# 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:** 2163

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**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:** [May 6, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43246 "2016-05-06T16:23:30Z")

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Songwriting teams

1. Rogers and Hammerstein
2. Leiber & Stoller

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43247 "2016-05-06T16:29:42Z")

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Songwriting teams

1. Rogers and Hammerstein
2. Leiber & Stoller
3. Lennon & McCartney

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43248 "2016-05-06T16:32:41Z")

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Songwriting teams

1. Rogers and Hammerstein
2. Leiber & Stoller
3. Lennon & McCartney
4. Holland, Dozier and Holland

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43249 "2016-05-06T16:38:19Z")

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Songwriting teams

1. Rogers and Hammerstein
2. Leiber & Stoller
3. Lennon & McCartney
4. Holland, Dozier and Holland
5. Carole King and Gerry Goffin

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43250 "2016-05-06T16:46:33Z")

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Songwriting teams

1. Rogers and Hammerstein
2. Leiber & Stoller
3. Lennon & McCartney
4. Holland, Dozier and Holland
5. Carole King and Gerry Goffin
6. Elton John and Bernie Taupin

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43251 "2016-05-06T17:08:06Z")

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Songwriting teams

1. Rogers and Hammerstein
2. Leiber & Stoller
3. Lennon & McCartney
4. Holland, Dozier and Holland
5. Carole King and Gerry Goffin
6. Elton John and Bernie Taupin
7. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan

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**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:** [May 6, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43252 "2016-05-06T17:23:47Z")

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Songwriting teams

1. Rogers and Hammerstein
2. Leiber & Stoller
3. Lennon & McCartney
4. Holland, Dozier and Holland
5. Carole King and Gerry Goffin
6. Elton John and Bernie Taupin
7. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan
8. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43253 "2016-05-06T17:46:27Z")

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Songwriting teams

1. Rogers and Hammerstein
2. Leiber & Stoller
3. Lennon & McCartney
4. Holland, Dozier and Holland
5. Carole King and Gerry Goffin
6. Elton John and Bernie Taupin
7. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan
8. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
9. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Mann.

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43254 "2016-05-06T17:56:23Z")

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Songwriting teams

1. Rogers and Hammerstein
2. Leiber & Stoller
3. Lennon & McCartney
4. Holland, Dozier and Holland
5. Carole King and Gerry Goffin
6. Elton John and Bernie Taupin
7. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan
8. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
9. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Mann
10. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43255 "2016-05-06T18:02:52Z")

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Songwriting teams

1. Rogers and Hammerstein
2. Leiber & Stoller
3. Lennon & McCartney
4. Holland, Dozier and Holland
5. Carole King and Gerry Goffin
6. Elton John and Bernie Taupin
7. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan
8. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
9. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Mann
10. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
11. Gilbert & Sullivan

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43256 "2016-05-06T18:06:25Z")

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Songwriting teams

1. Rogers and Hammerstein
2. Leiber & Stoller
3. Lennon & McCartney
4. Holland, Dozier and Holland
5. Carole King and Gerry Goffin
6. Elton John and Bernie Taupin
7. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan
8. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
9. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Mann
10. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
11. Gilbert & Sullivan
12. Shankar Singh & Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal

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**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:** [May 6, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43257 "2016-05-06T18:16:41Z")

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Songwriting teams

1. Rogers and Hammerstein
2. Leiber & Stoller
3. Lennon & McCartney
4. Holland, Dozier and Holland
5. Carole King and Gerry Goffin
6. Elton John and Bernie Taupin
7. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan
8. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
9. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Mann
10. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
11. Gilbert & Sullivan
12. Shankar Singh & Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal
13. Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Pass

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43258 "2016-05-06T18:19:07Z")

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New! Indy 500 Racecar Drivers (It’s the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500, the Greatest Spectacle in Racing!)

1. Mario Andretti

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43259 "2016-05-06T18:54:40Z")

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Indy 500 Racecar Drivers (It’s the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500, the Greatest Spectacle in Racing!)

1. Mario Andretti
2. Jeff Gordon

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43260 "2016-05-06T18:59:41Z")

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> [@Sampiro](#):
>
> Indy 500 Racecar Drivers (It’s the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500, the Greatest Spectacle in Racing!)
> 
> 1. Mario Andretti
> 2. Jeff Gordon

Uh, he said INDY, not Nascar.

Indy 500 Racecar Drivers (It’s the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500, the Greatest Spectacle in Racing!)

1. Mario Andretti
2. Gordon Johncock (“Huh huh, he said…”)

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43261 "2016-05-06T19:12:27Z")

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Indy 500 Racecar Drivers (It’s the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500, the Greatest Spectacle in Racing!)

1. Mario Andretti
2. Gordon Johncock (“Huh huh, he said…”)
3. A.J. Foyt

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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:** [May 6, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43262 "2016-05-06T19:22:06Z")

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Indy 500 Racecar Drivers (It’s the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500, the Greatest Spectacle in Racing!)

1. Mario Andretti
2. Gordon Johncock (“Huh huh, he said…”)
3. A.J. Foyt
4. Barney Oldfield

When it was still called The Indiana State Fair", with a spare tire tied to the side of his car.

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**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:** [May 6, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43263 "2016-05-06T20:55:57Z")

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Indy 500 Racecar Drivers (It’s the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500, the Greatest Spectacle in Racing!)

1. Mario Andretti
2. Gordon Johncock (“Huh huh, he said…”)
3. A.J. Foyt
4. Barney Oldfield
5. Mario Andretti

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**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:** [May 6, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43264 "2016-05-06T21:47:52Z")

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1. Mario Andretti
2. Gordon Johncock (“Huh huh, he said…”)
3. A.J. Foyt
4. Barney Oldfield
5. Mario Andretti
6. Rick Mears

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**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:** [May 6, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43265 "2016-05-06T22:17:48Z")

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1. Mario Andretti
2. Gordon Johncock (“Huh huh, he said…”)
3. A.J. Foyt
4. Barney Oldfield
5. Rick Mears
6. Emerson Fittipaldi

re-numbering because Mario Andretti was repeated

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