# 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:** 2357

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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:** [October 28, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47126 "2016-10-28T13:23:18Z")

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Non-English movie characters played by actors using English accents.

1. Maximus - “Gladiator”
2. Tyrion Lannister - “Game of Thrones”
3. Every American Cary Grant ever played… like Brian Cruikshank in “Charade”
4. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - “Star Trek: Generations,” etc.
5. Grand Moff Tarkin - “Star Wars”
6. That little boy in “Les Miserables”

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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 28, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47127 "2016-10-28T13:25:18Z")

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Non-English movie characters played by actors using English accents.

1. Maximus - “Gladiator”
2. Tyrion Lannister - “Game of Thrones”
3. Every American Cary Grant ever played… like Brian Cruikshank in “Charade”
4. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - “Star Trek: Generations,” etc.
5. Grand Moff Tarkin - “Star Wars”
6. That little boy in “Les Miserables”
7. Dr. Zhivago

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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 28, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47128 "2016-10-28T15:44:30Z")

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Non-English movie characters played by actors using English accents.

1. Maximus - “Gladiator”
2. Tyrion Lannister - “Game of Thrones”
3. Every American Cary Grant ever played… like Brian Cruikshank in “Charade”
4. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - “Star Trek: Generations,” etc.
5. Grand Moff Tarkin - “Star Wars”
6. That little boy in “Les Miserables”
7. Dr. Zhivago
8. Charles and Mark Van Doren\* in “Quiz Show” (Ralph Fiennes and Paul Scofield)  
\*One of the most revered professors at my alma mater, Columbia

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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:** [October 28, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47129 "2016-10-28T15:49:59Z")

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Non-English movie characters played by actors using English accents.

1. Maximus - “Gladiator”
2. Tyrion Lannister - “Game of Thrones”
3. Every American Cary Grant ever played… like Brian Cruikshank in “Charade”
4. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - “Star Trek: Generations,” etc.
5. Grand Moff Tarkin - “Star Wars”
6. That little boy in “Les Miserables”
7. Dr. Zhivago
8. Charles and Mark Van Doren\* in “Quiz Show” (Ralph Fiennes and Paul Scofield)
9. Metatron- “Dogma”

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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 28, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47130 "2016-10-28T16:02:56Z")

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Non-English movie characters played by actors using English accents.

1. Maximus - “Gladiator”
2. Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier) - “Spartacus”
3. Every American Cary Grant ever played… like Brian Cruikshank in “Charade”
4. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - “Star Trek: Generations,” etc.
5. Grand Moff Tarkin - “Star Wars”
6. That little boy in “Les Miserables”
7. Dr. Zhivago
8. Charles and Mark Van Doren in “Quiz Show” (Ralph Fiennes and Paul Scofield)
9. Metatron - “Dogma”

Replaced #2. Tyrion is not a movie character.

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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 28, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47131 "2016-10-28T16:03:47Z")

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Non-English movie characters played by actors using English accents.

1. Maximus - “Gladiator”
2. Tyrion Lannister - “Game of Thrones”
3. Every American Cary Grant ever played… like Brian Cruikshank in “Charade”
4. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - “Star Trek: Generations,” etc.
5. Grand Moff Tarkin - “Star Wars”
6. That little boy in “Les Miserables”
7. Dr. Zhivago
8. Charles and Mark Van Doren\* in “Quiz Show” (Ralph Fiennes and Paul Scofield)
9. Metatron- “Dogma”
10. Gandalf, in “Lord of the Rings”

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**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:** [October 28, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47132 "2016-10-28T16:25:25Z")

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Non-English movie characters played by actors using English accents.

1. Maximus - “Gladiator”
2. Tyrion Lannister - “Game of Thrones”
3. Every American Cary Grant ever played… like Brian Cruikshank in “Charade”
4. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - “Star Trek: Generations,” etc.
5. Grand Moff Tarkin - “Star Wars”
6. That little boy in “Les Miserables”
7. Dr. Zhivago
8. Charles and Mark Van Doren\* in “Quiz Show” (Ralph Fiennes and Paul Scofield)
9. Metatron- “Dogma”
10. Gandalf, in “Lord of the Rings”
11. Magneto, X-Men franchise

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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 28, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47133 "2016-10-28T16:58:02Z")

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Non-English movie characters played by actors using English accents.

1. Maximus - “Gladiator”
2. Tyrion Lannister - “Game of Thrones”
3. Every American Cary Grant ever played… like Brian Cruikshank in “Charade”
4. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - “Star Trek: Generations,” etc.
5. Grand Moff Tarkin - “Star Wars”
6. That little boy in “Les Miserables”
7. Dr. Zhivago
8. Charles and Mark Van Doren\* in “Quiz Show” (Ralph Fiennes and Paul Scofield)
9. Metatron- “Dogma”
10. Gandalf, in “Lord of the Rings”
11. Magneto, X-Men franchise
12. Hans Gruber in “Die Hard”

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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 28, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47134 "2016-10-28T17:27:26Z")

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Non-English movie characters played by actors using English accents.

1. Maximus - “Gladiator”
2. Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier) - “Spartacus”
3. Every American Cary Grant ever played… like Brian Cruikshank in “Charade”
4. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - “Star Trek: Generations,” etc.
5. Grand Moff Tarkin - “Star Wars”
6. That little boy in “Les Miserables”
7. Dr. Zhivago
8. Charles and Mark Van Doren in “Quiz Show” (Ralph Fiennes and Paul Scofield)
9. Metatron - “Dogma”
10. Gandalf, in “Lord of the Rings”
11. Magneto, “X-Men” franchise
12. Hans Gruber in “Die Hard”
13. Bilbo Baggins in “The Hobbit”

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Characters on HBO’s “Westworld”

1. Dolores Abernathy

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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 28, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47135 "2016-10-28T19:38:06Z")

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Characters on HBO’s “Westworld”

1. Dolores Abernathy
2. Maeve Millay

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**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:** [October 28, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47136 "2016-10-28T20:19:01Z")

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Characters on HBO’s “Westworld”

1. Dolores Abernathy
2. Maeve Millay
3. Bernard Lowe

I haven’t seen it yet, I’ll queue it up for Netflix.

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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 28, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47137 "2016-10-28T20:22:36Z")

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Characters on HBO’s “Westworld”

1. Dolores Abernathy
2. Maeve Millay
3. Bernard Lowe
4. Man In Black

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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:** [October 28, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47138 "2016-10-28T20:40:40Z")

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Characters on HBO’s “Westworld”

1. Dolores Abernathy
2. Maeve Millay
3. Bernard Lowe
4. Man In Black
5. Dr. Robert Ford

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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 28, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47139 "2016-10-28T20:50:07Z")

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Characters on HBO’s “Westworld”

1. Dolores Abernathy
2. Maeve Millay
3. Bernard Lowe
4. Man In Black
5. Dr. Robert Ford
6. Teddy Flood

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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 28, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47140 "2016-10-28T20:54:26Z")

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Characters on HBO’s “Westworld”

1. Dolores Abernathy
2. Maeve Millay
3. Bernard Lowe
4. Man In Black
5. Dr. Robert Ford
6. Teddy Flood
7. Mariposa Bartender

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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 29, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47141 "2016-10-29T05:14:46Z")

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Characters on HBO’s “Westworld”

1. Dolores Abernathy
2. Maeve Millay
3. Bernard Lowe
4. Man In Black
5. Dr. Robert Ford
6. Teddy Flood
7. Mariposa Bartender
8. Clementine Pennyfeather

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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 29, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47142 "2016-10-29T20:45:52Z")

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Characters on HBO’s “Westworld”

1. Dolores Abernathy
2. Maeve Millay
3. Bernard Lowe
4. Man In Black
5. Dr. Robert Ford
6. Teddy Flood
7. Mariposa Bartender
8. Clementine Pennyfeather
9. Gunslinger

Also the credit identity of the lead character, played by Yul Brynner, in the 1973 picture of the same title.

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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 29, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47143 "2016-10-29T20:55:41Z")

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Characters on HBO’s “Westworld”

1. Dolores Abernathy
2. Maeve Millay
3. Bernard Lowe
4. Man In Black
5. Dr. Robert Ford
6. Teddy Flood
7. Mariposa Bartender
8. Clementine Pennyfeather
9. Gunslinger
10. Armistice

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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:** [October 30, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47144 "2016-10-30T02:07:04Z")

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Characters on HBO’s “Westworld”

1. Dolores Abernathy
2. Maeve Millay
3. Bernard Lowe
4. Man In Black
5. Dr. Robert Ford
6. Teddy Flood
7. Mariposa Bartender
8. Clementine Pennyfeather
9. Gunslinger
10. Armistice
11. Hector Escaton

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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 30, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47145 "2016-10-30T14:40:36Z")

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Characters on HBO’s “Westworld”

1. Dolores Abernathy
2. Maeve Millay
3. Bernard Lowe
4. Man In Black
5. Dr. Robert Ford
6. Teddy Flood
7. Mariposa Bartender
8. Clementine Pennyfeather
9. Gunslinger
10. Armistice
11. Hector Escaton
12. Hector Escaton’s alter ego
13. Hector Escaton’s doppelganger

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Countries beginning with the same letter and sharing a common border:

1. Bolivia/Brazil

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