# 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:** 3374
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67468 "2019-08-19T17:47:26Z")
So, people who’ve traveled really fast. 1. Dale Earnhardt 2. Neil Armstrong 3. Mario Andretti 4. Usain Bolt 5. Chuck Yeager 6. Charles Lindbergh 7. Craig Breedlove 8. Roger Bannister 9. Andy Green 10. Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochran) 11. Burt Munro Portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in the excellent movie, [The World’s Fastest Indian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Fastest_Indian). ---
**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:** [August 19, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67469 "2019-08-19T18:27:05Z")
So, people who’ve traveled really fast. 1. Dale Earnhardt 2. Neil Armstrong 3. Mario Andretti 4. Usain Bolt 5. Chuck Yeager 6. Charles Lindbergh 7. Craig Breedlove 8. Roger Bannister 9. Andy Green 10. Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochran) 11. Burt Munro 12. Barry Allen (the Flash) ---
**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:** [August 19, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67470 "2019-08-19T19:47:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 1. Animal House > > It only lasted for a few episodes before cancellation. The only movie actor they managed to get was Dean Wormer. The series was titled _Delta House_. And they cast Stephen Furst (Flounder), Bruce McGill (D-Day), and James Widdoes (Hoover) in addition to Vernon. Favorite Animal House trivia: They offered Donald Sutherland the choice of $50,000 up front or two percent of the movie’s gross. Sutherland took the sure thing. He’s since said that decision cost him fourteen million dollars. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67471 "2019-08-19T19:48:23Z")
So, people who’ve traveled really fast. 1. Dale Earnhardt 2. Neil Armstrong 3. Mario Andretti 4. Usain Bolt 5. Chuck Yeager 6. Charles Lindbergh 7. Craig Breedlove 8. Roger Bannister 9. Andy Green 10. Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochran) 11. Burt Munro 12. Barry Allen (the Flash) 13. Dick Trickle Next: August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 14. 7th Special Forces Group ---
**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:** [August 19, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67472 "2019-08-19T20:09:16Z")
Next: August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division ---
**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:** [August 19, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67473 "2019-08-19T20:29:25Z")
August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 67538 3. SEAL Team Six ---
**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:** [August 19, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67474 "2019-08-19T20:39:42Z")
August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 67538 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) A WWII airborne division which was deactivated in 1958. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67475 "2019-08-19T20:47:05Z")
August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 67538 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) 5. 332d Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) ---
**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:** [August 19, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67476 "2019-08-19T20:55:22Z")
I assume the OP just wants airborne troops of all kinds, not pilots (of fighters or anything else), thus disqualifying **Personal** ’s submission? August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 67538 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) 5. 332d Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) 6. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne > **[Band of Brothers (miniseries)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Brothers_(miniseries))** > > Band of Brothers is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. It was created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who also served as executive producers, and who had collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan. Episodes first aired on HBO starting on September 9, 2001. The series won the Emmy and Golden Globe awards for best miniseries. > The series dramatizes the history of "Easy" Company, 2nd Battalion... ---
**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:** [August 19, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67477 "2019-08-19T22:47:35Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > **Annie** : Did she wear a flamingo costume, or play the flamingo? They tried to tell her no but she put her foot down. mmm ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67478 "2019-08-20T00:24:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I assume the OP just wants airborne troops of all kinds, not pilots (of fighters or anything else), thus disqualifying **Personal** ’s submission? Indeed – I should have clarified. By Airborne I meant troops delivered by parachute from an aircraft. August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 67538 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) 5. 332d Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) 6. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne 7. 112th Signal Bn (SO)(A) My former unit: > **[112th Signal Battalion (Special Operations) (Airborne)](https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/112sig.htm)** > > The 112th Signal Battalion (Special Operations) (Airborne) provides a full range of communications linkage capabilities for deployed special operations forces of USASOC and other special operations units. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67479 "2019-08-20T02:18:19Z")
Thought I knew the meaning of airborne. Turns out I was wrong. Learned something new today. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67480 "2019-08-20T02:35:35Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > By Airborne I meant troops delivered by parachute from an aircraft. Good thing I didn’t go with my first pick, Perseus. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67481 "2019-08-20T02:53:43Z")
August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 67538 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) 5. 332d Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) 6. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne 7. 112th Signal Bn (SO)(A) 8. Russian ‘Blue Berets’ (VDV) ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67482 "2019-08-20T02:54:57Z")
August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) 5. 332d Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) 6. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne 7. 112th Signal Bn (SO)(A) 8. 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), British Army ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67483 "2019-08-20T02:55:27Z")
It just occurred to me that perhaps only American airborne units were intended. Let me know. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67484 "2019-08-20T03:24:32Z")
August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) 5. 1. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division, Luftwaffe, WWII 6. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne 7. 112th Signal Bn (SO)(A) 8. 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), British Army Substitution for entry #5. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67485 "2019-08-20T11:55:11Z")
August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) 5. 1. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division, Luftwaffe, WWII 6. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne 7. 112th Signal Bn (SO)(A) 8. 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), British Army 9. Teishin Shudan, Imperial Japanese Army ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67486 "2019-08-20T11:58:11Z")
August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) 5. 1. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division, Luftwaffe, WWII 6. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne 7. 112th Signal Bn (SO)(A) 8. 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), British Army 9. Teishin Shudan, Imperial Japanese Army 10. United States Army Parachute Team ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67487 "2019-08-20T13:57:31Z")
August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) 5. 1. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division, Luftwaffe, WWII 6. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne 7. 112th Signal Bn (SO)(A) 8. 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), British Army 9. Teishin Shudan, Imperial Japanese Army 10. United States Army Parachute Team 11. 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion, French Foreign Legion Things did not go well for it at Dien Bien Phu. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3373) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3375)