# 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:** 211
**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:** [March 14, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4201 "2011-03-14T22:02:34Z")
Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” 2. Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, “Gone With The Wind” (so said author Margaret Mitchell) 3. Caroline Meeber, “Sister Carrie” (Theodore Dreiser) 4. Anna Karenina, “Anna Karenina” 5. Dagny Taggart, “Atlas Shrugged” 6. Nancy, “Oliver Twist” (she’s not the main character but she is a heroine) 7. Mina Murray Harker, “Dracula” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4202 "2011-03-14T22:09:01Z")
Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” 2. Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, “Gone With The Wind” (so said author Margaret Mitchell) 3. Caroline Meeber, “Sister Carrie” (Theodore Dreiser) 4. Anna Karenina, “Anna Karenina” 5. Tess of the D’urbervilles, Tess of the D’urbervilles 6. Dagny Taggart, “Atlas Shrugged” 7. Nancy, “Oliver Twist” (she’s not the main character but she is a heroine) 8. Mina Murray Harker, “Dracula” 9. Nancy Drew, scores of novels ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4203 "2011-03-14T22:44:46Z")
Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” 2. Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, “Gone With The Wind” 3. Caroline Meeber, “Sister Carrie” 4. Anna Karenina, “Anna Karenina” 5. Tess of the D’urbervilles, Tess of the D’urbervilles 6. Dagny Taggart, “Atlas Shrugged” 7. Nancy, “Oliver Twist” 8. Mina Murray Harker, “Dracula” 9. Nancy Drew, scores of novels 10. Hester Prynne, “The Scarlet Letter” ---
**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:** [March 14, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4204 "2011-03-14T23:25:11Z")
Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” 2. Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, “Gone With The Wind” 3. Caroline Meeber, “Sister Carrie” 4. Anna Karenina, “Anna Karenina” 5. Tess of the D’urbervilles, Tess of the D’urbervilles 6. Dagny Taggart, “Atlas Shrugged” 7. Nancy, “Oliver Twist” 8. Mina Murray Harker, “Dracula” 9. Nancy Drew, scores of novels 10. Hester Prynne, “The Scarlet Letter” 11. Dorothy Gale, “The Wizard of Oz” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4205 "2011-03-14T23:28:16Z")
Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” 2. Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, “Gone With The Wind” 3. Caroline Meeber, “Sister Carrie” 4. Anna Karenina, “Anna Karenina” 5. Tess of the D’urbervilles, Tess of the D’urbervilles 6. Dagny Taggart, “Atlas Shrugged” 7. Nancy, “Oliver Twist” 8. Mina Murray Harker, “Dracula” 9. Nancy Drew, scores of novels 10. Hester Prynne, “The Scarlet Letter” 11. Dorothy Gale, “The Wizard of Oz” 12 (Miss) Jane Marple (Several murder mysteries) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4206 "2011-03-15T00:10:35Z")
Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” 2. Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, “Gone With The Wind” 3. Caroline Meeber, “Sister Carrie” 4. Anna Karenina, “Anna Karenina” 5. Tess of the D’urbervilles, Tess of the D’urbervilles 6. Dagny Taggart, “Atlas Shrugged” 7. Nancy, “Oliver Twist” 8. Mina Murray Harker, “Dracula” 9. Nancy Drew, scores of novels 10. Hester Prynne, “The Scarlet Letter” 11. Dorothy Gale, “The Wizard of Oz” 12 (Miss) Jane Marple (Several murder mysteries) 12. Miss Jane Pittman, “Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” Famous People who were either bigamists or polygamists 13. Rudolph Valentino ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4207 "2011-03-15T00:17:26Z")
Famous People who were either bigamists or polygamists 1. Rudolph Valentino 2. Muhammad (PBUH) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4208 "2011-03-15T00:21:28Z")
Famous People who were either bigamists or polygamists 1. Rudolph Valentino 2. Muhammad (PBUH) 3. Rachel Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4209 "2011-03-15T02:20:00Z")
Famous People who were either bigamists or polygamists 1. Rudolph Valentino 2. Muhammad (PBUH) 3. Rachel Jackson 4. Philip of Macedon ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4210 "2011-03-15T02:23:11Z")
