# 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:** 2670
**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:** [July 10, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53386 "2017-07-10T22:16:25Z")
Fictional shapeshifters: 1. Hafny, in Diana Wynne Jones’ Power of Three 2. Merlin, in T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone 3. Odo, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. The gullible alien crew from “Galaxy Quest” 5. The Lady of the Green Kirtle, C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia) 6. T-1000, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day 7. Proteus, in The Odyssey by Homer ---
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Fictional shapeshifters: 1. Hafny, in Diana Wynne Jones’ Power of Three 2. Merlin, in T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone 3. Odo, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. The gullible alien crew from “Galaxy Quest” 5. The Lady of the Green Kirtle, C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia) 6. T-1000, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day 7. Proteus, in The Odyssey by Homer 8. Beorn, in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbut ---
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Fictional shapeshifters: 1. Hafny, in Diana Wynne Jones’ Power of Three 2. Merlin, in T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone 3. Odo, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. The gullible alien crew from “Galaxy Quest” 5. The Lady of the Green Kirtle, C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia) 6. T-1000, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day 7. Proteus, in The Odyssey by Homer 8. Beorn, in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit 9. The Thing (in John W Campbell story or John Carpenter movie) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53389 "2017-07-11T04:29:23Z")
Fictional shapeshifters: 1. Hafny, in Diana Wynne Jones’ Power of Three 2. Merlin, in T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone 3. Odo, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. The gullible alien crew from “Galaxy Quest” 5. The Lady of the Green Kirtle, C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia) 6. T-1000, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day 7. Proteus, in The Odyssey by Homer 8. Beorn, in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbut 9. The Thing (in John W Campbell story or John Carpenter movie) 10. Martia (Iman), in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ---
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Fictional shapeshifters: 1. Hafny, in Diana Wynne Jones’ Power of Three 2. Merlin, in T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone 3. Odo, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. The gullible alien crew from “Galaxy Quest” 5. The Lady of the Green Kirtle, C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia) 6. T-1000, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day 7. Proteus, in The Odyssey by Homer 8. Beorn, in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbut 9. The Thing (in John W Campbell story or John Carpenter movie) 10. Martia (Iman), in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 11. The Wonder Twins from _Super Friends_ ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53391 "2017-07-11T05:21:24Z")
Fictional shapeshifters: 1. Hafny, in Diana Wynne Jones’ Power of Three 2. Merlin, in T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone 3. Odo, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. The gullible alien crew from “Galaxy Quest” 5. The Lady of the Green Kirtle, C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia) 6. T-1000, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day 7. Proteus, in The Odyssey by Homer 8. Beorn, in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit 9. The Thing (in John W Campbell story or John Carpenter movie) 10. Martia (Iman), in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 11. The Wonder Twins from Super Friends 12. Sirius Black in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53392 "2017-07-11T13:13:11Z")
Fictional shapeshifters: 1. Hafny, in Diana Wynne Jones’ Power of Three 2. Merlin, in T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone 3. Odo, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 4. The gullible alien crew from “Galaxy Quest” 5. The Lady of the Green Kirtle, C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia) 6. T-1000, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day 7. Proteus, in The Odyssey by Homer 8. Beorn, in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit 9. The Thing (in John W Campbell story or John Carpenter movie) 10. Martia (Iman), in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 11. The Wonder Twins from Super Friends 12. Sirius Black in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 13. Reep Daggle, Chameleon Boy in the Legion of Super-Heros Next Up: 10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53393 "2017-07-11T13:29:22Z")
10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53394 "2017-07-11T13:55:16Z")
