# 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\
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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 25, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43866 "2016-05-25T06:11:30Z")

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Protest Songs (Not Necessarily by Dylan)

1. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry Maguire
2. “Give Peace a Chance” by John and Yoko and Company
3. “Biko” by Peter Gabriel

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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 25, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43867 "2016-05-25T11:33:10Z")

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Protest Songs (Not Necessarily by Dylan)

1. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry Maguire
2. “Give Peace a Chance” by John and Yoko and Company
3. “Biko” by Peter Gabriel
4. “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan

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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 25, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43868 "2016-05-25T12:25:08Z")

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Protest Songs (Not Necessarily by Dylan)

1. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry Maguire
2. “Give Peace a Chance” by John and Yoko and Company
3. “Biko” by Peter Gabriel
4. “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan
5. “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” by Pete Seeger

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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 25, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43869 "2016-05-25T12:28:08Z")

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Protest Songs (Not Necessarily by Dylan)

1. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry Maguire
2. “Give Peace a Chance” by John and Yoko and Company
3. “Biko” by Peter Gabriel
4. “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan
5. “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” by Pete Seeger
6. “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish

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**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:** [May 25, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43870 "2016-05-25T13:29:13Z")

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Protest Songs (Not Necessarily by Dylan)

1. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry Maguire
2. “Give Peace a Chance” by John and Yoko and Company
3. “Biko” by Peter Gabriel
4. “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan
5. “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” by Pete Seeger
6. “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish
7. “Born on the Fourth of July” by Tom Paxton

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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 25, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43871 "2016-05-25T13:32:14Z")

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Protest Songs (Not Necessarily by Dylan)

1. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry Maguire
2. “Give Peace a Chance” by John and Yoko and Company
3. “Biko” by Peter Gabriel
4. “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan
5. “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” by Pete Seeger
6. “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish
7. “Born on the Fourth of July” by Tom Paxton
8. “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister

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**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:** [May 25, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43872 "2016-05-25T13:37:34Z")

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Protest Songs (Not Necessarily by Dylan)

1. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry Maguire
2. “Give Peace a Chance” by John and Yoko and Company
3. “Biko” by Peter Gabriel
4. “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan
5. “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” by Pete Seeger
6. “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish
7. “Born on the Fourth of July” by Tom Paxton
8. “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister
9. “Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream” by Ed McCurdy

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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 25, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43873 "2016-05-25T13:43:12Z")

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Protest Songs (Not Necessarily by Dylan)

1. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry Maguire
2. “Give Peace a Chance” by John and Yoko and Company
3. “Biko” by Peter Gabriel
4. “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan
5. “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” by Pete Seeger
6. “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish
7. “Born on the Fourth of July” by Tom Paxton
8. “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister
9. “Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream” by Ed McCurdy
10. “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against the Machine

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43874 "2016-05-25T13:44:18Z")

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Protest Songs (Not Necessarily by Dylan)

1. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry Maguire
2. “Give Peace a Chance” by John and Yoko and Company
3. “Biko” by Peter Gabriel
4. “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan
5. “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” by Pete Seeger
6. “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish
7. “Born on the Fourth of July” by Tom Paxton
8. “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister
9. “Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream” by Ed McCurdy
10. “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against the Machine
11. “Ohio” by CSN(Y)

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**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:** [May 25, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43875 "2016-05-25T14:16:24Z")

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Protest Songs (Not Necessarily by Dylan)

1. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry Maguire
2. “Give Peace a Chance” by John and Yoko and Company
3. “Biko” by Peter Gabriel
4. “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan
5. “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” by Pete Seeger
6. “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish
7. “Born on the Fourth of July” by Tom Paxton
8. “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister
9. “Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream” by Ed McCurdy
10. “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against the Machine
11. “Ohio” by CSN(Y)
12. “I Ain’t A Marching Anymore” by Phil Ochs

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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:** [May 25, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43876 "2016-05-25T15:00:34Z")

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Protest Songs (Not Necessarily by Dylan)

1. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry Maguire
2. “Give Peace a Chance” by John and Yoko and Company
3. “Biko” by Peter Gabriel
4. “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan
5. “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” by Pete Seeger
6. “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish
7. “Born on the Fourth of July” by Tom Paxton
8. “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister
9. “Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream” by Ed McCurdy
10. “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against the Machine
11. “Ohio” by CSN(Y)
12. “I Ain’t A Marching Anymore” by Phil Ochs
13. “If I Had A Rocket Launcher” by Bruce Cockburn

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Now-obscure Academy Award Best Picture nominees (and years they lost)

1. “The Racket” (1927)

From the first year Oscars were awarded.

