# 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
**Page:** 789
### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15762 "2013-04-18T21:02:15Z")
Film roles of Sigourney Weaver
1. Ripley, the Alien movies
2. Gwen DeMarco, Galaxy Quest
3. Katharine Parker, Working Girl
4. Dr. Slaughter, in the unbearably boring Half Moon Street
5. Dian Fossey, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
6. Dana Barrett, Ghostbusters
7. Queen Isabella: _ **1492: Conquest of Paradise** _
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15763 "2013-04-18T22:39:11Z")
Film roles of Sigourney Weaver
1. Ripley, the Alien movies
2. Gwen DeMarco, Galaxy Quest
3. Katharine Parker, Working Girl
4. Dr. Slaughter, in the unbearably boring Half Moon Street
5. Dian Fossey, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
6. Dana Barrett, Ghostbusters
7. Queen Isabella: _ **1492: Conquest of Paradise** _
8. Dr Grace Augustine, _Avatar_
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15764 "2013-04-18T23:03:23Z")
Film roles of Sigourney Weaver
1. Ripley, the Alien movies
2. Gwen DeMarco, Galaxy Quest
3. Katharine Parker, Working Girl
4. Dr. Slaughter, in the unbearably boring Half Moon Street
5. Dian Fossey, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
6. Dana Barrett, Ghostbusters
7. Queen Isabella: _ **1492: Conquest of Paradise** _
8. Dr Grace Augustine, _Avatar_
9. Alice Goodwin, A Map of the World
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15765 "2013-04-18T23:34:35Z")
Film roles of Sigourney Weaver
1. Ripley, the Alien movies
2. Gwen DeMarco, Galaxy Quest
3. Katharine Parker, Working Girl
4. Dr. Slaughter, in the unbearably boring Half Moon Street
5. Dian Fossey, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
6. Dana Barrett, Ghostbusters
7. Queen Isabella: _ **1492: Conquest of Paradise** _
8. Dr Grace Augustine, _Avatar_
9. Alice Goodwin, A Map of the World
10. Janey Carver, _The Ice Storm_
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15766 "2013-04-19T01:52:41Z")
Film roles of Sigourney Weaver
1. Ripley, the Alien movies
2. Gwen DeMarco, Galaxy Quest
3. Katharine Parker, Working Girl
4. Dr. Slaughter, in the unbearably boring Half Moon Street
5. Dian Fossey, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
6. Dana Barrett, Ghostbusters
7. Queen Isabella: _ **1492: Conquest of Paradise** _
8. Dr Grace Augustine, _Avatar_
9. Alice Goodwin, A Map of the World
10. Janey Carver, _The Ice Storm_
11. Unnamed date girl, _Annie Hall_
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15767 "2013-04-19T02:01:42Z")
Film roles of Sigourney Weaver
1. Ripley, the Alien movies
2. Gwen DeMarco, Galaxy Quest
3. Katharine Parker, Working Girl
4. Dr. Slaughter, in the unbearably boring Half Moon Street
5. Dian Fossey, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
6. Dana Barrett, Ghostbusters
7. Queen Isabella: 1492: Conquest of Paradise
8. Dr Grace Augustine, Avatar
9. Alice Goodwin, A Map of the World
10. Janey Carver, The Ice Storm
11. Unnamed date girl, Annie Hall
12. The Director, _ **Cabin in the Woods** _
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15768 "2013-04-19T02:09:59Z")
Film roles of Sigourney Weaver
1. Ripley, the Alien movies
2. Gwen DeMarco, Galaxy Quest
3. Katharine Parker, Working Girl
4. Dr. Slaughter, in the unbearably boring Half Moon Street
5. Dian Fossey, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
6. Dana Barrett, Ghostbusters
7. Queen Isabella: 1492: Conquest of Paradise
8. Dr Grace Augustine, Avatar
9. Alice Goodwin, A Map of the World
10. Janey Carver, The Ice Storm
11. Unnamed date girl, _ **Annie Hall** _
12. The Director, _ **Cabin in the Woods** _
13. Angela Nardino, _ **Heartbreakers** _
Next category… (not very imaginative, I know…)
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, _ **Top Gun** _
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15769 "2013-04-19T02:11:34Z")
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Top Gun
2. Captain Dallas, Alien
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15770 "2013-04-19T02:26:20Z")
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Top Gun
2. Captain Dallas, Alien
3. Darryl Cooper, _ **Poison Ivy** _
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15771 "2013-04-19T04:49:26Z")
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Top Gun
2. Captain Dallas, Alien
3. Darryl Cooper, _ **Poison Ivy** _
