# 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:** 3401

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68008 "2019-09-19T15:02:51Z")

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People associated with the Beatles, A - M, last or first names, alphabetical

1. Asher, Jane - Paul’s long time girlfriend and former fiancee.
2. Best, Pete - Drummer before that other guy
3. Cynthia Lennon - John’s 1st wife
4. Derek Taylor - Writer, publicist and record producer. He is best known for his role as press officer to the Beatles.
5. Epstein, Brian - Beatles manager
6. Frank Reidy - Session musician. Played the clarinet on “When I’m Sixty-Four”
7. George Martin, who produced the Beatles’ recordings.
8. Hunter Davies, author of the only authorized biography of the Beatles
9. Ivan Vaughan, boyhood friend of John Lennon, and schoolmate of Paul McCartney
10. Michael Jackson, bought the Beatles catalog in 1985
11. Klaus Voorman, illustrator of Revolver album cover and booklet included with the Ringo album

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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:** [September 19, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68009 "2019-09-19T15:43:09Z")

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People associated with the Beatles, A - M, last or first names, alphabetical

1. Asher, Jane - Paul’s long time girlfriend and former fiancee.
2. Best, Pete - Drummer before that other guy
3. Cynthia Lennon - John’s 1st wife
4. Derek Taylor - Writer, publicist and record producer. He is best known for his role as press officer to the Beatles.
5. Epstein, Brian - Beatles manager
6. Frank Reidy - Session musician. Played the clarinet on “When I’m Sixty-Four”
7. George Martin, who produced the Beatles’ recordings.
8. Hunter Davies, author of the only authorized biography of the Beatles
9. Ivan Vaughan, boyhood friend of John Lennon, and schoolmate of Paul McCartney
10. Michael Jackson, bought the Beatles catalog in 1985
11. Klaus Voorman, illustrator of Revolver album cover and booklet included with the Ringo album
12. Lennon, Julian, John’s son for whom Paul wrote _Hey Jude_.

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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:** [September 19, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68010 "2019-09-19T16:05:21Z")

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People associated with the Beatles, A - M, last or first names, alphabetical

1. Asher, Jane - Paul’s long time girlfriend and former fiancee.
2. Best, Pete - Drummer before that other guy
3. Cynthia Lennon - John’s 1st wife
4. Derek Taylor - Writer, publicist and record producer. He is best known for his role as press officer to the Beatles.
5. Epstein, Brian - Beatles manager
6. Frank Reidy - Session musician. Played the clarinet on “When I’m Sixty-Four”
7. George Martin, who produced the Beatles’ recordings.
8. Hunter Davies, author of the only authorized biography of the Beatles
9. Ivan Vaughan, boyhood friend of John Lennon, and schoolmate of Paul McCartney
10. Michael Jackson, bought the Beatles catalog in 1985
11. Klaus Voorman, illustrator of Revolver album cover and booklet included with the Ringo album
12. Lennon, Julian, John’s son for whom Paul wrote _Hey Jude_.
13. Mal Evans, roadie and personal assistant. The “Fifth Beatle”.

I’ll pass even though I strongly suspect what the next category is going to be.

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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:** [September 19, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68011 "2019-09-19T16:31:06Z")

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You’re right! N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972

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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:** [September 19, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68012 "2019-09-19T16:32:14Z")

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You’re right! N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972
2. Olivia Harrison - George’s last wife.

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68013 "2019-09-19T16:36:10Z")

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You’re right! N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972
2. Olivia Harrison - George’s last wife.
3. Preston, Billy - played keyboards on “Get Back”, “Something”, and others, ETA: though not always credited

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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:** [September 19, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68014 "2019-09-19T16:36:59Z")

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Ninja’d

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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:** [September 19, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68015 "2019-09-19T16:42:01Z")

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You’re right! N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972
2. Olivia Harrison - George’s last wife.
3. Preston, Billy - played keyboards on “Get Back”, “Something”, and others, ETA: though not always credited
4. Queen Elizabeth II - Awarded MBEs to the lads.

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68016 "2019-09-19T16:51:47Z")

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N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972
2. Olivia Harrison - George’s last wife.
3. Preston, Billy - played keyboards on “Get Back”, “Something”, and others, ETA: though not always credited
4. Queen Elizabeth II - Awarded MBEs to the lads.
5. Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard - covered by the Beatles

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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:** [September 19, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68017 "2019-09-19T16:54:12Z")

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You’re right! N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972
2. Olivia Harrison - George’s last wife.
3. Preston, Billy - played keyboards on “Get Back”, “Something”, and others, ETA: though not always credited
4. Queen Elizabeth II - Awarded MBEs to the lads.
5. Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard - covered by the Beatles  
5 Starkly, Zak - Ringo’s eldest child, toured with the All-Starr band.

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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:** [September 19, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68018 "2019-09-19T17:57:51Z")

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You’re right! N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972
2. Olivia Harrison - George’s last wife.
3. Preston, Billy - played keyboards on “Get Back”, “Something”, and others, ETA: though not always credited
4. Queen Elizabeth II - Awarded MBEs to the lads.
5. Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard - covered by the Beatles
6. Starkey, Zak - Ringo’s eldest child, toured with the All-Starr band.
7. Tony Sheridan - used the Beatles as a back-up band

Fixed a misspelling

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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:** [September 19, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68019 "2019-09-19T19:51:01Z")

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You’re right! N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972
2. Olivia Harrison - George’s last wife.
3. Preston, Billy - played keyboards on “Get Back”, “Something”, and others, ETA: though not always credited
4. Queen Elizabeth II - Awarded MBEs to the lads.
5. Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard - covered by the Beatles
6. Starkey, Zak - Ringo’s eldest child, toured with the All-Starr band.
7. Tony Sheridan - used the Beatles as a back-up band
8. Underwood, John - session musician who played viola on Eleanor Rigby and four other songs.

