# 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:** 2963
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59247 "2018-05-27T07:47:27Z")
Musical duos 1. Hall and Oates 2. The White Stripes 3. Simon and Garfunkel 4. The Everly Brothers 5. Sam & Dave 6. The Carpenters 7. Captain and Tennille 8. The Judds 9. Ike and Tina Turner 10. Donnie and Marie Osmond ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59248 "2018-05-27T11:45:08Z")
Musical duos 1. Hall and Oates 2. The White Stripes 3. Simon and Garfunkel 4. The Everly Brothers 5. Sam & Dave 6. The Carpenters 7. Captain and Tennille 8. The Judds 9. Ike and Tina Turner 10. Donnie and Marie Osmond 11. Steve Lawrence and Edie Gormet ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59249 "2018-05-27T12:03:43Z")
Musical duos 1. Hall and Oates 2. The White Stripes 3. Simon and Garfunkel 4. The Everly Brothers 5. Sam & Dave 6. The Carpenters 7. Captain and Tennille 8. The Judds 9. Ike and Tina Turner 10. Donnie and Marie Osmond 11. Steve Lawrence and Edie Gormet 12. Brooks & Dunn ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59250 "2018-05-27T12:24:40Z")
Musical duos 1. Hall and Oates 2. The White Stripes 3. Simon and Garfunkel 4. The Everly Brothers 5. Sam & Dave 6. The Carpenters 7. Captain and Tennille 8. The Judds 9. Ike and Tina Turner 10. Donnie and Marie Osmond 11. Steve Lawrence and Edie Gormet 12. Brooks & Dunn 13. England Dan & John Ford Coley People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59251 "2018-05-27T13:32:03Z")
People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Francis Scott Key ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59252 "2018-05-27T14:17:48Z")
People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Francis Scott Key 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59253 "2018-05-27T14:18:31Z")
People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Francis Scott Key 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Jamie Lee Curtis ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59254 "2018-05-27T14:30:14Z")
People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Francis Scott Key 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Jamie Lee Curtis 5. Jonny Lee Miller ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59255 "2018-05-27T14:33:26Z")
People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Francis Scott Key 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Jamie Lee Curtis 5. Jonny Lee Miller 6. John Quincy Adams ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59256 "2018-05-27T15:17:09Z")
People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Francis Scott Key 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Jamie Lee Curtis 5. Jonny Lee Miller 6. John Quincy Adams 7. David Lee Roth ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59257 "2018-05-27T16:21:46Z")
People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Francis Scott Key 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Jamie Lee Curtis 5. Jonny Lee Miller 6. John Quincy Adams 7. David Lee Roth 8. John Nance Garner FDR’s first VP: [John Nance Garner - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nance_Garner) ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59258 "2018-05-27T16:28:13Z")
People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Francis Scott Key 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Jamie Lee Curtis 5. Jonny Lee Miller 6. John Quincy Adams 7. David Lee Roth 8. John Nance Garner 9. Billy Bob Thornton ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59259 "2018-05-27T17:59:48Z")
People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Francis Scott Key 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Jamie Lee Curtis 5. Jonny Lee Miller 6. John Quincy Adams 7. David Lee Roth 8. John Nance Garner 9. Billy Bob Thornton 10. Jerry Lee Lewis ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59260 "2018-05-27T18:01:48Z")
People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Francis Scott Key 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Jamie Lee Curtis 5. Jonny Lee Miller 6. John Quincy Adams 7. David Lee Roth 8. John Nance Garner 9. Billy Bob Thornton 10. Jerry Lee Lewis 11. Tommy Lee Jones ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59261 "2018-05-27T18:30:59Z")
People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Francis Scott Key 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Jamie Lee Curtis 5. Jonny Lee Miller 6. John Quincy Adams 7. David Lee Roth 8. John Nance Garner 9. Billy Bob Thornton 10. Jerry Lee Lewis 11. Tommy Lee Jones 12. Henry David Thoreau ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59262 "2018-05-27T19:00:16Z")
People we know by three names, no murderers or assassins allowed. 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Francis Scott Key 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Jamie Lee Curtis 5. Jonny Lee Miller 6. John Quincy Adams 7. David Lee Roth 8. John Nance Garner 9. Billy Bob Thornton 10. Jerry Lee Lewis 11. Tommy Lee Jones 12. Henry David Thoreau 13. Jennifer Love Hewitt I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59263 "2018-05-27T21:45:30Z")
Continuing a theme, 13 more ways a person is killed in a murder mystery, with name, method, and work. 1. Pete Drossos is run over by a car in The Golden Spiders by Rex Stout. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59264 "2018-05-27T22:00:08Z")
Continuing a theme, 13 more ways a person is killed in a murder mystery, with name, method, and work. 1. Pete Drossos is run over by a car in The Golden Spiders by Rex Stout. 2. Stephen Norton is shot precisely in the center of his forehead in Curtain by Agatha Christie. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59265 "2018-05-27T22:08:03Z")
Continuing a theme, 13 more ways a person is killed in a murder mystery, with name, method, and work. I forgot to mention, no more poisons, please. 1. Pete Drossos is run over by a car in The Golden Spiders by Rex Stout. 2. Stephen Norton is shot precisely in the center of his forehead in Curtain by Agatha Christie ---
**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59266 "2018-05-27T22:41:27Z")
Continuing a theme, 13 more ways a person is killed in a murder mystery, with name, method, and work. I forgot to mention, no more poisons, please. 1. Pete Drossos is run over by a car in The Golden Spiders by Rex Stout. 2. Stephen Norton is shot precisely in the center of his forehead in Curtain by Agatha Christie 3. Erik & Lida Knudsen have their throats slashed in See Also Murder by Larry D. Sweazy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2962) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2964)