# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1440
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28784 "2014-09-01T00:22:54Z")
White Nile, Alan Moorehead 2. L’Afrique noire est mal partie (False Start in Africa), by Rene Dumont 3. Africa in History, Basil Davidson 4. King Leopold’s Ghost, by Adam Hochschild 5. Out of Africa, by Isak Dinesen (aka Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke) 6. White Mischief, by James Fox 7. The Scramble for Africa, by Thomas Pakenham 8. No Future without Forgiveness, by Desmond Tutu 9. Sowing The Mustard Seed, Y.K. Museveni (Ugandan President) 10. Death In The Long Grass, by Peter Hathaway Capstick 11. Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela 12. Another Day of Life, Ryszard Kapuściński 13. Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali by P. James Oliver Next: Your kindergarten teacher’s name 1. Miss Stoelthing ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28785 "2014-09-01T00:42:23Z")
Your kindergarten teacher’s name 1. Miss Stoelthing 2. Miss Hiatt ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28786 "2014-09-01T00:51:09Z")
Your kindergarten teacher’s name 1. Miss Stoelthing 2. Miss Hiatt 3. Mrs. Giambroni ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28787 "2014-09-01T01:08:55Z")
Your kindergarten teacher’s name 1. Miss Stoelthing 2. Miss Hiatt 3. Mrs. Giambroni 4. Miss Hacker It wasn’t until second grade that I had a teacher tell me her name was _Ms._ Starkey, because it was nobody’s business whether she was married or not. At the time, I was mind = blown. Oh, 1980 women’s lib: never change. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28788 "2014-09-01T02:33:09Z")
Your kindergarten teacher’s name 1. Miss Stoelthing 2. Miss Hiatt 3. Mrs. Giambroni 4. Miss Hacker 5. Mrs. Misbeek ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28789 "2014-09-01T02:44:23Z")
Your kindergarten teacher’s name 1. Miss Stoelthing 2. Miss Hiatt 3. Mrs. Giambroni 4. Miss Hacker 5. Mrs. Misbeek 6. Miss Bluteau ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28790 "2014-09-01T02:48:24Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Fiction set all or mostly in Africa > > 1. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm, by Nancy Farmer > 2. Malaria Dreams, by Stuart Stevens > 3. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton > 4. Death Comes As The End, by Agatha Christie > 5. “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” Ernest Hemingway > 6. Kahawa, by Donald E. Westlake > > Excellent heist novel set in Idi Amin’s Uganda. It’s about a plot to steal a trainload of coffee. The all ladies’ detective agency set in Botswana. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28791 "2014-09-01T02:52:19Z")
Your kindergarten teacher’s name 1. Miss Stoelthing 2. Miss Hiatt 3. Mrs. Giambroni 4. Miss Hacker 5. Mrs. Misbeek 6. Miss Bluteau 7. Miss Monahan ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28792 "2014-09-01T02:58:18Z")
Your kindergarten teacher’s name 1. Miss Stoelthing 2. Miss Hiatt 3. Mrs. Giambroni 4. Miss Hacker 5. Mrs. Misbeek 6. Miss Bluteau 7. Miss Monahan 8. Mrs. O’Connor Actually my 1st grade teacher, I couldn’t remember my kindergarten teacher. I wanted to play. Sue me. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28793 "2014-09-01T03:13:47Z")
1. Miss Stoelthing 2. Miss Hiatt 3. Mrs. Giambroni 4. Miss Hacker 5. Mrs. Misbeek 6. Miss Bluteau 7. Miss Monahan 8. Mrs. O’Connor 9. Miss Oemet ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28794 "2014-09-01T03:15:19Z")
Your kindergarten teacher’s name 1. Miss Stoelthing 2. Miss Hiatt 3. Mrs. Giambroni 4. Miss Hacker 5. Mrs. Misbeek 6. Miss Bluteau 7. Miss Monahan 8. Mrs. O’Connor 9. Miss Oemet 10. Mrs. Momont I’m not sure I’m spelling that correctly. ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28795 "2014-09-01T07:34:07Z")
Your kindergarten teacher’s name 1. Miss Stoelthing 2. Miss Hiatt 3. Mrs. Giambroni 4. Miss Hacker 5. Mrs. Misbeek 6. Miss Bluteau 7. Miss Monahan 8. Mrs. O’Connor 9. Miss Oemet 10. Mrs. Momont 11. Mrs Reynolds \*My partner in crime and I were sent out to the kitchen for being naughty (would not happen now - knives!) whereupon we ate all the gingerbread the class had made earlier. I’ve not changed… \* ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28796 "2014-09-01T15:11:00Z")
Your kindergarten teacher’s name 1. Miss Stoelthing 2. Miss Hiatt 3. Mrs. Giambroni 4. Miss Hacker 5. Mrs. Misbeek 6. Miss Bluteau 7. Miss Monahan 8. Mrs. O’Connor 9. Miss Oemet 10. Mrs. Momont 11. Mrs Reynolds 12. Mrs. Tadei, who tried vainly to teach us to count to 10 in French (Unn… duh, twah… sank…wheat?") ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28797 "2014-09-01T15:51:35Z")
Your kindergarten teacher’s name 1. Miss Stoelthing 2. Miss Hiatt 3. Mrs. Giambroni 4. Miss Hacker 5. Mrs. Misbeek 6. Miss Bluteau 7. Miss Monahan 8. Mrs. O’Connor 9. Miss Oemet 10. Mrs. Momont 11. Mrs Reynolds 12. Mrs. Tadei, who tried vainly to teach us to count to 10 in French (Unn… duh, twah… sank…wheat?") 13. Miss Johnson Next: Your First Grade Teacher’s Name 1. Mrs. Carlisle ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28798 "2014-09-01T16:03:14Z")
Your First Grade Teacher’s Name 1. Mrs. Carlisle 2. Mrs. Ebersol ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28799 "2014-09-01T16:06:45Z")
Your First Grade Teacher’s Name 1. Mrs. Carlisle 2. Mrs. Ebersol 3. Miss Needham (I’m pretty sure Miss Needham was gay, in a time when you definitely couldn’t admit that for fear of lots of bad stuff. I thought she was cool–she was a tomboy like me!) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28800 "2014-09-01T16:12:30Z")
Your First Grade Teacher’s Name 1. Mrs. Carlisle 2. Mrs. Ebersol 3. Miss Needham 4. Mrs. Scheerhorn Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28801 "2014-09-01T16:18:19Z")
Your First Grade Teacher’s Name 1. Mrs. Carlisle 2. Mrs. Ebersol 3. Miss Needham 4. Mrs. Scheerhorn 5. Mrs. Moore ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28802 "2014-09-01T16:24:37Z")
1. Mrs. Carlisle 2. Mrs. Ebersol 3. Miss Needham 4. Mrs. Scheerhorn 5. Mrs. Moore 6. Mrs. Tilson ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28803 "2014-09-01T16:27:38Z")
Your First Grade Teacher’s Name 1. Mrs. Carlisle 2. Mrs. Ebersol 3. Miss Needham 4. Mrs. Scheerhorn 5. Mrs. Moore 6. Mrs. Tilson 7. Sister Philomena We young scamps renamed her “Sister Full-O-Mean-A”. _Notorious_ for her tactic of punishing one by making us sit on our hands… which worked, except for me who quickly figured out that you didn’t necessarily have to place your hands directly under your ass - just shift them forward a bit and your weight was better distributed onto the chair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1439) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1441)