# 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:** 646
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12902 "2012-10-27T07:19:04Z")
Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame with career batting averages over .300 (include player’s average). 1. .367 - Ty Cobb 2. .342 - Babe Ruth 3. .345 - Tris Speaker 4. .306 - Paul Molitor 5. .302 - Willie Mays 6. .312 - Joe Sewell 7. .344 - Ted Williams 8. .306 - George Kell 9. .325 - Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio 10. .358 - Rogers Hornsby 11. .320 - Buck Leonard ---
**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:** [October 27, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12903 "2012-10-27T07:52:24Z")
Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame with career batting averages over .300 (include player’s average). 1. .367 - Ty Cobb 2. .342 - Babe Ruth 3. .345 - Tris Speaker 4. .306 - Paul Molitor 5. .302 - Willie Mays 6. .312 - Joe Sewell 7. .344 - Ted Williams 8. .306 - George Kell 9. .325 - Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio 10. .358 - Rogers Hornsby 11. .338 - Tony Gwynn ---
**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 27, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12904 "2012-10-27T09:37:09Z")
Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame with career batting averages over .300 (include player’s average). 1. .367 - Ty Cobb 2. .342 - Babe Ruth 3. .345 - Tris Speaker 4. .306 - Paul Molitor 5. .302 - Willie Mays 6. .312 - Joe Sewell 7. .344 - Ted Williams 8. .306 - George Kell 9. .325 - Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio 10. .358 - Rogers Hornsby 11. .320 - Buck Leonard 12. .338 - Tony Gwynn 13. .346 - Ed Delahanty New category: Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12905 "2012-10-27T10:25:08Z")
New category: Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four 2. Freedonia - The Marx Brothers’ _Duck Soup_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12906 "2012-10-27T10:27:08Z")
Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four 2. Freedonia - The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup 3. Genovia - The Princess Diaries ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12907 "2012-10-27T10:29:45Z")
Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four 2. Freedonia - The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup 3. Genovia - The Princess Diaries 4. Ruritania - The Prisoner of Zenda ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12908 "2012-10-27T10:51:33Z")
Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four 2. Freedonia - The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup 3. Genovia - The Princess Diaries 4. Ruritania - The Prisoner of Zenda 5. Parador - Moon Over Parador ---
**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 27, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12909 "2012-10-27T12:10:00Z")
Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four 2. Freedonia - The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup 3. Genovia - The Princess Diaries 4. Ruritania - The Prisoner of Zenda 5. Parador - Moon Over Parador 6. Duloc - Shrek ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12910 "2012-10-27T12:12:41Z")
Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four 2. Freedonia - The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup 3. Genovia - The Princess Diaries 4. Ruritania - The Prisoner of Zenda 5. Parador - Moon Over Parador 6. Duloc - Shrek 7. Grand Fenwick - The Mouse That Roared 8. San Lorenzo - Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle” ---
**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 27, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12911 "2012-10-27T12:14:19Z")
Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four 2. Freedonia - The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup 3. Genovia - The Princess Diaries 4. Ruritania - The Prisoner of Zenda 5. Parador - Moon Over Parador 6. Duloc - Shrek 7. Grand Fenwick - The Mouse That Roared 8. Eurasia - 1984 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12912 "2012-10-27T13:09:37Z")
Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four 2. Freedonia - The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup 3. Genovia - The Princess Diaries 4. Ruritania - The Prisoner of Zenda 5. Parador - Moon Over Parador 6. Duloc - Shrek 7. Grand Fenwick - The Mouse That Roared 8. Eurasia -1984 9. Elbonia - Dilbert cartoons ---