Famous People who were either bigamists or polygamists 1. Rudolph Valentino 2. Muhammad (PBUH) 3. Rachel Jackson 4. Philip of Macedon 5. Chief Powhatan (or Wahunsunacock- father of Pocahontas [and dozens of others]) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4211 "2011-03-15T02:56:21Z")
Famous People who were either bigamists or polygamists 1. Rudolph Valentino 2. Muhammad (PBUH) 3. Rachel Jackson 4. Philip of Macedon 5. Chief Powhatan (or Wahunsunacock- father of Pocahontas [and dozens of others]) 6. King David ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4212 "2011-03-15T03:03:11Z")
1. Rudolph Valentino 2. Muhammad (PBUH) 3. Rachel Jackson 4. Philip of Macedon 5. Chief Powhatan (or Wahunsunacock- father of Pocahontas [and dozens of others]) 6. King David 7. King Solomon, David’s son. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4213 "2011-03-15T03:14:48Z")
Famous People who were either bigamists or polygamists 1. Rudolph Valentino 2. Muhammad (PBUH) 3. Rachel Jackson 4. Philip of Macedon 5. Chief Powhatan (or Wahunsunacock- father of Pocahontas [and dozens of others]) 6. King David 7. King Solomon, David’s son. 8. Brigham Young ---
**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 15, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4214 "2011-03-15T03:35:16Z")
Famous People who were either bigamists or polygamists 1. Rudolph Valentino 2. Muhammad (PBUH) 3. Rachel Jackson 4. Philip of Macedon 5. Chief Powhatan (or Wahunsunacock- father of Pocahontas [and dozens of others]) 6. King David 7. King Solomon, David’s son. 8. Brigham Young 9. Joseph Smith ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4215 "2011-03-15T03:38:22Z")
Famous People who were either bigamists or polygamists 1. Rudolph Valentino 2. Muhammad (PBUH) 3. Rachel Jackson 4. Philip of Macedon 5. Chief Powhatan (or Wahunsunacock- father of Pocahontas [and dozens of others]) 6. King David 7. King Solomon, David’s son. 8. Brigham Young 9. Joseph Smith 10. Osama bin Laden ---
**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:** [March 15, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4216 "2011-03-15T05:00:06Z")
Famous People who were either bigamists or polygamists 1. Rudolph Valentino 2. Muhammad (PBUH) 3. Rachel Jackson 4. Philip of Macedon 5. Chief Powhatan (or Wahunsunacock- father of Pocahontas [and dozens of others]) 6. King David 7. King Solomon, David’s son. 8. Brigham Young 9. Joseph Smith 10. Osama bin Laden 11. Qin Shi Huang ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4217 "2011-03-15T05:28:23Z")
Famous People who were either bigamists or polygamists 1. Rudolph Valentino 2. Muhammad (PBUH) 3. Rachel Jackson 4. Philip of Macedon 5. Chief Powhatan (or Wahunsunacock- father of Pocahontas [and dozens of others]) 6. King David 7. King Solomon, David’s son. 8. Brigham Young 9. Joseph Smith 10. Osama bin Laden 11. Qin Shi Huang 12. Anwar Sadat ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4218 "2011-03-15T13:12:09Z")
Famous People who were either bigamists or polygamists 1. Rudolph Valentino 2. Muhammad (PBUH) 3. Rachel Jackson 4. Philip of Macedon 5. Chief Powhatan (or Wahunsunacock- father of Pocahontas [and dozens of others]) 6. King David 7. King Solomon, David’s son. 8. Brigham Young 9. Joseph Smith 10. Osama bin Laden 11. Qin Shi Huang 12. Anwar Sadat 13. Saleh al-Saleri New list: Most Outstanding Player recipients at the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament 1. Irwin Dambrot, CCNY, 1950 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4219 "2011-03-15T13:32:06Z")
New list: Most Outstanding Player recipients at the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament 1. Irwin Dambrot, CCNY, 1950 2. Danny Manning, Kansas, 1988 ---
**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 15, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4220 "2011-03-15T14:35:49Z")
Most Outstanding Player recipients at the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament 1. Irwin Dambrot, CCNY, 1950 2. Danny Manning, Kansas, 1988 3. Magic Johnson, Michigan State, 1979 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=210) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=212)