# 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\
**Page:** 3182

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**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:** [December 31, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63628 "2018-12-31T06:59:55Z")

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Ninja fix…  
On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last”

1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis
2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
3. December 31st
4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
5. Beethoven’s Symphony #9
6. The Last Detail, directed by Hal Ashby

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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:** [December 31, 2018, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63629 "2018-12-31T07:24:29Z")

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On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last”

1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis
2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
3. December 31st
4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
5. Beethoven’s Symphony #9
6. The Last Detail, directed by Hal Ashby
7. Nickleodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender

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**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:** [December 31, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63630 "2018-12-31T11:33:10Z")

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On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last”

1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis
2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
3. December 31st
4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
5. Beethoven’s Symphony #9
6. The Last Detail, directed by Hal Ashby
7. Nickleodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, directed by Steven Spielberg

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**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:** [December 31, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63631 "2018-12-31T12:17:53Z")

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On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last”

1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis
2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
3. December 31st
4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
5. Beethoven’s Symphony #9
6. The Last Detail, directed by Hal Ashby
7. Nickleodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, directed by Steven Spielberg
9. The Last Waltz - The Band

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**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:** [December 31, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63632 "2018-12-31T12:23:16Z")

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On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last”

1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis
2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
3. December 31st
4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
5. Beethoven’s Symphony #9
6. The Last Detail, directed by Hal Ashby
7. Nickleodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, directed by Steven Spielberg
9. The Last Waltz - The Band
10. The Last Samurai, directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63633 "2018-12-31T12:50:06Z")

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On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last”

1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis
2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
3. December 31st
4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
5. Beethoven’s Symphony #9
6. The Last Detail, directed by Hal Ashby
7. Nickleodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, directed by Steven Spielberg
9. The Last Waltz - The Band
10. The Last Samurai, directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick
11. The Last Starfighter

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**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:** [December 31, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63634 "2018-12-31T13:21:22Z")

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On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last”

1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis
2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
3. December 31st
4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
5. Beethoven’s Symphony #9
6. The Last Detail, directed by Hal Ashby
7. Nickleodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, directed by Steven Spielberg
9. The Last Waltz - The Band
10. The Last Samurai, directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick
11. The Last Starfighter
12. The Last Temptation of Christ, directed by Martin Scorsese

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**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:** [December 31, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63635 "2018-12-31T14:25:47Z")

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On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last”

1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis
2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
3. December 31st
4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
5. Beethoven’s Symphony #9
6. The Last Detail, directed by Hal Ashby
7. Nickleodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, directed by Steven Spielberg
9. The Last Waltz - The Band
10. The Last Samurai, directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick
11. The Last Starfighter
12. The Last Temptation of Christ, directed by Martin Scorsese
13. The Last Man in My Life from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song & Dance

Next up, let’s flip it around:an item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love

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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:** [December 31, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63636 "2018-12-31T15:02:22Z")

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Next up, let’s flip it around:an item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love
2. The First Nowell

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**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:** [December 31, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63637 "2018-12-31T15:17:19Z")

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Next up, let’s flip it around:an item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love
2. The First Nowell
3. The First Cut is the Deepest [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5NRH_DxWJE)

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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:** [December 31, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63638 "2018-12-31T15:21:18Z")

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Next up, let’s flip it around:an item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love
2. The First Nowell
3. The First Cut is the Deepest [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5NRH_DxWJE)
4. “Get there firstest with the mostest” - incorrectly attributed to Nathan Bedford Forrest

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**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:** [December 31, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63639 "2018-12-31T15:22:17Z")

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Next up, let’s flip it around:an item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love
2. The First Nowell
3. The First Cut is the Deepest [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5NRH_DxWJE)  
4.“Get there firstest with the mostest” - incorrectly attributed to Nathan Bedford Forrest
4. A is for Alibi - the first of the Kinsey Millhone mystery books by Sue Grafton

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**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:** [December 31, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63640 "2018-12-31T15:52:30Z")

