# 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:** 1808
**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:** [July 19, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36144 "2015-07-19T23:31:15Z")
Best Fictional Crime Solving Duos (non super hero edition) 1. Bryant and May (from the novels by Christopher Fowler) 2. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson 3. Detective Kate Beckett and writer Richard Castle 4. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (Wolfe is the brilliant intellectual, Goodwin the streetwise gumshoe) 5. Brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, The Hardy Boys ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36145 "2015-07-19T23:35:10Z")
Best Fictional Crime Solving Duos (non super hero edition) 1. Bryant and May (from the novels by Christopher Fowler) 2. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson 3. Detective Kate Beckett and writer Richard Castle 4. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (Wolfe is the brilliant intellectual, Goodwin the streetwise gumshoe) 5. Simon and Simon ---
**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:** [July 19, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36146 "2015-07-19T23:42:56Z")
Best Fictional Crime Solving Duos (non super hero edition) 1. Bryant and May (from the novels by Christopher Fowler) 2. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson 3. Detective Kate Beckett and writer Richard Castle 4. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (Wolfe is the brilliant intellectual, Goodwin the streetwise gumshoe) 5. Brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, The Hardy Boys 6. Simon and Simon 7. Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler ---
**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:** [July 20, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36147 "2015-07-20T00:03:04Z")
Best Fictional Crime Solving Duos (non super hero edition) 1. Bryant and May (from the novels by Christopher Fowler) 2. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson 3. Detective Kate Beckett and writer Richard Castle 4. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (Wolfe is the brilliant intellectual, Goodwin the streetwise gumshoe) 5. Brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, The Hardy Boys 6. Simon and Simon 7. Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler 8. Tommy and Tuppence ---
**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:** [July 20, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36148 "2015-07-20T01:16:33Z")
Best Fictional Crime Solving Duos (non super hero edition) 1. Bryant and May (from the novels by Christopher Fowler) 2. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson 3. Detective Kate Beckett and writer Richard Castle 4. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (Wolfe is the brilliant intellectual, Goodwin the streetwise gumshoe) 5. Brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, The Hardy Boys 6. Simon and Simon 7. Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler 8. Tommy and Tuppence 9. Laura Holt and Remington Steele ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36149 "2015-07-20T02:13:07Z")
Best Fictional Crime Solving Duos (non super hero edition) 1. Bryant and May (from the novels by Christopher Fowler) 2. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson 3. Detective Kate Beckett and writer Richard Castle 4. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (Wolfe is the brilliant intellectual, Goodwin the streetwise gumshoe) 5. Brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, The Hardy Boys 6. Simon and Simon 7. Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler 8. Tommy and Tuppence 9. Laura Holt and Remington Steele 10. Adrian Monk and Sharona Fleming ---
**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:** [July 20, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36150 "2015-07-20T02:18:39Z")
Best Fictional Crime Solving Duos (non super hero edition) 1. Bryant and May (from the novels by Christopher Fowler) 2. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson 3. Detective Kate Beckett and writer Richard Castle 4. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (Wolfe is the brilliant intellectual, Goodwin the streetwise gumshoe) 5. Brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, The Hardy Boys 6. Simon and Simon 7. Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler 8. Tommy and Tuppence 9. Laura Holt and Remington Steele 10. Adrian Monk and Sharona Fleming 11. Lije Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw An NYPD detective and his android partner, from _The Caves of Steel_ and other Asimov works. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36151 "2015-07-20T02:25:19Z")
Best Fictional Crime Solving Duos (non super hero edition) 1. Bryant and May (from the novels by Christopher Fowler) 2. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson 3. Detective Kate Beckett and writer Richard Castle 4. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (Wolfe is the brilliant intellectual, Goodwin the streetwise gumshoe) 5. Brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, The Hardy Boys 6. Simon and Simon 7. Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler 8. Tommy and Tuppence 9. Laura Holt and Remington Steele 10. Adrian Monk and Sharona Fleming 11. Lije Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw 12. Lynley and Havers ---
