# 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:** 1558

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [November 13, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31144 "2014-11-13T02:11:54Z")

</div>

Words ending in -que

1. Antique
2. Burlesque
3. Unique
4. Appliqué
5. Pique
6. Clique
7. Baroque
8. Toque

Barbecue is not spelled with a q.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [November 13, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31145 "2014-11-13T02:21:07Z")

</div>

Words ending in -que

1. Antique
2. Burlesque
3. Unique
4. Appliqué
5. Pique
6. Clique
7. Barbeque
8. Baroque
9. Toque

I don’t spell it “barbeque” either, but it shows up with that spelling on a number of dictionary websites and restaurant names, so it stands. It’s just not the preferred spelling.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [November 13, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31146 "2014-11-13T02:25:11Z")

</div>

Words ending in -que

1. Antique
2. Burlesque
3. Unique
4. Appliqué
5. Pique
6. Clique
7. Barbeque
8. Baroque
9. Toque
10. Bisque

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31147 "2014-11-13T02:25:52Z")

</div>

Words ending in -que

1. Antique
2. Burlesque
3. Unique
4. Appliqué
5. Pique
6. Clique
7. Barbeque
8. Baroque
9. Toque
10. Bisque
11. Torque

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31148 "2014-11-13T02:38:18Z")

</div>

Words ending in -que

1. Antique
2. Burlesque
3. Unique
4. Appliqué
5. Pique
6. Clique
7. Barbeque
8. Baroque
9. Toque
10. Bisque
11. Torque
12. ¿Qué?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31149 "2014-11-13T02:49:07Z")

</div>

Words ending in -que

1. Antique
2. Burlesque
3. Unique
4. Appliqué
5. Pique
6. Clique
7. Barbeque
8. Baroque
9. Toque
10. Bisque
11. Torque
12. ¿Qué?
13. brusque

New topic: Movie Star Autobiographies

1. _ **My Wicked, Wicked Ways** _ by Errol Flynn

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [November 13, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31150 "2014-11-13T03:27:21Z")

</div>

New topic: Movie Star Autobiographies

1. My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn
2. Shirley Jones: A Memoir

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [November 13, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31151 "2014-11-13T03:29:36Z")

</div>

Movie Star Autobiographies

1. _ **My Wicked, Wicked Ways** _ by Errol Flynn
2. Shirley Jones: A Memoir
3. _If I’m So Famous, How Come Nobody’s Ever Heard of Me?_ by Jewel Shepard

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31152 "2014-11-13T03:32:38Z")

</div>

Movie Star Autobiographies

1. _ **My Wicked, Wicked Ways** _ by Errol Flynn
2. Shirley Jones: A Memoir
3. _If I’m So Famous, How Come Nobody’s Ever Heard of Me?_ by Jewel Shepard
4. _Bring On the Empty Horses_ by David Niven

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [November 13, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31153 "2014-11-13T04:47:59Z")

</div>

Movie Star Autobiographies

1. _ **My Wicked, Wicked Ways** _ by Errol Flynn
2. Shirley Jones: A Memoir
3. _If I’m So Famous, How Come Nobody’s Ever Heard of Me?_ by Jewel Shepard
4. _Bring On the Empty Horses_ by David Niven
5. _My Autobiography_, Charles Chaplin

Yes, Chaplin was enough of a pedant to call a book “My Autobiography.”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [November 13, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31154 "2014-11-13T04:51:05Z")

</div>

Movie Star Autobiographies

1. My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn
2. Shirley Jones: A Memoir
3. If I’m So Famous, How Come Nobody’s Ever Heard of Me? by Jewel Shepard
4. Bring On the Empty Horses by David Niven
5. My Autobiography, Charles Chaplin
6. Me, by Katharine Hepburn

Not much ink wasted on _that_ title page…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31155 "2014-11-13T04:51:49Z")

</div>

Movie Star Autobiographies

1. _ **My Wicked, Wicked Ways** _ by Errol Flynn
2. Shirley Jones: A Memoir
3. _If I’m So Famous, How Come Nobody’s Ever Heard of Me?_ by Jewel Shepard
4. _Bring On the Empty Horses_ by David Niven
5. _My Autobiography_, Charles Chaplin
6. _Mother Goddam_, Bette Davis

