# 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\
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**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:** [July 22, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11562 "2012-07-22T19:21:28Z")

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Major Grocery Store Chains (past or present)

1. Piggly Wiggly
2. Waldbaum’s
3. H. E. Butt (aka HEB)
4. Kroger
5. A&P
6. Wegmans
7. Stop & Shop
8. Super 1 Foods
9. Lucky
10. Aldi
11. Publix

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11563 "2012-07-22T21:48:18Z")

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1. Piggly Wiggly
2. Waldbaum’s
3. H. E. Butt (aka HEB)
4. Kroger
5. A&P
6. Wegmans
7. Stop & Shop
8. Super 1 Foods
9. Lucky
10. Aldi
11. Publix
12. Safeway

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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:** [July 22, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11564 "2012-07-22T23:40:55Z")

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1. Piggly Wiggly
2. Waldbaum’s
3. H. E. Butt (aka HEB)
4. Kroger
5. A&P
6. Wegmans
7. Stop & Shop
8. Super 1 Foods
9. Lucky
10. Aldi
11. Publix
12. Safeway
13. Winn Dixie

The big dog in the southeast, though lots of money problems in recent years have led to its buy-out by Bi-Lo.

I started this one- next category to first taker.

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**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11565 "2012-07-23T00:04:44Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda

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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:** [July 23, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11566 "2012-07-23T00:17:55Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda
2. Brad Majors, RHPS, Barry Bostwick

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11567 "2012-07-23T00:38:03Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda
2. Brad Majors, RHPS, Barry Bostwick
3. Louie DePalma, Danny DeVito

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**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:** [July 23, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11568 "2012-07-23T02:01:23Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda
2. Brad Majors, RHPS, Barry Bostwick
3. Louie DePalma, Danny DeVito
4. Austin Powers, Mike Myers

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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:** [July 23, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11569 "2012-07-23T04:08:29Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda
2. Brad Majors, RHPS, Barry Bostwick
3. Louie DePalma, Danny DeVito
4. Austin Powers, Mike Myers
5. The Sundance Kid, Robert Redford

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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:** [July 23, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11570 "2012-07-23T04:53:15Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda
2. Brad Majors, RHPS, Barry Bostwick
3. Louie DePalma, Danny DeVito
4. Austin Powers, Mike Myers
5. The Sundance Kid, Robert Redford
6. Mark Twain, Hal Holbrook  
He’s actually only played him once on film (a 1960s PBS special) and far more people have seen any number of his movies or TV shows, but that’s the one that will be in the first sentence of his obituary.

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**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11571 "2012-07-23T04:59:08Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda
2. Brad Majors, RHPS, Barry Bostwick
3. Louie DePalma, Danny DeVito
4. Austin Powers, Mike Myers
5. The Sundance Kid, Robert Redford
6. Mark Twain, Hal Holbrook
7. Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct) - Sharon Stone

Wow, great category!

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11572 "2012-07-23T05:35:58Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda
2. Brad Majors, RHPS, Barry Bostwick
3. Louie DePalma, Danny DeVito
4. Austin Powers, Mike Myers
5. The Sundance Kid, Robert Redford
6. Mark Twain, Hal Holbrook
7. Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct) - Sharon Stone
8. Louise Sawyer (Thelma and Louise) - Susan Sarandon

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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:** [July 23, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11573 "2012-07-23T05:40:49Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda
2. Brad Majors, RHPS, Barry Bostwick
3. Louie DePalma, Danny DeVito
4. Austin Powers, Mike Myers
5. The Sundance Kid, Robert Redford
6. Mark Twain, Hal Holbrook
7. Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct) - Sharon Stone
8. Louise Sawyer (Thelma and Louise) - Susan Sarandon
9. Clark Griswold, Chevy Chase

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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:** [July 23, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11574 "2012-07-23T06:00:24Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda
2. Brad Majors, RHPS, Barry Bostwick
3. Louie DePalma, Danny DeVito
4. Austin Powers, Mike Myers
5. The Sundance Kid, Robert Redford
6. Mark Twain, Hal Holbrook
7. Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct) - Sharon Stone
8. Louise Sawyer (Thelma and Louise) - Susan Sarandon
9. Clark Griswold, Chevy Chase
10. Alice Hyatt- Linda Lavin

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11575 "2012-07-23T13:33:59Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda
2. Brad Majors, RHPS, Barry Bostwick
3. Louie DePalma, Danny DeVito
4. Austin Powers, Mike Myers
5. The Sundance Kid, Robert Redford
6. Mark Twain, Hal Holbrook
7. Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct) - Sharon Stone
8. Louise Sawyer (Thelma and Louise) - Susan Sarandon
9. Clark Griswold, Chevy Chase
10. Alice Hyatt- Linda Lavin
11. Anya Amasova (The Spy Who Loved Me) - Barbara Bach

