# 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:** 2351

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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:** [October 21, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47006 "2016-10-21T20:30:13Z")

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Great Chicago Cubs players

1. Ernie Banks
2. Billy Williams
3. Ryne Sandberg
4. Fergie Jenkins
5. Greg Maddux
6. Kerry Wood
7. Andre Dawson
8. Hack Wilson

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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:** [October 21, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47007 "2016-10-21T20:45:03Z")

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Great Chicago Cubs players

1. Ernie Banks
2. Billy Williams
3. Ryne Sandberg
4. Fergie Jenkins
5. Greg Maddux
6. Kerry Wood
7. Andre Dawson
8. Hack Wilson
9. Rick Monday

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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:** [October 21, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47008 "2016-10-21T21:29:15Z")

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Great Chicago Cubs players

1. Ernie Banks
2. Billy Williams
3. Ryne Sandberg
4. Fergie Jenkins
5. Greg Maddux
6. Kerry Wood
7. Andre Dawson
8. Hack Wilson
9. Rick Monday
10. Hank Sauer

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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:** [October 22, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47009 "2016-10-22T01:43:52Z")

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Great Chicago Cubs players

1. Ernie Banks
2. Billy Williams
3. Ryne Sandberg
4. Fergie Jenkins
5. Greg Maddux
6. Kerry Wood
7. Andre Dawson
8. Hack Wilson
9. Rick Monday
10. Hank Sauer
11. Ron Santo

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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:** [October 22, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47010 "2016-10-22T02:57:30Z")

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Great Chicago Cubs players

1. Ernie Banks
2. Billy Williams
3. Ryne Sandberg
4. Fergie Jenkins
5. Greg Maddux
6. Kerry Wood
7. Andre Dawson
8. Hack Wilson
9. Rick Monday
10. Hank Sauer
11. Ron Santo
12. Mordecai “Three-finger” Brown  
Ding ding ding, Astorian. Santo has the highest career WAR of any 20th century Cub.

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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:** [October 22, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47011 "2016-10-22T04:33:43Z")

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Great Chicago Cubs players

1. Ernie Banks
2. Billy Williams
3. Ryne Sandberg
4. Fergie Jenkins
5. Greg Maddux
6. Kerry Wood
7. Andre Dawson
8. Hack Wilson
9. Rick Monday
10. Hank Sauer
11. Ron Santo
12. Mordecai “Three-finger” Brown
13. Cap Anson

A Hall of Famer but a racist: [Cap Anson - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_Anson)

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47012 "2016-10-22T04:41:08Z")

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare
2. The Bible

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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:** [October 22, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47013 "2016-10-22T04:54:30Z")

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare
2. The Bible
3. Ancient astronomy

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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:** [October 22, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47014 "2016-10-22T05:18:18Z")

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare
2. The Bible
3. Ancient astronomy
4. Omsk

In the biographical entry on V K Zworykin

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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:** [October 22, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47015 "2016-10-22T13:01:05Z")

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare
2. The Bible
3. Ancient astronomy
4. Omsk
5. Advice for writers

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47016 "2016-10-22T13:27:57Z")

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare
2. The Bible
3. Ancient astronomy
4. Omsk
5. Advice for writers
6. Mathematics

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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:** [October 22, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47017 "2016-10-22T13:44:42Z")

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare
2. The Bible
3. Ancient astronomy
4. Omsk
5. Advice for writers
6. Mathematics
7. Dirty jokes (I’m serious)

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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:** [October 22, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47018 "2016-10-22T13:49:12Z")

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare
2. The Bible
3. Ancient astronomy
4. Omsk
5. Advice for writers
6. Mathematics
7. Dirty jokes (I’m serious)
8. The elements

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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:** [October 22, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47019 "2016-10-22T15:07:17Z")

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare
2. The Bible
3. Ancient astronomy
4. Omsk
5. Advice for writers
6. Mathematics
7. Dirty jokes (I’m serious)
8. The elements
9. “Don Juan” by Lord Byron

Asimov wrote a book length annotation

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47020 "2016-10-22T15:35:46Z")

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare
2. The Bible
3. Ancient astronomy
4. Omsk
5. Advice for writers
6. Mathematics
7. Dirty jokes (I’m serious)
8. The elements
9. “Don Juan” by Lord Byron
10. Physics

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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:** [October 22, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47021 "2016-10-22T15:57:17Z")

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare
2. The Bible
3. Ancient astronomy
4. Omsk
5. Advice for writers
6. Mathematics
7. Dirty jokes (I’m serious)
8. The elements
9. “Don Juan” by Lord Byron
10. Physics
11. The Roman empire

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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:** [October 22, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47022 "2016-10-22T17:58:32Z")

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare
2. The Bible
3. Ancient astronomy
4. Omsk
5. Advice for writers
6. Mathematics
7. Dirty jokes (I’m serious)
8. The elements
9. “Don Juan” by Lord Byron
10. Physics
11. The Roman empire
12. Lecherous Limericks

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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:** [October 22, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47023 "2016-10-22T18:25:08Z")

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Nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. Shakespeare
2. The Bible
3. Ancient astronomy
4. Omsk
5. Advice for writers
6. Mathematics
7. Dirty jokes (I’m serious)
8. The elements
9. “Don Juan” by Lord Byron
10. Physics
11. The Roman empire
12. Lecherous Limericks
13. Halley’s Comet

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Another thirteen nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. The birth and death of stars

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**Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47024 "2016-10-22T19:25:29Z")

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Another thirteen nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. The birth and death of stars
2. Constantinople

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**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47025 "2016-10-23T02:55:56Z")

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Another thirteen nonfiction things Isaac Asimov wrote about

1. The birth and death of stars
2. Constantinople
3. The end of the world

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