# 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:** 2123
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42445 "2016-04-05T17:04:17Z")
Third novel (or story) of a mystery series and the detective(s) 1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small) 2. She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series, Martha Ayers) 3. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot) 4. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Milhone, Alphabet series) 5. All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta) 6. Death of an Outsider by M. C. Beaton(Hamish MacBeth) 7. The Burglar Who Liked To Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block (Bernie Rhodenbarr) 8. A Purple Place for Dying by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee) 9. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson (Lisbeth Salander and Mikhael Bloomkvist) 10. Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey) 11. The Rubber Band by Rex Stout (Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin) 12. A Scandal In Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42446 "2016-04-05T18:44:26Z")
Third novel (or story) of a mystery series and the detective(s) 1. Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (Rabbi Small) 2. She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (Ballad Series, Martha Ayers) 3. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot) 4. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Milhone, Alphabet series) 5. All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta) 6. Death of an Outsider by M. C. Beaton (Hamish MacBeth) 7. The Burglar Who Liked To Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block (Bernie Rhodenbarr) 8. A Purple Place for Dying by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee) 9. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson (Lisbeth Salander and Mikhael Bloomkvist) 10. Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey) 11. The Rubber Band by Rex Stout (Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin) 12. A Scandal In Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) 13. Mortal Stakes by Robert Parker (Spenser) Next category: Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42447 "2016-04-05T18:51:39Z")
Next category: Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) 2. Joe Biden (2009-Present) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42448 "2016-04-05T18:52:17Z")
Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) 2. Joe Biden (2009-Present) 3. William Rufus Devane King (1853-1853) Veep for 6 weeks, during which he never set foot in D.C… He was probably romantically involved with James Buchanan. He was never replaced and thus Pierce served all but 6 weeks of his presidency with an VP. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42449 "2016-04-05T18:55:03Z")
Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) 2. Joe Biden (2009-Present) 3. William Rufus Devane King (1853-1853) 4. Walter Mondale (1977-1981) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42450 "2016-04-05T19:33:10Z")
Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) 2. Joe Biden (2009-present) 3. William Rufus Devane King (1853-1853) 4. Walter Mondale (1977-1981) 5. John Adams (1789-97) "My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived… In this I am nothing, but I may be everything.” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42451 "2016-04-05T20:23:53Z")
Sit down, John! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42452 "2016-04-05T20:36:40Z")
Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) 2. Joe Biden (2009-present) 3. William Rufus Devane King (1853-1853) 4. Walter Mondale (1977-1981) 5. John Adams (1789-97) 6. Aaron Burr (1801-1805) Had to look up whether he continued as Veep after killing Hamilton or not. He did, but after first running to South Carolina where his son-in-law was governor and staying out of New York and New Jersey until the charges against him were dropped on technicalities. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42453 "2016-04-05T21:21:27Z")
Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) 2. Joe Biden (2009-present) 3. William Rufus Devane King (1853-1853) 4. Walter Mondale (1977-1981) 5. John Adams (1789-97) 6. Aaron Burr (1801-1805) 7. Alben W. Barkley (1949-53) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42454 "2016-04-05T21:29:36Z")
Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) 2. Joe Biden (2009-present) 3. William Rufus Devane King (1853-1853) 4. Walter Mondale (1977-1981) 5. John Adams (1789-97) 6. Aaron Burr (1801-1805) 7. Alben W. Barkley (1949-53) 8. Spiro T. Agnew (1969-1973) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42455 "2016-04-05T23:15:19Z")
Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) 2. Joe Biden (2009-present) 3. William Rufus Devane King (1853-1853) 4. Walter Mondale (1977-1981) 5. John Adams (1789-97) 6. Aaron Burr (1801-1805) 7. Alben W. Barkley (1949-53) 8. Spiro T. Agnew (1969-1973) 9. George Clinton (1805-1812) Our funkiest Vice President. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42456 "2016-04-05T23:22:01Z")
Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) 2. Joe Biden (2009-present) 3. William Rufus Devane King (1853-1853) 4. Walter Mondale (1977-1981) 5. John Adams (1789-97) 6. Aaron Burr (1801-1805) 7. Alben W. Barkley (1949-53) 8. Spiro T. Agnew (1969-1973) 9. George Clinton (1805-1812) 10. John Tyler (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841) And then William Henry Harrison died. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42457 "2016-04-05T23:51:07Z")
Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) 2. Joe Biden (2009-present) 3. William Rufus Devane King (1853-1853) 4. Walter Mondale (1977-1981) 5. John Adams (1789-97) 6. Aaron Burr (1801-1805) 7. Alben W. Barkley (1949-53) 8. Spiro T. Agnew (1969-1973) 9. George Clinton (1805-1812) 10. John Tyler (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841) 11. Richard Nixon (1953 - 1961) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42458 "2016-04-06T01:25:59Z")
Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) 2. Joe Biden (2009-present) 3. William Rufus Devane King (1853-1853) 4. Walter Mondale (1977-1981) 5. John Adams (1789-97) 6. Aaron Burr (1801-1805) 7. Alben W. Barkley (1949-53) 8. Spiro T. Agnew (1969-1973) 9. George Clinton (1805-1812) 10. John Tyler (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841) 11. Richard Nixon (1953 - 1961) 12. Richard “Dick” 666 Cheney (2001-2009) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42459 "2016-04-06T03:06:11Z")
Vice Presidents of the United States (and years served) 1. Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65) 2. Joe Biden (2009-present) 3. William Rufus Devane King (1853-1853) 4. Walter Mondale (1977-1981) 5. John Adams (1789-97) 6. Aaron Burr (1801-1805) 7. Alben W. Barkley (1949-53) 8. Spiro T. Agnew (1969-1973) 9. George Clinton (1805-1812) 10. John Tyler (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841) 11. Richard Nixon (1953 - 1961) 12. Richard “Dick” 666 Cheney (2001-2009) 13. Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-63) Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role 14. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42460 "2016-04-06T03:26:57Z")
Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role 1. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films 2. Leslie Nielsen, Everything before Airplane! / Everything from Airplane! onward. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42461 "2016-04-06T03:37:41Z")
Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role 1. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films 2. Leslie Nielsen, Everything before Airplane! / Everything from Airplane! onward. 3. Marilyn Chambers, “Behind the Green Door” (hardcore porn)/ “Rabid” (Cronenberg horror film) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42462 "2016-04-06T03:45:26Z")
Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role 1. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films 2. Leslie Nielsen, Everything before Airplane! / Everything from Airplane! onward. 3. Marilyn Chambers, “Behind the Green Door” (hardcore porn)/ “Rabid” (Cronenberg horror film) 4. Bryan Cranston, Walter White in _Breaking Bad_ / Hal in _Malcolm in the Middle_ ---
**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:** [April 6, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42463 "2016-04-06T04:22:30Z")
Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role 1. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films 2. Leslie Nielsen, Everything before Airplane! / Everything from Airplane! onward. 3. Marilyn Chambers, “Behind the Green Door” (hardcore porn)/ “Rabid” (Cronenberg horror film) 4. Bryan Cranston, Walter White in Breaking Bad / Hal in Malcolm in the Middle 5. Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Bennet in “Pride & Prejudice”/Elizabeth Swann in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42464 "2016-04-06T04:30:12Z")
Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role 1. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films 2. Leslie Nielsen, Everything before Airplane! / Everything from Airplane! onward. 3. Marilyn Chambers, “Behind the Green Door” (hardcore porn)/ “Rabid” (Cronenberg horror film) 4. Bryan Cranston, Walter White in Breaking Bad / Hal in Malcolm in the Middle 5. Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Bennet in “Pride & Prejudice”/Elizabeth Swann in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies 6. Alan Rickman,- “Dangerous Liaisons” / “Galaxy Quest” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2122) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2124)