# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 1659

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33164 "2015-02-17T21:01:16Z")

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Famous Mathematicians

1. Pythagoras
2. John Nash
3. Alan Turing
4. Blaise Pascal

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33165 "2015-02-17T21:12:23Z")

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Famous Mathematicians

1. Pythagoras
2. John Nash
3. Alan Turing
4. Blaise Pascal
5. Carl Gauss

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**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:** [February 17, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33166 "2015-02-17T21:16:07Z")

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Famous Mathematicians

1. Pythagoras
2. John Nash
3. Alan Turing
4. Blaise Pascal
5. Carl Gauss
6. Tom Lehrer

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33167 "2015-02-17T21:24:33Z")

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33168 "2015-02-17T21:27:47Z")

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Famous Mathematicians

1. Pythagoras
2. John Nash
3. Alan Turing
4. Blaise Pascal
5. Carl Gauss
6. Tom Lehrer
7. Isaac Newton

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33169 "2015-02-17T21:53:28Z")

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Famous Mathematicians

1. Pythagoras
2. John Nash
3. Alan Turing
4. Blaise Pascal
5. Carl Gauss
6. Tom Lehrer
7. Isaac Newton
8. Gottfried W. Leibniz

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33170 "2015-02-17T22:24:02Z")

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Famous Mathematicians

1. Pythagoras
2. John Nash
3. Alan Turing
4. Blaise Pascal
5. Carl Gauss
6. Tom Lehrer
7. Isaac Newton
8. Gottfried W. Leibniz
9. Fibonacci

I used to love his Vegas act where he’d come out in a Rhinestone covered Rolls and draped in chinchilla and 2 pounds of diamonds and say “Excuse me while I analyze something a little more spectacular!”

Oh, wait, my bad. That was his cousin and protégé Libonacci.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33171 "2015-02-17T22:36:17Z")

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Famous Mathematicians

1. Pythagoras
2. John Nash
3. Alan Turing
4. Blaise Pascal
5. Carl Gauss
6. Tom Lehrer
7. Isaac Newton
8. Gottfried W. Leibniz
9. Fibonacci
10. Rene Descartes

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**Author:** ![Celan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Celan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celan)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33172 "2015-02-17T23:28:29Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> Famous Mathematicians
> 
> 1. Pythagoras
> 2. John Nash
> 3. Alan Turing
> 4. Blaise Pascal
> 5. Carl Gauss
> 6. Tom Lehrer
> 7. Isaac Newton
> 8. Gottfried W. Leibniz
> 9. Fibonacci
> 10. Rene Descartes

1. Theaetetus

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**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:** [February 17, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33173 "2015-02-17T23:58:44Z")

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**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:** [February 18, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33174 "2015-02-18T00:00:59Z")

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Famous Mathematicians

1. Pythagoras
2. John Nash
3. Alan Turing
4. Blaise Pascal
5. Carl Gauss
6. Tom Lehrer
7. Isaac Newton
8. Gottfried W. Leibniz
9. Fibonacci
10. Rene Descartes
11. Theaetetus
12. Emmy Noether

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**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:** [February 18, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33175 "2015-02-18T00:56:20Z")

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Famous Mathematicians

1. Pythagoras

2. John Nash

3. Alan Turing

4. Blaise Pascal

5. Carl Gauss

6. Tom Lehrer

7. Isaac Newton

8. Gottfried W. Leibniz

9. Fibonacci

10. Rene Descartes

11. Theaetetus

12. Emmy Noether

13. Leonhard Euler  
2016 Presidential Candidates

14. Hilary Clinton  
(Have we done this one? I’ve been away from the game for a while. If we have, feel free to change it up.)

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**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:** [February 18, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33176 "2015-02-18T01:15:54Z")

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2016 Presidential Candidates

1. Hilary Clinton
2. [Vermin Supreme](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermin_Supreme)

Okay, he’s a long shot. But unlike some candidates, he’s officially filed that he’s running with the Federal Election Commission.

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**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:** [February 18, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33177 "2015-02-18T01:18:16Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> 2016 Presidential Candidates
> 
> 1. Hilary Clinton
> 2. [Vermin Supreme](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermin_Supreme)
> 
> Okay, he’s a long shot. But unlike some candidates, he’s officially filed that he’s running with the Federal Election Commission.

“Vermin Supreme” sounds like something you’d get at Taco Bell if the truth in advertising laws were stronger. 😃

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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:** [February 18, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33178 "2015-02-18T01:44:13Z")

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2016 Presidential Candidates

1. Hilary Clinton
2. Vermin Supreme
3. Jeb Bush

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33179 "2015-02-18T03:08:47Z")

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2016 Presidential Candidates

1. Hilary Clinton
2. Vermin Supreme
3. Jeb Bush
4. Rand Paul

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**Author:** ![Celan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Celan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celan)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33180 "2015-02-18T09:12:06Z")

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Presidential Candidates

1. Hilary Clinton

2. Vermin Supreme

3. Jeb Bush

4. Rand Paul  
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5. Ted Cruz

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**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:** [February 18, 2015, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33181 "2015-02-18T09:55:19Z")

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Presidential Candidates

1. Hilary Clinton
2. Vermin Supreme
3. Jeb Bush
4. Rand Paul
5. Ted Cruz
6. Chris Christy

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33182 "2015-02-18T12:03:44Z")

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Presidential Candidates

1. Hilary Clinton
2. Vermin Supreme
3. Jeb Bush
4. Rand Paul
5. Ted Cruz
6. Chris Christy
7. Scott Walker

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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:** [February 18, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33183 "2015-02-18T14:02:21Z")

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Presidential Candidates

1. Hilary Clinton
2. Vermin Supreme
3. Jeb Bush
4. Rand Paul
5. Ted Cruz
6. Chris Christy
7. Scott Walker
8. Joe Biden

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