# 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\
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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66948 "2019-07-30T12:57:31Z")

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Those who died too young but whom a reprogrammed Terminator might save (with place and age)

1. Edgar Allan Poe (Baltimore, age 40)
2. Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) (Rome, 27)
3. Irene Nemirovsky (Auschwitz, age 39, 1942)
4. Anne Frank (Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, age 15)
5. Jimi Hendrix (London, age 27)

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66949 "2019-07-30T13:11:33Z")

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Those who died too young but whom a reprogrammed Terminator might save (with place and age)

1. Edgar Allan Poe (Baltimore, age 40)
2. Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) (Rome, 27)
3. Irene Nemirovsky (Auschwitz, age 39, 1942)
4. Anne Frank (Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, age 15)
5. Jimi Hendrix (London, age 27)
6. Anton Yelchin (California, age 27)

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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:** [July 30, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66950 "2019-07-30T13:15:54Z")

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Those who died too young but whom a reprogrammed Terminator might save (with place and age)

1. Edgar Allan Poe (Baltimore, age 40)
2. Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) (Rome, 27)
3. Irene Nemirovsky (Auschwitz, age 39, 1942)
4. Anne Frank (Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, age 15)
5. Jimi Hendrix (London, age 27)
6. Anton Yelchin (California, age 27)
7. John F. Kennedy Jr. (Martha’s Vineyard, age 38)

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66951 "2019-07-30T13:44:26Z")

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Those who died too young but whom a reprogrammed Terminator might save (with place and age)

1. Edgar Allan Poe (Baltimore, age 40)
2. Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) (Rome, 27)
3. Irene Nemirovsky (Auschwitz, age 39, 1942)
4. Anne Frank (Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, age 15)
5. Jimi Hendrix (London, age 27)
6. Anton Yelchin (California, age 27)
7. John F. Kennedy Jr. (Martha’s Vineyard, age 38)
8. Brandon Teena (Nebraska, age 21)

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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:** [July 30, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66952 "2019-07-30T13:55:45Z")

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Those who died too young but whom a reprogrammed Terminator might save (with place and age)

1. Edgar Allan Poe (Baltimore, age 40)
2. Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) (Rome, 27)
3. Irene Nemirovsky (Auschwitz, age 39, 1942)
4. Anne Frank (Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, age 15)
5. Jimi Hendrix (London, age 27)
6. Anton Yelchin (California, age 27)
7. John F. Kennedy Jr. (Martha’s Vineyard, age 38)
8. Brandon Teena (Nebraska, age 21)
9. Matthew Shepard (Laramie, Wyoming, age 210

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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:** [July 30, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66953 "2019-07-30T14:14:47Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> …9. Matthew Shepard (Laramie, Wyoming, age 210

Sounds like a ripe old age to me.

Those who died too young but whom a reprogrammed Terminator might save (with place and age)

1. Edgar Allan Poe (Baltimore, age 40)
2. Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) (Rome, 27)
3. Irene Nemirovsky (Auschwitz, age 39, 1942)
4. Anne Frank (Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, age 15)
5. Jimi Hendrix (London, age 27)
6. Anton Yelchin (California, age 27)
7. John F. Kennedy Jr. (Martha’s Vineyard, age 38)
8. Brandon Teena (Nebraska, age 21)
9. Matthew Shepard (Laramie, Wyoming, age 21)
10. John F. Kennedy (Dallas, 46)

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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:** [July 30, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66954 "2019-07-30T16:27:18Z")

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Those who died too young but whom a reprogrammed Terminator might save (with place and age)

1. Edgar Allan Poe (Baltimore, age 40)
2. Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) (Rome, 27)
3. Irene Nemirovsky (Auschwitz, age 39, 1942)
4. Anne Frank (Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, age 15)
5. Jimi Hendrix (London, age 27)
6. Anton Yelchin (California, age 27)
7. John F. Kennedy Jr. (Martha’s Vineyard, age 38)
8. Brandon Teena (Nebraska, age 21)
9. Matthew Shepard (Laramie, Wyoming, age 21)
10. John F. Kennedy (Dallas, 46)
11. Jim Henson (NYC, 53)

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66955 "2019-07-30T16:53:38Z")

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Those who died too young but whom a reprogrammed Terminator might save (with place and age)

1. Edgar Allan Poe (Baltimore, age 40)
2. Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) (Rome, 27)
3. Irene Nemirovsky (Auschwitz, age 39, 1942)
4. Anne Frank (Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, age 15)
5. Jimi Hendrix (London, age 27)
6. Anton Yelchin (California, age 27)
7. John F. Kennedy Jr. (Martha’s Vineyard, age 38)
8. Brandon Teena (Nebraska, age 21)
9. Matthew Shepard (Laramie, Wyoming, age 21)
10. John F. Kennedy (Dallas, 46)
11. Jim Henson (NYC, 53)
12. James Croce (Louisiana, 30)

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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:** [July 30, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66956 "2019-07-30T17:03:20Z")

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Those who died too young but whom a reprogrammed Terminator might save (with place and age)

1. Edgar Allan Poe (Baltimore, age 40)
2. Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) (Rome, 27)
3. Irene Nemirovsky (Auschwitz, age 39, 1942)
4. Anne Frank (Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, age 15)
5. Jimi Hendrix (London, age 27)
6. Anton Yelchin (California, age 27)
7. John F. Kennedy Jr. (Martha’s Vineyard, age 38)
8. Brandon Teena (Nebraska, age 21)
9. Matthew Shepard (Laramie, Wyoming, age 21)
10. John F. Kennedy (Dallas, 46)
11. Jim Henson (NYC, 53)
12. James Croce (Louisiana, 30)
13. Robert F. Kennedy, (Los Angeles, 42)

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Country Capitals A-M

1. Andorra la Vella

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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:** [July 30, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66957 "2019-07-30T17:05:25Z")

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Country Capitals A-M

1. Andorra la Vella
2. Buenos Aires

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66958 "2019-07-30T17:10:50Z")

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Country Capitals A-M

1. Andorra la Vella
2. Buenos Aires
3. Cairo

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66959 "2019-07-30T17:27:11Z")

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Country Capitals A-M

1. Andorra la Vella
2. Buenos Aires
3. Cairo
4. Dublin

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66960 "2019-07-30T17:47:59Z")

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Country Capitals A-M

1. Andorra la Vella
2. Buenos Aires
3. Cairo
4. Dublin
5. [Edinburgh of the Seven Seas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_of_the_Seven_Seas)(stretching a point by naming a territory here)

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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:** [July 30, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66961 "2019-07-30T17:54:40Z")

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Country Capitals A-M

1. Andorra la Vella
2. Buenos Aires
3. Cairo
4. Dublin
5. Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (stretching a point by naming a territory here)
6. Flying Fish Cove (ditto, but who could resist that name?)

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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:** [July 30, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66962 "2019-07-30T18:05:07Z")

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Country Capitals A-M

1. Andorra la Vella
2. Buenos Aires
3. Cairo
4. Dublin
5. Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (stretching a point by naming a territory here)
6. Flying Fish Cove (ditto, but who could resist that name?)
7. Georgetown, Guyana

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66963 "2019-07-30T19:10:05Z")

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Country Capitals A-M

1. Andorra la Vella
2. Buenos Aires
3. Cairo
4. Dublin
5. Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (stretching a point by naming a territory here)
6. Flying Fish Cove (ditto, but who could resist that name?)
7. Georgetown, Guyana
8. Helsinki, Finland

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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:** [July 30, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66964 "2019-07-30T19:11:52Z")

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Country Capitals A-M

1. Andorra la Vella
2. Buenos Aires
3. Cairo
4. Dublin
5. Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (stretching a point by naming a territory here)
6. Flying Fish Cove (ditto, but who could resist that name?)
7. Georgetown, Guyana
8. Helsinki, Finland
9. Islamabad, Pakistan

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66965 "2019-07-30T19:53:03Z")

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Country Capitals A-M

1. Andorra la Vella
2. Buenos Aires
3. Cairo
4. Dublin
5. Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (stretching a point by naming a territory here)
6. Flying Fish Cove (ditto, but who could resist that name?)
7. Georgetown, Guyana
8. Helsinki, Finland
9. Islamabad, Pakistan
10. Jakarta, Indonesia

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**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 30, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66966 "2019-07-30T20:06:53Z")

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Country Capitals A-M

1. Andorra la Vella
2. Buenos Aires
3. Cairo
4. Dublin
5. Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (stretching a point by naming a territory here)
6. Flying Fish Cove (ditto, but who could resist that name?)
7. Georgetown, Guyana
8. Helsinki, Finland
9. Islamabad, Pakistan
10. Jakarta, Indonesia
11. Kingston, Jamaica

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**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 30, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66967 "2019-07-30T20:23:26Z")

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Country Capitals A-M

1. Andorra la Vella
2. Buenos Aires
3. Cairo
4. Dublin
5. Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (stretching a point by naming a territory here)
6. Flying Fish Cove (ditto, but who could resist that name?)
7. Georgetown, Guyana
8. Helsinki, Finland
9. Islamabad, Pakistan
10. Jakarta, Indonesia
11. Kingston, Jamaica
12. London, UK

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