4. Strawberry, _Up in Smoke_
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### Author:  [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15772 "2013-04-19T05:23:40Z")
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Top Gun
2. Captain Dallas, Alien
3. Darryl Cooper, _ **Poison Ivy** _
4. Strawberry, _Up in Smoke_
5. Duke Forrest,\*\* M_A_S\*H\*\*
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15773 "2013-04-19T05:35:22Z")
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Top Gun
2. Captain Dallas, Alien
3. Darryl Cooper, _ **Poison Ivy** _
4. Strawberry, _Up in Smoke_
5. Duke Forrest,\*\* M_A_S\*H\*\*
6. David Drumlin, _ **Contact** _
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15774 "2013-04-19T06:41:16Z")
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Top Gun
2. Captain Dallas, Alien
3. Darryl Cooper, _ **Poison Ivy** _
4. Strawberry, _Up in Smoke_
5. Duke Forrest,\*\* M_A_S\*H\*\*
6. David Drumlin, _ **Contact** _
7. Zach Bergstrom, _Space Camp_
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15775 "2013-04-19T11:22:58Z")
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Top Gun
2. Captain Dallas, Alien
3. Darryl Cooper, _ **Poison Ivy** _
4. Strawberry, _Up in Smoke_
5. Duke Forrest,\*\* M_A_S\*H\*\*
6. David Drumlin, _ **Contact** _
7. Zach Bergstrom, _Space Camp_
8. Eugene Ackerman, _The Rookie_.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15776 "2013-04-19T11:57:07Z")
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Top Gun
2. Captain Dallas, Alien
3. Darryl Cooper, Poison Ivy
4. Strawberry, Up in Smoke
5. Duke Forrest, M_A_S\*H
6. David Drumlin, Contact
7. Zach Bergstrom, Space Camp
8. Eugene Ackerman, The Rookie.
9. Sgt. Stan Showalter, War Hunt (1st role)
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15777 "2013-04-19T13:57:24Z")
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Top Gun
2. Captain Dallas, Alien
3. Darryl Cooper, Poison Ivy
4. Strawberry, Up in Smoke
5. Duke Forrest, M_A_S\*H
6. David Drumlin, Contact
7. Zach Bergstrom, Space Camp
8. Eugene Ackerman, The Rookie.
9. Sgt. Stan Showalter, War Hunt (1st role)
10. Tom Skerritt (Himself), in _ **Ted** _
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### Author:  [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15778 "2013-04-19T15:19:18Z")
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Top Gun
2. Captain Dallas, Alien
3. Darryl Cooper, Poison Ivy
4. Strawberry, Up in Smoke
5. Duke Forrest, M_A_S\*H
6. David Drumlin, Contact
7. Zach Bergstrom, Space Camp
8. Eugene Ackerman, The Rookie.
9. Sgt. Stan Showalter, War Hunt (1st role)
10. Tom Skerritt (Himself), in _ **Ted** _
11. John D’Angelo, _Fighting Back_
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15779 "2013-04-19T15:56:21Z")
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Top Gun
2. Captain Dallas, Alien
3. Darryl Cooper, Poison Ivy
4. Strawberry, Up in Smoke
5. Duke Forrest, M_A_S\*H
6. David Drumlin, Contact
7. Zach Bergstrom, Space Camp
8. Eugene Ackerman, The Rookie.
9. Sgt. Stan Showalter, War Hunt (1st role)
10. Tom Skerritt (Himself), in Ted
11. John D’Angelo, Fighting Back
12. Drum, in\*\*\* Steel Magnolias\*\*\* (one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen… my ex-wife made me see it as payback for taking her to see \*\*\*Backdraft, \*\*\*which was only slightly better)
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### Author:  [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15780 "2013-04-19T17:19:20Z")
Film roles of Thomas Roy (Tom) Skerritt
1. Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Top Gun
2. Captain Dallas, Alien
3. Darryl Cooper, Poison Ivy
4. Strawberry, Up in Smoke
5. Duke Forrest, M_A_S\*H
6. David Drumlin, Contact
7. Zach Bergstrom, Space Camp
8. Eugene Ackerman, The Rookie.
9. Sgt. Stan Showalter, War Hunt (1st role)
10. Tom Skerritt (Himself), in Ted
11. John D’Angelo, Fighting Back
12. Drum, in Steel Magnolias (one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen… my ex-wife made me see it as payback for taking her to see Backdraft, which was only slightly better)
13. Santa, Redemption Road
New Topic
Dead Languages
1. Tocharian B
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### Author:  [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15781 "2013-04-19T17:21:47Z")
Dead Languages
1. Tocharian B
2. Gaulish
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