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68020 "2019-09-19T20:36:17Z")

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You’re right! N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972
2. Olivia Harrison - George’s last wife.
3. Preston, Billy - played keyboards on “Get Back”, “Something”, and others, ETA: though not always credited
4. Queen Elizabeth II - Awarded MBEs to the lads.
5. Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard - covered by the Beatles
6. Starkey, Zak - Ringo’s eldest child, toured with the All-Starr band.
7. Tony Sheridan - used the Beatles as a back-up band
8. Underwood, John - session musician who played viola on Eleanor Rigby and four other songs.
9. Voorman, Klaus - lived in the Beatles’ London flat with Harrison and Starr after McCartney and Lennon moved out

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**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:** [September 19, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68021 "2019-09-19T23:13:31Z")

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You’re right! N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972
2. Olivia Harrison - George’s last wife.
3. Preston, Billy - played keyboards on “Get Back”, “Something”, and others, ETA: though not always credited
4. Queen Elizabeth II - Awarded MBEs to the lads.
5. Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard - covered by the Beatles
6. Starkey, Zak - Ringo’s eldest child, toured with the All-Starr band.
7. Tony Sheridan - used the Beatles as a back-up band
8. Underwood, John - session musician who played viola on Eleanor Rigby and four other songs.
9. Voorman, Klaus - lived in the Beatles’ London flat with Harrison and Starr after McCartney and Lennon moved out
10. Williams, Allan - British businessman and promoter who was the original booking agent and first manager of The Beatles

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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:** [September 19, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68022 "2019-09-19T23:48:20Z")

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You’re right! N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972
2. Olivia Harrison - George’s last wife.
3. Preston, Billy - played keyboards on “Get Back”, “Something”, and others, ETA: though not always credited
4. Queen Elizabeth II - Awarded MBEs to the lads.
5. Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard - covered by the Beatles
6. Starkey, Zak - Ringo’s eldest child, toured with the All-Starr band.
7. Tony Sheridan - used the Beatles as a back-up band
8. Underwood, John - session musician who played viola on Eleanor Rigby and four other songs.
9. Voorman, Klaus - lived in the Beatles’ London flat with Harrison and Starr after McCartney and Lennon moved out
10. Williams, Allan - British businessman and promoter who was the original booking agent and first manager of The Beatles
11. Xenophobia - Something to which the Beatles most certainly didn’t ascribe.  
Ha! Take that!

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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:** [September 20, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68023 "2019-09-20T00:52:49Z")

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You’re right! N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972
2. Olivia Harrison - George’s last wife.
3. Preston, Billy - played keyboards on “Get Back”, “Something”, and others, ETA: though not always credited
4. Queen Elizabeth II - Awarded MBEs to the lads.
5. Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard - covered by the Beatles
6. Starkey, Zak - Ringo’s eldest child, toured with the All-Starr band.
7. Tony Sheridan - used the Beatles as a back-up band
8. Underwood, John - session musician who played viola on Eleanor Rigby and four other songs.
9. Voorman, Klaus - lived in the Beatles’ London flat with Harrison and Starr after McCartney and Lennon moved out
10. Williams, Allan - British businessman and promoter who was the original booking agent and first manager of The Beatles
11. Xenophobia - Something to which the Beatles most certainly didn’t ascribe.
12. Yoko Ono Lennon - John’s last wife

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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:** [September 20, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68024 "2019-09-20T03:19:01Z")

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You’re right! N - Z

1. Nixon, Richard - Ordered John Lennon’s deportation in 1972
2. Olivia Harrison - George’s last wife.
3. Preston, Billy - played keyboards on “Get Back”, “Something”, and others, ETA: though not always credited
4. Queen Elizabeth II - Awarded MBEs to the lads.
5. Richard Penniman, aka Little Richard - covered by the Beatles
6. Starkey, Zak - Ringo’s eldest child, toured with the All-Starr band.
7. Tony Sheridan - used the Beatles as a back-up band
8. Underwood, John - session musician who played viola on Eleanor Rigby and four other songs.
9. Voorman, Klaus - lived in the Beatles’ London flat with Harrison and Starr after McCartney and Lennon moved out
10. Williams, Allan - British businessman and promoter who was the original booking agent and first manager of The Beatles
11. Xenophobia - Something to which the Beatles most certainly didn’t ascribe.
12. Yoko Ono Lennon - John’s last wife
13. Zimmerman, Robert - Introduced the Beatles to marijuana

I’ll pass.

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68025 "2019-09-20T09:16:39Z")

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Media pioneers

1. Annette Kellerman, did one of the earliest nude scenes

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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:** [September 20, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68026 "2019-09-20T11:40:58Z")

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Media pioneers

1. Annette Kellerman, did one of the earliest nude scenes
2. Arthur Berthelet’s film _Men Who Have Made Love To Me_ (1918) was the first to break the fourth wall.

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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:** [September 20, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68027 "2019-09-20T12:21:50Z")

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Media pioneers

1. Annette Kellerman, did one of the earliest nude scenes
2. Arthur Berthelet’s film Men Who Have Made Love To Me (1918) was the first to break the fourth wall.
3. Bob Sproull - laid the groundwork for PC operating systems, laser printers, and principles of interactive computer graphics

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