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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 25, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43877 "2016-05-25T15:20:45Z")

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Now-obscure Academy Award Best Picture nominees (and years they lost)

1. “The Racket” (1927)
2. “The Patriot” (1928)

Won Best Adapted Screenplay and received four other nominations, including Best Picture. It is currently a lost film.

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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 25, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43878 "2016-05-25T15:29:05Z")

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Now-obscure Academy Award Best Picture nominees (and years they lost)

1. “The Racket” (1927)
2. “The Patriot” (1928)
3. “The Emigrants” (1973)  
Largely forgotten in spite of, or perhaps because of, featuring Max von Sydow running nudity.

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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 25, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43879 "2016-05-25T15:34:31Z")

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Now-obscure Academy Award Best Picture nominees (and years they lost)

1. “The Racket” (1927)
2. “The Patriot” (1928)
3. “The Emigrants” (1973)
4. _Blossoms in the Dust_ (1941)

Melodramatic biopic about a cause that’s no longer considered controversial.

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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 25, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43880 "2016-05-25T15:51:45Z")

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Now-obscure Academy Award Best Picture nominees (and years they lost)

1. “The Racket” (1927)
2. “The Patriot” (1928)
3. “The Emigrants” (1973)
4. _Blossoms in the Dust_ (1941)

Melodramatic biopic about a cause that’s no longer considered controversial.

I don’t know about that; it could be argued it’s about hate speech.

On topic: 5. In Old Arizona (1930)

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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 25, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43881 "2016-05-25T16:14:29Z")

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Now-obscure Academy Award Best Picture nominees (and years they lost)

1. “The Racket” (1927)
2. “The Patriot” (1928)
3. “The Emigrants” (1973)
4. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
5. “Wake Island” (1942)
6. “In Old Arizona” (1930)

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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 25, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43882 "2016-05-25T16:20:55Z")

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Now-obscure Academy Award Best Picture nominees (and years they lost)

1. “The Racket” (1927)
2. “The Patriot” (1928)
3. “The Emigrants” (1973)
4. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
5. “Wake Island” (1942)
6. “In Old Arizona” (1930)
7. “The More The Merrier” (1943)

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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 25, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43883 "2016-05-25T16:22:59Z")

</div>

Now-obscure Academy Award Best Picture nominees (and years they lost)

1. “The Racket” (1927)
2. “The Patriot” (1928)
3. “The Emigrants” (1973)
4. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
5. “Wake Island” (1942)
6. “In Old Arizona” (1930)
7. “The More The Merrier” (1943)
8. “Since You Went Away” (1944)

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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 25, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43884 "2016-05-25T16:35:52Z")

</div>

Now-obscure Academy Award Best Picture nominees (and years they lost)

1. “The Racket” (1927)
2. “The Patriot” (1928)
3. “The Emigrants” (1973)
4. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
5. “Wake Island” (1942)
6. “In Old Arizona” (1930)
7. “The More The Merrier” (1943)
8. “Since You Went Away” (1944)
9. “Z” (1969)

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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 25, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43885 "2016-05-25T16:41:05Z")

</div>

Now-obscure Academy Award Best Picture nominees (and years they lost)

1. “The Racket” (1927)
2. “The Patriot” (1928)
3. “The Emigrants” (1973)
4. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
5. “Wake Island” (1942)
6. “In Old Arizona” (1930)
7. “The More The Merrier” (1943)
8. “Since You Went Away” (1944)
9. “Z” (1969)
10. “Rachel, Rachel” (1968)

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