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Next up, let’s flip it around: an item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love
2. The First Nowell
3. The First Cut is the Deepest link  
4.“Get there firstest with the mostest” - incorrectly attributed to Nathan Bedford Forrest
4. A is for Alibi - the first of the Kinsey Millhone mystery books by Sue Grafton
5. First Man

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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:** [December 31, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63641 "2018-12-31T16:07:23Z")

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Next up, let’s flip it around:an item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love
2. The First Nowell
3. The First Cut is the Deepest [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5NRH_DxWJE)  
4.“Get there firstest with the mostest” - incorrectly attributed to Nathan Bedford Forrest
4. A is for Alibi - the first of the Kinsey Millhone mystery books by Sue Grafton
5. First Man
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first of CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia to be written and published

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**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:** [December 31, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63642 "2018-12-31T16:19:39Z")

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An item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love
2. The First Nowell
3. The First Cut is the Deepest link  
4.“Get there firstest with the mostest” - incorrectly attributed to Nathan Bedford Forrest
4. A is for Alibi - the first of the Kinsey Millhone mystery books by Sue Grafton
5. First Man
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first of CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia to be written and published
7. First World Problem

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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:** [December 31, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63643 "2018-12-31T16:36:18Z")

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An item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love
2. The First Nowell
3. The First Cut is the Deepest link  
4.“Get there firstest with the mostest” - incorrectly attributed to Nathan Bedford Forrest
4. A is for Alibi - the first of the Kinsey Millhone mystery books by Sue Grafton
5. First Man
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first of CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia to be written and published
7. First World Problem
8. “The Man Trap,” the first-ever broadcast _Star Trek_ episode

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**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:** [December 31, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63644 "2018-12-31T17:48:43Z")

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An item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love
2. The First Nowell
3. The First Cut is the Deepest link  
4.“Get there firstest with the mostest” - incorrectly attributed to Nathan Bedford Forrest
4. A is for Alibi - the first of the Kinsey Millhone mystery books by Sue Grafton
5. First Man
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first of CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia to be written and published
7. First World Problem
8. “The Man Trap,” the first-ever broadcast Star Trek episode
9. First Blood

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63645 "2018-12-31T19:05:34Z")

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An item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love
2. The First Nowell
3. The First Cut is the Deepest link  
4.“Get there firstest with the mostest” - incorrectly attributed to Nathan Bedford Forrest
4. A is for Alibi - the first of the Kinsey Millhone mystery books by Sue Grafton
5. First Man
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first of CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia to be written and published
7. First World Problem
8. “The Man Trap,” the first-ever broadcast Star Trek episode
9. First Blood
10. First-past-the-post - electoral system

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**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:** [December 31, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63646 "2018-12-31T19:11:06Z")

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An item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love
2. The First Nowell
3. The First Cut is the Deepest link  
4.“Get there firstest with the mostest” - incorrectly attributed to Nathan Bedford Forrest
4. A is for Alibi - the first of the Kinsey Millhone mystery books by Sue Grafton
5. First Man
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first of CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia to be written and published
7. First World Problem
8. “The Man Trap,” the first-ever broadcast Star Trek episode
9. First Blood
10. First-past-the-post - electoral system
11. Star Trek: First Contact

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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:** [December 31, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63647 "2018-12-31T20:21:38Z")

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An item that’s the first in a series, or any title that contains the word “first”

1. The First Man You Remember, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love
2. The First Nowell
3. The First Cut is the Deepest link  
4.“Get there firstest with the mostest” - incorrectly attributed to Nathan Bedford Forrest
4. A is for Alibi - the first of the Kinsey Millhone mystery books by Sue Grafton
5. First Man
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first of CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia to be written and published
7. First World Problem
8. “The Man Trap,” the first-ever broadcast Star Trek episode
9. First Blood
10. First-past-the-post - electoral system
11. Star Trek: First Contact
12. The Secret of the Old Clock - First Nancy Drew mystery

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