# 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:** 3126
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62507 "2018-11-10T23:02:54Z")
It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC 2. George Marshall, United States Army 3. Chuck Yeager, USAF 4. Wilfred Owen, British Army 5. George Henry Thomas, United States Army 6. Admiral Grace Hopper, United States Navy 7. Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, US Navy 8. Winston Churchill, British Army 9. James Doohan, Lieutenant, Canadian Infantry 10. Harry S Truman, US Army Artillery ---
**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:** [November 11, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62508 "2018-11-11T04:20:55Z")
It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC 2. George Marshall, United States Army 3. Chuck Yeager, USAF 4. Wilfred Owen, British Army 5. George Henry Thomas, United States Army 6. Admiral Grace Hopper, United States Navy 7. Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, US Navy 8. Winston Churchill, British Army 9. James Doohan, Lieutenant, Canadian Infantry 10. Harry S Truman, US Army Artillery 11. William B. Cushing, US Navy Flunked out of Annapolis for flunking Spanish and playing practical jokes; later one of the most daring and accomplished naval officers of the Civil War. He sank the Confederate ironclad CSS _Alabama_ in a daring nighttime raid: [William B. Cushing - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Cushing) ---
**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:** [November 11, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62509 "2018-11-11T04:32:18Z")
It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC 2. George Marshall, United States Army 3. Chuck Yeager, USAF 4. Wilfred Owen, British Army 5. George Henry Thomas, United States Army 6. Admiral Grace Hopper, United States Navy 7. Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, US Navy 8. Winston Churchill, British Army 9. James Doohan, Lieutenant, Canadian Infantry 10. Harry S Truman, US Army Artillery 11. William B. Cushing, US Navy 12. Quentin Roosevelt, United States Army Air Service Teddy Roosevelt’s youngest son, killed in aerial combat over France on Bastille Day, July 14, 1918, age 20; his comrades and the German pilots who shot him down attested to his daring and courage. As of 2018, he is the only son of a US President to die in combat. TR never recovered from his loss, and died 6 months later. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62510 "2018-11-11T04:41:24Z")
It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC 2. George Marshall, United States Army 3. Chuck Yeager, USAF 4. Wilfred Owen, British Army 5. George Henry Thomas, United States Army 6. Admiral Grace Hopper, United States Navy 7. Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, US Navy 8. Winston Churchill, British Army 9. James Doohan, Lieutenant, Canadian Infantry 10. Harry S Truman, US Army Artillery 11. William B. Cushing, US Navy 12. Quentin Roosevelt, United States Army Air Service 13. Colonel Martha McSally, USAF — the first American woman to fly in combat following the 1991 lifting of the prohibition on female combat pilots. Pass ---
**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:** [November 11, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62511 "2018-11-11T05:09:19Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62512 "2018-11-11T05:11:53Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young 2. Boston - Boston ---
**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:** [November 11, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62513 "2018-11-11T05:22:16Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young 2. Boston - Boston 3. Revolver - The Beatles ---
**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:** [November 11, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62514 "2018-11-11T06:04:53Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young 2. Boston - Boston 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Tapestry - Carole King ---
**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:** [November 11, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62515 "2018-11-11T10:15:01Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young 2. Boston - Boston 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Tapestry - Carole King 5. Caribou - Elton John ---
**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:** [November 11, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62516 "2018-11-11T15:02:40Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young 2. Boston - Boston 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Tapestry - Carole King 5. Caribou - Elton John 6. Paranoid - Black Sabbath ---
**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:** [November 11, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62517 "2018-11-11T17:08:04Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young 2. Boston - Boston 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Tapestry - Carole King 5. Caribou - Elton John 6. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 7. Spike - Elvis Costello ---
**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:** [November 11, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62518 "2018-11-11T17:54:20Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young 2. Boston - Boston 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Tapestry - Carole King 5. Caribou - Elton John 6. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 7. Spike - Elvis Costello 8. Stereotomy - Alan Parsons Project ---
**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:** [November 11, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62519 "2018-11-11T19:31:26Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young 2. Boston - Boston 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Tapestry - Carole King 5. Caribou - Elton John 6. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 7. Spike - Elvis Costello 8. Stereotomy - Alan Parsons Project 9. Tommy - The Who ---
**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:** [November 11, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62520 "2018-11-11T20:25:36Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young 2. Boston - Boston 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Tapestry - Carole King 5. Caribou - Elton John 6. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 7. Spike - Elvis Costello 8. Stereotomy - Alan Parsons Project 9. Tommy - The Who 10. Time - Electric Light Orchestra ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62521 "2018-11-11T20:42:26Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young 2. Boston - Boston 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Tapestry - Carole King 5. Caribou - Elton John 6. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 7. Spike - Elvis Costello 8. Stereotomy - Alan Parsons Project 9. Tommy - The Who 10. Time - Electric Light Orchestra 11. Facets - Jim Croce ---
**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:** [November 11, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62522 "2018-11-11T22:19:44Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young 2. Boston - Boston 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Tapestry - Carole King 5. Caribou - Elton John 6. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 7. Spike - Elvis Costello 8. Stereotomy - Alan Parsons Project 9. Tommy - The Who 10. Time - Electric Light Orchestra 11. Facets - Jim Croce 12. Animals - Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62523 "2018-11-11T23:02:04Z")
One word album titles. 1. Harvest - Neil Young 2. Boston - Boston 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Tapestry - Carole King 5. Caribou - Elton John 6. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 7. Spike - Elvis Costello 8. Stereotomy - Alan Parsons Project 9. Tommy - The Who 10. Time - Electric Light Orchestra 11. Facets - Jim Croce 12. Animals - Pink Floyd 13. Frontiers - Journey 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:** [November 12, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62524 "2018-11-12T00:45:50Z")
Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching. Name a food/drink you contribute to the festive meal. 1. Iced tea, sweet with lime and plain sweet ---
**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:** [November 12, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62525 "2018-11-12T01:26:34Z")
Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching. Name a food/drink you contribute to the festive meal. 1. Iced tea, sweet with lime and plain sweet 2. The Turkey, plus 2 quarts of gravy, always. Usually a cheesecake as well ---
**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:** [November 12, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62526 "2018-11-12T01:45:02Z")
Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching. Name a food/drink you contribute to the festive meal. 1. Iced tea, sweet with lime and plain sweet 2. The Turkey, plus 2 quarts of gravy, always. Usually a cheesecake as well 3. Butternut squash soup To start off the sit-down meal [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3127)