# 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:** 3505
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70089 "2020-01-16T14:14:45Z")
Odd Couples 1. Robin & Vanessa Williams 2. Isaac and Helen Hayes 3. James and Marilyn Monroe 4. Janet and Andrew Jackson 5. Edward and Caitlyn Jenner 6. Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz 7. Stephen and Claudette Colbert 8. Joseph and Melissa McCarthy 9. Joseph and Anna Nicole Smith 10. OJ and Jessica Simpson 11. Captain William ([William Lynch (Lynch law) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lynch_(Lynch_law)) ) and Jane Lynch 12. Shemp and Catherine Howard ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70090 "2020-01-16T14:16:56Z")
Odd Couples 1. Robin & Vanessa Williams 2. Isaac and Helen Hayes 3. James and Marilyn Monroe 4. Janet and Andrew Jackson 5. Edward and Caitlyn Jenner 6. Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz 7. Stephen and Claudette Colbert 8. Joseph and Melissa McCarthy 9. Joseph and Anna Nicole Smith 10. OJ and Jessica Simpson 11. Captain William ([William Lynch (Lynch law) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lynch_(Lynch_law)) ) and Jane Lynch 12. Shemp and Catherine Howard 13. Oscar and Olivia Wilde Great category! Pass ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70091 "2020-01-16T14:19:55Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you sense of decency [U.S. Senate: 404 Error Page](https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Have_you_no_sense_of_decency.htm) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70092 "2020-01-16T14:32:38Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you no sense of decency? 2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent (troublesome) priest? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70093 "2020-01-16T14:35:02Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you no sense of decency? 2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent (troublesome) priest? 3. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70094 "2020-01-16T14:42:50Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you no sense of decency? 2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent (troublesome) priest? 3. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? 4. Who am I? Why am I here? (James Stockdale) ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70095 "2020-01-16T14:56:20Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you no sense of decency? 2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent (troublesome) priest? 3. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? 4. Who am I? Why am I here? (James Stockdale) 5. Well, how did I get here? (“Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads) ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70096 "2020-01-16T14:58:16Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you no sense of decency? 2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent (troublesome) priest? 3. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? 4. Who am I? Why am I here? (James Stockdale) 5. Well, how did I get here? (“Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads) 6. Rhett, where shall I go? What shall I do? Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70097 "2020-01-16T15:01:58Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you no sense of decency? 2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent (troublesome) priest? 3. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? 4. Who am I? Why am I here? (James Stockdale) 5. Well, how did I get here? (“Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads) 6. Rhett, where shall I go? What shall I do? 7. If you prick us, do we not bleed? (Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice”) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70098 "2020-01-16T15:03:29Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you no sense of decency? 2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent (troublesome) priest? 3. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? 4. Who am I? Why am I here? (James Stockdale) 5. Well, how did I get here? (“Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads) 6. Rhett, where shall I go? What shall I do? 7. If you prick us, do we not bleed? (Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice”) 8. Is Paris Burning? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70099 "2020-01-16T15:05:48Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you no sense of decency? 2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent (troublesome) priest? 3. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? 4. Who am I? Why am I here? (James Stockdale) 5. Well, how did I get here? (“Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads) 6. Rhett, where shall I go? What shall I do? 7. If you prick us, do we not bleed? (Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice”) 8. Is Paris Burning? 9. How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70100 "2020-01-16T15:57:09Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you no sense of decency? 2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent (troublesome) priest? 3. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? 4. Who am I? Why am I here? (James Stockdale) 5. Well, how did I get here? (“Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads) 6. Rhett, where shall I go? What shall I do? 7. If you prick us, do we not bleed? (Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice”) 8. Is Paris Burning? 9. How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? 10. Are We the Baddies? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70101 "2020-01-16T16:01:12Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you no sense of decency? 2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent (troublesome) priest? 3. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? 4. Who am I? Why am I here? (James Stockdale) 5. Well, how did I get here? (“Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads) 6. Rhett, where shall I go? What shall I do? 7. If you prick us, do we not bleed? (Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice”) 8. Is Paris Burning? 9. How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? 10. Are We the Baddies? 11. Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70102 "2020-01-16T17:46:09Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you no sense of decency? 2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent (troublesome) priest? 3. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? 4. Who am I? Why am I here? (James Stockdale) 5. Well, how did I get here? (“Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads) 6. Rhett, where shall I go? What shall I do? 7. If you prick us, do we not bleed? (Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice”) 8. Is Paris Burning? 9. How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? 10. Are We the Baddies? 11. Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? 12. What if there were no rhetorical questions? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70103 "2020-01-16T18:50:14Z")
In honor of Jeopardy’s Greatest - Famous Questions (rhetorical or otherwise, fictional or historical) 1. Have you no sense of decency? 2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent (troublesome) priest? 3. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? 4. Who am I? Why am I here? (James Stockdale) 5. Well, how did I get here? (“Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads) 6. Rhett, where shall I go? What shall I do? 7. If you prick us, do we not bleed? (Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice”) 8. Is Paris Burning? 9. How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? 10. Are We the Baddies? 11. Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? 12. What if there were no rhetorical questions? 13. How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? * * * You can’t tell by looking at the names (non-obvious family relationships). Rules: a) blood kin only b) last names must be different c) let’s keep it close; no “person X was the 4th cousin of somebody’s aunt’s brother” d) both people should pass the “reasonable person would know who they are” test I’ll start: 1. Anderson Cooper is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70104 "2020-01-16T19:03:11Z")
You can’t tell by looking at the names (non-obvious family relationships). Rules: a) blood kin only b) last names must be different c) let’s keep it close; no “person X was the 4th cousin of somebody’s aunt’s brother” d) both people should pass the “reasonable person would know who they are” test 1. Anderson Cooper is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt 2. Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty are siblings ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70105 "2020-01-16T20:02:14Z")
You can’t tell by looking at the names (non-obvious family relationships). Rules: a) blood kin only b) last names must be different c) let’s keep it close; no “person X was the 4th cousin of somebody’s aunt’s brother” d) both people should pass the “reasonable person would know who they are” test 1. Anderson Cooper is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt 2. Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty are siblings 3. Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, and Jason Schwartzman are all first cousins ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70106 "2020-01-16T20:41:41Z")
You can’t tell by looking at the names (non-obvious family relationships). Rules: a) blood kin only b) last names must be different c) let’s keep it close; no “person X was the 4th cousin of somebody’s aunt’s brother” d) both people should pass the “reasonable person would know who they are” test 1. Anderson Cooper is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt 2. Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty are siblings 3. Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, and Jason Schwartzman are all first cousins 4. Melanie Griffith is the daughter of Tippi Hedren. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70107 "2020-01-16T21:17:06Z")
You can’t tell by looking at the names (non-obvious family relationships). Rules: a) blood kin only b) last names must be different c) let’s keep it close; no “person X was the 4th cousin of somebody’s aunt’s brother” d) both people should pass the “reasonable person would know who they are” test 1. Anderson Cooper is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt 2. Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty are siblings 3. Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, and Jason Schwartzman are all first cousins 4. Melanie Griffith is the daughter of Tippi Hedren 5. Diane Ladd is Laura Dern’s mother ---
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/70108 "2020-01-16T21:19:50Z")
You can’t tell by looking at the names (non-obvious family relationships). Rules: a) blood kin only b) last names must be different c) let’s keep it close; no “person X was the 4th cousin of somebody’s aunt’s brother” d) both people should pass the “reasonable person would know who they are” test 1. Anderson Cooper is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt 2. Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty are siblings 3. Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, and Jason Schwartzman are all first cousins 4. Melanie Griffith is the daughter of Tippi Hedren. 5. Diane Ladd is Laura Dern’s mother 6. Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen are brothers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3504) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3506)