# 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:** 3013
**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 16, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60247 "2018-07-16T05:52:57Z")
Elendil’s Heir, thanks, the Resolute Desk made me think that FDR and LeHand were in the Oval Office, but I see that it wasn’t moved to the Oval Office until 1961: [Resolute desk - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolute_desk#Presidential_desk) UNESCO World Heritage sites that you have visited: 1. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA 2. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA 3. Nikko Shrines and Temples, Japan > **[Shrines and Temples of Nikko](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/913)** > > The shrines and temples of Nikko, together with their natural surroundings, have for centuries been a sacred site known for its architectural and decorative masterpieces. They are closely associated with the history ... ---
**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:** [July 16, 2018, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60248 "2018-07-16T06:03:39Z")
UNESCO World Heritage sites that you have visited: 1. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA 2. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA 3. Nikko Shrines and Temples, Japan 4. Monticello, Virginia, USA ---
**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:** [July 16, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60249 "2018-07-16T13:23:19Z")
UNESCO World Heritage sites that you have visited: 1. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA 2. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA 3. Nikko Shrines and Temples, Japan 4. Monticello, Virginia, USA 5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC-Tenn border, USA ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60250 "2018-07-16T13:55:21Z")
UNESCO World Heritage sites that you have visited: 1. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA 2. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA 3. Nikko Shrines and Temples, Japan 4. Monticello, Virginia, USA 5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC-Tenn border, USA 6. The Rideau Canal, Kingston to Ottawa, ON I live close by and work right next to it. My son just canoed (half of it) in June and is back at it this week. ---
**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 16, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60251 "2018-07-16T13:59:37Z")
UNESCO World Heritage sites that you have visited: 1. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA 2. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA 3. Nikko Shrines and Temples, Japan 4. Monticello, Virginia, USA 5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC-Tenn border, USA 6. The Rideau Canal, Kingston to Ottawa, ON 7. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA Totally awesome in person. Pictures just don’t do it justice: [Grand Canyon National Park - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_National_Park) ---
**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 16, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60252 "2018-07-16T14:02:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Non-public officials photographed in the Oval Office, with link > > …9. Richard Adler, Judy Garland, unidentified figure, Carol Burnett, and Danny Kaye: [https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/9d/16/669d16de7f71a9e87ccfbe91082c7d67.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/9d/16/669d16de7f71a9e87ccfbe91082c7d67.jpg)… Just noticed this. “Unidentified figure” - LOL! ---
**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 16, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60253 "2018-07-16T15:27:34Z")
UNESCO World Heritage sites that you have visited: 1. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA 2. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA 3. Nikko Shrines and Temples, Japan 4. Monticello, Virginia, USA 5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC-Tenn border, USA 6. The Rideau Canal, Kingston to Ottawa, ON 7. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA 8. Rice Terraces of the Cordilleras, Ifugao Province, Philippines > **[Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/722)** > > For 2,000 years, the high rice fields of the Ifugao have followed the contours of the mountains. The fruit of knowledge handed down from one generation to the next, and the expression of sacred traditions and a ... > **[Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_Terraces_of_the_Philippine_Cordilleras)** > > The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Filipino: Mga Hagdan-Hagdang Palayan ng Kordilyera ng Pilipinas; Ifugao: Payyo) are a World Heritage Site consisting of a complex of rice terraces on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1995, the first-ever property to be included in the cultural landscape category of the World Heritage List. This inscription has five sites: the Batad Rice Terraces and Bangaan Rice Terraces (both in Ba... ---
**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 16, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60254 "2018-07-16T15:42:52Z")
UNESCO World Heritage sites that you have visited: 1. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA 2. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA 3. Nikko Shrines and Temples, Japan 4. Monticello, Virginia, USA 5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC-Tenn border, USA 6. The Rideau Canal, Kingston to Ottawa, ON 7. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA 8. Rice Terraces of the Cordilleras, Ifugao Province, Philippines 9. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA > **[Everglades National Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades_National_Park)** > > Everglades National Park is an American national park that protects the southern twenty percent of the original Everglades in Florida. The park is the largest tropical wilderness in the United States and the largest wilderness of any kind east of the Mississippi River. An average of one million people visit the park each year. Everglades is the third-largest national park in the contiguous United States after Death Valley and Yellowstone. UNESCO declared the Everglades & Dry Tortugas Biospher... ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60255 "2018-07-16T21:15:33Z")
