# 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\
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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/501 "2010-08-26T17:02:05Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Ooo, that’s gonna be tough. Sure you don’t wanna word it, “Creative casts, groups, whatever of which at least one major player has died”?

Pffft. How easy would that be?

Creative casts, groups, whatever with only one major player still alive:

1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/502 "2010-08-26T17:04:42Z")

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Creative casts, groups, whatever with half or fewer of the major players alive:

1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph

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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:** [August 26, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/503 "2010-08-26T17:06:52Z")

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Bad to the original, and let’s come up with 9 more:

Creative casts, groups, whatever with only one major player still alive:

1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland …
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph
4. The Mamas & The Papas: Michelle Phillips

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**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:** [August 26, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/504 "2010-08-26T17:12:48Z")

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Creative casts, groups, whatever with only one major player still alive:

1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland …
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph
4. The Mamas & The Papas: Michelle Phillips
5. The “Diff’rent Strokes” Drummond kids: Todd Bridges

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/505 "2010-08-26T17:15:42Z")

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Creative casts, groups, whatever with only one major player still alive:

1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland …
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph
4. The Mamas & The Papas: Michelle Phillips
5. The “Diff’rent Strokes” Drummond kids: Todd Bridges
6. The Beatles: Ringo Starr ([Sorry Couldn’t resist](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead))

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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:** [August 26, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/506 "2010-08-26T17:45:23Z")

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Creative casts, groups, whatever with only one major player still alive:

1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland …
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph
4. The Mamas & The Papas: Michelle Phillips
5. The “Diff’rent Strokes” Drummond kids: Todd Bridges  
[del]6. The Beatles: Ringo Starr (Sorry Couldn’t resist) [/del] BZZZT!
6. Rose & Joseoh Kennedy’s children: Jean Kennedy Smith

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/507 "2010-08-26T17:47:53Z")

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Creative casts, groups, whatever with only one major player still alive:

1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland …
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph
4. The Mamas & The Papas: Michelle Phillips
5. The “Diff’rent Strokes” Drummond kids: Todd Bridges  
[del]6. The Beatles: Ringo Starr (Sorry Couldn’t resist) [/del] BZZZT!
6. Rose & Joseph Kennedy’s children: Jean Kennedy Smith
7. The Temptations: Otis Williams

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**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:** [August 26, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/508 "2010-08-26T18:02:14Z")

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Creative casts, groups, whatever with only one major player still alive:

1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland …
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph
4. The Mamas & The Papas: Michelle Phillips
5. The “Diff’rent Strokes” Drummond kids: Todd Bridges  
[del]6. The Beatles: Ringo Starr (Sorry Couldn’t resist) [/del] BZZZT!
6. Rose & Joseph Kennedy’s children: Jean Kennedy Smith
7. The Temptations: Otis Williams
8. The kids from the original “Poltergeist” movie: Oliver Robins

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/509 "2010-08-26T18:36:46Z")

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Creative casts, groups, whatever with only one major player still alive:

1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland …
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph
4. The Mamas & The Papas: Michelle Phillips
5. The “Diff’rent Strokes” Drummond kids: Todd Bridges  
[del]6. The Beatles: Ringo Starr (Sorry Couldn’t resist) [/del] BZZZT!
6. Rose & Joseph Kennedy’s children: Jean Kennedy Smith
7. The Temptations: Otis Williams
8. The kids from the original “Poltergeist” movie: Oliver Robins
9. Golfers that were invited to the first Masters Golf Tournament (1934): [Errie Ball](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errie_Ball), 99 yrs old

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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:** [August 26, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/510 "2010-08-26T18:43:12Z")

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Creative casts, groups, whatever with only one major player still alive:

1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland …
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph
4. The Mamas & The Papas: Michelle Phillips
5. The “Diff’rent Strokes” Drummond kids: Todd Bridges  
[del]6. The Beatles: Ringo Starr (Sorry Couldn’t resist) [/del] BZZZT!
6. Rose & Joseph Kennedy’s children: Jean Kennedy Smith
7. The Temptations: Otis Williams
8. The kids from the original “Poltergeist” movie: Oliver Robins
9. Golfers that were invited to the first Masters Golf Tournament (1934): [Errie Ball](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errie_Ball), 99 yrs old
10. Living veterans of the Polish-Soviet War: Józef Kowalski. \*

\*[Józef Kowalski - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Kowalski)

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/511 "2010-08-26T18:43:20Z")

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Creative casts, groups, whatever with only one major player still alive:

