# 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:** 345
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6884 "2021-07-22T18:27:50Z")
King Gustav V of Sweden: “You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world!” Jim Thorpe: “Thanks, King.” **Notable Olympic athletes** 1. Florence Griffith Joyner 2. Jim Thorpe 3. Nadia Comaneci 4. Peggy Fleming ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6885 "2021-07-22T18:38:05Z")
**Notable Olympic athletes** 1. Florence Griffith Joyner 2. Jim Thorpe 3. Nadia Comaneci 4. Peggy Fleming 5. Jesse Owens ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6886 "2021-07-22T19:15:43Z")
**Notable Olympic athletes** 1. Florence Griffith Joyner 2. Jim Thorpe 3. Nadia Comaneci 4. Peggy Fleming 5. Jesse Owens 6. Picabo Street ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6887 "2021-07-22T19:20:54Z")
**Notable Olympic athletes** 1. Florence Griffith Joyner 2. Jim Thorpe 3. Nadia Comaneci 4. Peggy Fleming 5. Jesse Owens 6. Picabo Street 7. Kurt Angle Won the gold medal in the heavyweight class with a broken freaking neck. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6888 "2021-07-22T23:21:51Z")
**Notable Olympic athletes** 1. Florence Griffith Joyner 2. Jim Thorpe 3. Nadia Comaneci 4. Peggy Fleming 5. Jesse Owens 6. Picabo Street 7. Kurt Angle 8. Eric Liddell Photos show that Ian Charleson, who played him in _Chariots of Fire_, does resemble him slightly. Liddell died age 43 in a Chinese internment camp during WWII; Charleson died of AIDS age 40. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6889 "2021-07-22T23:42:21Z")
**Notable Olympic athletes** 1. Florence Griffith Joyner 2. Jim Thorpe 3. Nadia Comaneci 4. Peggy Fleming 5. Jesse Owens 6. Picabo Street 7. Kurt Angle 8. Eric Liddell 9. Al Oerter Four-time discus gold medalist. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6890 "2021-07-23T00:06:51Z")
**Notable Olympic athletes** 1. Florence Griffith Joyner 2. Jim Thorpe 3. Nadia Comaneci 4. Peggy Fleming 5. Jesse Owens 6. Picabo Street 7. Kurt Angle 8. Eric Liddell 9. Al Oerter 10. Suzy Favor Hamilton By day Olympic athlete, by night a high-priced escort. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6891 "2021-07-23T00:13:12Z")
**Notable Olympic athletes** 1. Florence Griffith Joyner 2. Jim Thorpe 3. Nadia Comaneci 4. Peggy Fleming 5. Jesse Owens 6. Picabo Street 7. Kurt Angle 8. Eric Liddell 9. Al Oerter 10. Oscar Swahn of Sweden – record-holder for oldest medalist _at 64 years and 258 days of age, he won gold medals in shooting events at the 1912 Games to become the oldest gold medalist ever. At the age of 72, he again competed in the 1920 Games and won a silver medal to become the oldest medalist ever (excluding art competitions). Both of these records still stand today._ _ **-“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:** [July 23, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6892 "2021-07-23T00:19:21Z")
**Notable Olympic athletes** 1. Florence Griffith Joyner 2. Jim Thorpe 3. Nadia Comaneci 4. Peggy Fleming 5. Jesse Owens 6. Picabo Street 7. Kurt Angle 8. Eric Liddell 9. Al Oerter 10. Suzy Favor Hamilton 11. Oscar Swahn 12. Mark Spitz ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6893 "2021-07-23T03:08:37Z")
**Notable Olympic athletes** 1. Florence Griffith Joyner 2. Jim Thorpe 3. Nadia Comaneci 4. Peggy Fleming 5. Jesse Owens 6. Picabo Street 7. Kurt Angle 8. Eric Liddell 9. Al Oerter 10. Suzy Favor Hamilton 11. Oscar Swahn 12. Mark Spitz 13. Carl Lewis Next topic: **Ice Cream Flavors** 1. Vanilla ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6894 "2021-07-23T06:01:33Z")
**Ice Cream Flavors** 1. Vanilla 2. Strawberry ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6895 "2021-07-23T10:28:39Z")
**Ice Cream Flavors** 1. Vanilla 2. Strawberry 3. Blue Moon _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6896 "2021-07-23T11:38:59Z")
**Ice Cream Flavors** 1. Vanilla 2. Strawberry 3. Blue Moon 4. Butter Pecan ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6897 "2021-07-23T12:34:53Z")
**Ice Cream Flavors** 1. Vanilla 2. Strawberry 3. Blue Moon 4. Spumoni ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6898 "2021-07-23T13:13:01Z")
**Ice Cream Flavors** 1. Vanilla 2. Strawberry 3. Blue Moon 4. Spumoni 5. Mint chip ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6899 "2021-07-23T13:29:07Z")
**Ice Cream Flavors** 1. Vanilla 2. Strawberry 3. Blue Moon 4. Spumoni 5. Mint chip 6. Heath Bar Crunch A former Ben & Jerry’s flavor, and once one of my favorites - my wife, who’s from Vermont, introduced me to it. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6900 "2021-07-23T15:10:21Z")
**Ice Cream Flavors** 1. Vanilla 2. Strawberry 3. Blue Moon 4. Spumoni 5. Mint chip 6. Heath Bar Crunch 7. Cookies & Cream ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6901 "2021-07-23T15:42:43Z")
**Ice Cream Flavors** 1. Vanilla 2. Strawberry 3. Blue Moon 4. Spumoni 5. Mint chip 6. Heath Bar Crunch 7. Cookies & Cream 8. Rocky Road ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6902 "2021-07-23T16:01:59Z")
**Ice Cream Flavors** 1. Vanilla 2. Strawberry 3. Blue Moon 4. Spumoni 5. Mint chip 6. Heath Bar Crunch 7. Cookies & Cream 8. Rocky Road 9. Chocolate ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6903 "2021-07-23T16:29:38Z")
**Ice Cream Flavors** 1. Vanilla 2. Strawberry 3. Blue Moon 4. Spumoni 5. Mint chip 6. Heath Bar Crunch 7. Cookies & Cream 8. Rocky Road 9. Chocolate 10. Neapolitan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=344) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=346)