# 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:** ![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:** [April 19, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58587 "2018-04-19T23:24:14Z")

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Oscar Winning Movies With Animals in the Title

1. Jack Lemmon, Best Actor in Save the Tiger
2. The Lion King, Best Original Song
3. Kiss of the Spider Woman, Best Actor William Hurt
4. The Night of the Iguana, Best Costume Design, Black and White, Dorothy Jeakins
5. _Dog Day Afternoon_, Frank Pierson won for Best Original Screenplay
6. Silence of the Lambs, Grand Slam (Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director & Screenplay)
7. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Gig Young for Best Supporting Actor
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, another grand slam
9. The Deer Hunter, Best Picture
10. Black Swan, Best Actress Natalie Portman
11. Gregory Peck, Best Actor in To Kill a Mockingbird
12. Raging Bull, Robert De Niro, Best Actor
13. _Cat Ballou_, Lee Marvin won for Best Actor

I’ll pass

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58588 "2018-04-19T23:31:28Z")

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[Did I forget to hit post a while back with this, or was it vetoed as a repeat or something? If so, vanish this…]

Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. _A Beautiful Mind_

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**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:** [April 19, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58589 "2018-04-19T23:33:01Z")

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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:** [April 19, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58590 "2018-04-19T23:41:57Z")

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Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. _A Beautiful Mind_
2. _Children of a Lesser God_

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**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:** [April 19, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58591 "2018-04-19T23:44:29Z")

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Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. A Beautiful Mind
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Theory of Everything

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**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:** [April 20, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58592 "2018-04-20T00:01:14Z")

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Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. A Beautiful Mind
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Theory of Everything
4. Benny & Joon

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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:** [April 20, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58593 "2018-04-20T00:13:48Z")

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Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. A Beautiful Mind
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Theory of Everything
4. Benny & Joon
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt

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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:** [April 20, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58594 "2018-04-20T01:24:40Z")

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Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. A Beautiful Mind
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Theory of Everything
4. Benny & Joon
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt
6. My Left Foot

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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:** [April 20, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58595 "2018-04-20T01:57:13Z")

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Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. A Beautiful Mind
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Theory of Everything
4. Benny & Joon
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt
6. My Left Foot
7. Coming Home

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**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58596 "2018-04-20T02:34:59Z")

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Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. A Beautiful Mind
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Theory of Everything
4. Benny & Joon
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt
6. My Left Foot
7. Coming Home
8. Forrest Gump

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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:** [April 20, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58597 "2018-04-20T03:34:01Z")

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Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. A Beautiful Mind
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Theory of Everything
4. Benny & Joon
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt
6. My Left Foot
7. Coming Home
8. Forrest Gump
9. Me Before You

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**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:** [April 20, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58598 "2018-04-20T06:28:27Z")

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Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. A Beautiful Mind
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Theory of Everything
4. Benny & Joon
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt
6. My Left Foot
7. Coming Home
8. Forrest Gump
9. Me Before You
10. Ice Castles

Anyone remember this 1978 tearjerker about a blind ice skater?

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58599 "2018-04-20T11:29:52Z")

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Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. A Beautiful Mind
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Theory of Everything
4. Benny & Joon
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt
6. My Left Foot
7. Coming Home
8. Forrest Gump
9. Me Before You
10. Ice Castles
11. Gaby: A True Story

A bettger picture, similar story to My Left Foot, same year, got no recognition

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**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:** [April 20, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58600 "2018-04-20T12:12:38Z")

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Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. A Beautiful Mind
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Theory of Everything
4. Benny & Joon
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt
6. My Left Foot
7. Coming Home
8. Forrest Gump
9. Me Before You
10. Ice Castles
11. Gaby: A True Story
12. The Boy in the Bubble

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**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:** [April 20, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58601 "2018-04-20T13:12:54Z")

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Movies where a romantic plot, or important subplot, where one person of the couple is disabled.

1. A Beautiful Mind
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Theory of Everything
4. Benny & Joon
5. The People vs. Larry Flynt
6. My Left Foot
7. Coming Home
8. Forrest Gump
9. Me Before You
10. Ice Castles
11. Gaby: A True Story
12. The Boy in the Bubble
13. Barbarella

Pygar the Angel was blind.  
New!  
Famous Chinese people, past or present.

1. Xi Jinping

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**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:** [April 20, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58602 "2018-04-20T13:22:59Z")

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New!  
Famous Chinese people, past or present.

1. Xi Jinping
2. Fu Mingxia

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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:** [April 20, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58603 "2018-04-20T13:41:48Z")

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Famous Chinese people, past or present.

1. Xi Jinping
2. Fu Mingxia
3. Yao Ming

“You know the world’s going crazy when the best rapper is white, the best golfer is black, and the tallest player in the NBA is Chinese.” – Chris Rock

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**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:** [April 20, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58604 "2018-04-20T13:46:15Z")

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Famous Chinese people, past or present.

1. Xi Jinping
2. Fu Mingxia
3. Yao Ming
4. Mao Zedong

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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:** [April 20, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58605 "2018-04-20T13:51:42Z")

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Famous Chinese people, past or present.

1. Xi Jinping
2. Fu Mingxia
3. Yao Ming
4. Mao Zedong
5. Sun Yat-sen

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**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:** [April 20, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58606 "2018-04-20T14:15:11Z")

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Famous Chinese people, past or present.

1. Xi Jinping
2. Fu Mingxia
3. Yao Ming
4. Mao Zedong
5. Sun Yat-sen
6. Sun Tzu

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