# 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:** 2591
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51806 "2017-05-03T21:20:04Z")
Memorable Public Service Announcements/Educational Videos 1. I Hanker for a Hunk of Cheese. 2. The crying Indian 3. “This is your brain on drugs” 4. “Only you can prevent forest fires.” 5. “I learned it by watching you!” (a father asks his teen where he learned how to do drugs.) 6. “Exercise your choppers” 7. A high school couple dancing at a school event while the band plays “V.D. is for everybody, not just for a few…” 8. Johnny Smoke 9. I am Just a Bill 10. “Words can hurt more than a fist”. 11. “Give a hoot, don’t pollute!” - Woodsy Owl ---
**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 3, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51807 "2017-05-03T21:23:40Z")
Memorable Public Service Announcements/Educational Videos 1. I Hanker for a Hunk of Cheese. 2. The crying Indian 3. “This is your brain on drugs” 4. “Only you can prevent forest fires.” 5. “I learned it by watching you!” (a father asks his teen where he learned how to do drugs.) 6. “Exercise your choppers” 7. A high school couple dancing at a school event while the band plays “V.D. is for everybody, not just for a few…” 8. Johnny Smoke 9. I am Just a Bill 10. “Words can hurt more than a fist”. 11. “Give a hoot, don’t pollute!” - Woodsy Owl 12. “Be smart. Know your farts.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51808 "2017-05-03T22:03:05Z")
Memorable Public Service Announcements/Educational Videos 1. I Hanker for a Hunk of Cheese. 2. The crying Indian 3. “This is your brain on drugs” 4. “Only you can prevent forest fires.” 5. “I learned it by watching you!” (a father asks his teen where he learned how to do drugs.) 6. “Exercise your choppers” 7. A high school couple dancing at a school event while the band plays “V.D. is for everybody, not just for a few…” 8. Johnny Smoke 9. I am Just a Bill 10. “Words can hurt more than a fist”. 11. “Give a hoot, don’t pollute!” - Woodsy Owl 12. “Be smart. Know your farts.” 13. “They mind very much if you smoke.” I’ve been playing a lot of Scrabble recently, so I’ll choose a selfish topic: Obscure three letter words that are legal in Scrabble 1. QIS (eta: caps aren’t necessary) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51809 "2017-05-03T22:48:44Z")
Memorable Public Service Announcements/Educational Videos 1. I Hanker for a Hunk of Cheese. 2. The crying Indian 3. “This is your brain on drugs” 4. “Only you can prevent forest fires.” 5. “I learned it by watching you!” (a father asks his teen where he learned how to do drugs.) 6. “Exercise your choppers” 7. A high school couple dancing at a school event while the band plays “V.D. is for everybody, not just for a few…” 8. Johnny Smoke 9. I am Just a Bill 10. “Words can hurt more than a fist”. 11. “Give a hoot, don’t pollute!” - Woodsy Owl 12. “Be smart. Know your farts.” 13. Duck and Cover New category: Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) ---
**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 3, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51810 "2017-05-03T22:53:40Z")
Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) 2. Mongo (Flash Gordon) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51811 "2017-05-03T23:11:50Z")
Obscure three letter words that are legal in Scrabble 1. QIS 2. Gam Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) 2. Mongo (Flash Gordon) 3. Vulcan (Star Trek) ---
**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 3, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51812 "2017-05-03T23:31:29Z")
Obscure three letter words that are legal in Scrabble 1. QIS 2. Gam 3. VUG Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 4. Alderaan (Star Wars) 5. Mongo (Flash Gordon) 6. Vulcan (Star Trek) [playing catch-up] ---
**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 3, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51813 "2017-05-03T23:53:00Z")
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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 4, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51814 "2017-05-04T00:41:52Z")
Obscure three letter words that are legal in Scrabble 1. QIS 2. Gam 3. VUG 4. Adz Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) 2. Mongo (Flash Gordon) 3. Vulcan (Star Trek) 4. Arrakis (Dune) ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51815 "2017-05-04T00:41:59Z")