**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:** [October 27, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12913 "2012-10-27T14:47:55Z")
Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four 2. Freedonia - The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup 3. Genovia - The Princess Diaries 4. Ruritania - The Prisoner of Zenda 5. Parador - Moon Over Parador 6. Duloc - Shrek 7. Grand Fenwick - The Mouse That Roared 8. Eurasia -1984 9. Elbonia - Dilbert cartoons 10. Pepsi presents New Zanzibar - The Simpsons ---
**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:** [October 27, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12914 "2012-10-27T14:51:10Z")
Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four 2. Freedonia - The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup 3. Genovia - The Princess Diaries 4. Ruritania - The Prisoner of Zenda 5. Parador - Moon Over Parador 6. Duloc - Shrek 7. Grand Fenwick - The Mouse That Roared 8. Eurasia -1984 9. Elbonia - Dilbert cartoons 10. Pepsi presents New Zanzibar - The Simpsons 11. Gondor - The Lord of the Rings ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12915 "2012-10-27T14:51:28Z")
Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four 2. Freedonia - The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup 3. Genovia - The Princess Diaries 4. Ruritania - The Prisoner of Zenda 5. Parador - Moon Over Parador 6. Duloc - Shrek 7. Grand Fenwick - The Mouse That Roared 8. Eurasia -1984 9. Elbonia - Dilbert cartoons 10. Pepsi presents New Zanzibar - The Simpsons 11. Narnia- The Chronicles of Narnia ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12916 "2012-10-27T16:07:10Z")
Fictional countries 1. Latveria - The Fantastic Four 2. Freedonia - The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup 3. Genovia - The Princess Diaries 4. Ruritania - The Prisoner of Zenda 5. Parador - Moon Over Parador 6. Duloc - Shrek 7. Grand Fenwick - The Mouse That Roared 8. Eurasia -1984 9. Elbonia - Dilbert cartoons 10. Pepsi presents New Zanzibar - The Simpsons 11. Narnia- The Chronicles of Narnia 12. Utopia (created by St. Thomas More) 13. San Lorenzo (from Vonnegut’s "Cat’s Cradle) got lost earlier, somewhere. New topic: Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare 14. Aldous Huxley’s\*\*\* Brave New World\*\*\* ---
**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 27, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12917 "2012-10-27T16:14:20Z")
New topic: Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare 1. Aldous Huxley’s\*\*\* Brave New World\*\*\* 2. John Steinbeck’s _ **The Winter of Our Discontent** _ ---
**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 27, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12918 "2012-10-27T16:20:44Z")
Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare 1. Aldous Huxley’s\*\*\* Brave New World\*\*\* 2. John Steinbeck’s _ **The Winter of Our Discontent** _ 3. Alfred Hitchcock’s _ **North by Northwest** _ ---
**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 27, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12919 "2012-10-27T17:19:19Z")
Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare 1. Aldous Huxley’s\*\*\* Brave New World\*\*\* 2. John Steinbeck’s _ **The Winter of Our Discontent** _ 3. Alfred Hitchcock’s _ **North by Northwest** _ 4. Ernst Lubitsch’s _ **To Be or Not to Be** _ ---
**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 27, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12920 "2012-10-27T17:29:22Z")
Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare 1. Aldous Huxley’s\*\*\* Brave New World\*\*\* 2. John Steinbeck’s _ **The Winter of Our Discontent** _ 3. Alfred Hitchcock’s _ **North by Northwest** _ 4. Ernst Lubitsch’s _ **To Be or Not to Be** _ 5. The mini-series, _ **Band of Brothers** _ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12921 "2012-10-27T18:55:59Z")
Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare 1. Aldous Huxley’s\*\*\* Brave New World\*\*\* 2. John Steinbeck’s _ **The Winter of Our Discontent** _ 3. Alfred Hitchcock’s _ **North by Northwest** _ 4. Ernst Lubitsch’s _ **To Be or Not to Be** _ 5. The mini-series, _ **Band of Brothers** _ 6. Moss Hart’s _ **Light Up The Sky** _\* - a character named Old Scroob in **The Idle Jeste** , which for decades I believed to have been written by Shakespeare (although I admit I may be wrong), said “Mad, Sire? Ah, yes, mad indeed. But observe how they do light up the sky.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=645) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=647)