Baker’s Dozen III

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Inventors (and one of their inventions)

  1. Eli Whitney (cotton gin)
  2. Jethro Tull (seed drill)
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Inventors (and one of their inventions)

  1. Eli Whitney (cotton gin)
  2. Jethro Tull (seed drill)
  3. Buckminster Fuller (geodesic dome)
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Inventors (and one of their inventions)

  1. Eli Whitney (cotton gin)
  2. Jethro Tull (seed drill)
  3. Buckminster Fuller (geodesic dome)
  4. Stephanie Kwolek (Kevlar)
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Inventors (and one of their inventions)

  1. Eli Whitney (cotton gin)
  2. Jethro Tull (seed drill)
  3. Buckminster Fuller (geodesic dome)
  4. Stephanie Kwolek (Kevlar)
  5. Nikola Tesla (alternating current)
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Inventors (and one of their inventions)

  1. Eli Whitney (cotton gin)
  2. Jethro Tull (seed drill)
  3. Buckminster Fuller (geodesic dome)
  4. Stephanie Kwolek (Kevlar)
  5. Nikola Tesla (alternating current)
  6. Wilson Greatbatch (cardiac pacemaker)
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Inventors (and one of their inventions)

  1. Eli Whitney (cotton gin)
  2. Jethro Tull (seed drill)
  3. Buckminster Fuller (geodesic dome)
  4. Stephanie Kwolek (Kevlar)
  5. Nikola Tesla (alternating current)
  6. Wilson Greatbatch (cardiac pacemaker)
  7. Benjamin Franklin (bifocals)
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Inventors (and one of their inventions)

  1. Eli Whitney (cotton gin)
  2. Jethro Tull (seed drill)
  3. Buckminster Fuller (geodesic dome)
  4. Stephanie Kwolek (Kevlar)
  5. Nikola Tesla (alternating current)
  6. Wilson Greatbatch (cardiac pacemaker)
  7. Benjamin Franklin (bifocals)
  8. Bette Nesmith Graham (Liquid Paper)

Originally called “Mistake Out.”

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Inventors (and one of their inventions)

  1. Eli Whitney (cotton gin)
  2. Jethro Tull (seed drill)
  3. Buckminster Fuller (geodesic dome)
  4. Stephanie Kwolek (Kevlar)
  5. Nikola Tesla (alternating current)
  6. Wilson Greatbatch (cardiac pacemaker)
  7. Benjamin Franklin (bifocals)
  8. Bette Nesmith Graham (Liquid Paper)
  9. Elisha Graves Otis (safety elevator)

And not Leopold Mountbatten, surprisingly.

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Inventors (and one of their inventions)

  1. Eli Whitney (cotton gin)
  2. Jethro Tull (seed drill)
  3. Buckminster Fuller (geodesic dome)
  4. Stephanie Kwolek (Kevlar)
  5. Nikola Tesla (alternating current)
  6. Wilson Greatbatch (cardiac pacemaker)
  7. Benjamin Franklin (bifocals)
  8. Bette Nesmith Graham (Liquid Paper)
  9. Elisha Graves Otis (safety elevator)
  10. George Westinghouse (air brakes)

Pass.

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It’s Baker’s Dozen; we need 13.

Inventors (and one of their inventions)

  1. Eli Whitney (cotton gin)
  2. Jethro Tull (seed drill)
  3. Buckminster Fuller (geodesic dome)
  4. Stephanie Kwolek (Kevlar)
  5. Nikola Tesla (alternating current)
  6. Wilson Greatbatch (cardiac pacemaker)
  7. Benjamin Franklin (bifocals)
  8. Bette Nesmith Graham (Liquid Paper)
  9. Elisha Graves Otis (safety elevator)
  10. George Westinghouse (air brakes)
  11. Khaled Mardam-Bey (the mIRC application)
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Inventors (and one of their inventions)

  1. Eli Whitney (cotton gin)
  2. Jethro Tull (seed drill)
  3. Buckminster Fuller (geodesic dome)
  4. Stephanie Kwolek (Kevlar)
  5. Nikola Tesla (alternating current)
  6. Wilson Greatbatch (cardiac pacemaker)
  7. Benjamin Franklin (bifocals)
  8. Bette Nesmith Graham (Liquid Paper)
  9. Elisha Graves Otis (safety elevator)
  10. George Westinghouse (air brakes)
  11. Khaled Mardam-Bey (the mIRC application)
  12. Abraham Lincoln (a “device to buoy and lift boats over shoals and obstructions in a river”)

Lincoln did file for and receive Patent No. 6,469 for his invention in 1849, making him the only American president to have been granted a patent.

