# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 330
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6581 "2024-12-13T01:48:48Z")
**People from history you really wouldn’t have wanted to meet** 1. Vlad the Impaler 2. Pol Pot 3. Genghis Khan 4. Ed Gein 5. Heinrich Himmler 6. Idi Amin 7. Attila the Hun 8. Josef Mengele 9. Joseph Stalin ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6582 "2024-12-13T02:05:24Z")
**People from history you really wouldn’t have wanted to meet** 1. Vlad the Impaler 2. Pol Pot 3. Genghis Khan 4. Ed Gein 5. Heinrich Himmler 6. Idi Amin 7. Attila the Hun 8. Josef Mengele 9. Joseph Stalin 10. Jim Jones ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6583 "2024-12-13T05:01:32Z")
**People from history you really wouldn’t have wanted to meet** 1. Vlad the Impaler 2. Pol Pot 3. Genghis Khan 4. Ed Gein 5. Heinrich Himmler 6. Idi Amin 7. Attila the Hun 8. Josef Mengele 9. Joseph Stalin 10. Jim Jones 11. Elizabeth Báthory ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6584 "2024-12-13T22:04:07Z")
**People from history you really wouldn’t have wanted to meet** 1. Vlad the Impaler 2. Pol Pot 3. Genghis Khan 4. Ed Gein 5. Heinrich Himmler 6. Idi Amin 7. Attila the Hun 8. Josef Mengele 9. Joseph Stalin 10. Jim Jones 11. Elizabeth Báthory 12. Ty Cobb ---
**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:** [December 14, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6585 "2024-12-14T08:03:30Z")
**People from history you really wouldn’t have wanted to meet** 1. Vlad the Impaler 2. Pol Pot 3. Genghis Khan 4. Ed Gein 5. Heinrich Himmler 6. Idi Amin 7. Attila the Hun 8. Josef Mengele 9. Joseph Stalin 10. Jim Jones 11. Elizabeth Báthory 12. Ty Cobb 13. Ivan the Terrible Next subject. **People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet.** 1.Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6586 "2024-12-14T14:16:37Z")
People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet. 1.Mark Twain 2. John F Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6587 "2024-12-14T16:09:52Z")
People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet. 1.Mark Twain 2. John F Kennedy 3. Helen Keller It would technically have been possible. I was five years old when she died. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6588 "2024-12-14T16:29:08Z")
**People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet.** 1.Mark Twain 2. John F Kennedy 3. Helen Keller 4. Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6589 "2024-12-14T17:41:18Z")
**People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet.** 1.Mark Twain 2. John F Kennedy 3. Helen Keller 4. Albert Einstein 5. Benjamin Franklin _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6590 "2024-12-14T19:14:28Z")
**People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet.** 1.Mark Twain 2. John F Kennedy 3. Helen Keller 4. Albert Einstein 5. Benjamin Franklin 6. Laura Ingalls Wilder Also technically possible, as she died 3 days before my 4th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6591 "2024-12-14T19:26:50Z")
**People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet.** 1.Mark Twain 2. John F Kennedy 3. Helen Keller 4. Albert Einstein 5. Benjamin Franklin 6. Laura Ingalls Wilder 7. Abraham Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6592 "2024-12-14T20:32:24Z")
**People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet.** 1.Mark Twain 2. John F Kennedy 3. Helen Keller 4. Albert Einstein 5. Benjamin Franklin 6. Laura Ingalls Wilder 7. Abraham Lincoln 8. Marilyn Monroe ---
**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:** [December 15, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6593 "2024-12-15T04:24:17Z")
**People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet.** 1. Mark Twain 2. John F Kennedy 3. Helen Keller 4. Albert Einstein 5. Benjamin Franklin 6. Laura Ingalls Wilder 7. Abraham Lincoln 8. Marilyn Monroe 9. George Washington We wouldn’t have the country we have had it not been for him, both during the Revolution and as the first President. Abigail Adams described him as “modest, wise and good.” ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6594 "2024-12-15T16:10:12Z")
**People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet.** 1. Mark Twain 2. John F Kennedy 3. Helen Keller 4. Albert Einstein 5. Benjamin Franklin 6. Laura Ingalls Wilder 7. Abraham Lincoln 8. Marilyn Monroe 9. George Washington 10. Joshua Norton Proclaimed himself “Norton I., Emperor of the United States” in 1859 and issued his own money in the form of scrip. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6595 "2024-12-15T22:04:49Z")
**People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet.** 1. Mark Twain 2. John F Kennedy 3. Helen Keller 4. Albert Einstein 5. Benjamin Franklin 6. Laura Ingalls Wilder 7. Abraham Lincoln 8. Marilyn Monroe 9. George Washington 10. Joshua Norton 11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart What was he really like? I had a kids’ bio of him that potrayed him as a noble young genius. And then I saw the film _Amadeus_ ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6596 "2024-12-15T22:23:34Z")
**People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet.** 1. Mark Twain 2. John F Kennedy 3. Helen Keller 4. Albert Einstein 5. Benjamin Franklin 6. Laura Ingalls Wilder 7. Abraham Lincoln 8. Marilyn Monroe 9. George Washington 10. Joshua Norton 11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 12. Oscar Wilde ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6597 "2024-12-16T02:06:36Z")
**People from history you really would’ve wanted to meet.** 1. Mark Twain 2. John F Kennedy 3. Helen Keller 4. Albert Einstein 5. Benjamin Franklin 6. Laura Ingalls Wilder 7. Abraham Lincoln 8. Marilyn Monroe 9. George Washington 10. Joshua Norton 11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 12. Oscar Wilde 13. Cal Rodgers The first to fly across America, and he did it [“crash by crash.” Interesting guy.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbraith_Perry_Rodgers) Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6598 "2024-12-16T02:57:25Z")
**Words formed from the letters in _Merry Christmas_** 1. asymmetric ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6599 "2024-12-16T03:31:07Z")
**Words formed from the letters in _Merry Christmas_** 1. asymmetric 2. chemistry ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6600 "2024-12-16T03:45:32Z")
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