Obscure three letter words that are legal in Scrabble 1. QIS 2. Gam 3. VUG 4. adz 5. suq Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) 2. Mongo (Flash Gordon) 3. Vulcan (Star Trek) 4. Arrakis (Dune) 5. Qo’noS AKA Kronos (Star Trek) homeworld of the Klingons ---
**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 4, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51816 "2017-05-04T00:50:39Z")
Obscure three letter words that are legal in Scrabble 1. QIS 2. Gam 3. VUG 4. adz 5. suq 6. VAV Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) 2. Mongo (Flash Gordon) 3. Vulcan (Star Trek) 4. Arrakis (Dune) 5. Qo’noS AKA Kronos (Star Trek) 6. Krypton (Superman) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51817 "2017-05-04T04:14:33Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51818 "2017-05-04T04:15:33Z")
Obscure three letter words that are legal in Scrabble 1. QIS 2. Gam 3. VUG 4. adz 5. suq 6. VAV 7. Aji Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) 2. Mongo (Flash Gordon) 3. Vulcan (Star Trek) 4. Arrakis (Dune) 5. Qo’noS AKA Kronos (Star Trek) 6. Krypton (Superman) 7. Caprica (Battkestar Galactica) ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51819 "2017-05-04T04:37:46Z")
Obscure three letter words that are legal in Scrabble 1. QIS 2. Gam 3. VUG 4. adz 5. suq 6. VAV 7. Aji 8. qat Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) 2. Mongo (Flash Gordon) 3. Vulcan (Star Trek) 4. Arrakis (Dune) 5. Qo’noS AKA Kronos (Star Trek) 6. Krypton (Superman) 7. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica) 8. Tatooine (Star Wars) ---
**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 4, 2017, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51820 "2017-05-04T10:58:52Z")
Obscure three letter words that are legal in Scrabble 1. QIS 2. Gam 3. VUG 4. adz 5. suq 6. VAV 7. Aji 8. qat 9. WAW Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) 2. Mongo (Flash Gordon) 3. Vulcan (Star Trek) 4. Arrakis (Dune) 5. Qo’noS AKA Kronos (Star Trek) 6. Krypton (Superman) 7. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica) 8. Tatooine (Star Wars) 9. Perelandra (C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51821 "2017-05-04T12:35:38Z")
Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) 2. Mongo (Flash Gordon) 3. Vulcan (Star Trek) 4. Arrakis (Dune) 5. Qo’noS AKA Kronos (Star Trek) 6. Krypton (Superman) 7. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica) 8. Tatooine (Star Wars) 9. Perelandra (C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy) 10. Tralfmadore (Slaughter-HousevFive) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51822 "2017-05-04T13:41:56Z")
Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) 2. Mongo (Flash Gordon) 3. Vulcan (Star Trek) 4. Arrakis (Dune) 5. Qo’noS AKA Kronos (Star Trek) 6. Krypton (Superman) 7. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica) 8. Tatooine (Star Wars) 9. Perelandra (C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy) 10. Tralfmadore (Slaughter-House Five) 11. Gallifrey (Doctor Who) ---
**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 4, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51823 "2017-05-04T14:20:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s Rachael Leigh Cook… Mrowr. Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) 2. Mongo (Flash Gordon) 3. Vulcan (Star Trek) 4. Arrakis (Dune) 5. Qo’noS AKA Kronos (Star Trek) 6. Krypton (Superman) 7. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica) 8. Tatooine (Star Wars) 9. Perelandra (C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy) 10. Tralfmadore (Slaughter-House Five) 11. Gallifrey (Doctor Who) 12. Phoenix (John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War series) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51824 "2017-05-04T14:23:49Z")
Planets in Science Fiction (and where they’re from) 1. Alderaan (Star Wars) 2. Mongo (Flash Gordon) 3. Vulcan (Star Trek) 4. Arrakis (Dune) 5. Qo’noS AKA Kronos (Star Trek) 6. Krypton (Superman) 7. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica) 8. Tatooine (Star Wars) 9. Perelandra (C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy) 10. Tralfmadore (Slaughter-House Five) 11. Gallifrey (Doctor Who) 12. Phoenix (John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War series) 13. Traken (Doctor Who) Y’all can finish the Scrabble list if you want. ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51825 "2017-05-04T15:31:19Z")
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