# 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:** 2082
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41625 "2016-02-24T03:53:28Z")
Rooms of the White House complex 1. Oval Office 2. The Lincoln Bedroom 3. The Roosevelt Room 4. The Bath Room 5. The Map Room 6. The Yellow Oval Room 7. The Red Room 8. Entrance Hall 9. The East Room 10. The Treaty Room 11. White House Situation Room ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41626 "2016-02-24T04:59:05Z")
Rooms of the White House complex 1. Oval Office 2. The Lincoln Bedroom 3. The Roosevelt Room 4. State Dining Room 5. The Map Room 6. The Yellow Oval Room 7. The Red Room 8. Entrance Hall 9. The East Room 10. The Treaty Room 11. White House Situation Room The original #4 was obviously a joke; Wiki and Google show no such particularly-named WH room. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41627 "2016-02-24T06:13:10Z")
Rooms of the White House complex 1. Oval Office 2. The Lincoln Bedroom 3. The Roosevelt Room 4. State Dining Room 5. The Map Room 6. The Yellow Oval Room 7. The Red Room 8. Entrance Hall 9. The East Room 10. The Treaty Room 11. White House Situation Room 12. The Queen’s Sitting Room ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41628 "2016-02-24T06:17:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The original #4 was obviously a joke; Wiki and Google show no such particularly-named WH room. I’ll admit I was tempted to use the Steam Pipe Trunk Distribution Venue. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41629 "2016-02-24T13:54:39Z")
Rooms of the White House complex 1. Oval Office 2. The Lincoln Bedroom 3. The Roosevelt Room 4. State Dining Room 5. The Map Room 6. The Yellow Oval Room 7. The Red Room 8. Entrance Hall 9. The East Room 10. The Treaty Room 11. White House Situation Room 12. The Queen’s Sitting Room 13. Vermeil Room > **[Vermeil Room](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermeil_Room)** > > The Vermeil Room (/ˈvɜːrməl/ VUR-məl; French: \[vɛʁˈmɛj\]) is located on the ground floor of the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States. The room houses a collection of silver-gilt or vermeil tableware, a 1956 bequest to the White House by Margaret Thompson Biddle. Portraits of American First Ladies hang in the room. > The Vermeil Room was originally a staff work room used for storage and later for polishing silver. Theodore Roosevelt's 1902 renovation of the White... Pass. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41630 "2016-02-24T14:15:49Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41631 "2016-02-24T14:48:54Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey 2. The Stand by Stephen King ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41632 "2016-02-24T16:21:38Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey 2. The Stand by Stephen King 3. _Trilby_ by George du Maurier The archtype ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41633 "2016-02-24T16:44:35Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey 2. The Stand by Stephen King 3. Trilby by George du Maurier 4. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41634 "2016-02-24T16:52:29Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey 2. The Stand by Stephen King 3. Trilby by George du Maurier 4. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty 5. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever by Alan Jay Lerner & others Broadway musical/later a movie. The stage show and the movie have very different plots but share a few of the same songs and both involve a psychologist hypnotizing a person into reliving past lives. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41635 "2016-02-24T17:31:26Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. _The Stingray Shuffle_ by Tim Dorsey 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _Trilby_ by George du Maurier 4. _The Exorcist_ by William Peter Blatty 5. _On A Clear Day You Can See Forever_ by Alan Jay Lerner & others 6. _The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari_ ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41636 "2016-02-24T18:00:05Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. _The Stingray Shuffle_ by Tim Dorsey 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _Trilby_ by George du Maurier 4. _The Exorcist_ by William Peter Blatty 5. _On A Clear Day You Can See Forever_ by Alan Jay Lerner & others 6. _The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari_ 7. “The Illustrious Client,” Arthur Conan Doyle In the original story, Baron Gruner reveals he is using hypnosis to retain his hold on his young fiancee. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41637 "2016-02-24T18:17:24Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. _The Stingray Shuffle_ by Tim Dorsey 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _Trilby_ by George du Maurier 4. _The Exorcist_ by William Peter Blatty 5. _On A Clear Day You Can See Forever_ by Alan Jay Lerner & others 6. _The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari_ 7. “The Illustrious Client,” Arthur Conan Doyle 8. _The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar_ by Edgar Allan Poe ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41638 "2016-02-24T20:31:40Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. _The Stingray Shuffle_ by Tim Dorsey 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _Trilby_ by George du Maurier 4. _The Exorcist_ by William Peter Blatty 5. _On A Clear Day You Can See Forever_ by Alan Jay Lerner & others 6. _The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari_ 7. “The Illustrious Client,” Arthur Conan Doyle 8. _The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar_ by Edgar Allan Poe 9. _The Summer of Katya_ by Trevanian ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41639 "2016-02-24T20:57:24Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. _The Stingray Shuffle_ by Tim Dorsey 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _Trilby_ by George du Maurier 4. _The Exorcist_ by William Peter Blatty 5. _On A Clear Day You Can See Forever_ by Alan Jay Lerner & others 6. _The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari_ 7. “The Illustrious Client,” Arthur Conan Doyle 8. _The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar_ by Edgar Allan Poe 9. _The Summer of Katya_ by Trevanian 10. - The Moonstone \* by Wilkie Collins A crime is committed and then solved under a laudanum-induced hypnosis ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41640 "2016-02-24T21:45:19Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. _The Stingray Shuffle_ by Tim Dorsey 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _Trilby_ by George du Maurier 4. _The Exorcist_ by William Peter Blatty 5. _On A Clear Day You Can See Forever_ by Alan Jay Lerner & others 6. _The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari_ 7. “The Illustrious Client,” Arthur Conan Doyle 8. _The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar_ by Edgar Allan Poe 9. _The Summer of Katya_ by Trevanian 10. - The Moonstone \* by Wilkie Collins 11. _False Memory_ by Dean Koontz I checked the audio version of this one out from the library. It was indescribably awful and I returned it before listening to all of the first disk, but it’s about an evil psychiatrist who implants false memories under hypnosis. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41641 "2016-02-24T21:52:14Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey 2. The Stand by Stephen King 3. Trilby by George du Maurier 4. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty 5. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever by Alan Jay Lerner & others 6. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 7. “The Illustrious Client,” Arthur Conan Doyle 8. The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe 9. The Summer of Katya by Trevanian 10. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 11. False Memory by Dean Koontz 12.Silence of the Lambs. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41642 "2016-02-24T22:11:40Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: > > 1. The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey > 2. The Stand by Stephen King > 3. Trilby by George du Maurier > 4. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty > 5. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever by Alan Jay Lerner & others > 6. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari > 7. “The Illustrious Client,” Arthur Conan Doyle > 8. The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe > 9. The Summer of Katya by Trevanian > 10. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins > 11. False Memory by Dean Koontz > [del]12.Silence of the Lambs.[/del] 1. Hannibal ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41643 "2016-02-24T22:32:55Z")
Fiction with Hypnosis storyline: 1. The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey 2. The Stand by Stephen King 3. Trilby by George du Maurier 4. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty 5. On A Clear Day You Can See Forever by Alan Jay Lerner & others 6. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 7. “The Illustrious Client,” Arthur Conan Doyle 8. The Facts In The Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe 9. The Summer of Katya by Trevanian 10. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 11. False Memory by Dean Koontz 12. Hannibal 13. Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson made into the film Somewhere in Time, where the character played by Christopher Reeve travels back in time via self-hypnosis New Category: What you don’t want to find out when waking up after being hypnotized 14. You’re married to someone you never met before ---
**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:** [February 24, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41644 "2016-02-24T22:38:42Z")
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