# 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:** 476
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9502 "2012-01-22T23:20:09Z")
1. F. Scott Fitzgerald/named for Francis Scott Key 2. Kirk Cameron/named for Shatner’s best known character 3. William Lyon MacKenzie King/named for his grandfather William Lyon MacKenzie 4. George Washington Carver 5. Jefferson Davis 6. Willie Mays Aikens 7. Martin Luther King 8. John Marshall Harlan 9. William Tecumseh Sherman ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9503 "2012-01-23T03:38:45Z")
Famous people who were named for other famous people. 1. F. Scott Fitzgerald/named for Francis Scott Key 2. Kirk Cameron/named for Shatner’s best known character 3. William Lyon MacKenzie King/named for his grandfather William Lyon MacKenzie 4. George Washington Carver 5. Jefferson Davis 6. Willie Mays Aikens 7. Martin Luther King 8. John Marshall Harlan 9. William Tecumseh Sherman 10. Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish Cal (as he was generally known) was a baseball pitcher with a 92-92 lifetime record. He made his Major League debut in 1944, and appeared in his final game in 1964. ---
**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 23, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9504 "2012-01-23T03:52:57Z")
Famous people who were named for other famous people. 1. F. Scott Fitzgerald/named for Francis Scott Key 2. Kirk Cameron/named for Shatner’s best known character 3. William Lyon MacKenzie King/named for his grandfather William Lyon MacKenzie 4. George Washington Carver 5. Jefferson Davis 6. Willie Mays Aikens 7. Martin Luther King 8. John Marshall Harlan 9. William Tecumseh Sherman 10. Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish 11. Thomas Jefferson Rusk One of the founders of the Republic of Texas and later a Senator. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9505 "2012-01-23T07:59:03Z")
Famous people who were named for other famous people. 1. F. Scott Fitzgerald/named for Francis Scott Key 2. Kirk Cameron/named for Shatner’s best known character 3. William Lyon MacKenzie King/named for his grandfather William Lyon MacKenzie 4. George Washington Carver 5. Jefferson Davis 6. Willie Mays Aikens 7. Martin Luther King 8. Bette Midler Named for Bette Davis. ---
**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 23, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9506 "2012-01-23T16:02:44Z")
Famous people who were named for other famous people. 1. F. Scott Fitzgerald/named for Francis Scott Key 2. Kirk Cameron/named for Shatner’s best known character 3. William Lyon MacKenzie King/named for his grandfather William Lyon MacKenzie 4. George Washington Carver 5. Jefferson Davis 6. Willie Mays Aikens 7. Martin Luther King 8. John Marshall Harlan 9. William Tecumseh Sherman 10. Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish 11. Thomas Jefferson Rusk 12. Bette Midler 13. John Wayne Gacy I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9507 "2012-01-23T16:06:16Z")
Rock/Pop songs with bagpipes. (Or instruments that sound like bagpipes, just in case.) 1. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9508 "2012-01-23T16:39:51Z")
Rock/Pop songs with bagpipes. (Or instruments that sound like bagpipes, just in case.) 1. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals 2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9509 "2012-01-23T16:47:49Z")
Rock/Pop songs with bagpipes. (Or instruments that sound like bagpipes, just in case.) 1. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals 2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth 3. It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) - AC/DC ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9510 "2012-01-23T17:30:57Z")
Did “Jump Around” by House of Pain have bagpipes? I know they showed them in the video. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9511 "2012-01-23T18:36:28Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Did “Jump Around” by House of Pain have bagpipes? I know they showed them in the video. Not that I can hear. Rock/Pop songs with bagpipes. (Or instruments that sound like bagpipes, just in case.) 1. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals 2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth 3. It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) - AC/DC 4. Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart ---
**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 23, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9512 "2012-01-23T18:55:56Z")
Rock/Pop songs with bagpipes. (Or instruments that sound like bagpipes, just in case.) 1. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals 2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth 3. It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) - AC/DC 4. Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart 5. Fields of Gold - Sting (actually it was Northumbrian smallpipes, played by Kathryn Tickell, but they sound like bagpipes). ---
**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 23, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9513 "2012-01-23T21:04:02Z")
Rock/Pop songs with bagpipes. (Or instruments that sound like bagpipes, just in case.) 1. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals 2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth 3. It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) - AC/DC 4. Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart 5. Fields of Gold - Sting 6. Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9514 "2012-01-23T22:23:20Z")
Rock/Pop songs with bagpipes. (Or instruments that sound like bagpipes, just in case.) 1. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals 2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth 3. It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) - AC/DC 4. Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart 5. Fields of Gold - Sting 6. Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney 7. Tobacco Island- Flogging Molly Technically they use [Uilleann pipes](http://www.dirkcampbell.co.uk/Uilleann_pipes_files/uilleann%20pipes.jpg)which some purists don’t count (including ‘no real Scotsman’), but the greater community counts them as a type of bagpipe. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9515 "2012-01-23T22:34:41Z")
Rock/Pop songs with bagpipes. (Or instruments that sound like bagpipes, just in case.) 1. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals 2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth 3. It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) - AC/DC 4. Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart 5. Fields of Gold - Sting 6. Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney 7. Tobacco Island- Flogging Molly 8. Dream - Forest For The Trees ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9516 "2012-01-23T22:42:47Z")
Rock/Pop songs with bagpipes. (Or instruments that sound like bagpipes, just in case.) 1. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals 2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth 3. It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) - AC/DC 4. Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart 5. Fields of Gold - Sting 6. Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney 7. Tobacco Island- Flogging Molly 8. Dream - Forest For The Trees 9. Come Talk to Me – Peter Gabriel ---
**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:** [January 24, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9517 "2012-01-24T00:41:10Z")
Rock/Pop songs with bagpipes. (Or instruments that sound like bagpipes, just in case.) 1. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals 2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth 3. It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) - AC/DC 4. Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart 5. Fields of Gold - Sting 6. Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney 7. Tobacco Island- Flogging Molly 8. Dream - Forest For The Trees 9. Come Talk to Me – Peter Gabriel 10. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion Something in that song towards the end sounds like, but I’m pretty sure isn’t, bagpipes. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9518 "2012-01-24T00:45:58Z")
Rock/Pop songs with bagpipes. (Or instruments that sound like bagpipes, just in case.) 1. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals 2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth 3. It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) - AC/DC 4. Rhythm Of My Heart - Rod Stewart 5. Fields of Gold - Sting 6. Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney 7. Tobacco Island- Flogging Molly 8. Dream - Forest For The Trees 9. Come Talk to Me – Peter Gabriel 10. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion 11. Celtic Ray - Van Morrison 12. Hazel Eyes- The Darkness 13. Sleep the Clock Around- Belle and Sebastian I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9519 "2012-01-24T01:31:23Z")
Chinese Dynasties, years 1. Jin Dynasty, 1115 - 1234 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9520 "2012-01-24T01:41:42Z")
Chinese Dynasties, years 1. Jin Dynasty, 1115 - 1234 2. Xia Dynasty (21st century BC–17th century BC) ---
**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 24, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9521 "2012-01-24T02:29:27Z")
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