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31156 "2014-11-13T06:06:01Z")

</div>

Movie Star Autobiographies

1. My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn
2. Shirley Jones: A Memoir
3. If I’m So Famous, How Come Nobody’s Ever Heard of Me? by Jewel Shepard
4. Bring On the Empty Horses by David Niven
5. My Autobiography, Charles Chaplin
6. Mother Goddam, Bette Davis
7. By Myself, Lauren Bacall

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [November 13, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31157 "2014-11-13T06:12:25Z")

</div>

Movie Star Autobiographies

1. My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn
2. Shirley Jones: A Memoir
3. If I’m So Famous, How Come Nobody’s Ever Heard of Me? by Jewel Shepard
4. Bring On the Empty Horses by David Niven
5. My Autobiography, Charles Chaplin
6. Me, by Katharine Hepburn
7. Mother Goddam, Bette Davis
8. By Myself, Lauren Bacall
9. Out on a Limb, Shirley MacLaine

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31158 "2014-11-13T12:09:18Z")

</div>

Movie Star Autobiographies

1. My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn
2. Shirley Jones: A Memoir
3. If I’m So Famous, How Come Nobody’s Ever Heard of Me? by Jewel Shepard
4. Bring On the Empty Horses by David Niven
5. My Autobiography, Charles Chaplin
6. Me, by Katharine Hepburn
7. Mother Goddam, Bette Davis
8. By Myself, Lauren Bacall
9. Out on a Limb, Shirley MacLaine
10. \*\*\*Where’s the Rest of Me? \*\*\*by Ronald Reagan

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31159 "2014-11-13T14:48:20Z")

</div>

Movie Star Autobiographies

1. My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn
2. Shirley Jones: A Memoir
3. If I’m So Famous, How Come Nobody’s Ever Heard of Me? by Jewel Shepard
4. Bring On the Empty Horses by David Niven
5. My Autobiography, Charles Chaplin
6. Me, by Katharine Hepburn
7. Mother Goddam, Bette Davis
8. By Myself, Lauren Bacall
9. Out on a Limb, Shirley MacLaine
10. Where’s the Rest of Me? by Ronald Reagan
11. Part Swan, Part Goose, by Swoosie Kurtz,

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [November 13, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31160 "2014-11-13T15:21:10Z")

</div>

Movie Star Autobiographies

1. My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn
2. Shirley Jones: A Memoir
3. If I’m So Famous, How Come Nobody’s Ever Heard of Me? by Jewel Shepard
4. Bring On the Empty Horses by David Niven
5. My Autobiography, Charles Chaplin
6. Me, by Katharine Hepburn
7. Mother Goddam, Bette Davis
8. By Myself, Lauren Bacall
9. Out on a Limb, Shirley MacLaine
10. Where’s the Rest of Me? by Ronald Reagan
11. Part Swan, Part Goose, by Swoosie Kurtz,
12. The Time of My Life, by Patrick Swayze

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [November 13, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31161 "2014-11-13T15:40:06Z")

</div>

Movie Star Autobiographies

1. My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn
2. Shirley Jones: A Memoir
3. If I’m So Famous, How Come Nobody’s Ever Heard of Me? by Jewel Shepard
4. Bring On the Empty Horses by David Niven
5. My Autobiography, Charles Chaplin
6. Me, by Katharine Hepburn
7. Mother Goddam, Bette Davis
8. By Myself, Lauren Bacall
9. Out on a Limb, Shirley MacLaine
10. Where’s the Rest of Me? by Ronald Reagan
11. Part Swan, Part Goose, by Swoosie Kurtz,
12. The Time of My Life, by Patrick Swayze
13. Yes I Can, by Sammy Davis, Jr.

Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy

1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [November 13, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31162 "2014-11-13T15:43:57Z")

</div>

- what’s a blanton? \*

- yes I know I could google it, but that’s no fun \*

- and everyone else knows what one is? Without googling it? \*

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31163 "2014-11-13T15:47:08Z")

</div>

Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy

1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer
2. The Brest, by Philip Roth

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1557)

[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1559)