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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:** [July 23, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11576 "2012-07-23T13:40:07Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda
2. Brad Majors, RHPS, Barry Bostwick
3. Louie DePalma, Danny DeVito
4. Austin Powers, Mike Myers
5. The Sundance Kid, Robert Redford
6. Mark Twain, Hal Holbrook
7. Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct) - Sharon Stone
8. Louise Sawyer (Thelma and Louise) - Susan Sarandon
9. Clark Griswold, Chevy Chase
10. Alice Hyatt- Linda Lavin
11. Anya Amasova (The Spy Who Loved Me) - Barbara Bach
12. John Norman Howard (A Star is Born) - Kris Kristofferson

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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:** [July 23, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11577 "2012-07-23T16:25:12Z")

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The (arguably) most famous character played by a living actor with an alliterative name.

1. Hawkeye Pierce, M_A_S\*H, Alan Alda
2. Brad Majors, RHPS, Barry Bostwick
3. Louie DePalma, Danny DeVito
4. Austin Powers, Mike Myers
5. The Sundance Kid, Robert Redford
6. Mark Twain, Hal Holbrook
7. Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct) - Sharon Stone
8. Louise Sawyer (Thelma and Louise) - Susan Sarandon
9. Clark Griswold, Chevy Chase
10. Alice Hyatt- Linda Lavin
11. Anya Amasova (The Spy Who Loved Me) - Barbara Bach
12. John Norman Howard (A Star is Born) - Kris Kristofferson
13. Alex (A Clockwork Orange) Malcom McDowell

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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:** [July 23, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11578 "2012-07-23T16:28:20Z")

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Animals on the Endangered Animal List, with link to photo

1. [Egyptian Vulture](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=egyptian+vulture&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&biw=1083&bih=679&tbm=isch&tbnid=XolwGQsSEy43rM:&imgrefurl=http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/egyptian-vulture-photo-1460.html&docid=nBYn-3JvnlNW0M&imgurl=http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/birds/egyptian-vulture-30589.jpg&w=600&h=469&ei=insNUKLiGYSk8gT6rq3cCg&zoom=1)

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11579 "2012-07-23T16:36:22Z")

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Animals on the Endangered Animal List, with link to photo

1. [Egyptian Vulture](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=egyptian+vulture&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&biw=1083&bih=679&tbm=isch&tbnid=XolwGQsSEy43rM:&imgrefurl=http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/egyptian-vulture-photo-1460.html&docid=nBYn-3JvnlNW0M&imgurl=http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/birds/egyptian-vulture-30589.jpg&w=600&h=469&ei=insNUKLiGYSk8gT6rq3cCg&zoom=1)
2. [Ocelot](http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/files/2011/03/Ocelot-kitten-picture1.jpg)

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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:** [July 23, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11580 "2012-07-23T17:11:26Z")

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Animals on the Endangered Animal List, with link to photo

1. [Egyptian Vulture](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=egyptian+vulture&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&biw=1083&bih=679&tbm=isch&tbnid=XolwGQsSEy43rM:&imgrefurl=http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/egyptian-vulture-photo-1460.html&docid=nBYn-3JvnlNW0M&imgurl=http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/birds/egyptian-vulture-30589.jpg&w=600&h=469&ei=insNUKLiGYSk8gT6rq3cCg&zoom=1)
2. [Ocelot](http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/files/2011/03/Ocelot-kitten-picture1.jpg)
3. [Chinese River Dolphin](http://www.pieway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Chinese-River-Dolphin.gif) (aka Baiji)

Believed to be extinct at this point

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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:** [July 23, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11581 "2012-07-23T17:54:40Z")

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Animals on the Endangered Animal List, with link to photo

1. [Egyptian Vulture](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=egyptian+vulture&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&biw=1083&bih=679&tbm=isch&tbnid=XolwGQsSEy43rM:&imgrefurl=http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/egyptian-vulture-photo-1460.html&docid=nBYn-3JvnlNW0M&imgurl=http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/birds/egyptian-vulture-30589.jpg&w=600&h=469&ei=insNUKLiGYSk8gT6rq3cCg&zoom=1)
2. [Ocelot](http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/files/2011/03/Ocelot-kitten-picture1.jpg)
3. [Chinese River Dolphin](http://www.pieway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Chinese-River-Dolphin.gif) (aka Baiji)
4. [Sumatran Orangutan](http://walls.free.total-wallpapers.com/free-wallpapers/2825/Female-Sumatran-Orangutan-and-Baby.jpg)

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