# 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:** 438
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8744 "2022-03-08T08:52:46Z")
**Instruments that have strings:** 1. Violin 2. Zither 3. Cello 4. Harpsichord 5. Guitar 6. Ukulele 7. Viola ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8745 "2022-03-08T10:23:56Z")
**Instruments that have strings:** 1. Violin 2. Zither 3. Cello 4. Harpsichord 5. Guitar 6. Ukulele 7. Viola 8. Gayageum ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8746 "2022-03-08T13:21:30Z")
**Instruments that have strings:** 1. Violin 2. Zither 3. Cello 4. Harpsichord 5. Guitar 6. Ukulele 7. Viola 8. Gayageum 9. Harp ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8747 "2022-03-08T14:46:41Z")
**Instruments that have strings:** 1. Violin 2. Zither 3. Cello 4. Harpsichord 5. Guitar 6. Ukulele 7. Viola 8. Gayageum 9. Harp 10. Oud ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8748 "2022-03-08T15:09:02Z")
**Instruments that have strings:** 1. Violin 2. Zither 3. Cello 4. Harpsichord 5. Guitar 6. Ukulele 7. Viola 8. Gayageum 9. Harp 10. Oud 11. Balalaika ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8749 "2022-03-08T16:15:38Z")
**Instruments that have strings:** 1. Violin 2. Zither 3. Cello 4. Harpsichord 5. Guitar 6. Ukulele 7. Viola 8. Gayageum 9. Harp 10. Oud 11. Balalaika 12. Bass Guitar ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8750 "2022-03-08T16:45:17Z")
**Instruments that have strings:** 1. Violin 2. Zither 3. Cello 4. Harpsichord 5. Guitar 6. Ukulele 7. Viola 8. Gayageum 9. Harp 10. Oud 11. Balalaika 12. Bass Guitar 13. Piano For International Women’s Day Mar. 8: **A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8751 "2022-03-08T17:28:09Z")
**A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) 2. Barbara Fawcett (life-long friend) ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8752 "2022-03-08T18:30:09Z")
**A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) 2. Barbara Fawcett (life-long friend) 3. Dorothy L. Sayers, author She’s best known for her Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, but her scholarship, especially her translation and commentary on Dante’s _Divine Comedy_, is more inspiring to me ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8753 "2022-03-08T21:49:40Z")
**A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) 2. Barbara Fawcett (life-long friend) 3. Dorothy L. Sayers (author) 4. Grace Hopper (computer pioneer and Navy officer) > **[Grace Hopper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Grace Brewster Hopper (née Murray; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers. Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and the FLOW-MATIC programming language she created using th... The only computer geek to get a destroyer named her, I’ll wager: > **[USS Hopper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hopper)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > USS Hopper (DDG-70) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, named for the pioneering computer scientist Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. > Hopper is only the second US Navy warship to be named for a woman from the Navy's own ranks. This ship is the 20th destroyer of her class. Hopper was the 11th ship of this class to be built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and construction began on 23 February 1995. She was l... ---
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**A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) 2. Barbara Fawcett (life-long friend) 3. Dorothy L. Sayers (author) 4. Grace Hopper (computer pioneer and Navy officer) 5. Mrs. Galle (my 1st grade teacher, who taught me to keep learning when I was the top in my class) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8755 "2022-03-09T11:05:00Z")
**A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) 2. Barbara Fawcett (life-long friend) 3. Dorothy L. Sayers (author) 4. Grace Hopper (computer pioneer and Navy officer) 5. Mrs. Galle (my 1st grade teacher, who taught me to keep learning when I was the top in my class) 6. Malala Yousafzai ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8756 "2022-03-09T18:26:08Z")
**A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) 2. Barbara Fawcett (life-long friend) 3. Dorothy L. Sayers (author) 4. Grace Hopper (computer pioneer and Navy officer) 5. Mrs. Galle (my 1st grade teacher, who taught me to keep learning when I was the top in my class) 6. Malala Yousafzai (education activist and Nobel laureate) 7. Amelia Earhart (pioneering aviator) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8757 "2022-03-09T19:56:38Z")
**A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) 2. Barbara Fawcett (life-long friend) 3. Dorothy L. Sayers (author) 4. Grace Hopper (computer pioneer and Navy officer) 5. Mrs. Galle (my 1st grade teacher, who taught me to keep learning when I was the top in my class) 6. Malala Yousafzai (education activist and Nobel laureate) 7. Amelia Earhart (pioneering aviator) 8. Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand PM) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8758 "2022-03-09T20:20:45Z")
**A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) 2. Barbara Fawcett (life-long friend) 3. Dorothy L. Sayers (author) 4. Grace Hopper (computer pioneer and Navy officer) 5. Mrs. Galle (my 1st grade teacher, who taught me to keep learning when I was the top in my class) 6. Malala Yousafzai (education activist and Nobel laureate) 7. Amelia Earhart (pioneering aviator) 8. Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand PM) 9. Keira Knightley (actress, activist) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8759 "2022-03-10T01:46:08Z")
**A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) 2. Barbara Fawcett (life-long friend) 3. Dorothy L. Sayers (author) 4. Grace Hopper (computer pioneer and Navy officer) 5. Mrs. Galle (my 1st grade teacher, who taught me to keep learning when I was the top in my class) 6. Malala Yousafzai (education activist and Nobel laureate) 7. Amelia Earhart (pioneering aviator) 8. Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand PM) 9. Keira Knightley (actress, activist) 10. Greta Thunberg (climate activist) Not sure if she’s technically a woman yet but she certainly is inspiring. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8760 "2022-03-10T18:39:15Z")
**A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) 2. Barbara Fawcett (life-long friend) 3. Dorothy L. Sayers (author) 4. Grace Hopper (computer pioneer and Navy officer) 5. Mrs. Galle (my 1st grade teacher, who taught me to keep learning when I was the top in my class) 6. Malala Yousafzai (education activist and Nobel laureate) 7. Amelia Earhart (pioneering aviator) 8. Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand PM) 9. Keira Knightley (actress, activist) 10. Greta Thunberg (climate activist) 11. Audrey Hepburn (actress, humanitarian) She made trips to Kenya and Somalia as UNICEF goodwill ambassador even when she had terminal cancer [Audrey Hepburn](https://www.unicef.org/goodwill-ambassadors/audrey-hepburn) And Greta Thunberg is 19 so is technically a woman ---
**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:** [March 10, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8761 "2022-03-10T18:40:35Z")
Audrey was also a spy during WWII. [Actress Audrey Hepburn was WWII spy, new book reveals | American Military News](https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/04/actress-audrey-hepburn-was-wwii-spy-new-book-reveals/#:~:text=Hollywood%20icon%20Audrey%20Hepburn%20was%20a%20resistance%20spy,World%20War%20II%2C%20according%20to%20a%20new%20book). ---
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**A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) 2. Barbara Fawcett (life-long friend) 3. Dorothy L. Sayers (author) 4. Grace Hopper (computer pioneer and Navy officer) 5. Mrs. Galle (my 1st grade teacher, who taught me to keep learning when I was the top in my class) 6. Malala Yousafzai (education activist and Nobel laureate) 7. Amelia Earhart (pioneering aviator) 8. Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand PM) 9. Keira Knightley (actress, activist) 10. Greta Thunberg (climate activist) 11. Audrey Hepburn (actress, humanitarian) 12. My wife ---
**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:** [March 11, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8763 "2022-03-11T15:46:21Z")
**A woman who has inspired you** 1. Dorothy Hargrove (my first and third grade teacher) 2. Barbara Fawcett (life-long friend) 3. Dorothy L. Sayers (author) 4. Grace Hopper (computer pioneer and Navy officer) 5. Mrs. Galle (my 1st grade teacher, who taught me to keep learning when I was the top in my class) 6. Malala Yousafzai (education activist and Nobel laureate) 7. Amelia Earhart (pioneering aviator) 8. Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand PM) 9. Keira Knightley (actress, activist) 10. Greta Thunberg (climate activist) 11. Audrey Hepburn (actress, humanitarian) 12. My wife 13. Harriet Tubman (Underground Railroad conductor) Pass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=437) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=439)