# 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:** 2433
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48646 "2017-01-01T07:58:26Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) 3. Ocean’s Eleven ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48647 "2017-01-01T09:14:26Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) 3. Ocean’s Eleven 4. Ten Little Indians ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48648 "2017-01-01T09:19:01Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) 3. Ocean’s Eleven 4. Ten Little Indian 5. Nine ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48649 "2017-01-01T11:13:54Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) 3. Ocean’s Eleven 4. Ten Little Indian 5. Nine 6. 8 Mile ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48650 "2017-01-01T12:54:43Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) 3. Ocean’s Eleven 4. Ten Little Indian 5. Nine 6. 8 Mile 7. Seven Seas of Rhye ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48651 "2017-01-01T13:12:25Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) 3. Ocean’s Eleven 4. Ten Little Indian 5. Nine 6. 8 Mile 7. Seven Seas of Rhye 8. Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48652 "2017-01-01T14:02:34Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) 3. Ocean’s Eleven 4. Ten Little Indian 5. Nine 6. 8 Mile 7. Seven Seas of Rhye 8. Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne 9. The Fifth Element ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48653 "2017-01-01T14:29:43Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) 3. Ocean’s Eleven 4. Ten Little Indians 5. Nine 6. 8 Mile 7. Seven Seas of Rhye 8. Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne 9. The Fifth Element 10. Four Weddings and a Funeral ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48654 "2017-01-01T14:35:37Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) 3. Ocean’s Eleven 4. Ten Little Indians 5. Nine 6. 8 Mile 7. Seven Seas of Rhye 8. Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne 9. The Fifth Element 10. Four Weddings and a Funeral 10.85840 . . . “The Life of Pi” ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48655 "2017-01-01T18:48:05Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) 3. Ocean’s Eleven 4. Ten Little Indians 5. Nine 6. 8 Mile 7. Seven Seas of Rhye 8. Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne 9. The Fifth Element 10. Four Weddings and a Funeral 11. Gimme Three Steps Not sure what Jtur88 was up to but I’ll get it on track again. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48656 "2017-01-01T19:04:09Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) 3. Ocean’s Eleven 4. Ten Little Indians 5. Nine 6. 8 Mile 7. Seven Seas of Rhye 8. Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne 9. The Fifth Element 10. Four Weddings and a Funeral 11. Gimme Three Steps 12. Two Broke Girls ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48657 "2017-01-01T19:54:31Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) 3. Ocean’s Eleven 4. Ten Little Indians 5. Nine 6. 8 Mile 7. Seven Seas of Rhye 8. Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne 9. The Fifth Element 10. Four Weddings and a Funeral 11. Gimme Three Steps 12. Two Broke Girls 13. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Famous events that took place on January 1 1. The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect (1863). ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48658 "2017-01-01T19:56:49Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > Not sure what Jtur88 was up to but I’ll get it on track again. The sum of the entry number and the titled referenced number is 14. So The Life of Pi would be 10.85840 + 3.14159. We also could have used [5-1/2. = Fellini’s “8-1/2”.] ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48659 "2017-01-01T19:59:57Z")
Famous events that took place on January 1 1. The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect (1863). 2. All race horses become one year older, and 2-year-olds race as 3-year olds. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48660 "2017-01-01T20:03:59Z")
Famous events that took place on January 1 1. The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect (1863). 2. All race horses become one year older, and 2-year-olds race as 3-year olds. 3. The Euro becomes the official currency of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain (2002). ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48661 "2017-01-01T20:39:50Z")
Famous events that took place on January 1 1. The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect (1863). 2. All race horses become one year older, and 2-year-olds race as 3-year olds. 3. The Euro becomes the official currency of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain (2002). 4. Regular mail delivery starts between New York and Boston (1673) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48662 "2017-01-01T22:48:53Z")
Famous events that took place on January 1 1. The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect (1863). 2. All race horses become one year older, and 2-year-olds race as 3-year olds. 3. The Euro becomes the official currency of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain (2002). 4. Regular mail delivery starts between New York and Boston (1673) 5. Michigan becomes the first state to abolish capital punishment (1847) ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48663 "2017-01-01T23:32:53Z")
Famous events that took place on January 1 1. The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect (1863). 2. All race horses become one year older, and 2-year-olds race as 3-year olds. 3. The Euro becomes the official currency of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain (2002). 4. Regular mail delivery starts between New York and Boston (1673) 5. Michigan becomes the first state to abolish capital punishment (1847) 6. Cigarette advertisements are banned from American television (1971) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48664 "2017-01-02T00:31:27Z")
Famous events that took place on January 1 1. The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect (1863). 2. All race horses become one year older, and 2-year-olds race as 3-year olds. 3. The Euro becomes the official currency of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain (2002). 4. Regular mail delivery starts between New York and Boston (1673) 5. Michigan becomes the first state to abolish capital punishment (1847) 6. Cigarette advertisements are banned from American television (1971) 7. The neew year, 1600, begins in Scotland. England would not synch with a January 1 New Year until 152 years later. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48665 "2017-01-02T00:40:04Z")
Famous events that took place on January 1 1. The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect (1863). 2. All race horses become one year older, and 2-year-olds race as 3-year olds. 3. The Euro becomes the official currency of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain (2002). 4. Regular mail delivery starts between New York and Boston (1673) 5. Michigan becomes the first state to abolish capital punishment (1847) 6. Cigarette advertisements are banned from American television (1971) 7. The neew year, 1600, begins in Scotland. England would not synch with a January 1 New Year until 152 years later. 8. First ball dropped in Times Square at Midnight on 1/1/1908 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2432) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2434)