10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) 3. Elton John (57 U.S. Top 40 hits, second only to Elvis Presley) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53395 "2017-07-11T16:22:46Z")
10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) 3. Elton John (57 U.S. Top 40 hits, second only to Elvis Presley) 4. Carole King (15 entries on the Hot 100, with four in the top 10) More than 400 of her songs have been recorded by approximately 1,000 artists ---
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10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) 3. Elton John (57 U.S. Top 40 hits, second only to Elvis Presley) 4. Carole King 5. Elton John The man’s first greatest hits album was 40 years ago and he’s had many hits since then. ---
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10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) 3. Elton John (57 U.S. Top 40 hits, second only to Elvis Presley) 4. Carole King 5. [del]Elton John[/del] duplicate entry 6. The Beatles - 50! ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53398 "2017-07-11T16:58:15Z")
10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) 3. Elton John (57 U.S. Top 40 hits, second only to Elvis Presley) 4. Carole King 5. Elvis Presley 6. The Beatles - 50! ---
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10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) 3. Elton John (57 U.S. Top 40 hits, second only to Elvis Presley) 4. Carole King (15 entries on the Hot 100, with four in the top 10) 5. Elvis Presley 6. The Beatles - 50! 7. The Everly Brothers - 35 Billboard Top-100 singles ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53400 "2017-07-11T17:39:34Z")
10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) 3. Elton John (57 U.S. Top 40 hits, second only to Elvis Presley) 4. Carole King (15 entries on the Hot 100, with four in the top 10) 5. Elvis Presley 6. The Beatles - 50! 7. The Everly Brothers - 35 Billboard Top-100 singles 8. Madonna - 53 Billboard Top 100 singles ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53401 "2017-07-11T19:00:57Z")
10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) 3. Elton John (57 U.S. Top 40 hits, second only to Elvis Presley) 4. Carole King (15 entries on the Hot 100, with four in the top 10) 5. Elvis Presley - 31 #1 singles 6. The Beatles - 50! 7. The Everly Brothers - 35 Billboard Top-100 singles 8. Madonna - 53 Billboard Top 100 singles 9. Billy Joel - 33 Top 40 hits ---
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10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) 3. Elton John (57 U.S. Top 40 hits, second only to Elvis Presley) 4. Carole King (15 entries on the Hot 100, with four in the top 10) 5. Elvis Presley - 31 #1 singles 6. The Beatles - 50! 7. The Everly Brothers - 35 Billboard Top-100 singles 8. Madonna - 53 Billboard Top 100 singles 9. Billy Joel - 33 Top 40 hits 10. The Who - 14 singles that made the UK Top Ten but never hit Number One ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53403 "2017-07-11T20:29:52Z")
10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) 3. Elton John (57 U.S. Top 40 hits, second only to Elvis Presley) 4. Carole King (15 entries on the Hot 100, with four in the top 10) 5. Elvis Presley - 31 #1 singles 6. The Beatles - 50! 7. The Everly Brothers - 35 Billboard Top-100 singles 8. Madonna - 53 Billboard Top 100 singles 9. Billy Joel - 33 Top 40 hits 10. The Who - 14 singles that made the UK Top Ten but never hit Number One 11. Bing Crosby - 340 Top 100 singles (according to Joel Whitburn) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53404 "2017-07-11T20:32:31Z")
10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) 3. Elton John (57 U.S. Top 40 hits, second only to Elvis Presley) 4. Carole King (15 entries on the Hot 100, with four in the top 10) 5. Elvis Presley - 31 #1 singles 6. The Beatles - 50! 7. The Everly Brothers - 35 Billboard Top-100 singles 8. Madonna - 53 Billboard Top 100 singles 9. Billy Joel - 33 Top 40 hits 10. The Who - 14 singles that made the UK Top Ten but never hit Number One 11. Bing Crosby - 340 Billboard Top 100 singles 12. Huey Lewis & the News - 12 Top 10 singles, including 3 #1’s. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53405 "2017-07-11T21:53:35Z")
10 or more hit wonders 1. ABBA (19 hit singles) 2. Led Zeppelin (10 hits) 3. Elton John (57 U.S. Top 40 hits, second only to Elvis Presley) 4. Carole King (15 entries on the Hot 100, with four in the top 10) 5. Elvis Presley - 31 #1 singles 6. The Beatles - 50! 7. The Everly Brothers - 35 Billboard Top-100 singles 8. Madonna - 53 Billboard Top 100 singles 9. Billy Joel - 33 Top 40 hits 10. The Who - 14 singles that made the UK Top Ten but never hit Number One 11. Bing Crosby - 340 Billboard Top 100 singles 12. Huey Lewis & the News - 12 Top 10 singles, including 3 #1’s. 13. James Brown - 91 Billboard Top 100 singles Next subject: Non-jazz songs that feature sax solos (Note: limit one song by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band): 1. [Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t0nfSw7B2I) - The Rolling Stones [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2669) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2671)