# 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:** 770
**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:** [April 2, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15382 "2013-04-02T18:44:06Z")
National Assemblies/Lawmaking Bodies 1. The Duma (Russia) 2. Parliament (Great Britain) 3. Congress (USA) 4. Kokkai (aka the National Diet, Japanese Parliament) 5. Congress of the Philippines 6. Parliament (Canada) 7. Knesset (Israel) 8. Oireachtas (Ireland) 9. Althing (Iceland) 10. Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15383 "2013-04-02T19:36:40Z")
National Assemblies/Lawmaking Bodies 1. The Duma (Russia) 2. Parliament (Great Britain) 3. Congress (USA) 4. Kokkai (aka the National Diet, Japanese Parliament) 5. Congress of the Philippines 6. Parliament (Canada) 7. Knesset (Israel) 8. Oireachtas (Ireland) 9. Althing (Iceland) 10. Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) 11. Bundestag (Germany) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15384 "2013-04-02T21:29:02Z")
National Assemblies/Lawmaking Bodies 1. The Duma (Russia) 2. Parliament (Great Britain) 3. Congress (USA) 4. Kokkai (aka the National Diet, Japanese Parliament) 5. Congress of the Philippines 6. Parliament (Canada) 7. Knesset (Israel) 8. Oireachtas (Ireland) 9. Althing (Iceland) 10. Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) 11. Bundestag (Germany) 12. Legislative Yuan (Taiwan) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15385 "2013-04-02T21:38:41Z")
National Assemblies/Lawmaking Bodies 1. The Duma (Russia) 2. Parliament (Great Britain) 3. Congress (USA) 4. Kokkai (aka the National Diet, Japanese Parliament) 5. Congress of the Philippines 6. Parliament (Canada) 7. Knesset (Israel) 8. Oireachtas (Ireland) 9. Althing (Iceland) 10. Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) 11. Bundestag (Germany) 12. Legislative Yuan (Taiwan) 1. Riksdag (Sweden) Another historical one: The top news story of the past 13 decades (reverse chronological order) 1. 2000’s–9/11 USA terrorist attacks ---
**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:** [April 2, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15386 "2013-04-02T21:51:13Z")
Another historical one: The top news story of the past 13 decades (reverse chronological order) 1. 2000’s–9/11 USA terrorist attacks 2. 1990’s–Iraq invades Kuwait, and the ensuing Gulf War ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15387 "2013-04-02T22:32:39Z")
The top news story of the past 13 decades (reverse chronological order) 1. 2000’s–9/11 USA terrorist attacks 2. 1990’s–Iraq invades Kuwait, and the ensuing Gulf War 3. 1980’s–Berlin Wall goes down, beginning of the end of the Cold War ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15388 "2013-04-02T23:34:54Z")
The top news story of the past 13 decades (reverse chronological order) 1. 2000’s–9/11 USA terrorist attacks 2. 1990’s–Iraq invades Kuwait, and the ensuing Gulf War 3. 1980’s–Berlin Wall goes down, beginning of the end of the Cold War 4. 1970’s–Watergate ---
**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:** [April 2, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15389 "2013-04-02T23:47:38Z")
The top news story of the past 13 decades (reverse chronological order) 1. 2000’s–9/11 USA terrorist attacks 2. 1990’s–Iraq invades Kuwait, and the ensuing Gulf War 3. 1980’s–Berlin Wall goes down, beginning of the end of the Cold War 4. 1970’s–Watergate 5. 1960’s–Moon landing ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15390 "2013-04-03T00:00:50Z")
The top news story of the past 13 decades (reverse chronological order) 1. 2000’s–9/11 USA terrorist attacks 2. 1990’s–Iraq invades Kuwait, and the ensuing Gulf War 3. 1980’s–Berlin Wall goes down, beginning of the end of the Cold War 4. 1970’s–Watergate 5. 1960’s–Moon landing 6. 1950s-- Soviets launch Sputnik ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15391 "2013-04-03T00:17:10Z")
The top news story of the past 13 decades (reverse chronological order) 1. 2000’s–9/11 USA terrorist attacks 2. 1990’s–Iraq invades Kuwait, and the ensuing Gulf War 3. 1980’s–Berlin Wall goes down, beginning of the end of the Cold War 4. 1970’s–Watergate 5. 1960’s–Moon landing 6. 1950’s–Soviets launch Sputnik 7. 1940’s–WW2 I so wanted to put something like “Miss Carpunzel wins 1946 Flower Beauty Queen of Kildare County, Iowa” but just couldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15392 "2013-04-03T01:50:31Z")
