# 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:** 1739
**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:** [May 11, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34764 "2015-05-11T23:49:54Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34765 "2015-05-12T00:45:01Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes 2. Wolverine, from the X-Men ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34766 "2015-05-12T00:55:39Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes 2. Wolverine, from the X-Men 3. Spider-Man’s Spidey Sense Happily, the Universally Useful ESP Of Author Fiat has been toned down in recent decades. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34767 "2015-05-12T01:27:45Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes 2. Wolverine, from the X-Men 3. Spider-Man’s Spidey Sense 4. Col. Steve Austin, bionic eye ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34768 "2015-05-12T01:38:01Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes 2. Wolverine, from the X-Men 3. Spider-Man’s Spidey Sense 4. Col. Steve Austin, bionic eye 5. Heimdal, from Thor ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34769 "2015-05-12T01:47:00Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes 2. Wolverine, from the X-Men 3. Spider-Man’s Spidey Sense 4. Col. Steve Austin, bionic eye 5. Heimdal, from Thor 6. Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense), can see dead people ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34770 "2015-05-12T04:09:32Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes 2. Wolverine, from the X-Men 3. Spider-Man’s Spidey Sense 4. Col. Steve Austin, bionic eye 5. Heimdal, from Thor 6. Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense), can see dead people 7. Cazaril, The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34771 "2015-05-12T04:32:17Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes 2. Wolverine, from the X-Men 3. Spider-Man’s Spidey Sense 4. Col. Steve Austin, bionic eye 5. Heimdal, from Thor 6. Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense), can see dead people 7. Cazaril, The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold 8. Superman, can fly ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34772 "2015-05-12T07:32:09Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > 1. Superman, can fly How is flying a sense? But Superman would qualify due to his x-ray vision. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34773 "2015-05-12T13:41:36Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes 2. Wolverine, from the X-Men 3. Spider-Man’s Spidey Sense 4. Col. Steve Austin, bionic eye 5. Heimdal, from Thor 6. Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense), can see dead people 7. Cazaril, The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold 8. Superman, can fly (has x-ray vision, telescopic vision, microscopic vision, superhearing) 9. Lucy Carlyle, the Lockwood & Co. series, can see and hear ghosts [in the series, most people cannot] ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34774 "2015-05-12T14:02:07Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes 2. Wolverine, from the X-Men 3. Spider-Man’s Spidey Sense 4. Col. Steve Austin, bionic eye 5. Heimdal, from Thor 6. Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense), can see dead people 7. Cazaril, The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold 8. Superman, can fly (has x-ray vision, telescopic vision, microscopic vision, superhearing) 9. Lucy Carlyle, the Lockwood & Co. series, can see and hear ghosts [in the series, most people cannot] 10. Daredevil, every sense except eyesight is hugely amplified ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34775 "2015-05-12T14:09:38Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes 2. Wolverine, from the X-Men 3. Spider-Man’s Spidey Sense 4. Col. Steve Austin, bionic eye 5. Heimdal, from Thor 6. Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense), can see dead people 7. Cazaril, The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold 8. Superman, can fly (has x-ray vision, telescopic vision, microscopic vision, superhearing) 9. Lucy Carlyle, the Lockwood & Co. series, can see and hear ghosts [in the series, most people cannot] 10. Daredevil, every sense except eyesight is hugely amplified 11. Pheobe Halliwell, premonition and amplified empathy ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34776 "2015-05-12T14:12:39Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes 2. Wolverine, from the X-Men 3. Spider-Man’s Spidey Sense 4. Col. Steve Austin, bionic eye, The Six Million Dollar Man 5. Heimdal, can see interdimensionally, from Thor 6. Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense), can see dead people 7. Cazaril, The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold 8. Superman, can fly (has x-ray vision, telescopic vision, microscopic vision, superhearing) 9. Lucy Carlyle, the Lockwood & Co. series, can see and hear ghosts [in the series, most people cannot] 10. Daredevil, every sense except eyesight is hugely amplified 11. Pheobe Halliwell, premonition and amplified empathy 12 Jaime Sommers, bionic hearing, The Bionic Woman What is Cazaril’s special sense, and what work of fiction is Halliwell from? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34777 "2015-05-12T14:17:57Z")
The three Halliwell sisters, Pru, Piper, and Pheobe, and half sister Paige (because Pru died at the end of season three), are from the WB TV series Charmed. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34778 "2015-05-12T15:06:56Z")
Fictional Characters with Superior Senses (Mechanical, Psychic, Mutant, etc.) : 1. Sensor Girl, from The Legion of Superheroes 2. Wolverine, from the X-Men 3. Spider-Man’s Spidey Sense 4. Col. Steve Austin, bionic eye, The Six Million Dollar Man 5. Heimdal, can see interdimensionally, from Thor 6. Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense), can see dead people 7. Cazaril, The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold 8. Superman, can fly (has x-ray vision, telescopic vision, microscopic vision, superhearing) 9. Lucy Carlyle, the Lockwood & Co. series, can see and hear ghosts [in the series, most people cannot] 10. Daredevil, every sense except eyesight is hugely amplified 11. Pheobe Halliwell, premonition and amplified empathy 12 Jaime Sommers, bionic hearing, The Bionic Woman 12. Saleem SInai, narrator and protagonist of Salman Rushdie’s \*\*\*Midnight’s Children \*\*\*(has super powers of smell). A Living Person You Think/Hope Will Win A Nobel Prize Eventually 13. Philip Roth (Don’t think he deserves it, but he is the American most likely to win it) ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34779 "2015-05-12T15:12:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > What is Cazaril’s special sense _The Curse of Chalion_ is a fantasy novel and Cazaril had the ability to see who had been blessed or cursed by the Gods as an aura around the person. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34780 "2015-05-12T16:59:59Z")
A Living Person You Think/Hope Will Win A Nobel Prize Eventually 1. Philip Roth (Don’t think he deserves it, but he is the American most likely to win it) 2. Pope Francis ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34781 "2015-05-12T21:23:55Z")
A Living Person You Think/Hope Will Win A Nobel Prize Eventually 1. Philip Roth (Don’t think he deserves it, but he is the American most likely to win it) 2. Pope Francis 3. Craig Kielburger ---
**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:** [May 12, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34782 "2015-05-12T22:47:09Z")
Thanks for the info on those two characters, **anyrose** and **Little Nemo**. Can we add brief descriptions…? A Living Person You Think/Hope Will Win A Nobel Prize Eventually 1. Philip Roth, author 2. Pope Francis, Catholic leader 3. Craig Kielburger, children’s rights activist 4. George R.R. Martin, author I hope - but I’d be very surprised if he did. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2015, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34783 "2015-05-13T10:10:05Z")
A Living Person You Think/Hope Will Win A Nobel Prize Eventually - Include Brief Description 1. Philip Roth, author 2. Pope Francis, Catholic leader 3. Craig Kielburger, children’s rights activist 4. George R.R. Martin, author 5. Dr. Paul L. Maier, biblical historian & author. Western Michigan University [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1738) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1740)