# 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:** 803
### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16042 "2013-04-27T05:09:57Z")
TV shows about spies/secret agents
1. The Avengers
2. Get Smart
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### Author:  [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16043 "2013-04-27T05:46:29Z")
TV shows about spies/secret agents
1. The Avengers
2. Get Smart
3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16044 "2013-04-27T06:19:46Z")
TV shows about spies/secret agents
1. The Avengers
2. Get Smart
3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
4. Alias
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16045 "2013-04-27T08:12:16Z")
TV shows about spies/secret agents
1. The Avengers
2. Get Smart
3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
4. Alias
5. I Spy
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16046 "2013-04-27T08:21:19Z")
> [@T\_Baggins](#):
>
> Ahhh… the question didn’t specify the driver had to even be IN the Indy 500, just that they didn’t win it.
Yeah, that’s what I meant, but didn’t say it. So, the category went well enough.
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
>
> Okay, when I thought of this category, I thought of around four people that would qualify and I just sort of assumed there were enough others that would fill the category. But I was wrong. Blanda’s probably the last one.
>
> So:
>
> Top retired NFL quarterbacks who played in the Super Bowl era but never won a Super Bowl.
>
> 1. Jim Kelly
> 2. Otto Graham
> 3. Warren Moon
> 4. Dan Marino
> 5. Dan Fouts
> 6. Fran Tarkenton
> 7. Sonny Jurgensen
> 8. Y.A. Tittle
> 9. George Blanda
Otto Graham “Automatic Otto” never played during the Super Bowl era. He was coaching the Redskins when the era got started, but he retired about 10 years before Super Bowl I.
Just sayin’.
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16047 "2013-04-27T11:02:24Z")
TV shows about spies/secret agents
1. The Avengers
2. Get Smart
3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
4. Alias
5. I Spy
6. Covert Affairs
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16048 "2013-04-27T12:07:14Z")
TV shows about spies/secret agents
1. The Avengers
2. Get Smart
3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
4. Alias
5. I Spy
6. Covert Affairs
7. The Saint
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16049 "2013-04-27T14:14:10Z")
TV shows about spies/secret agents
1. The Avengers
2. Get Smart
3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
4. Alias
5. I Spy
6. Covert Affairs
7. The Saint
8. Chuck
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### Author:  [@applebetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/applebetty)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16050 "2013-04-27T15:01:37Z")
TV shows about spies/secret agents
1. The Avengers
2. Get Smart
3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
4. Alias
5. I Spy
6. Covert Affairs
7. The Saint
8. Chuck
9. La Femme Nikita
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16051 "2013-04-27T15:59:59Z")
> [@echo7tango](#):
>
> Otto Graham “Automatic Otto” never played during the Super Bowl era. He was coaching the Redskins when the era got started, but he retired about 10 years before Super Bowl I.
>
> Just sayin’.
I know. But his name had already been posted before we clarified the category. So he got grandfathered in.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16052 "2013-04-27T16:01:16Z")
TV shows about spies/secret agents
1. The Avengers
2. Get Smart
3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
4. Alias
5. I Spy
6. Covert Affairs
7. The Saint
8. Chuck
9. La Femme Nikita
10. Spooks (aka MI-5)
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16053 "2013-04-27T18:16:22Z")
TV shows about spies/secret agents
1. The Avengers
2. Get Smart
3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
4. Alias
5. I Spy
6. Covert Affairs
7. The Saint
8. Chuck
9. La Femme Nikita
10. Spooks (aka MI-5)
11. Secret Agent
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16054 "2013-04-27T18:18:11Z")
TV shows about spies/secret agents
1. The Avengers
2. Get Smart
3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
4. Alias
5. I Spy
6. Covert Affairs
7. The Saint
8. Chuck
9. La Femme Nikita
10. Spooks (aka MI-5)
11. Secret Agent
12. Graceland
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16055 "2013-04-27T18:23:02Z")
TV shows about spies/secret agents
1. The Avengers
2. Get Smart
3. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
4. Alias
5. I Spy
6. Covert Affairs
7. The Saint
8. Chuck
9. La Femme Nikita
10. Spooks (aka MI-5)
11. Secret Agent
12. Graceland
13. Homeland
I’ll pass
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16056 "2013-04-27T18:34:50Z")
13 Generic Last Lines From Movies
1. “Man was not meant to tamper with the unknown!”
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16057 "2013-04-27T20:28:48Z")
Not sure what a generic last line is. Are we supposed to use a well-known line from an actual movie or a stereotypical line used by a genre of movies?
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16058 "2013-04-27T20:58:04Z")
13 Generic Last Lines From Movies
1. “Man was not meant to tamper with the unknown!”
2. “And it was all a dream…or was it?”
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16059 "2013-04-27T21:34:34Z")
13 Generic Last Lines From Movies
1. “Man was not meant to tamper with the unknown!”
2. “And it was all a dream…or was it?”
3. “They’re still out there somewhere. But if they ever come back, mankind will be waiting for them.”
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16060 "2013-04-27T21:39:49Z")
13 Generic Last Lines From Movies
1. “Man was not meant to tamper with the unknown!”
2. “And it was all a dream…or was it?”
3. “They’re still out there somewhere. But if they ever come back, mankind will be waiting for them.”
4. “The End … ?”
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16061 "2013-04-27T22:41:53Z")
13 Generic Last Lines From Movies
1. “Man was not meant to tamper with the unknown!”
2. “And it was all a dream…or was it?”
3. “They’re still out there somewhere. But if they ever come back, mankind will be waiting for them.”
4. “The End … ?”
5. “…and they lived happily ever after.”
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