# 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:** 2473
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49446 "2017-02-05T17:45:46Z")
Famous quarterbacks. 1. Peyton Manning 2. Joe Namath 3. Tim Tebow (you never said GOOD quarterbacks, just famous) 4. Eli Manning 5. Johnny Unitas 6. Jack Kemp Probably more famous as a politician and presidential candidate than as a quarterback ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49447 "2017-02-05T17:58:10Z")
Famous quarterbacks. 1. Peyton Manning 2. Joe Namath 3. Tim Tebow (you never said GOOD quarterbacks, just famous) 4. Eli Manning 5. Johnny Unitas 6. Jack Kemp 7. Joe Montana ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49448 "2017-02-05T18:27:15Z")
Famous quarterbacks. 1. Peyton Manning 2. Joe Namath 3. Tim Tebow (you never said GOOD quarterbacks, just famous) 4. Eli Manning 5. Johnny Unitas 6. Jack Kemp 7. Joe Montana 8. “Slingin’ Sammy” Baugh The first of the great passers – skin-tight leather helmet. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49449 "2017-02-05T19:45:11Z")
Famous quarterbacks. 1. Peyton Manning 2. Joe Namath 3. Tim Tebow (you never said GOOD quarterbacks, just famous) 4. Eli Manning 5. Johnny Unitas 6. Jack Kemp 7. Joe Montana 8. “Slingin’ Sammy” Baugh 9.) Troy Aikman ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49450 "2017-02-05T19:46:48Z")
Famous quarterbacks. 1. Peyton Manning 2. Joe Namath 3. Tim Tebow (you never said GOOD quarterbacks, just famous) 4. Eli Manning 5. Johnny Unitas 6. Jack Kemp 7. Joe Montana 8. “Slingin’ Sammy” Baugh 9. Troy Aikman 10. Kenny ‘the Snake’ Stabler ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49451 "2017-02-05T21:46:28Z")
Famous quarterbacks. 1. Peyton Manning 2. Joe Namath 3. Tim Tebow (you never said GOOD quarterbacks, just famous) 4. Eli Manning 5. Johnny Unitas 6. Jack Kemp 7. Joe Montana 8. “Slingin’ Sammy” Baugh 9. Troy Aikman 10. Kenny ‘the Snake’ Stabler 11. Bart Starr ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49452 "2017-02-05T23:43:37Z")
Guest Join Date: Apr 1999 Famous quarterbacks. 1. Peyton Manning 2. Joe Namath 3. Tim Tebow (you never said GOOD quarterbacks, just famous) 4. Eli Manning 5. Johnny Unitas 6. Jack Kemp 7. Joe Montana 8. “Slingin’ Sammy” Baugh 9. Troy Aikman 10. Kenny ‘the Snake’ Stabler 11. Bart Starr 12. Landry Jones ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49453 "2017-02-06T00:47:11Z")
Famous quarterbacks 1. Peyton Manning 2. Joe Namath 3. Tim Tebow (you never said GOOD quarterbacks, just famous) 4. Eli Manning 5. Johnny Unitas 6. Jack Kemp 7. Joe Montana 8. “Slingin’ Sammy” Baugh 9. Troy Aikman 10. Kenny ‘the Snake’ Stabler 11. Bart Starr 12. Landry Jones 13. Terry Bradshaw Unlikely future NFL team names 1. Detroit Urban Desolation ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49454 "2017-02-06T00:47:50Z")
Unlikely future NFL team names 1. Detroit Urban Desolation 2. San Diego Anything ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49455 "2017-02-06T00:49:12Z")
Unlikely future NFL team names 1. Detroit Urban Desolation 2. San Diego Anything 3. Topeka Trumps ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49456 "2017-02-06T03:26:47Z")
Unlikely future NFL team names 1. Detroit Urban Desolation 2. San Diego Anything 3. Topeka Trumps 4. New York Nobodies ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49457 "2017-02-06T03:49:09Z")
Unlikely future NFL team names 1. Detroit Urban Desolation 2. San Diego Anything 3. Topeka Trumps 4. New York Nobodies 5. Phoenix Pyrrhuloxias Cardinals are eastern birds that rarely occur in Arizona, but a very similar bird of the same family, the Pyrrhuloxia, is common there. Same helmet logo, just not as much red. [http://www.ownbyphotography.com/Pyrrhuloxia.jpg](http://www.ownbyphotography.com/Pyrrhuloxia.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49458 "2017-02-06T05:25:13Z")
Unlikely future NFL team names 1. Detroit Urban Desolation 2. San Diego Anything 3. Topeka Trumps 4. New York Nobodies 5. Phoenix Pyrrhuloxias 6. Lombardy Pudding Elks ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49459 "2017-02-06T06:18:42Z")
Unlikely future NFL team names 1. Detroit Urban Desolation 2. San Diego Anything 3. Topeka Trumps 4. New York Nobodies 5. Phoenix Pyrrhuloxias 6. Lombardy Pudding Elks 7. Oorang Indians A charter franchise in the original NFL, 1922-3, All native-American team, headed by Jim Thorpe, played in LaRue, Ohio. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49460 "2017-02-06T06:19:06Z")
Unlikely future NFL team names 1. Detroit Urban Desolation 2. San Diego Anything 3. Topeka Trumps 4. New York Nobodies 5. Phoenix Pyrrhuloxias 6. Lombardy Pudding Elks 7. Oorang Indians 8. Des Moines Deplorables ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49461 "2017-02-06T08:34:44Z")
Unlikely future NFL team names 1. Detroit Urban Desolation 2. San Diego Anything 3. Topeka Trumps 4. New York Nobodies 5. Phoenix Pyrrhuloxias 6. Lombardy Pudding Elks 7. Oorang Indians 8. Des Moines Deplorables 9. Mobile Interior Decorators ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49462 "2017-02-06T10:37:58Z")
Unlikely future NFL team names 1. Detroit Urban Desolation 2. San Diego Anything 3. Topeka Trumps 4. New York Nobodies 5. Phoenix Pyrrhuloxias 6. Lombardy Pudding Elks 7. Oorang Indians 8. Des Moines Deplorables 9. Mobile Interior Decorators 10. Honolulu Prairie Dogs ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49463 "2017-02-06T12:09:56Z")
Unlikely future NFL team names 1. Detroit Urban Desolation 2. San Diego Anything 3. Topeka Trumps 4. New York Nobodies 5. Phoenix Pyrrhuloxias 6. Lombardy Pudding Elks 7. Oorang Indians 8. Des Moines Deplorables 9. Mobile Interior Decorators 10. Honolulu Prairie Dogs 11. Las Vegas Mob ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49464 "2017-02-06T13:35:03Z")
Unlikely future NFL team names 1. Detroit Urban Desolation 2. San Diego Anything 3. Topeka Trumps 4. New York Nobodies 5. Phoenix Pyrrhuloxias 6. Lombardy Pudding Elks 7. Oorang Indians 8. Des Moines Deplorables 9. Mobile Interior Decorators 10. Honolulu Prairie Dogs 11. Las Vegas Mob 12. Allentown Springsteens New: Fictional kids who are only children 1. Harriet M. Welsch (Harriet the Spy) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49465 "2017-02-06T14:16:29Z")
Fictional kids who are only children (as in no siblings, not as in “only children”) 1. Harriet M. Welsch (Harriet the Spy) 2. Pippi Longstocking [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2472) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2474)