# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938>\
**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:** 369

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**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7364 "2021-08-30T17:26:23Z")

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Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name

1. George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
2. Boz / Charles Dickens
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.

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**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:** [August 30, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7365 "2021-08-30T18:31:49Z")

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Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name

1. George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
2. Boz / Charles Dickens
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
4. Bob Dylan / Robert Allen Zimmerman

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**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 30, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7366 "2021-08-30T19:12:36Z")

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Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name

1. George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
2. Boz / Charles Dickens
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
4. Bob Dylan / Robert Allen Zimmerman
5. Malcolm X / Malcolm Little

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**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 30, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7367 "2021-08-30T19:23:43Z")

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Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name

1. George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
2. Boz / Charles Dickens
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
4. Bob Dylan / Robert Allen Zimmerman
5. Malcolm X / Malcolm Little
6. Elton John / Reginald Kenneth Dwight

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**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:** [August 30, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7368 "2021-08-30T19:29:58Z")

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Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name

1. George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
2. Boz / Charles Dickens
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
4. Bob Dylan / Robert Allen Zimmerman
5. Malcolm X / Malcolm Little
6. Elton John / Reginald Kenneth Dwight
7. Caityn Marie Jenner / William Bruce Jenner

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7369 "2021-08-30T19:40:39Z")

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Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name

1. George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
2. Boz / Charles Dickens
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
4. Bob Dylan / Robert Allen Zimmerman
5. Malcolm X / Malcolm Little
6. Elton John / Reginald Kenneth Dwight
7. Caityn Marie Jenner / William Bruce Jenner
8. Freddie Mercury / Farrokh Bulsara

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**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 30, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7370 "2021-08-30T21:36:50Z")

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Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name

1. George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
2. Boz / Charles Dickens
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
4. Bob Dylan / Robert Allen Zimmerman
5. Malcolm X / Malcolm Little
6. Elton John / Reginald Kenneth Dwight
7. Caityn Marie Jenner / William Bruce Jenner
8. Freddie Mercury / Farrokh Bulsara
9. Michael Keaton / Michael Douglas

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**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 31, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7371 "2021-08-31T03:14:18Z")

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Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name

1. George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
2. Boz / Charles Dickens
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
4. Bob Dylan / Robert Allen Zimmerman
5. Malcolm X / Malcolm Little
6. Elton John / Reginald Kenneth Dwight
7. Caityn Marie Jenner / William Bruce Jenner
8. Freddie Mercury / Farrokh Bulsara
9. Michael Keaton / Michael Douglas
10. John Wayne / Marion Robert Morrison

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**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 31, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7372 "2021-08-31T04:39:16Z")

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Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name

1. George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
2. Boz / Charles Dickens
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
4. Bob Dylan / Robert Allen Zimmerman
5. Malcolm X / Malcolm Little
6. Elton John / Reginald Kenneth Dwight
7. Caityn Marie Jenner / William Bruce Jenner
8. Freddie Mercury / Farrokh Bulsara
9. Michael Keaton / Michael Douglas
10. John Wayne / Marion Robert Morrison
11. John Denver / Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.

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**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 31, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7373 "2021-08-31T11:44:39Z")

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Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name

1. George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
2. Boz / Charles Dickens
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
4. Bob Dylan / Robert Allen Zimmerman
5. Malcolm X / Malcolm Little
6. Elton John / Reginald Kenneth Dwight
7. Caityn Marie Jenner / William Bruce Jenner
8. Freddie Mercury / Farrokh Bulsara
9. Michael Keaton / Michael Douglas
10. John Wayne / Marion Robert Morrison
11. John Denver / Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
12. Joseph Stalin - Iosif Dzhugashvili

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**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:** [August 31, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7374 "2021-08-31T12:17:36Z")

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[quote=“Bayaker, post:7373, topic:846938, full:true”]  
Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name

1. George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
2. Boz / Charles Dickens
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.
4. Bob Dylan / Robert Allen Zimmerman
5. Malcolm X / Malcolm Little
6. Elton John / Reginald Kenneth Dwight
7. Caityn Marie Jenner / William Bruce Jenner
8. Freddie Mercury / Farrokh Bulsara
9. Michael Keaton / Michael Douglas
10. John Wayne / Marion Robert Morrison
11. John Denver / Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
12. Joseph Stalin - Iosif Dzhugashvili
13. Adolf Hitler - Adolf Schicklgruber

**Popular weekend activities**

1. Go to the lake

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**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 31, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7375 "2021-08-31T13:20:06Z")

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**Popular weekend activities**

1. Go to the lake
2. Science fiction conventions

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**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 31, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7376 "2021-08-31T13:20:45Z")

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**Popular weekend activities**

1. Go to the lake
2. Science fiction conventions
3. Watch a ballgame

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**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 31, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7377 "2021-08-31T13:25:48Z")

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**Popular weekend activities**

1. Go to the lake
2. Science fiction conventions
3. Watch a ballgame
4. Go to the beach

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**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 31, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7378 "2021-08-31T14:40:58Z")

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**Popular weekend activities**

1. Go to the lake
2. Science fiction conventions
3. Surf Fishing

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**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:** [August 31, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7379 "2021-08-31T14:50:14Z")

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**Popular weekend activities**

1. Go to the lake
2. Science fiction conventions
3. Watch a ballgame
4. Go to the beach
5. Surf Fishing
6. Backyard barbecue

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**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 31, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7380 "2021-08-31T14:51:31Z")

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**Popular weekend activities**

1. Go to the lake
2. Science fiction conventions
3. Watch a ballgame
4. Go to the beach
5. Surf Fishing
6. Backyard barbecue
7. Picnic in the park

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**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:** [August 31, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7381 "2021-08-31T15:07:04Z")

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**Popular weekend activities**

1. Go to the lake
2. Science fiction conventions
3. Watch a ballgame
4. Go to the beach
5. Surf Fishing
6. Backyard barbecue
7. Picnic in the park
8. Gardening

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**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 31, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7382 "2021-08-31T15:34:40Z")

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> [@Cardigan](#):
>
> Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name  
> …  
> 13. Adolf Hitler - Adolf Schicklgruber

Not so; he was born and remained Adolf Hitler throughout his life: [Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler#Ancestry)

**Popular weekend activities**

1. Go to the lake
2. Science fiction conventions
3. Watch a ballgame
4. Go to the beach
5. Surf Fishing
6. Backyard barbecue
7. Picnic in the park
8. Gardening
9. Reading in the back yard

Very popular to me, at least.

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**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:** [August 31, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7383 "2021-08-31T16:24:43Z")

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Aliases or pen names: literary or stage names, political names, legal name changes due to adoption, or any other reason except marriage that a person isn’t known by their birth name  
Replacing  
13. Adolf Hitler - Adolf Schicklgruber  
With  
13. Marilyn Monroe - Norma Jean Baker

**Popular weekend activities**

1. Go to the lake
2. Science fiction conventions
3. Watch a ballgame
4. Go to the beach
5. Surf Fishing
6. Backyard barbecue
7. Picnic in the park
8. Gardening
9. Reading in the back yard
10. Go for a bike ride

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