# 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:** 2744
**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:** [September 22, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54867 "2017-09-22T17:10:32Z")
Next: Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh ---
**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:** [September 22, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54868 "2017-09-22T17:13:38Z")
Next: Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh 3. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54869 "2017-09-22T17:14:16Z")
Next: Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh 3. Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves ---
**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:** [September 22, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54870 "2017-09-22T17:21:24Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh 3. Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves 4. Highlander ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54871 "2017-09-22T17:57:36Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh 3. Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves 4. Highlander 5. Macbeth - Shakespeare ---
**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:** [September 22, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54872 "2017-09-22T17:58:51Z")
Next: Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: (fixing) 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh 3. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon 4. Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves 5. Highlander 6. Macbeth - Shakespeare Sometimes I swear I’m invisible in this game, given how many times I get skipped. 😛 ---
**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:** [September 22, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54873 "2017-09-22T18:08:10Z")
Next: Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh 3. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon 4. Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves 5. Highlander 6. Macbeth - Shakespeare 7. Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54874 "2017-09-22T18:08:58Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh 3. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon 4. Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves 5. Highlander 6. Macbeth - Shakespeare 7. Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson 8. Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott ---
**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:** [September 22, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54875 "2017-09-22T19:54:44Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh 3. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon 4. Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves 5. Highlander 6. Macbeth - Shakespeare 7. Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson 8. Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott 9. Gregory’s Girl (1981) ---
**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:** [September 22, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54876 "2017-09-22T21:27:30Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh 3. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon 4. Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves 5. Highlander 6. Macbeth - Shakespeare 7. Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson 8. Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott 9. Gregory’s Girl (1981) 10. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54877 "2017-09-22T22:59:16Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh 3. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon 4. Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves 5. Highlander 6. Macbeth - Shakespeare 7. Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson 8. Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott 9. Gregory’s Girl (1981) 10. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark 11. The Water Horse, by Dick King-Smith ---
**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:** [September 23, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54878 "2017-09-23T03:51:48Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh 3. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon 4. Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves 5. Highlander 6. Macbeth - Shakespeare 7. Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson 8. Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott 9. Gregory’s Girl (1981) 10. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark 11. The Water Horse, by Dick King-Smith 12. HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean ---
**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:** [September 23, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54879 "2017-09-23T05:15:20Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Scotland: 1. Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry 2. Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh 3. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon 4. Raven Black, by Ann Cleeves 5. Highlander 6. Macbeth - Shakespeare 7. Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson 8. Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott 9. Gregory’s Girl (1981) 10. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark 11. The Water Horse, by Dick King-Smith 12. HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean 13. Brigadoon (1954) Next subject Fiction set all or in part in Ireland: 1. Ulysses by James Joyce ---
**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:** [September 23, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54880 "2017-09-23T14:42:06Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Ireland: 1. Ulysses by James Joyce 2. The Commitments by Roddy Doyle ---
**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:** [September 23, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54881 "2017-09-23T14:51:50Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Ireland: 1. Ulysses by James Joyce 2. The Commitments by Roddy Doyle 3. The Quiet Man by Maurice Walsh ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54882 "2017-09-23T16:10:13Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Ireland: 1. Ulysses by James Joyce 2. The Commitments by Roddy Doyle 3. The Quiet Man by Maurice Walsh 4. The Matchmaker (1997), directed by Mark Joffe ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54883 "2017-09-23T21:35:28Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Ireland: 1. Ulysses by James Joyce 2. The Commitments by Roddy Doyle 3. The Quiet Man by Maurice Walsh 4. The Matchmaker (1997), directed by Mark Joffe 5. Father Ted, by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan ---
**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:** [September 24, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54884 "2017-09-24T00:01:02Z")
Fiction set all or in part in Ireland: 1. Ulysses by James Joyce 2. The Commitments by Roddy Doyle 3. The Quiet Man by Maurice Walsh 4. The Matchmaker (1997), directed by Mark Joffe 5. Father Ted, by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan 6. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54885 "2017-09-24T00:17:00Z")
Join Date: May 2012 Fiction set all or in part in Ireland: 1. Ulysses by James Joyce 2. The Commitments by Roddy Doyle 3. The Quiet Man by Maurice Walsh 4. The Matchmaker (1997), directed by Mark Joffe 5. Father Ted, by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan 6. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 7. The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien ---
**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:** [September 24, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54886 "2017-09-24T00:34:30Z")
Join Date: May 2012 Fiction set all or in part in Ireland: 1. Ulysses by James Joyce 2. The Commitments by Roddy Doyle 3. The Quiet Man by Maurice Walsh 4. The Matchmaker (1997), directed by Mark Joffe 5. Father Ted, by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan 6. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 7. The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien 8. Step Sisters by Sean De Gallai [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2743) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2745)