# 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:** 333
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6642 "2011-07-21T22:35:49Z")
Great movie music, with links 1. “Dawn,” from Pride & Prejudice (2005), by Dario Marianelli 2. Superman - The Planet Krypton 3. “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” 4. “The Magnificent Seven” main theme 5. Tara’s Theme - Gone With The Wind 6. Lara’s Theme–Dr. Zhivago 7. 2001: A Space Odyssey 8. Zorba’s Dance from Zorba the Greek 9. Theme from The Third Man by Anton Karas 10. “The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)”, _Star Wars_, John Williams 11. Gunfight at the OK Corral (written by Dmitri Tiomkin, sung by Frankie Laine) 12. “The Godfather” 13. “The Green Leaves of Summer” from The Alamo (1960) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xdE9MpZ9kc) Said to have been JFK’s favorite song. An instrumental began _Inglorious Basterds_. Next up: Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) Since dates are uncertain, let’s assume Jesus lived ca. 10BC-30AD ---
**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 22, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6643 "2011-07-22T00:23:04Z")
Next up: Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus Since dates are uncertain, let’s assume Jesus lived ca. 10BC-30AD [/QUOTE] 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) 2. [Apollonius of Tyana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius_of_Tyana) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6644 "2011-07-22T00:31:18Z")
Next up: Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus (c.10BC-ca.30AD) 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) 2. Apollonius of Tyana 3. [Ovid](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovid) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6645 "2011-07-22T01:06:10Z")
Next up: Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus (c.10BC-ca.30AD) 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) 2. Apollonius of Tyana 3. Ovid 4. [Brian](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iOPwdxK-Ti4/TiCPOSaWEdI/AAAAAAAAAL4/XvtgnGuu4M8/s1600/Brian+Life+of+Brian.jpg) eta: 😃 ---
**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 22, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6646 "2011-07-22T01:13:00Z")
Next up: Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus (c.10BC-ca.30AD) 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) 2. Apollonius of Tyana 3. Ovid 4. [Brian](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iOPwdxK-Ti4/TiCPOSaWEdI/AAAAAAAAAL4/XvtgnGuu4M8/s1600/Brian+Life+of+Brian.jpg) 5. [Trung Trac and Trung Nhị](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C6%B0ng_Sisters) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6647 "2011-07-22T01:32:00Z")
Next up: Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus (c.10BC-ca.30AD) 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) 2. Apollonius of Tyana 3. Ovid 4. [Brian](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iOPwdxK-Ti4/TiCPOSaWEdI/AAAAAAAAAL4/XvtgnGuu4M8/s1600/Brian+Life+of+Brian.jpg) 5. [Trung Trac and Trung Nhị](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C6%B0ng_Sisters) 6. [Caradoc/Caractacus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caratacus) ---
**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 22, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6648 "2011-07-22T02:35:45Z")
Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus (c.10BC-ca.30AD) 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) 2. Apollonius of Tyana 3. Ovid 4. Brian 5. Trung Trac and Trung Nhị 6. Caradoc/Caractacus 7. King Herod the Great > **[Herod the Great | New Testament references](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great#New_Testament_references)** > > Herod appears in the Gospel of Matthew, which describes an event known as the Massacre of the Innocents. According to this account, after the birth of Jesus, a group of magi from the East visited Herod to inquire the whereabouts of "the one having been born king of the Jews", because they had seen his star in the east (or, according to certain translations, at its rising) and therefore wanted to pay him homage. Herod, as King of the Jews, was alarmed at the prospect of a usurper. Herod assemb Mos... ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6649 "2011-07-22T02:36:38Z")
Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus (c.10BC-ca.30AD) 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) 2. Apollonius of Tyana 3. Ovid 4. Brian 5. Trung Trac and Trung Nhị 6. Caradoc/Caractacus 7. King Herod the Great 8. Agustus Caesar ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6650 "2011-07-22T02:57:50Z")
Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus (c.10BC-ca.30AD) 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) 2. Apollonius of Tyana 3. Ovid 4. Brian 5. Trung Trac and Trung Nhị 6. Caradoc/Caractacus 7. King Herod the Great 8. Agustus Caesar 9. Pontius Pilate ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6651 "2011-07-22T03:46:01Z")
Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus (c.10BC-ca.30AD) 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) 2. Apollonius of Tyana 3. Ovid 4. Brian 5. Trung Trac and Trung Nhị 6. Caradoc/Caractacus 7. King Herod the Great 8. Augustus Caesar 9. Pontius Pilate 10. Philo of Alexandria > **[Philo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo)** > > Philo of Alexandria (/ˈfaɪloʊ/; Ancient Greek: Φίλων, romanized: Phílōn; Hebrew: יְדִידְיָה, romanized: Yəḏīḏyāh (Jedediah); c. 20 BCE – c.  50 CE), also called Philo Judaeus,\[a\] was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt. > The only event in Philo's life that can be decisively dated is his participation in the embassy to Rome in 40 CE; whereby he represented the Alexandrian Jews in a delegation to the Roman Emperor Caligula following civil strife ... ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6652 "2011-07-22T04:09:04Z")
Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus (c.10BC-ca.30AD) 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) 2. Apollonius of Tyana 3. Ovid 4. Brian 5. Trung Trac and Trung Nhị 6. Caradoc/Caractacus 7. King Herod the Great 8. Augustus Caesar 9. Pontius Pilate 10. Philo of Alexandria 11. [Wang Mang](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Mang), Emperor of the Xin Dynasty. ---
**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 22, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6653 "2011-07-22T04:15:47Z")
Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus (c.10BC-ca.30AD) 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) 2. Apollonius of Tyana 3. Ovid 4. Brian 5. Trung Trac and Trung Nhị 6. Caradoc/Caractacus 7. King Herod the Great 8. Augustus Caesar 9. Pontius Pilate 10. Philo of Alexandria 11. [Artabanus II](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artabanus_II_of_Parthia) ---
**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 22, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6654 "2011-07-22T13:19:23Z")
Famous people (other than apostles and the Virgin Mary) who would have been alive during the life of Jesus (c.10BC-ca.30AD) 1. Caligula (born 12 AD) 2. Apollonius of Tyana 3. Ovid 4. Brian 5. Trung Trac and Trung Nhị 6. Caradoc/Caractacus 7. King Herod the Great 8. Augustus Caesar 9. Pontius Pilate 10. Philo of Alexandria 11. Wang Mang, Emperor of the Xin Dynasty. 12. Artabanus II 13. [James the Just](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just) Next up: Animals who can legimately sing “It’s Not Easy Being Green” (assuming they know how to sing, of course) 1. Frogs ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6655 "2011-07-22T13:35:54Z")
Next up: Animals who can legimately sing “It’s Not Easy Being Green” (assuming they know how to sing, of course) 1. Frogs 2. Lizards ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6656 "2011-07-22T13:39:28Z")
Next up: Animals who can legimately sing “It’s Not Easy Being Green” (assuming they know how to sing, of course) 1. Frogs 2. Lizards 3. Chameleons on leaves in Summer ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6657 "2011-07-22T13:44:56Z")
Next up: Animals who can legimately sing “It’s Not Easy Being Green” (assuming they know how to sing, of course) 1. Frogs 2. Lizards 3. Chameleons on leaves in Summer 4. Amazon parrot ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6658 "2011-07-22T15:12:04Z")
Next up: Animals who can legimately sing “It’s Not Easy Being Green” (assuming they know how to sing, of course) 1. Frogs 2. Lizards 3. Chameleons on leaves in Summer 4. Amazon parrot 5. [Green catfish](http://www.aquariumfish.net/images_01/emerald_green_catfish_w464.jpg) ---
**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 22, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6659 "2011-07-22T16:05:13Z")
Animals who can legimately sing “It’s Not Easy Being Green” (assuming they know how to sing, of course) 1. Frogs 2. Lizards 3. Chameleons on leaves in Summer 4. Amazon parrot 5. Green catfish 6. Peacocks [![](https://selvam4win.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/peacock.jpg) ](https://selvam4win.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/peacock.jpg) ---
**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 22, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6660 "2011-07-22T17:38:42Z")
Animals who can legimately sing “It’s Not Easy Being Green” (assuming they know how to sing, of course) 1. Frogs 2. Lizards 3. Chameleons on leaves in Summer 4. Amazon parrot 5. Green catfish 6. Peacocks 7. [Grasshoppers](http://photoshd.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/grasshopper2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6661 "2011-07-22T17:40:53Z")
Animals who can legimately sing “It’s Not Easy Being Green” (assuming they know how to sing, of course) 1. Frogs 2. Lizards 3. Chameleons on leaves in Summer 4. Amazon parrot 5. Green catfish 6. Peacocks 7. Grasshoppers 8. [Ball Python](http://animal.discovery.com/tv/a-list/creature-countdowns/green/green.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=332) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=334)