# 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:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12542 "2012-10-10T22:16:45Z")

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Songs with the same exact title which are otherwise unrelated to each other (minimum of 3 different artists\<—last condition subject to revision if necessary)

1. Breathe: The Cult, Kate Bush, U2
2. Hosanna: Hillsong United, Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem
3. “Fire” - Ohio Players, Pointer Sisters, Crazy World of Arthur Brown
4. “After Midnight” Eric Clapton, Instrumental from the movie musical Chicago, and Blink 182
5. “Gloria” - U2, Laura Brannigan, Shadows of Knight (or Them)
6. “I Want You” - Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Kiss
7. “My Love” - Paul McCartney & Wings, Petula Clark, Justin Timberlake
8. “Crazy” - Patsy Cline, Seal, Gnarls Barkley, Aerosmith, Lumidee
9. “Call Me” - Blondie, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Petulia Clark, Skyy, and others
10. “Dreams” - Fleetwood Mac, Van Halen, Gabrielle, Cranberries
11. “Only the Lonely” - Roy Orbison, the Motels, Journey

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12543 "2012-10-10T22:30:13Z")

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Songs with the same exact title which are otherwise unrelated to each other (minimum of 3 different artists\<—last condition subject to revision if necessary)

1. Breathe: The Cult, Kate Bush, U2
2. Hosanna: Hillsong United, Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem
3. “Fire” - Ohio Players, Pointer Sisters, Crazy World of Arthur Brown
4. “After Midnight” Eric Clapton, Instrumental from the movie musical Chicago, and Blink 182
5. “Gloria” - U2, Laura Brannigan, Shadows of Knight (or Them)
6. “I Want You” - Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Kiss
7. “My Love” - Paul McCartney & Wings, Petula Clark, Justin Timberlake
8. “Crazy” - Patsy Cline, Seal, Gnarls Barkley, Aerosmith, Lumidee
9. “Call Me” - Blondie, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Petulia Clark, Skyy, and others
10. “Dreams” - Fleetwood Mac, Van Halen, Gabrielle, Cranberries
11. “Only the Lonely” - Roy Orbison, the Motels, Journey
12. “Lady” - Kenny Rogers, Styx, Little River Band

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12544 "2012-10-10T23:33:46Z")

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Songs with the same exact title which are otherwise unrelated to each other (minimum of 3 different artists\<—last condition subject to revision if necessary)

1. Breathe: The Cult, Kate Bush, U2

2. Hosanna: Hillsong United, Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem

3. “Fire” - Ohio Players, Pointer Sisters, Crazy World of Arthur Brown

4. “After Midnight” Eric Clapton, Instrumental from the movie musical Chicago, and Blink 182

5. “Gloria” - U2, Laura Brannigan, Shadows of Knight (or Them)

6. “I Want You” - Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Kiss

7. “My Love” - Paul McCartney & Wings, Petula Clark, Justin Timberlake

8. “Crazy” - Patsy Cline, Seal, Gnarls Barkley, Aerosmith, Lumidee

9. “Call Me” - Blondie, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Petulia Clark, Skyy, and others

10. “Dreams” - Fleetwood Mac, Van Halen, Gabrielle, Cranberries

11. “Only the Lonely” - Roy Orbison, the Motels, Journey

12. “Lady” - Kenny Rogers, Styx, Little River Band

13. “Hello” - Oasis, Lionel Richie, Evanescence, LL Cool J  
New subject: Venomous snakes

14. Coral snake

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12545 "2012-10-11T00:13:23Z")

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New subject: Venomous snakes

1. Coral snake
2. Black mamba

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12546 "2012-10-11T00:20:07Z")

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Venomous snakes

1. Coral snake
2. Black mamba
3. Sidewinder Rattlesnake

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12547 "2012-10-11T00:25:05Z")

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Venomous snakes

1. Coral snake
2. Black mamba
3. Sidewinder Rattlesnake
4. Copperhead

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12548 "2012-10-11T00:33:03Z")

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Venomous snakes

1. Coral snake
2. Black mamba
3. Sidewinder Rattlesnake
4. Copperhead
5. Cobra

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12549 "2012-10-11T00:33:50Z")

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Venomous snakes

1. Coral snake
2. Black mamba
3. Sidewinder Rattlesnake
4. Copperhead
5. Cobra
6. Death Adder

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12550 "2012-10-11T00:39:56Z")

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Venomous snakes

1. Coral snake
2. Black mamba
3. Sidewinder Rattlesnake
4. Copperhead
5. Cobra
6. Death Adder
7. Island Taipan

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12551 "2012-10-11T00:41:42Z")

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> [@ekedolphin](#):
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> 1. “Crazy” - Patsy Cline, Seal, Gnarls Barkley, Aerosmith, Lumidee
> 
> …to name only a few. Suffice to say, “Crazy” is a bit overused as a song title.

Pylon would have been one of the artists I would have used for that one.

**Astorian** , why did you do 3 entries at once? **echo7tango** did the same thing last week, which was defensible given how easy it was to find examples for that category (Capitals That Start With “B”), but isn’t the unwritten rule here to have only one entry per person at a time?

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12552 "2012-10-11T00:42:29Z")

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Venomous Snakes

1. Coral snake
2. Black mamba
3. Sidewinder Rattlesnake
4. Copperhead
5. Cobra
6. Death Adder
7. Island Taipan
8. Tiger Snake

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12553 "2012-10-11T00:43:09Z")

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Venomous snakes

1. Coral snake
2. Black mamba
3. Sidewinder Rattlesnake
4. Copperhead
5. Cobra
6. Death Adder
7. Island Taipan
8. Tiger Snake
9. Cottonmouth

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12554 "2012-10-11T00:45:31Z")

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Venomous Snakes

1. Coral snake
2. Black mamba
3. Sidewinder Rattlesnake
4. Copperhead
5. Cobra
6. Death Adder
7. Island Taipan
8. Tiger Snake
9. Cottonmouth
10. Blue Krait

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12555 "2012-10-11T00:48:08Z")

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Venomous Snakes

1. Coral snake
2. Black mamba
3. Sidewinder Rattlesnake
4. Copperhead
5. Cobra
6. Death Adder
7. Island Taipan
8. Tiger Snake
9. Cottonmouth
10. Blue Krait
11. Bardick

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**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12556 "2012-10-11T00:53:03Z")

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Venomous Snakes

1. Coral snake
2. Black mamba
3. Sidewinder Rattlesnake
4. Copperhead
5. Cobra
6. Death Adder
7. Island Taipan
8. Tiger Snake
9. Cottonmouth
10. Blue Krait
11. Bardick
12. Boomslang

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12557 "2012-10-11T01:06:28Z")

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Venomous Snakes

1. Coral snake
2. Black mamba
3. Sidewinder Rattlesnake
4. Copperhead
5. Cobra
6. Death Adder
7. Island Taipan
8. Tiger Snake
9. Cottonmouth
10. Blue Krait
11. Bardick
12. Boomslang
13. Many-banded krait

The so-called “two step” snake because supposedly when one bit you, you’d only have time to take two steps before you’d fall over dead.

I’ll pass.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12558 "2012-10-11T01:09:38Z")

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New category: Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12559 "2012-10-11T01:10:35Z")

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> [@John\_DiFool](#):
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> **Astorian** , why did you do 3 entries at once? **echo7tango** did the same thing last week, which was defensible given how easy it was to find examples for that category (Capitals That Start With “B”), but isn’t the unwritten rule here to have only one entry per person at a time?

Funny, I was just noticing earlier today that I did that and, frankly can’t remember why. Agreed, I think it should be 1 at a time per person, and I’ll abide by that.

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12560 "2012-10-11T01:11:39Z")

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Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent
2. John-Paul

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12561 "2012-10-11T01:46:01Z")

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Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent
2. John-Paul
3. Urban

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