# 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\
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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:** [June 12, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44346 "2016-06-12T19:34:12Z")

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In honor of Tony weekend, famous Tony’s

1. Mary Antoinette Perry , for whom the Tony Award is named

2. Tony Stark, Iron Man

3. Tony Randall

4. Tony the Tiger

5. Tony Curtis

6. Marion Anthony ‘Fat Tony’ D’Amico

7. Tony diNozzo, Very Special NCIS Agent

8. Tony Oliva

9. Toni Tenille

10. Tony Iommi

11. Tony from West Side Story

12. Tony Soprano

13. Tony Blair  
New: A Play or Musical That Won a Tony

14. Equus

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44347 "2016-06-12T19:35:57Z")

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A Play or Musical That Won a Tony

1. Equus
2. Avenue Q (2003 Best Musical and a major upset over the predicted winner Wicked)

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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:** [June 12, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44348 "2016-06-12T20:09:15Z")

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A Play or Musical That Won a Tony

1. Equus
2. Avenue Q (2003 Best Musical and a major upset over the predicted winner Wicked)
3. Rent

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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:** [June 12, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44349 "2016-06-12T20:33:01Z")

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Play or Musical That Won a Tony

1. Equus
2. Avenue Q (2003 Best Musical and a major upset over the predicted winner Wicked)
3. Rent
4. Mr. Roberts

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**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44350 "2016-06-12T20:41:47Z")

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Play or Musical That Won a Tony

1. Equus
2. Avenue Q (2003 Best Musical and a major upset over the predicted winner Wicked)
3. Rent
4. Mr. Roberts
5. The Gin Game(Tony winner: Jessica Tandy)

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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:** [June 12, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44351 "2016-06-12T21:01:46Z")

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Play or Musical That Won a Tony

1. Equus
2. Avenue Q (2003 Best Musical and a major upset over the predicted winner Wicked)
3. Rent
4. Mr. Roberts
5. The Gin Game(Tony winner: Jessica Tandy)
6. Fiorello!

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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:** [June 12, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44352 "2016-06-12T21:34:12Z")

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Play or Musical That Won a Tony

1. Equus
2. Avenue Q (2003 Best Musical and a major upset over the predicted winner Wicked)
3. Rent
4. Mr. Roberts
5. The Gin Game(Tony winner: Jessica Tandy)
6. Fiorello!
7. Cabaret

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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:** [June 12, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44353 "2016-06-12T22:59:30Z")

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Play or Musical That Won a Tony

1. Equus
2. Avenue Q (2003 Best Musical and a major upset over the predicted winner Wicked)
3. Rent
4. Mr. Roberts
5. The Gin Game(Tony winner: Jessica Tandy)
6. Fiorello!
7. Cabaret
8. Book of Mormon

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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:** [June 12, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44354 "2016-06-12T23:52:35Z")

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Play or Musical That Won a Tony

1. Equus
2. Avenue Q (2003 Best Musical and a major upset over the predicted winner Wicked)
3. Rent
4. Mr. Roberts
5. The Gin Game(Tony winner: Jessica Tandy)
6. Fiorello!
7. Cabaret
8. Book of Mormon
9. Fiddler on the Roof

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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:** [June 13, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44355 "2016-06-13T04:00:33Z")

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Play or Musical That Won a Tony

1. Equus
2. Avenue Q (2003 Best Musical and a major upset over the predicted winner Wicked)
3. Rent
4. Mr. Roberts
5. The Gin Game(Tony winner: Jessica Tandy)
6. Fiorello!
7. Cabaret
8. Book of Mormon
9. Fiddler on the Roof
10. La Cage Aux Folles

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**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 13, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44356 "2016-06-13T04:09:13Z")

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Play or Musical That Won a Tony

1. Equus
2. Avenue Q (2003 Best Musical and a major upset over the predicted winner Wicked)
3. Rent
4. Mr. Roberts
5. The Gin Game(Tony winner: Jessica Tandy)
6. Fiorello!
7. Cabaret
8. Book of Mormon
9. Fiddler on the Roof
10. La Cage Aux Folles
11. South Pacific

It features a gorgeous song, “Some Enchanted Evening”. In 1950, it won all “big six” awards (Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, Best Performance by a Leading Actor, Best Performance by a Leading Actress and Best Direction awards), being one of only 3 musicals to achieve this.

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**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 13, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44357 "2016-06-13T04:40:29Z")

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Play or Musical That Won a Tony

1. Equus
2. Avenue Q (2003 Best Musical and a major upset over the predicted winner Wicked)
3. Rent
4. Mr. Roberts
5. The Gin Game(Tony winner: Jessica Tandy)
6. Fiorello!
7. Cabaret
8. Book of Mormon
9. Fiddler on the Roof
10. La Cage Aux Folles
11. South Pacific
12. A Chorus Line

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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:** [June 13, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44358 "2016-06-13T05:01:42Z")

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Play or Musical That Won a Tony

1. Equus
2. Avenue Q (2003 Best Musical and a major upset over the predicted winner Wicked)
3. Rent
4. Mr. Roberts
5. The Gin Game(Tony winner: Jessica Tandy)
6. Fiorello!
7. Cabaret
8. