# 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:** 291
**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:** [June 7, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5801 "2011-06-07T21:08:29Z")
Why are there so many songs with rainbow in their titles? 1. The Rainbow Connection 2. Rainbow in the Dark 3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow 4. Rainbow Blues 5. Rainbows All Over Your Blues 6. Rainbow Bridge 7. [Rainbow Trout](http://www.metrolyrics.com/rainbow-trout-lyrics-gordon-lightfoot.html) 8. She’s Like a Rainbow (Rolling Stones) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5802 "2011-06-07T22:29:08Z")
[quote=“Infovore, post:5801, topic:549173”] Why are there so many songs with rainbow in their titles? 1. The Rainbow Connection 2. Rainbow in the Dark 3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow 4. Rainbow Blues 5. Rainbows All Over Your Blues 6. Rainbow Bridge 7. Rainbow Trout 8. She’s Like a Rainbow (Rolling Stones) 9. Rainbow High (from _Evita_) ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5803 "2011-06-08T00:35:14Z")
1. The Rainbow Connection 2. Rainbow in the Dark 3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow 4. Rainbow Blues 5. Rainbows All Over Your Blues 6. Rainbow Bridge 7. Rainbow Trout 8. She’s Like a Rainbow (Rolling Stones) 9. Rainbow High (from _Evita_) 10. Neon Rainbow ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5804 "2011-06-08T01:54:36Z")
Why are there so many songs with rainbow in their titles? 1. The Rainbow Connection 2. Rainbow in the Dark 3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow 4. Rainbow Blues 5. Rainbows All Over Your Blues 6. Rainbow Bridge 7. Rainbow Trout 8. She’s Like a Rainbow (Rolling Stones) 9. Rainbow High (from Evita) 10. Neon Rainbow 11. Silver Rainbow (Genesis) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRbR4dJNb7Q) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5805 "2011-06-08T02:19:34Z")
Why are there so many songs with rainbow in their titles? 1. The Rainbow Connection 2. Rainbow in the Dark 3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow 4. Rainbow Blues 5. Rainbows All Over Your Blues 6. Rainbow Bridge 7. Rainbow Trout 8. She’s Like a Rainbow 9. Rainbow High 10. Neon Rainbow 11. Silver Rainbow 12. I Can Sing a Rainbow Cheesy children’s song. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5806 "2011-06-08T02:41:12Z")
Why are there so many songs with rainbow in their titles? 1. The Rainbow Connection 2. Rainbow in the Dark 3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow 4. Rainbow Blues 5. Rainbows All Over Your Blues 6. Rainbow Bridge 7. Rainbow Trout 8. She’s Like a Rainbow 9. Rainbow High 10. Neon Rainbow 11. Silver Rainbow 12. I Can Sing a Rainbow 13. Catch the Rainbow New Topics: Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5807 "2011-06-08T02:50:37Z")
New Topics: Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam 2. smash hits for Vanilla Ice ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5808 "2011-06-08T04:32:52Z")
New Topics: Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam 2. smash hits for Vanilla Ice 3. Truman Capote novels ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5809 "2011-06-08T12:40:58Z")
New Topics: Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam 2. smash hits for Vanilla Ice 3. Truman Capote novels 4. Moons that revolve around Earth ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5810 "2011-06-08T14:21:06Z")
Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam 2. Smash hits for Vanilla Ice 3. Truman Capote novels 4. Moons that revolve around Earth 5. Wives and girlfriends of James Buchanan Great topic! ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5811 "2011-06-08T14:45:33Z")
Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam 2. Smash hits for Vanilla Ice 3. Truman Capote novels 4. Moons that revolve around Earth 5. Wives and girlfriends of James Buchanan 6. Schoenberg & Boublil’s successful musicals ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5812 "2011-06-08T14:56:02Z")
Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam 2. Smash hits for Vanilla Ice 3. Truman Capote novels 4. Moons that revolve around Earth 5. Wives and girlfriends of James Buchanan 6. Schoenberg & Boublil’s successful musicals 7. Mark Twain’s pornographic short stories ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5813 "2011-06-08T15:21:58Z")
Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam 2. Smash hits for Vanilla Ice 3. Truman Capote novels 4. Moons that revolve around Earth 5. Wives and girlfriends of James Buchanan 6. Schoenberg & Boublil’s successful musicals 7. Mark Twain’s pornographic short stories 8. National flags without the colors red, white, or blue (woo, callback) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5814 "2011-06-08T15:30:00Z")
Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam 2. Smash hits for Vanilla Ice 3. Truman Capote novels 4. Moons that revolve around Earth 5. Wives and girlfriends of James Buchanan 6. Schoenberg & Boublil’s successful musicals 7. Mark Twain’s pornographic short stories 8. National flags without the colors red, white, or blue (woo, callback) 9. Men who have played all nine positions in the same Major League Baseball game (topic of a current thread on this forum) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5815 "2011-06-08T15:54:47Z")
Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam 2. Smash hits for Vanilla Ice 3. Truman Capote novels 4. Moons that revolve around Earth 5. Wives and girlfriends of James Buchanan 6. Schoenberg & Boublil’s successful musicals 7. Mark Twain’s pornographic short stories 8. National flags without the colors red, white, or blue (woo, callback) 9. Men who have played all nine positions in the same Major League Baseball game (topic of a current thread on this forum) 10. Names of sons of the patriarch Jacob. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5816 "2011-06-08T16:20:54Z")
Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam 2. Smash hits for Vanilla Ice 3. Truman Capote novels 4. Moons that revolve around Earth 5. Wives and girlfriends of James Buchanan 6. Schoenberg & Boublil’s successful musicals 7. Mark Twain’s pornographic short stories 8. National flags without the colors red, white, or blue (woo, callback) 9. Men who have played all nine positions in the same Major League Baseball game (topic of a current thread on this forum) 10. Names of sons of the patriarch Jacob. 11. British kings named John, Stephen or James ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5817 "2011-06-08T17:40:21Z")
Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam 2. Smash hits for Vanilla Ice 3. Truman Capote novels 4. Moons that revolve around Earth 5. Wives and girlfriends of James Buchanan 6. Schoenberg & Boublil’s successful musicals 7. Mark Twain’s pornographic short stories 8. National flags without the colors red, white, or blue (woo, callback) 9. Men who have played all nine positions in the same Major League Baseball game (topic of a current thread on this forum) 10. Names of sons of the patriarch Jacob. 11. British kings named John, Stephen or James 12. Albums by the BritPop band \*\*Blur \*\*- although one of their albums is entitled “ **13** ”! ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5818 "2011-06-08T18:16:20Z")
Potential Topics that do not qualify because there aren’t 13 answers. 1. Golfers who have won the Grand Slam 2. Smash hits for Vanilla Ice 3. Truman Capote novels 4. Moons that revolve around Earth 5. Wives and girlfriends of James Buchanan 6. Schoenberg & Boublil’s successful musicals 7. Mark Twain’s pornographic short stories 8. National flags without the colors red, white, or blue (woo, callback) 9. Men who have played all nine positions in the same Major League Baseball game (topic of a current thread on this forum) 10. Names of sons of the patriarch Jacob. 11. British kings named John, Stephen or James 12. Albums by the BritPop band Blur - although one of their albums is entitled “13”! 13. Nobel prize winning works by Judy Blume New category: Literary Trios 1. Athos, Porthos and Aramis (The Three Musketeers) ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5819 "2011-06-08T18:21:14Z")
Literary Trios 1. Athos, Porthos and Aramis (The Three Musketeers) 2. Kirk, Spock and McCoy (Star Trek) ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5820 "2011-06-08T18:24:09Z")
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