backwards

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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:** [October 17, 2014, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30355 "2014-10-17T11:00:16Z")

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Baker’s Dozen Topics You’ve Been Dying to Propose

1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat
2. What have I got in my pocketses?
3. Rhyming pairs of words with 13 or more syllables
4. Cekebrities you think would taste the best if you had to resort to cannibalism
5. Favorite holiday destinations in the Holy Roman Empire.
6. Reasons anyrose deserves the title “Cutest Doper”
7. Test Match cricketers whose surnames are spelt the same forwards and backwards
8. Porn stars with doctorates in physics

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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:** [October 17, 2014, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30356 "2014-10-17T11:16:45Z")

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Baker’s Dozen Topics You’ve Been Dying to Propose

1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat
2. What have I got in my pocketses?
3. Rhyming pairs of words with 13 or more syllables
4. Cekebrities you think would taste the best if you had to resort to cannibalism
5. Favorite holiday destinations in the Holy Roman Empire.
6. Reasons anyrose deserves the title “Cutest Doper”
7. Test Match cricketers whose surnames are spelt the same forwards and backwards
8. Porn stars with doctorates in physics
9. Integers between zero and 12.

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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:** [October 17, 2014, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30357 "2014-10-17T11:20:18Z")

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Baker’s Dozen Topics You’ve Been Dying to Propose

1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat
2. What have I got in my pocketses?
3. Rhyming pairs of words with 13 or more syllables
4. Cekebrities you think would taste the best if you had to resort to cannibalism
5. Favorite holiday destinations in the Holy Roman Empire.
6. Reasons anyrose deserves the title “Cutest Doper”
7. Test Match cricketers whose surnames are spelt the same forwards and backwards
8. Porn stars with doctorates in physics
9. Integers between zero and 12.
10. POV characters who will still be alive at the end of A Song of Ice and Fire

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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:** [October 17, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30358 "2014-10-17T11:42:35Z")

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Baker’s Dozen Topics You’ve Been Dying to Propose

1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat
2. What have I got in my pocketses?
3. Rhyming pairs of words with 13 or more syllables
4. Cekebrities you think would taste the best if you had to resort to cannibalism
5. Favorite holiday destinations in the Holy Roman Empire.
6. Reasons anyrose deserves the title “Cutest Doper”
7. Test Match cricketers whose surnames are spelt the same forwards and backwards
8. Porn stars with doctorates in physics
9. Integers between zero and 12.
10. POV characters who will still be alive at the end of A Song of Ice and Fire
11. Best one-liners from Charlie Chaplin films.

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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:** [October 17, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30359 "2014-10-17T11:50:37Z")

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Baker’s Dozen Topics You’ve Been Dying to Propose

1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat
2. What have I got in my pocketses?
3. Rhyming pairs of words with 13 or more syllables
4. Cekebrities you think would taste the best if you had to resort to cannibalism
5. Favorite holiday destinations in the Holy Roman Empire.
6. Reasons anyrose deserves the title “Cutest Doper”
7. Test Match cricketers whose surnames are spelt the same forwards and backwards
8. Porn stars with doctorates in physics
9. Integers between zero and 12.
10. POV characters who will still be alive at the end of A Song of Ice and Fire
11. Best one-liners from Charlie Chaplin films.
12. Chuck Norris’ Oscar-nominated films

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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:** [October 17, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30360 "2014-10-17T13:47:37Z")

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Baker’s Dozen Topics You’ve Been Dying to Propose

1. Movies Wherein An Actress Wore A Top Hat
2. What have I got in my pocketses?
3. Rhyming pairs of words with 13 or more syllables
4. Cekebrities you think would taste the best if you had to resort to cannibalism
5. Favorite holiday destinations in the Holy Roman Empire.
6. Reasons anyrose deserves the title “Cutest Doper”
7. Test Match cricketers whose surnames are spelt the same forwards and backwards
8. Porn stars with doctorates in physics
9. Integers between zero and 12.
10. POV characters who will still be alive at the end of A Song of Ice and Fire
11. Best one-liners from Charlie Chaplin films.
12. Chuck Norris’ Oscar-nominated films
13. A thirteen word complete summary of How I Met Your Mother

Next up: Jukebox musicals and their inspirations

1. Jersey Boys - The Four Seasons

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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:** [October 17, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30361 "2014-10-17T14:05:30Z")

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Jukebox musicals and their inspirations

1. Jersey Boys - The Four Seasons
2. Mama Mia - ABBA

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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:** [October 17, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30362 "2014-10-17T14:27:36Z")

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Jukebox musicals and their inspirations

1. Jersey Boys - The Four Seasons
2. Mama Mia - ABBA
3. _ **Beatlemania** _- The Beatles (perhaps the original Jukebox musical- I saw it at the Winter Garden theater on Broadway in 1977)

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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:** [October 17, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30363 "2014-10-17T14:46:30Z")

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Jukebox musicals and their inspirations

1. Jersey Boys - The Four Seasons
2. Mama Mia - ABBA
3. Beatlemania - The Beatles
4. Million Dollar Quarter - Country/rockabilly stars of 1950s

> **[Million Dollar Quartet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Quartet)**
>
> "Million Dollar Quartet" is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash made on December 4, 1956, at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. An article about the session was published in the Memphis Press-Scimitar under the title "Million Dollar Quartet". The recording was first released in Europe in 1981 as The Million Dollar Quartet with 17 tracks. A few years later more tracks were discovered and released as The Complete...

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