UNESCO World Heritage sites that you have visited: 1. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA 2. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA 3. Nikko Shrines and Temples, Japan 4. Monticello, Virginia, USA 5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC-Tenn border, USA 6. The Rideau Canal, Kingston to Ottawa, ON 7. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA 8. Rice Terraces of the Cordilleras, Ifugao Province, Philippines 9. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA 10. Old Town Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada > **[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunenburg,_Nova_Scotia)** > > Lunenburg /ˈluːnənbɜːrɡ/ is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1753, the town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia. > The economy was traditionally based on the offshore fishery and today Lunenburg is the site of Canada's largest secondary fish-processing plant. The town flourished in the late 1800s, and much of the historic architecture dates from that period. > In 1995 UNESCO designated it a World Heritage Site. UNESCO conside... > **[Old Town Lunenburg](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/741)** > > Lunenburg is the best surviving example of a planned British colonial settlement in North America. Established in 1753, it has retained its original layout and overall appearance, based on a rectangular grid pattern ... ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60256 "2018-07-16T22:07:11Z")
UNESCO World Heritage sites that you have visited: 1. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA 2. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA 3. Nikko Shrines and Temples, Japan 4. Monticello, Virginia, USA 5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC-Tenn border, USA 6. The Rideau Canal, Kingston to Ottawa, ON 7. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA 8. Rice Terraces of the Cordilleras, Ifugao Province, Philippines 9. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA 10. Old Town Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada 11. Medieval City of Rhodes, Greece ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60257 "2018-07-16T23:15:29Z")
UNESCO World Heritage sites that you have visited: 1. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA 2. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA 3. Nikko Shrines and Temples, Japan 4. Monticello, Virginia, USA 5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC-Tenn border, USA 6. The Rideau Canal, Kingston to Ottawa, ON 7. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA 8. Rice Terraces of the Cordilleras, Ifugao Province, Philippines 9. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA 10. Old Town Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada 11. Medieval City of Rhodes, Greece 12. Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn, Austria ---
**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:** [July 17, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60258 "2018-07-17T03:09:01Z")
UNESCO World Heritage sites that you have visited: 1. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA 2. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, USA 3. Nikko Shrines and Temples, Japan 4. Monticello, Virginia, USA 5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC-Tenn border, USA 6. The Rideau Canal, Kingston to Ottawa, ON 7. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA 8. Rice Terraces of the Cordilleras, Ifugao Province, Philippines 9. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA 10. Old Town Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada 11. Medieval City of Rhodes, Greece 12. Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn, Austria 13. The Statue of Liberty, New York, USA I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60259 "2018-07-17T09:48:33Z")
You have 10 minutes to kill and internet access - which (non SDMB) website do you visit? 1. Rotten Tomatoes ---
**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 17, 2018, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60260 "2018-07-17T11:36:32Z")
You have 10 minutes to kill and internet access - which (non SDMB) website do you visit? 1. Rotten Tomatoes 2. The Giraffe Boards ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60261 "2018-07-17T11:56:53Z")
You have 10 minutes to kill and internet access - which (non SDMB) website do you visit? 1. Rotten Tomatoes 2. The Giraffe Boards 3. LiveLeaks ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60262 "2018-07-17T12:30:36Z")
You have 10 minutes to kill and internet access - which (non SDMB) website do you visit? 1. Rotten Tomatoes 2. The Giraffe Boards 3. LiveLeaks 4. 2CoolFishing ---
**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:** [July 17, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60263 "2018-07-17T12:56:33Z")
You have 10 minutes to kill and internet access - which (non SDMB) website do you visit? 1. Rotten Tomatoes 2. The Giraffe Boards 3. LiveLeaks 4. 2CoolFishing 5. Mutants Genetic Gladiators ---
**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 17, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60264 "2018-07-17T13:27:08Z")
You have 10 minutes to kill and internet access - which (non SDMB) website do you visit? 1. Rotten Tomatoes 2. The Giraffe Boards 3. LiveLeaks 4. 2CoolFishing 5. Mutants Genetic Gladiators 6. Fantastic Fiction ---
**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:** [July 17, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60265 "2018-07-17T13:48:29Z")
You have 10 minutes to kill and internet access - which (non SDMB) website do you visit? 1. Rotten Tomatoes 2. The Giraffe Boards 3. LiveLeaks 4. 2CoolFishing 5. Mutants Genetic Gladiators 6. Fantastic Fiction 7. Good Mythical Morning on YT ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60266 "2018-07-17T14:08:24Z")
You have 10 minutes to kill and internet access - which (non SDMB) website do you visit? 1. Rotten Tomatoes 2. The Giraffe Boards 3. LiveLeaks 4. 2CoolFishing 5. Mutants Genetic Gladiators 6. Fantastic Fiction 7. Good Mythical Morning on YT 8. Atlas Obscura [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3012) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3014)