# 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:** 1983

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39644 "2015-11-20T12:44:08Z")

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Characters from “To Kill A Mockingbird”

1. Calpurnia
2. Scout
3. Atticus
4. Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
5. Miss Mayella Ewell
6. Boo Radley

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39645 "2015-11-20T12:48:33Z")

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Characters from “To Kill A Mockingbird”

1. Calpurnia
2. Scout
3. Atticus
4. Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
5. Miss Mayella Ewell
6. Boo Radley
7. Miss Maudie Atkinson

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**Author:** ![KayLovesPurple](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylovespurple/32/6114_2.png) [@KayLovesPurple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KayLovesPurple)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39646 "2015-11-20T13:44:48Z")

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1. Calpurnia
2. Scout
3. Atticus
4. Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
5. Miss Mayella Ewell
6. Boo Radley
7. Miss Maudie Atkinson
8. Dill

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**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:** [November 20, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39647 "2015-11-20T14:23:32Z")

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Characters from To Kill a Mockingbird

1. Calpurnia
2. Scout
3. Atticus
4. Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
5. Miss Mayella Ewell
6. Boo Radley
7. Miss Maudie Atkinson
8. Dill
9. Alexandra Hancock

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**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 20, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39648 "2015-11-20T16:00:07Z")

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Characters from “To Kill a Mockingbird”

1. Calpurnia
2. Scout
3. Atticus
4. Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
5. Miss Mayella Ewell
6. Boo Radley
7. Miss Maudie Atkinson
8. Dill
9. Alexandra Hancock
10. Jem Finch

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39649 "2015-11-20T16:42:03Z")

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Characters from “To Kill a Mockingbird”

1. Calpurnia
2. Scout
3. Atticus
4. Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
5. Miss Mayella Ewell
6. Boo Radley
7. Miss Maudie Atkinson
8. Dill
9. Alexandra Hancock
10. Jem Finch
11. Dolphus Raymond

The man with the biracial family who pretends to be a drunk but is really drinking Coca Cola.

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39650 "2015-11-20T18:16:08Z")

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1. Calpurnia
2. Scout
3. Atticus
4. Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
5. Miss Mayella Ewell
6. Boo Radley
7. Miss Maudie Atkinson
8. Dill
9. Alexandra Hancock
10. Jem Finch
11. Dolphus Raymond
12. Tom Robinson

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39651 "2015-11-20T18:19:58Z")

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To Kill a Mockingbird Characters

1. Calpurnia
2. Scout
3. Atticus
4. Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
5. Miss Mayella Ewell
6. Boo Radley
7. Miss Maudie Atkinson
8. Dill
9. Alexandra Hancock
10. Jem Finch
11. Dolphus Raymond
12. Tom Robinson
13. Jack Finch

Atticus’s brother; a minor character in the novel but a major character in _Go Set a Watchman_.

Books and other creative works that had sequels (same author or otherwise) after a long hiatus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird  
(Movies count as well.)

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39652 "2015-11-20T18:24:19Z")

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Books and other creative works that had sequels (same author or otherwise) after a long hiatus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Stress Of Her Regard, by Tim Powers

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39653 "2015-11-20T18:39:12Z")

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Books and other creative works that had sequels (same author or otherwise) after a long hiatus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Stress Of Her Regard, by Tim Powers
3. Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39654 "2015-11-20T18:41:17Z")

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Books and other creative works that had sequels (same author or otherwise) after a long hiatus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Stress Of Her Regard, by Tim Powers
3. Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger
4. “A Man and a Woman”, film by Claude Lelouch.

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39655 "2015-11-20T19:32:15Z")

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Books and other creative works that had sequels (same author or otherwise) after a long hiatus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Stress Of Her Regard, by Tim Powers
3. Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger
4. “A Man and a Woman”, film by Claude Lelouch
5. “The Hobbit”, by J.R.R. Tolkien

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39656 "2015-11-20T19:48:32Z")

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Books and other creative works that had sequels (same author or otherwise) after a long hiatus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Stress Of Her Regard, by Tim Powers
3. Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger
4. “A Man and a Woman”, film by Claude Lelouch
5. “The Hobbit”, by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell

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**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 20, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39657 "2015-11-20T20:02:15Z")

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Books and other creative works that had sequels (same author or otherwise) after a long hiatus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Stress Of Her Regard, by Tim Powers
3. Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger
4. “A Man and a Woman”, film by Claude Lelouch
5. “The Hobbit”, by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
7. The Last Detail, by Darryl Ponicsan

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**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 20, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39658 "2015-11-20T20:35:16Z")

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Books and other creative works that had sequels (same author or otherwise) after a long hiatus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Stress Of Her Regard, by Tim Powers
3. Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger
4. “A Man and a Woman”, film by Claude Lelouch
5. “The Hobbit”, by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
7. The Last Detail, by Darryl Ponicsan
8. Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters II came out in 1989; the female-cast reboot will be released next year.

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39659 "2015-11-20T21:38:18Z")

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Books and other creative works that had sequels (same author or otherwise) after a long hiatus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Stress Of Her Regard, by Tim Powers
3. Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger
4. “A Man and a Woman”, film by Claude Lelouch
5. “The Hobbit”, by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
7. The Last Detail, by Darryl Ponicsan
8. Ghostbusters
9. The Devil Went Down to Georgia

The original song was released in 1979. Its sequel “The Devil Comes Back to Georgia” was released in 1993.

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39660 "2015-11-20T22:11:28Z")

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Books and other creative works that had sequels (same author or otherwise) after a long hiatus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Stress Of Her Regard, by Tim Powers
3. Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger
4. “A Man and a Woman”, film by Claude Lelouch
5. “The Hobbit”, by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
7. The Last Detail, by Darryl Ponicsan
8. Ghostbusters
9. The Devil Went Down to Georgia
10. Bat Out of Hell, album by Meat Loaf

Original released in 1977, Part II in 1993, Part III in 2006.

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**Author:** ![Nelson\_Pike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nelson\_Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nelson_Pike)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39661 "2015-11-20T22:22:06Z")

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Books and other creative works that had sequels (same author or otherwise) after a long hiatus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Stress Of Her Regard, by Tim Powers
3. Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger
4. “A Man and a Woman”, film by Claude Lelouch
5. “The Hobbit”, by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
7. The Last Detail, by Darryl Ponicsan
8. Ghostbusters
9. The Devil Went Down to Georgia
10. Bat Out of Hell, album by Meat Loaf
11. Mack the Knife (Original English version 1933, more successful covers by Louis Armstrong 1956 and Bobby Darin 1959)

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**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 20, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39662 "2015-11-20T22:30:31Z")

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I don’t think that’s what is meant by “sequel,” unless Kurt Weill wrote another song about Mack.

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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:** [November 21, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39663 "2015-11-21T00:24:31Z")

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Books and other creative works that had sequels (same author or otherwise) after a long hiatus

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Stress Of Her Regard, by Tim Powers
3. Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger
4. “A Man and a Woman”, film by Claude Lelouch
5. “The Hobbit”, by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
7. The Last Detail, by Darryl Ponicsan
8. Ghostbusters
9. The Devil Went Down to Georgia
10. Bat Out of Hell, album by Meat Loaf
11. Mack the Knife (Original English version 1933, more successful covers by Louis Armstrong 1956 and Bobby Darin 1959)
12. David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” (sequel song about Major Tom was “Ashes to Ashes”)

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