The top news story of the past 13 decades (reverse chronological order) 1. 2000’s–9/11 USA terrorist attacks 2. 1990’s–Iraq invades Kuwait, and the ensuing Gulf War 3. 1980’s–Berlin Wall goes down, beginning of the end of the Cold War 4. 1970’s–Watergate 5. 1960’s–Moon landing 6. 1950’s–Soviets launch Sputnik 7. 1940’s–WW2 8. 1930’s–The New Deal SFC Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15393 "2013-04-03T03:28:14Z")
1. 2000s–9/11 USA terrorist attacks 2. 1990s–Iraq invades Kuwait, and the ensuing Gulf War 3. 1980s–Berlin Wall goes down, beginning of the end of the Cold War 4. 1970s–Watergate 5. 1960s–Moon landing 6. 1950s–Soviets launch Sputnik 7. 1940s–WW2 8. 1930s–The New Deal 9. 1920s–The Great Depression (begins) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15394 "2013-04-03T03:48:47Z")
1. 2000s–9/11 USA terrorist attacks 2. 1990s–Iraq invades Kuwait, and the ensuing Gulf War 3. 1980s–Berlin Wall goes down, beginning of the end of the Cold War 4. 1970s–Watergate 5. 1960s–Moon landing 6. 1950s–Soviets launch Sputnik 7. 1940s–WW2 8. 1930s–The New Deal 9. 1920s–The Great Depression (begins) 10. 1910s --WWI ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15395 "2013-04-03T04:19:47Z")
The top news story of the past 13 decades (reverse chronological order) 1. 2000s – 9/11 USA terrorist attacks 2. 1990s – Iraq invades Kuwait, and the ensuing Gulf War 3. 1980s – Berlin Wall goes down, beginning of the end of the Cold War 4. 1970s – Watergate 5. 1960s – Moon landing 6. 1950s – Soviets launch Sputnik 7. 1940s – WW2 8. 1930s – The New Deal 9. 1920s – The Great Depression (begins) 10. 1910s – WWI 11. 1900s – Einstein’s Relativity Theory ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15396 "2013-04-03T04:57:09Z")
The top news story of the past 13 decades (reverse chronological order) 1. 2000s – 9/11 USA terrorist attacks 2. 1990s – Iraq invades Kuwait, and the ensuing Gulf War 3. 1980s – Berlin Wall goes down, beginning of the end of the Cold War 4. 1970s – Watergate 5. 1960s – Moon landing 6. 1950s – Soviets launch Sputnik 7. 1940s – WW2 8. 1930s – The New Deal 9. 1920s – The Great Depression (begins) 10. 1910s – WWI 11. 1900s – Einstein’s Relativity Theory 12. 1890s – Boxer Rebellion in China ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15397 "2013-04-03T05:33:35Z")
The top news story of the past 13 decades (reverse chronological order) 1. 2000s – 9/11 USA terrorist attacks 2. 1990s – Iraq invades Kuwait, and the ensuing Gulf War 3. 1980s – Berlin Wall goes down, beginning of the end of the Cold War 4. 1970s – Watergate 5. 1960s – Moon landing 6. 1950s – Soviets launch Sputnik 7. 1940s – WW2 8. 1930s – The New Deal 9. 1920s – The Great Depression (begins) 10. 1910s – WWI 11. 1900s – Einstein’s Relativity Theory 12. 1890s – Boxer Rebellion in China 13. 1880’s – First commercial electricity network Again, I’ll pass ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15398 "2013-04-03T05:56:52Z")
Actors who have played the President of the United States, with character name and film/TV show/play 1. James Earl Jones as Douglass Dilman, _The Man_ ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15399 "2013-04-03T06:17:23Z")
Actors who have played the President of the United States, with character name and film/TV show/play 1. James Earl Jones as Douglass Dilman, _The Man_ 2. Geena Davis as Mackenzie Allen, _Commander in Chief_ ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15400 "2013-04-03T07:16:02Z")
Actors who have played the President of the United States, with character name and film/TV show/play 1. James Earl Jones as Douglass Dilman, _The Man_ 2. Geena Davis as Mackenzie Allen, _Commander in Chief_ 3. Michael Douglas as Andrew Shepherd, _The American President_ ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15401 "2013-04-03T08:22:03Z")
Actors who have played the President of the United States, with character name and film/TV show/play 1. James Earl Jones as Douglass Dilman, _The Man_ 2. Geena Davis as Mackenzie Allen, _Commander in Chief_ 3. Michael Douglas as Andrew Shepherd, _The American President_ 4. Morgan Freeman as Tom Beck, _Deep Impact_ I assume we’re only dealing with fictional Presidents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=769) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=771)