# 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:** 1810
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36184 "2015-07-20T20:06:30Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > screw it - I misread the topic - go ahead and replace him. 😃 Done. Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”: 1. Ronald Binge 2. Gilles Binchois 3. Hector Berlioz 4. Bela Bartok 5. Benjamin Britten 6. Georges Bizet (Well, Binchois is closer to the common interpretation of “classical” than Bacharach, anyway) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36185 "2015-07-20T20:15:59Z")
Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”: 1. Ronald Binge 2. Gilles Binchois 3. Hector Berlioz 4. Bela Bartok 5. Benjamin Britten 6. Georges Bizet 7. Amy Beach ---
**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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36186 "2015-07-20T21:01:37Z")
Ummm…would you accept Bolfgang Bamadeus Bozart? ---
**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, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36187 "2015-07-20T23:24:57Z")
Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”: 1. Ronald Binge 2. Gilles Binchois 3. Hector Berlioz 4. Bela Bartok 5. Benjamin Britten 6. Georges Bizet 7. Amy Beach 8. Laurent Belissen ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36188 "2015-07-21T00:17:42Z")
Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”: 1. Ronald Binge 2. Gilles Binchois 3. Hector Berlioz 4. Bela Bartok 5. Benjamin Britten 6. Georges Bizet 7. Amy Beach 8. Laurent Belissen 9. Samuel Barber ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36189 "2015-07-21T01:06:31Z")
Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”: 1. Ronald Binge 2. Gilles Binchois 3. Hector Berlioz 4. Bela Bartok 5. Benjamin Britten 6. Georges Bizet 7. Amy Beach 8. Laurent Belissen 9. Samuel Barber 10. Harrison Birtwistle ---
**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 21, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36190 "2015-07-21T01:36:59Z")
Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”: 1. Ronald Binge 2. Gilles Binchois 3. Hector Berlioz 4. Bela Bartok 5. Benjamin Britten 6. Georges Bizet 7. Amy Beach 8. Laurent Belissen 9. Samuel Barber 10. Harrison Birtwistle 11. William Boyce My favorite piece of his: [William Boyce, Symphoni No. 5 in D major, First movement - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kyC4XbSKYE) ---
**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 21, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36191 "2015-07-21T02:07:57Z")
Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”: 1. Ronald Binge 2. Gilles Binchois 3. Hector Berlioz 4. Bela Bartok 5. Benjamin Britten 6. Georges Bizet 7. Amy Beach 8. Laurent Belissen 9. Samuel Barber 10. Harrison Birtwistle 11. William Boyce 12. Elmer Bernstein ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36192 "2015-07-21T05:03:12Z")
1. Ronald Binge 2. Gilles Binchois 3. Hector Berlioz 4. Bela Bartok 5. Benjamin Britten 6. Georges Bizet 7. Amy Beach 8. Laurent Belissen 9. Samuel Barber 10. Harrison Birtwistle 11. William Boyce 12. Elmer Bernstein 13. Pierre Boulez Next: wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best. 1. Ross Perot. ---
**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 21, 2015, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36193 "2015-07-21T05:35:09Z")
Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best. 1. Ross Perot 2. John B. Anderson ---
**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 21, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36194 "2015-07-21T05:36:42Z")
Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best. 1. Ross Perot 2. John B. Anderson 3. Gary Hart ---
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Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best. 1. Ross Perot 2. John B. Anderson 3. Gary Hart 4. Jack Kemp AKA the Rand Paul of the 90s. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36196 "2015-07-21T07:30:58Z")
Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best. 1. Ross Perot 2. John B. Anderson 3. Gary Hart 4. Jack Kemp 5. Ed Muskie ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36197 "2015-07-21T08:03:34Z")
Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best. 1. Ross Perot 2. John B. Anderson 3. Gary Hart 4. Jack Kemp 5. Ed Muskie 6. Michael Dukakis ---
**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 21, 2015, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36198 "2015-07-21T10:35:53Z")
Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best. 1. Ross Perot 2. John B. Anderson 3. Gary Hart 4. Jack Kemp 5. Ed Muskie 6. Michael Dukakis 7. George McGovern ---
**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 21, 2015, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36199 "2015-07-21T11:25:42Z")
Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best. 1. Ross Perot 2. John B. Anderson 3. Gary Hart 4. Jack Kemp 5. Ed Muskie 6. Michael Dukakis 7. George McGovern 8. Wendell L. Willkie ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36200 "2015-07-21T11:41:09Z")
Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best. 1. Ross Perot 2. John B. Anderson 3. Gary Hart 4. Jack Kemp 5. Ed Muskie 6. Michael Dukakis 7. George McGovern 8. Wendell L. Willkie 9. Jesse Jackson ---
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Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best. 1. Ross Perot 2. John B. Anderson 3. Gary Hart 4. Jack Kemp 5. Ed Muskie 6. Michael Dukakis 7. George McGovern 8. Wendell L. Willkie 9. Jesse Jackson 10. Victoria Woodhull ---
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Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best. 1. Ross Perot 2. John B. Anderson 3. Gary Hart 4. Jack Kemp 5. Ed Muskie 6. Michael Dukakis 7. George McGovern 8. Wendell L. Willkie 9. Jesse Jackson 10. Victoria Woodhull 11. Thomas Brackett Reed (1896, Republican) ---
**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 21, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36203 "2015-07-21T13:40:21Z")
Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best. 1. Ross Perot 2. John B. Anderson 3. Gary Hart 4. Jack Kemp 5. Ed Muskie 6. Michael Dukakis 7. George McGovern 8. Wendell L. Willkie 9. Jesse Jackson 10. Victoria Woodhull 11. Thomas Brackett Reed 12. Salmon P. Chase Tried for years to get the GOP nomination, even after he was on the Supreme Court. Always fell short. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1809) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1811)