# 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:** 452

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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:** [December 8, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9022 "2011-12-08T12:48:11Z")

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Home remedies for the common cold

1. Chicken Soup
2. Whiskey and sugar
3. tea
4. Rest and fluids
5. zinc
6. [Extra Spicy Caesars](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(cocktail))

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9023 "2011-12-08T14:13:37Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I’ll pass to Lord Il Palazzo after ninja-ing him last time.

Much obliged, but the aliens category was mine. Sorry if my absence held things up.

Home remedies for the common cold

1. Chicken Soup
2. Whiskey and sugar
3. tea
4. Rest and fluids
5. zinc
6. Extra Spicy Caesars
7. Orange Juice

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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:** [December 8, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9024 "2011-12-08T14:21:08Z")

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Home remedies for the common cold

1. Chicken Soup
2. Whiskey and sugar
3. tea
4. Rest and fluids
5. zinc
6. Extra Spicy Caesars
7. Orange Juice
8. Sweat it out

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9025 "2011-12-08T14:34:52Z")

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Home remedies for the common cold

1. Chicken Soup
2. Whiskey and sugar
3. tea
4. Rest and fluids
5. zinc
6. Extra Spicy Caesars
7. Orange Juice
8. Sweat it out
9. Starve a Cold, Feed a Fever. (or vice versa! & not recommending, IANAD)

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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:** [December 8, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9026 "2011-12-08T15:23:43Z")

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As to #9 in the previous category, the lifeform was a cloud that happened to be in the Beta Renner system: [Beta Renner cloud | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Beta_Renner_cloud).

Home remedies for the common cold

1. Chicken Soup
2. Whiskey and sugar
3. tea
4. Rest and fluids
5. zinc
6. Extra Spicy Caesars
7. Orange Juice
8. Sweat it out
9. Starve a Cold, Feed a Fever
10. Sleep, sleep, sleep

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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:** [December 8, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9027 "2011-12-08T17:06:24Z")

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Home remedies for the common cold

1. Chicken Soup
2. Whiskey and sugar
3. tea
4. Rest and fluids
5. zinc
6. Extra Spicy Caesars
7. Orange Juice
8. Sweat it out
9. Starve a Cold, Feed a Fever
10. Sleep, sleep, sleep
11. Echinacea

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9028 "2011-12-08T22:44:47Z")

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Home remedies for the common cold

1. Chicken Soup
2. Whiskey and sugar
3. tea
4. Rest and fluids
5. zinc
6. Extra Spicy Caesars
7. Orange Juice
8. Sweat it out
9. Starve a Cold, Feed a Fever
10. Sleep, sleep, sleep
11. Echinacea
12. Mustard plaster

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**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:** [December 9, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9029 "2011-12-09T03:20:46Z")

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Home remedies for the common cold

1. Chicken Soup
2. Whiskey and sugar
3. tea
4. Rest and fluids
5. zinc
6. Extra Spicy Caesars
7. Orange Juice
8. Sweat it out
9. Starve a Cold, Feed a Fever
10. Sleep, sleep, sleep
11. Echinacea
12. Mustard plaster
13. Steamy showers

Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965

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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:** [December 9, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9030 "2011-12-09T03:52:28Z")

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Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965
2. Wings - 1927

The very first.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9031 "2011-12-09T03:55:40Z")

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Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965
2. Wings - 1927
3. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935

I wonder if there are any we’d all agree are either “classic” or “not-so-classic” choices.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9032 "2011-12-09T03:57:37Z")

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Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965
2. Wings - 1927
3. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935
4. Gigi - 1958  
I’m going to go with “classic means 25 years old or older”

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9033 "2011-12-09T04:28:04Z")

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Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965
2. Wings - 1927
3. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935
4. Gigi - 1958
5. Rocky - 1976

> [@](#):
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> I wonder if there are any we’d all agree are either “classic” or “not-so-classic” choices.

We’ll see now 🙂

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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:** [December 9, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9034 "2011-12-09T04:30:32Z")

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Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965
2. Wings - 1927
3. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935
4. Gigi - 1958
5. Rocky - 1976
6. Casablanca - 1943

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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:** [December 9, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9035 "2011-12-09T12:52:10Z")

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Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965
2. Wings - 1927
3. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935
4. Gigi - 1958
5. Rocky - 1976
6. Casablanca - 1943
7. Gone With the Wind - 1939

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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:** [December 9, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9036 "2011-12-09T17:46:55Z")

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Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965
2. Wings - 1927
3. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935
4. Gigi - 1958
5. Rocky - 1976
6. Casablanca - 1943
7. Gone With the Wind - 1939
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai - 1957

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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:** [December 9, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9037 "2011-12-09T18:20:45Z")

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Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965
2. Wings - 1927
3. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935
4. Gigi - 1958
5. Rocky - 1976
6. Casablanca - 1943
7. Gone With the Wind - 1939
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai - 1957
9. The Godfather - 1972

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9038 "2011-12-09T19:13:02Z")

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Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965
2. Wings - 1927
3. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935
4. Gigi - 1958
5. Rocky - 1976
6. Casablanca - 1943
7. Gone With the Wind - 1939
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai - 1957
9. The Godfather - 1972
10. The Godfather, Part II- 1974

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9039 "2011-12-09T21:22:48Z")

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Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965
2. Wings - 1927
3. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935
4. Gigi - 1958
5. Rocky - 1976
6. Casablanca - 1943
7. Gone With the Wind - 1939
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai - 1957
9. The Godfather - 1972
10. The Godfather, Part II- 1974
11. On the Waterfront – 1954

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9040 "2011-12-09T21:28:02Z")

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Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965
2. Wings - 1927
3. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935
4. Gigi - 1958
5. Rocky - 1976
6. Casablanca - 1943
7. Gone With the Wind - 1939
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai - 1957
9. The Godfather - 1972
10. The Godfather, Part II- 1974
11. On the Waterfront - 1954
12. All About Eve - 1950

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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:** [December 9, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9041 "2011-12-09T22:14:40Z")

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Classic Best Picture Academy Award winners plus year

1. The Sound of Music - 1965
2. Wings - 1927
3. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935
4. Gigi - 1958
5. Rocky - 1976
6. Casablanca - 1943
7. Gone With the Wind - 1939
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai - 1957
9. The Godfather - 1972
10. The Godfather, Part II- 1974
11. On the Waterfront - 1954
12. All About Eve - 1950
13. The Silence of the Lambs - 1991

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Movie roles of Clint Eastwood

1. Frank Horrigan, “In the Line of Fire”

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