# 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:** 299
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**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush 2. Aristotle 3. David Bowie 4. Ross Perot 5. Tina Fey 6. Randy Johnson 7. Albert DeSalvo (The Boston Strangler) 8. Oprah Winfrey 9. Bill Clinton 10. Marvelous Marvin Hagler 11. Winston Churchill 12. Steve Young ---
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**Another Thirteen Famous Left-handed People** 1. George H.W. Bush 2. Aristotle 3. David Bowie 4. Ross Perot 5. Tina Fey 6. Randy Johnson 7. Albert DeSalvo (The Boston Strangler) 8. Oprah Winfrey 9. Bill Clinton 10. Marvelous Marvin Hagler 11. Winston Churchill 12. Steve Young 13. Albert Einstein Pass ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton Remarkable guy: > **[Ernest Shackleton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > > Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. > Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland, Shackleton and his Anglo-Irish family moved to Sydenham in suburban south London when he was ten. Shackleton's first experience of ... ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton 2. Marco Polo ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton 2. Marco Polo 3. Roald Amundsen (I once knew his grandson) ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton 2. Marco Polo 3. Roald Amundsen 4. Panfilo de Narvaez ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton 2. Marco Polo 3. Roald Amundsen 4. Panfilo de Narvaez 5. Eudoxus of Cyzicus Greek explorer who established trade with India via Ptolemaic Egypt and attempted a circumnavigation of Africa. All this in the 2nd century BC. ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton 2. Marco Polo 3. Roald Amundsen 4. Panfilo de Narvaez 5. Eudoxus of Cyzicus 6. Cândido Rondo Brazilian explorer who, along with Theodore Roosevelt, led the exploration of the South American River of Doubt in 1914. ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton 2. Marco Polo 3. Roald Amundsen 4. Panfilo de Narvaez 5. Eudoxus of Cyzicus 6. Cândido Rondo 7. Henry Hudson ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton 2. Marco Polo 3. Roald Amundsen 4. Panfilo de Narvaez 5. Eudoxus of Cyzicus 6. Cândido Rondo 7. Henry Hudson 8. Zheng He > **[Zheng He](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Zheng He (simplified Chinese: 郑和; traditional Chinese: 鄭和; pinyin: Zhènghé; Wade–Giles: Chêng-ho; 1371–1433 or 1435) was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty. He was originally born as Ma He in a Muslim family and later adopted the surname Zheng conferred by the Yongle Emperor. Commissioned by the Yongle Emperor and later the Xuande Emperor, Zheng commanded seven expeditionary t... ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton 2. Marco Polo 3. Roald Amundsen 4. Panfilo de Narvaez 5. Eudoxus of Cyzicus 6. Cândido Rondo 7. Henry Hudson 8. Zheng He 9. Thor Heyerdahl ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton 2. Marco Polo 3. Roald Amundsen 4. Panfilo de Narvaez 5. Eudoxus of Cyzicus 6. Cândido Rondo 7. Henry Hudson 8. Zheng He 9. Thor Heyerdahl 10. Father Jacques Marquette ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton 2. Marco Polo 3. Roald Amundsen 4. Panfilo de Narvaez 5. Eudoxus of Cyzicus 6. Cândido Rondo 7. Henry Hudson 8. Zheng He 9. Thor Heyerdahl 10. Father Jacques Marquette 11. Ferdinand Magellan ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton 2. Marco Polo 3. Roald Amundsen 4. Panfilo de Narvaez 5. Eudoxus of Cyzicus 6. Cândido Rondo 7. Henry Hudson 8. Zheng He 9. Thor Heyerdahl 10. Father Jacques Marquette 11. Ferdinand Magellan 12. Vasco da Gama ---
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**Notable Explorers** 1. Ernest Shackleton 2. Marco Polo 3. Roald Amundsen 4. Panfilo de Narvaez 5. Eudoxus of Cyzicus 6. Cândido Rondo 7. Henry Hudson 8. Zheng He 9. Thor Heyerdahl 10. Father Jacques Marquette 11. Ferdinand Magellan 12. Vasco da Gama 13. John Colter _(first white man to explore the area of Yellowstone Park; also a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition)_ **Properties** _(i.e., places you can own)_ **on a Monopoly Board** 1. Water Works _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Properties** _(i.e., places you can own)_ **on a Monopoly Board** 1. Water Works 2. Marvin Gardens ---
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**Properties** _(i.e., places you can own)_ **on a Monopoly Board** 1. Water Works 2. Marvin Gardens 3. Boardwalk ---
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**Properties** _(i.e., places you can own)_ **on a Monopoly Board** 1. Water Works 2. Marvin Gardens 3. Boardwalk 4. Reading Railroad ---
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**Properties** _(i.e., places you can own)_ **on a Monopoly Board** 1. Water Works 2. Marvin Gardens 3. Boardwalk 4. Reading Railroad 5. Park Place ---
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**Properties** _(i.e., places you can own)_ **on a Monopoly Board** 1. Water Works 2. Marvin Gardens 3. Boardwalk 4. Reading Railroad 5. Park Place 6. Ventnor Avenue I don’t know why I’ve always found it a memorable name And an interesting article > **[Touring the Abandoned Atlantic City Sites That Inspired the Monopoly Board](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/monopoly-atlantic-city-abandoned)** > > The once-glamorous casinos and hotels have become a gilded ghost town. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=298) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=300)