# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 160
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3181 "2020-08-10T16:39:06Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3182 "2020-08-10T16:45:21Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3183 "2020-08-10T17:13:24Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer 4. Jorge Luis Borges - Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3184 "2020-08-10T20:26:38Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer 4. Jorge Luis Borges - Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator 5. Bernardo O’Higgins - Chilean independence leader ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3185 "2020-08-10T21:58:31Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer 4. Jorge Luis Borges - Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator 5. Bernardo O’Higgins - Chilean independence leader 6. Dom Pedro II - Emperor of Brazil ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3186 "2020-08-10T23:57:26Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer 4. Jorge Luis Borges - Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator 5. Bernardo O’Higgins - Chilean independence leader 6. Dom Pedro II - Emperor of Brazil 7. Augusto Pinochet - Chilean dictator ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3187 "2020-08-11T01:53:46Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer 4. Jorge Luis Borges - Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator 5. Bernardo O’Higgins - Chilean independence leader 6. Dom Pedro II - Emperor of Brazil 7. Augusto Pinochet - Chilean dictator 8. Manu Ginobili, greatest NBA player ever ---
**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:** [August 11, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3188 "2020-08-11T13:07:48Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer 4. Jorge Luis Borges - Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator 5. Bernardo O’Higgins - Chilean independence leader 6. Dom Pedro II - Emperor of Brazil 7. Augusto Pinochet - Chilean dictator 8. Manu Ginobili, greatest NBA player ever 9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Columbian author of _Love in the Time of Cholera_ ---
**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:** [August 11, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3189 "2020-08-11T13:28:13Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer 4. Jorge Luis Borges - Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator 5. Bernardo O’Higgins - Chilean independence leader 6. Dom Pedro II - Emperor of Brazil 7. Augusto Pinochet - Chilean dictator 8. Manu Ginobili - greatest NBA player ever 9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Columbian author of _Love in the Time of Cholera_ 10. Eva Peron - Argentine actress, activist and first lady ---
**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:** [August 11, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3190 "2020-08-11T13:43:03Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer 4. Jorge Luis Borges - Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator 5. Bernardo O’Higgins - Chilean independence leader 6. Dom Pedro II - Emperor of Brazil 7. Augusto Pinochet - Chilean dictator 8. Manu Ginobili - greatest NBA player ever 9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Columbian author of _Love in the Time of Cholera_ 10. Eva Peron - Argentine actress, activist and first lady 11. Ernesto “Che” Guevara - Revolutionary, T-shirt model ---
**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:** [August 11, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3191 "2020-08-11T13:57:13Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer 4. Jorge Luis Borges - Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator 5. Bernardo O’Higgins - Chilean independence leader 6. Dom Pedro II - Emperor of Brazil 7. Augusto Pinochet - Chilean dictator 8. Manu Ginobili - greatest NBA player ever 9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Columbian author of _Love in the Time of Cholera_ 10. Eva Peron - Argentine actress, activist and first lady 11. Ernesto “Che” Guevara - Revolutionary, T-shirt model 12. Manuel Noriega - Panamanian dictator ---
**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:** [August 11, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3192 "2020-08-11T17:00:08Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer 4. Jorge Luis Borges - Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator 5. Bernardo O’Higgins - Chilean independence leader 6. Dom Pedro II - Emperor of Brazil 7. Augusto Pinochet - Chilean dictator 8. Manu Ginobili - greatest NBA player ever 9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Columbian author of _Love in the Time of Cholera_ 10. Eva Peron - Argentine actress, activist and first lady 11. Ernesto “Che” Guevara - Revolutionary, T-shirt model 12. Manuel Noriega - Panamanian dictator 13. Augusta Curiel, photographer, Surinamese, from Paramaribo Pass ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3193 "2020-08-12T02:35:22Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer 4. Jorge Luis Borges - Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator 5. Bernardo O’Higgins - Chilean independence leader 6. Dom Pedro II - Emperor of Brazil 7. Augusto Pinochet - Chilean dictator 8. Manu Ginobili - greatest NBA player ever 9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Columbian author of _Love in the Time of Cholera_ 10. Eva Peron - Argentine actress, activist and first lady 11. Ernesto “Che” Guevara - Revolutionary, T-shirt model 12. Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguay’s 35-year presideht 13. Augusta Curiel, photographer, Surinamese, from Paramaribo Replacing #12, Panama is not South America Pass ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3194 "2020-08-12T03:20:57Z")
Famous South Americans 1. Simon Bolivar - liberator, military and political leader 2. Xuxa - Television host 3. Pele - legendary Brazilian footballer 4. Jorge Luis Borges - Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator 5. Bernardo O’Higgins - Chilean independence leader 6. Dom Pedro II - Emperor of Brazil 7. Augusto Pinochet - Chilean dictator 8. Manu Ginobili 9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Columbian author of _Love in the Time of Cholera_ 10. Eva Peron - Argentine actress, activist and first lady 11. Ernesto “Che” Guevara - Revolutionary, T-shirt model 12. Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguay’s 35-year presideht 13. Augusta Curiel, photographer, Surinamese, from Paramaribo Fixing #8. In 1,000 conversations about the greatest basketball player ever, Ginobli might be in about 50 of them — significantly less than 1% of that 1,000. Pass, still. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3195 "2020-08-12T04:48:37Z")
I remember somebody making similar claims about Madison Bumgarner ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3196 "2020-08-12T05:47:50Z")
[Ok, I’ll bite.] Greatest basketball players ever: 1. LeBron James ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3197 "2020-08-12T13:27:51Z")
Greatest basketball players ever: 1. LeBron James 2. Larry Bird ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3198 "2020-08-12T15:01:09Z")
Greatest basketball players ever: 1. LeBron James 2. Larry Bird 3. Michael Jordan ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3199 "2020-08-12T15:03:25Z")
Greatest basketball players ever: 1. LeBron James 2. Larry Bird 3. Michael Jordan 4. Wilt Chamberlain ---
**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:** [August 12, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/3200 "2020-08-12T15:08:26Z")
Greatest basketball players ever: 1. LeBron James 2. Larry Bird 3. Michael Jordan 4. Wilt Chamberlain 5. Bill Bradley [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=159) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=161)