**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:** [July 20, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36152 "2015-07-20T05:06:36Z")
Best Fictional Crime Solving Duos (non super hero edition) 1. Bryant and May (from the novels by Christopher Fowler) 2. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson 3. Detective Kate Beckett and writer Richard Castle 4. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (Wolfe is the brilliant intellectual, Goodwin the streetwise gumshoe) 5. Brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, The Hardy Boys 6. Simon and Simon 7. Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler 8. Tommy and Tuppence 9. Laura Holt and Remington Steele 10. Adrian Monk and Sharona Fleming 11. Lije Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw 12. Lynley and Havers 13. McMillan and Wife I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36153 "2015-07-20T06:23:57Z")
New category: Elements named after people 1. Fermium - Enrico Fermi ---
**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:** [July 20, 2015, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36154 "2015-07-20T07:58:24Z")
Elements named after people 1. Fermium - Enrico Fermi 2. Einsteinium - Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36155 "2015-07-20T08:18:30Z")
Elements named after people 1. Fermium - Enrico Fermi 2. Einsteinium - Albert Einstein 3. Nobelium - Alfred Nobel ---
**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:** [July 20, 2015, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36156 "2015-07-20T08:42:03Z")
Elements named after people 1. Fermium - Enrico Fermi 2. Einsteinium - Albert Einstein 3. Nobelium - Alfred Nobel 4. Samarium - Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets A government official in charge of mining in the Russian Empire. An obscure figure but he made history by being the first person to have an element named after him. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36157 "2015-07-20T10:13:55Z")
Elements named after people 1. Fermium - Enrico Fermi 2. Einsteinium - Albert Einstein 3. Nobelium - Alfred Nobel 4. Samarium - Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets 5. Rutherfordium - Ernest Rutherford ---
**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:** [July 20, 2015, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36158 "2015-07-20T10:59:26Z")
Elements named after people 1. Fermium - Enrico Fermi 2. Einsteinium - Albert Einstein 3. Nobelium - Alfred Nobel 4. Samarium - Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets 5. Rutherfordium - Ernest Rutherford 6. Curium - Marie Curie ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36159 "2015-07-20T13:12:10Z")
Elements named after people 1. Fermium - Enrico Fermi 2. Einsteinium - Albert Einstein 3. Nobelium - Alfred Nobel 4. Samarium - Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets 5. Rutherfordium - Ernest Rutherford 6. Curium - Marie Curie 7. Bohrium - Neils Bohr ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36160 "2015-07-20T13:50:44Z")
Elements named after people 1. Fermium - Enrico Fermi 2. Einsteinium - Albert Einstein 3. Nobelium - Alfred Nobel 4. Samarium - Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets 5. Rutherfordium - Ernest Rutherford 6. Curium - Marie Curie 7. Bohrium - Neils Bohr 8. Mendelevium - periodic table creator Dmitri Mendeleev ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36161 "2015-07-20T13:51:17Z")
Elements named after people 1. Fermium - Enrico Fermi 2. Einsteinium - Albert Einstein 3. Nobelium - Alfred Nobel 4. Samarium - Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets 5. Rutherfordium - Ernest Rutherford 6. Curium - Marie Curie 7. Bohrium - Neils Bohr 8. Mendelevium - periodic table creator Dmitri Mendeleev 9. Copernicum - Nicolaus Copernicus ---
**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:** [July 20, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36162 "2015-07-20T15:17:19Z")
Elements named after people 1. Fermium - Enrico Fermi 2. Einsteinium - Albert Einstein 3. Nobelium - Alfred Nobel 4. Samarium - Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets 5. Rutherfordium - Ernest Rutherford 6. Curium - Marie Curie 7. Bohrium - Neils Bohr 8. Mendelevium - periodic table creator Dmitri Mendeleev 9. Copernicum - Nicolaus Copernicus 10. Gadolinium - chemist Johan Gadolin ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36163 "2015-07-20T16:20:39Z")
Elements named after people 1. Fermium - Enrico Fermi 2. Einsteinium - Albert Einstein 3. Nobelium - Alfred Nobel 4. Samarium - Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets 5. Rutherfordium - Ernest Rutherford 6. Curium - Marie Curie 7. Bohrium - Neils Bohr 8. Mendelevium - periodic table creator Dmitri Mendeleev 9. Copernicum - Nicolaus Copernicus 10. Gadolinium - chemist Johan Gadolin 11. Seaborgium (Nobel winning chemist Glenn Seaborg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1807) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1809)