# 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:** 2117
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42325 "2016-03-31T15:31:16Z")
Classic authors / works that have been made into film 1. Charlotte Bronte / Jane Eyre 2. Alexandre Dumas / The Three Musketeers 3. William Shakespeare / Much Ado About Nothing (several times) 4. Bram Stoker / Dracula 5. Laurence Sterne / Tristram Shandy 6. James Fennimore Cooper / Last of the Mohicans 7. Jane Austen/Pride and Prejudice 8. Leo Tolstoy / War and Peace 9. Henry Fielding / Tom Jones 10. Emily Bronte / Wuthering Heights 11. Charles Dickens/ Oliver Twist (many times) 12. Beowulf (many times) ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42326 "2016-03-31T15:44:40Z")
Classic authors / works that have been made into film 1. Charlotte Bronte / Jane Eyre 2. Alexandre Dumas / The Three Musketeers 3. William Shakespeare / Much Ado About Nothing (several times) 4. Bram Stoker / Dracula 5. Laurence Sterne / Tristram Shandy 6. James Fennimore Cooper / Last of the Mohicans 7. Jane Austen/Pride and Prejudice 8. Leo Tolstoy / War and Peace 9. Henry Fielding / Tom Jones 10. Emily Bronte / Wuthering Heights 11. Charles Dickens/ Oliver Twist (many times) 12. Beowulf (many times) 13. Thomas Malory / Le Morte d’Arthur (many times) New category: English counties 1. Kent ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42327 "2016-03-31T16:19:26Z")
English counties 1. Kent 2. Somerset ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42328 "2016-03-31T16:36:07Z")
English counties 1. Kent 2. Somerset 3. Yorkshire Home to a lot of my ancestors. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42329 "2016-03-31T16:46:17Z")
English counties 1. Kent 2. Somerset 3. Yorkshire 4. Worcestershire ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42330 "2016-03-31T17:13:58Z")
English counties 1. Kent 2. Somerset 3. Yorkshire 4. Worcestershire 5. East Anglia ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42331 "2016-03-31T17:14:07Z")
English counties 1. Kent 2. Somerset 3. Yorkshire 4. Worcestershire 5. Cornwall ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42332 "2016-03-31T17:46:51Z")
English counties 1. Kent 2. Somerset 3. Yorkshire 4. Worcestershire 5. East Anglia 6. Cornwall 7. Sussex I always preferred the southern Saxons to their snooty cousins in the other geographic directions. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42333 "2016-03-31T18:33:28Z")
English counties 1. Kent 2. Somerset 3. Yorkshire 4. Worcestershire 5. East Anglia 6. Cornwall 7. Sussex 8. Hertfordshire ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42334 "2016-03-31T18:36:05Z")
English counties 1. Kent 2. Somerset 3. Yorkshire 4. Worcestershire 5. East Anglia 6. Cornwall 7. Sussex 8. Hertfordshire 9. Avon ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42335 "2016-03-31T18:40:59Z")
English counties 1. Kent 2. Somerset 3. Yorkshire 4. Worcestershire 5. East Anglia 6. Cornwall 7. Sussex 8. Hertfordshire 9. Avon 10. Lancashire ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42336 "2016-03-31T19:25:42Z")
English counties 1. Kent 2. Somerset 3. Yorkshire 4. Worcestershire 5. East Anglia 6. Cornwall 7. Sussex 8. Hertfordshire 9. Avon 10. Lancashire 11. Staffordshire Where my ancestors, potters from Stoke-on-Trent, came from. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42337 "2016-03-31T20:15:43Z")
English counties 1. Kent 2. Somerset 3. Yorkshire 4. Worcestershire 5. East Anglia 6. Cornwall 7. Sussex 8. Hertfordshire 9. Avon 10. Lancashire 11. Staffordshire 12. Wessex ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42338 "2016-03-31T21:23:07Z")
English counties 1. Kent 2. Somerset 3. Yorkshire 4. Worcestershire 5. East Anglia 6. Cornwall 7. Sussex 8. Hertfordshire 9. Avon 10. Lancashire 11. Staffordshire 12. Wessex 13. Middlesex (abolished in 1965, now part of Greater London) Such a pity, that county had the best name ever… Next: Click Wikipedia’s [Random Article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random) and post what comes up. 1. [Asoka (1955 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asoka_(1955_film)) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42339 "2016-03-31T21:45:09Z")
Next: Click Wikipedia’s [Random Article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random) and post what comes up. 1. [Asoka (1955 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asoka_(1955_film)) 2. [Altamont, Kansas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont,_Kansas) ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42340 "2016-03-31T21:49:36Z")
Next: Click Wikipedia’s [Random Article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random) and post what comes up. 1. [Asoka (1955 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asoka_(1955_film)) 2. [Altamont, Kansas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont,_Kansas) 3. [List of minor planets/110700 - 110800](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_planets/110701%E2%80%93110800) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42341 "2016-03-31T21:53:47Z")
Next: Click Wikipedia’s Random Article and post what comes up. 1. Asoka (1955 film) 2. Altamont, Kansas 3. List of minor planets/110700 - 110800 4. Death growl ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42342 "2016-03-31T22:00:06Z")
Next: Click Wikipedia’s Random Article and post what comes up. 1. Asoka (1955 film) 2. Altamont, Kansas 3. List of minor planets/110700 - 110800 4. Death growl 5. [Uzbekistan at the 1998 Asian Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan_at_the_1998_Asian_Games) ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42343 "2016-03-31T22:09:59Z")
Click Wikipedia’s [Random Article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random) and post what comes up. 1. [Asoka (1955 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asoka_(1955_film)) 2. [Altamont, Kansas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont,_Kansas) 3. [List of minor planets/110700 - 110800](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_planets/110701%E2%80%93110800) 4. [Death growl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_growl) 5. [Uzbekistan at the 1998 Asian Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan_at_the_1998_Asian_Games) 6. [Fred B. Wells](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_B._Wells) ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42344 "2016-03-31T22:22:13Z")
Click Wikipedia’s [Random Article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random) and post what comes up. 1. [Asoka (1955 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asoka_(1955_film)) 2. [Altamont, Kansas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont,_Kansas) 3. [List of minor planets/110700 - 110800](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_planets/110701%E2%80%93110800) 4. [Death growl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_growl) 5. [Uzbekistan at the 1998 Asian Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan_at_the_1998_Asian_Games) 6. [Fred B. Wells](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_B._Wells) 7. [Manika, Kolwezi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manika,_Kolwezi) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2116) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2118)