# 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:** 1903

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38044 "2015-09-28T15:16:25Z")

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People with “religious” names

1. Jim Parsons, actor
2. Joey Bishop, comedian
3. Alexander Pope, 18th-century poet

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38045 "2015-09-28T15:19:02Z")

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People with “religious” names

1. Jim Parsons, actor
2. Joey Bishop, comedian
3. Alexander Pope, 18th-century poet
4. Christian Bale (actor)

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38046 "2015-09-28T15:22:04Z")

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People with “religious” names

1. Jim Parsons, actor
2. Joey Bishop, comedian
3. Alexander Pope, 18th-century poet
4. Christian Bale (actor)
5. Jude Law, actor

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38047 "2015-09-28T15:26:05Z")

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People with “religious” names

1. Jim Parsons, actor
2. Joey Bishop, comedian
3. Alexander Pope, 18th-century poet
4. Christian Bale (actor)
5. Jude Law, actor
6. Shirley Temple, actress

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38048 "2015-09-28T15:32:22Z")

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People with “religious” names

1. Jim Parsons, actor
2. Joey Bishop, comedian
3. Alexander Pope, 18th-century poet
4. Christian Bale (actor)
5. Jude Law, actor
6. Shirley Temple, actress
7. Julio Iglesias, singer

(“Iglesia” = “Church” in Spanish)

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38049 "2015-09-28T15:39:15Z")

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People with “religious” names

1. Jim Parsons, actor
2. Joey Bishop, comedian
3. Alexander Pope, 18th-century poet
4. Christian Bale (actor)
5. Jude Law, actor
6. Shirley Temple, actress
7. Julio Iglesias, singer
8. Pat Priest - Marilyn from “The Munsters”

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38050 "2015-09-28T15:53:54Z")

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People with “religious” names

1. Jim Parsons, actor
2. Joey Bishop, comedian
3. Alexander Pope, 18th-century poet
4. Christian Bale (actor)
5. Jude Law, actor
6. Shirley Temple, actress
7. Julio Iglesias, singer
8. Pat Priest - Marilyn from “The Munsters”
9. Brian Cardinal, basketball player

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38051 "2015-09-28T15:56:56Z")

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People with “religious” names

1. Jim Parsons, actor
2. Joey Bishop, comedian
3. Alexander Pope, 18th-century poet
4. Christian Bale (actor)
5. Jude Law, actor
6. Shirley Temple, actress
7. Julio Iglesias, singer
8. Pat Priest - Marilyn from “The Munsters”
9. Brian Cardinal, basketball player
10. Joe Piscopo, SNL and talk show host

Piscopo is an Italian form of the Greek episkopos (bishop).

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**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:** [September 28, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38052 "2015-09-28T16:07:16Z")

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People with “religious” names

1. Jim Parsons, actor
2. Joey Bishop, comedian
3. Alexander Pope, 18th-century poet
4. Christian Bale (actor)
5. Jude Law, actor
6. Shirley Temple, actress
7. Julio Iglesias, singer
8. Pat Priest - Marilyn from “The Munsters”
9. Brian Cardinal, basketball player
10. Joe Piscopo, SNL and talk show host
11. [del]Madonna[/del]-- could be any “woman.” Jill St. Johns

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38053 "2015-09-28T16:10:40Z")

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People with “religious” names

1. Jim Parsons, actor
2. Joey Bishop, comedian
3. Alexander Pope, 18th-century poet
4. Christian Bale (actor)
5. Jude Law, actor
6. Shirley Temple, actress
7. Julio Iglesias, singer
8. Pat Priest - Marilyn from “The Munsters”
9. Brian Cardinal, basketball player
10. Joe Piscopo, SNL and talk show host
11. [del]Madonna[/del]-- could be any “woman.” Jill St. Johns
12. Art Monk, NFL Hall of Famer

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38054 "2015-09-28T16:41:16Z")

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People with “religious” names

1. Jim Parsons, actor

2. Joey Bishop, comedian

3. Alexander Pope, 18th-century poet

4. Christian Bale (actor)

5. Jude Law, actor

6. Shirley Temple, actress

7. Julio Iglesias, singer

8. Pat Priest - Marilyn from “The Munsters”

9. Brian Cardinal, basketball player

10. Joe Piscopo, SNL and talk show host

11. Madonna-- could be any “woman.” Jill St. Johns

12. Art Monk, NFL Hall of Famer

13. Richard Deacon - Mel Cooley from “Dick Van Dyke Show”  
Characters on “NCIS”

14. Abby Sciuto

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38055 "2015-09-28T16:44:25Z")

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Characters on “NCIS”

1. Abby Sciuto
2. Timothy McGee (aka Thom E Gemcity)

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38056 "2015-09-28T16:45:53Z")

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Characters on “NCIS”

1. Abby Sciuto
2. Timothy McGee (aka Thom E Gemcity)
3. Ziva David

I’m assuming they don’t have to be current characters.

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38057 "2015-09-28T16:45:59Z")

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Characters on “NCIS”

1. Abby Sciuto
2. Timothy McGee (aka Thom E Gemcity)
3. Caitlin “Kate” Todd

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38058 "2015-09-28T16:57:57Z")

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Characters on “NCIS”

1. Abby Sciuto
2. Timothy McGee (aka Thom E Gemcity)
3. Ziva David
4. Caitlin “Kate” Todd
5. Donald “Ducky” Mallard

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38059 "2015-09-28T17:02:50Z")

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Characters on “NCIS”

1. Abby Sciuto
2. Timothy McGee (aka Thom E Gemcity)
3. Ziva David
4. Caitlin “Kate” Todd
5. Donald “Ducky” Mallard
6. Tony DiNozzo

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38060 "2015-09-28T17:04:33Z")

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Characters on “NCIS”

1. Abby Sciuto
2. Timothy McGee (aka Thom E Gemcity)
3. Ziva David
4. Caitlin “Kate” Todd
5. Donald “Ducky” Mallard
6. Tony DiNozzo
7. Tobias Fornell - FBI

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38061 "2015-09-28T17:34:47Z")

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Characters on “NCIS”

1. Abby Sciuto
2. Timothy McGee (aka Thom E Gemcity)
3. Ziva David
4. Caitlin “Kate” Todd
5. Donald “Ducky” Mallard
6. Tony DiNozzo
7. Tobias Fornell - FBI
8. Jenny Shepard

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38062 "2015-09-28T17:34:49Z")

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Characters on “NCIS”

1. Abby Sciuto
2. Timothy McGee (aka Thom E Gemcity)
3. Ziva David
4. Caitlin “Kate” Todd
5. Donald “Ducky” Mallard
6. Tony DiNozzo
7. Tobias Fornell - FBI
8. Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38063 "2015-09-28T19:32:50Z")

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Characters on “NCIS”

1. Abby Sciuto
2. Timothy McGee (aka Thom E Gemcity)
3. Ziva David
4. Caitlin “Kate” Todd
5. Donald “Ducky” Mallard
6. Tony DiNozzo
7. Tobias Fornell - FBI
8. Leroy Jethro Gibbs
9. Director Leon Vance

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