# 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:** 235
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4683 "2021-01-14T19:59:23Z")
**Reliable Media Sources** 1. Associated Press 2. NPR 3. Reuters ---
**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:** [January 14, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4684 "2021-01-14T20:45:52Z")
**Reliable Media Sources** 1. Associated Press 2. NPR 3. Reuters 4. BBC ---
**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:** [January 14, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4685 "2021-01-14T21:46:40Z")
**Reliable Media Sources** 1. Associated Press 2. NPR 3. Reuters 4. BBC 5. CBC Canadian Broadcasting Company They had a very informative little museum in Toronto 10+ years ago, don’t know if it’s still there ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4686 "2021-01-15T02:51:25Z")
**Reliable Media Sources** 1. Associated Press 2. NPR 3. Reuters 4. BBC 5. CBC 6. Al Jazeera ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4687 "2021-01-15T04:35:21Z")
**Reliable Media Sources** 1. Associated Press 2. NPR 3. Reuters 4. BBC 5. CBC 6. Al Jazeera 7. Agence France-Presse (AFP) Founded in 1835 as Agence Havas, and the world’s oldest news agency ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4688 "2021-01-15T04:46:18Z")
**Reliable Media Sources** 1. Associated Press 2. NPR 3. Reuters 4. BBC 5. CBC 6. Al Jazeera 7. Agence France-Presse (AFP) 8. The Washington Post My favorite newspaper. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4689 "2021-01-15T06:00:39Z")
**Reliable Media Sources** 1. Associated Press 2. NPR 3. Reuters 4. BBC 5. CBC 6. Al Jazeera 7. Agence France-Presse (AFP) 8. The Washington Post 9. The Globe and Mail My favourite newspaper. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4690 "2021-01-15T06:45:35Z")
**Reliable Media Sources** 1. Associated Press 2. NPR 3. Reuters 4. BBC 5. CBC 6. Al Jazeera 7. Agence France-Presse (AFP) 8. The Washington Post 9. The Globe and Mail 10. WSJ, The Wall Street Journal. My favorite newspaper. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4691 "2021-01-15T14:57:18Z")
**Reliable Media Sources** 1. Associated Press 2. NPR 3. Reuters 4. BBC 5. CBC 6. Al Jazeera 7. Agence France-Presse (AFP) 8. The Washington Post 9. The Globe and Mail 10. WSJ, The Wall Street Journal. 11. Politico ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4692 "2021-01-15T15:50:31Z")
**Reliable Media Sources** 1. Associated Press 2. NPR 3. Reuters 4. BBC 5. CBC 6. Al Jazeera 7. Agence France-Presse (AFP) 8. The Washington Post 9. The Globe and Mail 10. WSJ, The Wall Street Journal. 11. Politico 12. Axios ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4693 "2021-01-16T07:06:58Z")
**Reliable Media Sources** 1. Associated Press 2. NPR 3. Reuters 4. BBC 5. CBC 6. Al Jazeera 7. Agence France-Presse (AFP) 8. The Washington Post 9. The Globe and Mail 10. WSJ, The Wall Street Journal. 11. Politico 12. Axios 13. The New York Times Next Heads of state removed from office throughout history: deposed, murdered, or any other way 1. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran He fled Iran 41 years ago today ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4694 "2021-01-16T07:24:21Z")
Next Heads of state removed from office throughout history: deposed, murdered, or any other way 1. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 2. Idi Amin ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4695 "2021-01-16T12:17:00Z")
Heads of state removed from office throughout history: deposed, murdered, or any other way 1. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 2. Idi Amin 3. Constantine XI Palaeologus, Emperor of the Romans The last Byzantine emperor, he was killed in the final defense against the Turks during the fall of Constantinople. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4696 "2021-01-16T12:40:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Single words that would have been in Trump’s concession speech:** > > 1. Stolen > 2. Cheat > 3. Tremendous > 4. Illegal > 5. Fraud > 6. Yuge > 7. I > 8. Bigly > 9. _ **CONCESSION???** _ > 10. Me > 11. China > 12. No > 13. Trump Incidentally, if you read all these words in order, it actually sounds like a Trump sentence. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4697 "2021-01-16T16:19:53Z")
Heads of state removed from office throughout history: deposed, murdered, or any other way 1. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 2. Idi Amin 3. Constantine XI Palaeologus, Emperor of the Romans 4. Pres. James A. Garfield ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4698 "2021-01-16T16:32:14Z")
Heads of state removed from office throughout history: deposed, murdered, or any other way 1. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 2. Idi Amin 3. Constantine XI Palaeologus, Emperor of the Romans 4. Pres. James A. Garfield 5. Richard III of England ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4699 "2021-01-16T16:44:43Z")
> [@MrKnowItAll](#): > > Incidentally, if you read all these words in order, it actually sounds like a Trump sentence. Or in ANY random order. Heads of state removed from office throughout history: deposed, murdered, or any other way 1. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 2. Idi Amin 3. Constantine XI Palaeologus, Emperor of the Romans 4. Pres. James A. Garfield 5. Richard III of England 6. Pres. John F. Kennedy ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4700 "2021-01-16T18:48:35Z")
Heads of state removed from office throughout history: deposed, murdered, or any other way 1. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 2. Idi Amin 3. Constantine XI Palaeologus, Emperor of the Romans 4. Pres. James A. Garfield 5. Richard III of England 6. Pres. John F. Kennedy 7. Indira Gandhi She was born in the same year as JFK and assassinated 21 years after he was, by two of her own bodyguards ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4701 "2021-01-16T19:19:36Z")
Heads of state removed from office throughout history: deposed, murdered, or any other way 1. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 2. Idi Amin 3. Constantine XI Palaeologus, Emperor of the Romans 4. Pres. James A. Garfield 5. Richard III of England 6. Pres. John F. Kennedy 7. Indira Gandhi 8. Emperor Nicholas II of Russia ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4702 "2021-01-16T23:22:52Z")
Heads of state removed from office throughout history: deposed, murdered, or any other way 1. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran 2. Idi Amin 3. Constantine XI Palaeologus, Emperor of the Romans 4. Pres. James A. Garfield 5. Richard III of England 6. Pres. John F. Kennedy 7. Indira Gandhi 8. Emperor Nicholas II of Russia 9. Louis XVI of France [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=234) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=236)