1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland …
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph
4. The Mamas & The Papas: Michelle Phillips
5. The “Diff’rent Strokes” Drummond kids: Todd Bridges  
[del]6. The Beatles: Ringo Starr (Sorry Couldn’t resist) [/del] BZZZT!
6. Rose & Joseph Kennedy’s children: Jean Kennedy Smith
7. The Temptations: Otis Williams
8. The kids from the original “Poltergeist” movie: Oliver Robins
9. Golfers that were invited to the first Masters Golf Tournament (1934): [Errie Ball](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errie_Ball), 99 yrs old
10. Players from the first World Cup final: [Francisco Varallo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Varallo), 100 yrs old

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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:** [August 26, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/512 "2010-08-26T19:23:52Z")

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1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland …
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph
4. The Mamas & The Papas: Michelle Phillips
5. The “Diff’rent Strokes” Drummond kids: Todd Bridges  
6.[del] The Beatles: Ringo Starr (Sorry Couldn’t resist)[/del] BZZZT!
6. Rose & Joseph Kennedy’s children: Jean Kennedy Smith
7. The Temptations: Otis Williams
8. The kids from the original “Poltergeist” movie: Oliver Robins
9. Golfers that were invited to the first Masters Golf Tournament (1934): Errie Ball, 99 yrs old
10. Players from the first World Cup final: Francisco Varallo, 100 yrs old
11. John & Jacqueline Kennedy’s children–Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/513 "2010-08-26T19:43:29Z")

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1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland …
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph
4. The Mamas & The Papas: Michelle Phillips
5. The “Diff’rent Strokes” Drummond kids: Todd Bridges  
6.[del] The Beatles: Ringo Starr (Sorry Couldn’t resist)[/del] BZZZT!
6. Rose & Joseph Kennedy’s children: Jean Kennedy Smith
7. The Temptations: Otis Williams
8. The kids from the original “Poltergeist” movie: Oliver Robins
9. Golfers that were invited to the first Masters Golf Tournament (1934): Errie Ball, 99 yrs old
10. Players from the first World Cup final: Francisco Varallo, 100 yrs old
11. John & Jacqueline Kennedy’s children–Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
12. Gabor Sisters: Zsa Zsa

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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:** [August 26, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/514 "2010-08-26T19:48:46Z")

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1. The Golden Girls: Betty White
2. Gone with the Wind: Olivia de Havilland …
3. The Honeymooners: Joyce Randolph
4. The Mamas & The Papas: Michelle Phillips
5. The “Diff’rent Strokes” Drummond kids: Todd Bridges  
6.[del] The Beatles: Ringo Starr (Sorry Couldn’t resist)[/del] BZZZT!
6. Rose & Joseph Kennedy’s children: Jean Kennedy Smith
7. The Temptations: Otis Williams
8. The kids from the original “Poltergeist” movie: Oliver Robins
9. Golfers that were invited to the first Masters Golf Tournament (1934): Errie Ball, 99 yrs old
10. Players from the first World Cup final: Francisco Varallo, 100 yrs old
11. John & Jacqueline Kennedy’s children–Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg
12. Gabor Sisters: Zsa Zsa
13. Surviving Austrian veterans of the Spanish Civil War: Hans Landauer, age 89  
([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving\_veterans\_of\_the\_Spanish\_Civil\_War](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_veterans_of_the_Spanish_Civil_War))

Next category:

Famous fictional ships

1. USS _Enterprise_, NCC-1701

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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:** [August 26, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/515 "2010-08-26T19:54:24Z")

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Famous fictional ships

1. USS Enterprise, NCC-1701
2. Millilieum Falcon

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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:** [August 26, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/516 "2010-08-26T19:55:24Z")

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Yeah, you’re right, so I fixed it - thanks, **Annie**.

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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:** [August 26, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/517 "2010-08-26T19:59:00Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Yeah, you’re right, so I fixed it - thanks, **Annie**.

I deletd most of my post. And you said my catagory was too hard!

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/518 "2010-08-26T20:00:29Z")

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Famous fictional ships

1. USS Enterprise, NCC-1701
2. Millilieum Falcon
3. The Black Pearl

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/519 "2010-08-26T20:33:23Z")

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Famous fictional ships

1. USS Enterprise, NCC-1701
2. Millennium Falcon
3. The Black Pearl
4. The Raging Queen

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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:** [August 26, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/520 "2010-08-26T20:40:48Z")

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Famous fictional ships

1. USS Enterprise, NCC-1701
2. Millennium Falcon
3. The Black Pearl
4. The Raging Queen
5. HMS Lydia

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