-“BB”-

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Inventors (and one of their inventions)

  1. Eli Whitney (cotton gin)
  2. Jethro Tull (seed drill)
  3. Buckminster Fuller (geodesic dome)
  4. Stephanie Kwolek (Kevlar)
  5. Nikola Tesla (alternating current)
  6. Wilson Greatbatch (cardiac pacemaker)
  7. Benjamin Franklin (bifocals)
  8. Bette Nesmith Graham (Liquid Paper)
  9. Elisha Graves Otis (safety elevator)
  10. George Westinghouse (air brakes)
  11. Khaled Mardam-Bey (the mIRC application)
  12. Abraham Lincoln (a “device to buoy and lift boats over shoals and obstructions in a river”)
  13. Bradbury Robinson (the forward pass in American football, in 1906-- at least, he was the first person to throw one)

New category:

Entertaining transgender and non-conforming characters and actors

  1. Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod, The Fifth Element (gender non-conforming)
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Entertaining transgender and non-conforming characters and actors

  1. Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod, The Fifth Element (gender non-conforming)
  2. Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Sandman
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Entertaining transgender and non-conforming characters and actors

  1. Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod, The Fifth Element (gender non-conforming)
  2. Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Sandman
  3. Michael Jeter as Homeless Cabaret Singer, The Fisher King

Stole the scene from Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams; not an easy task.

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Entertaining transgender and non-conforming characters and actors

  1. Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod, The Fifth Element (gender non-conforming)
  2. Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Sandman
  3. Michael Jeter as Homeless Cabaret Singer, The Fisher King
  4. Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Orlando
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Entertaining transgender and non-conforming characters and actors

  1. Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod, The Fifth Element (gender non-conforming)
  2. Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Sandman
  3. Michael Jeter as Homeless Cabaret Singer, The Fisher King
  4. Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Orlando
  5. Asia Kate Dillon as Taylor Mason, Billions
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Entertaining transgender and non-conforming characters and actors

  1. Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod, The Fifth Element (gender non-conforming)
  2. Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Sandman
  3. Michael Jeter as Homeless Cabaret Singer, The Fisher King
  4. Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Orlando
  5. Asia Kate Dillon as Taylor Mason, Billions
  6. Lavergne Cox as Sophia Burset, Orange is the New Black
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Entertaining transgender and non-conforming characters and actors

  1. Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod, The Fifth Element (gender non-conforming)
  2. Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Sandman
  3. Michael Jeter as Homeless Cabaret Singer, The Fisher King
  4. Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Orlando
  5. Asia Kate Dillon as Taylor Mason, Billions
  6. Lavergne Cox as Sophia Burset, Orange is the New Black
  7. Julia Sweeney as Pat, It’s Pat
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Entertaining transgender and non-conforming characters and actors

  1. Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod, The Fifth Element (gender non-conforming)
  2. Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Sandman
  3. Michael Jeter as Homeless Cabaret Singer, The Fisher King
  4. Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Orlando
  5. Asia Kate Dillon as Taylor Mason, Billions
  6. Lavergne Cox as Sophia Burset, Orange is the New Black
  7. Julia Sweeney as Pat, It’s Pat
  8. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Rusty, Flawless
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Entertaining transgender and non-conforming characters and actors

  1. Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod, The Fifth Element (gender non-conforming)
  2. Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Sandman
  3. Michael Jeter as Homeless Cabaret Singer, The Fisher King
  4. Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Orlando
  5. Asia Kate Dillon as Taylor Mason, Billions
  6. Lavergne Cox as Sophia Burset, Orange is the New Black
  7. Julia Sweeney as Pat, It’s Pat
  8. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Rusty, Flawless
  9. Hugo Weaving as Mitzi Del Bra, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert