# 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:** 476
**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:** [June 19, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9504 "2022-06-19T04:11:10Z")
**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid 2. Sappho 3. Sophocles 4. Themistocles 5. Socrates 6. Leonidas 7. Demosthenes ---
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**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid 2. Sappho 3. Sophocles 4. Themistocles 5. Socrates 6. Leonidas 7. Demosthenes 8. Aristotle ---
**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:** [June 19, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9506 "2022-06-19T10:30:52Z")
**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid 2. Sappho 3. Sophocles 4. Themistocles 5. Socrates 6. Leonidas 7. Demosthenes 8. Aristotle 9. Solon ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9507 "2022-06-19T11:34:46Z")
**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid 2. Sappho 3. Sophocles 4. Themistocles 5. Socrates 6. Leonidas 7. Demosthenes 8. Aristotle 9. Solon 10. Hippocrates ---
**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:** [June 19, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9508 "2022-06-19T16:01:47Z")
**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid 2. Sappho 3. Sophocles 4. Themistocles 5. Socrates 6. Leonidas 7. Demosthenes 8. Aristotle 9. Solon 10. Hippocrates 11. Aristophanes ---
**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:** [June 19, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9509 "2022-06-19T19:30:50Z")
**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid 2. Sappho 3. Sophocles 4. Themistocles 5. Socrates 6. Leonidas 7. Demosthenes 8. Aristotle 9. Solon 10. Hippocrates 11. Aristophanes 12. Diogenes Also the name of Mycroft Holmes’s club. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9510 "2022-06-20T21:58:46Z")
**Ancient Greeks (people only)** 1. Euclid 2. Sappho 3. Sophocles 4. Themistocles 5. Socrates 6. Leonidas 7. Demosthenes 8. Aristotle 9. Solon 10. Hippocrates 11. Aristophanes 12. Diogenes 13. Plato **For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 1st Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ---
**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:** [June 20, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9511 "2022-06-20T22:05:38Z")
**For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 2. Jackie Robinson ---
**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:** [June 20, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9512 "2022-06-20T22:43:22Z")
**For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 2. Jackie Robinson 3. Gordon Granger The Union Major General who issued General Order No. 3 formally informing Texas residents that slavery had ended shortly after his arrival on June 19, 1865. His men marched through Galveston and read the order to crowds at several locations. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9513 "2022-06-20T22:47:40Z")
**For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 2. Jackie Robinson 3. Gordon Granger 4. Alex Haley Most notably, author of _Roots_ and collaborator on _The Autobiography of Malcolm X_ ---
**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:** [June 20, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9514 "2022-06-20T22:49:47Z")
**For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 2. Jackie Robinson 3. Gordon Granger 4. Alex Haley 5. Madame C. J. Walker 1st self-made female millionaire in the U.S.A. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9515 "2022-06-20T23:07:51Z")
**For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 2. Jackie Robinson 3. Gordon Granger 4. Alex Haley 5. Madame C. J. Walker 6. Shirley Chisholm ---
**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:** [June 20, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9516 "2022-06-20T23:08:54Z")
**For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 2. Jackie Robinson 3. Gordon Granger 4. Alex Haley 5. Madame C. J. Walker 6. Shirley Chisholm 7. Booker T. Washington ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9517 "2022-06-20T23:47:05Z")
**For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 2. Jackie Robinson 3. Gordon Granger 4. Alex Haley 5. Madame C. J. Walker 6. Shirley Chisholm 7. Booker T. Washington 8. Marcus Garvey ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9518 "2022-06-21T00:01:56Z")
**For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 2. Jackie Robinson 3. Gordon Granger 4. Alex Haley 5. Madame C. J. Walker 6. Shirley Chisholm 7. Booker T. Washington 8. Marcus Garvey 9. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9519 "2022-06-21T01:25:17Z")
**For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 2. Jackie Robinson 3. Gordon Granger 4. Alex Haley 5. Madame C. J. Walker 6. Shirley Chisholm 7. Booker T. Washington 8. Marcus Garvey 9. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. 10. Barack Obama ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9520 "2022-06-21T03:04:48Z")
**For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 2. Jackie Robinson 3. Gordon Granger 4. Alex Haley 5. Madame C. J. Walker 6. Shirley Chisholm 7. Booker T. Washington 8. Marcus Garvey 9. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. 10. Barack Obama 11. Ralph Bunche ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9521 "2022-06-21T03:19:42Z")
**For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 2. Jackie Robinson 3. Gordon Granger 4. Alex Haley 5. Madame C. J. Walker 6. Shirley Chisholm 7. Booker T. Washington 8. Marcus Garvey 9. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. 10. Barack Obama 11. Ralph Bunche 12. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. The first black general in the United States Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., was the first black general in the United States Air Force. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9522 "2022-06-21T15:09:01Z")
**For Juneteenth, anyone or anything with a connection to Black History** 1. Alice Walker 2. Jackie Robinson 3. Gordon Granger 4. Alex Haley 5. Madame C. J. Walker 6. Shirley Chisholm 7. Booker T. Washington 8. Marcus Garvey 9. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. 10. Barack Obama 11. Ralph Bunche 12. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. 13. Harriet Tubman **For the Summer Solstice, words containing the letters “hot” in that order with no intervening letters** 1. photography ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9523 "2022-06-21T15:21:49Z")
**For the Summer Solstice, words containing the letters “hot” in that order with no intervening letters** 1. photography 2. shotgun [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=475) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=477)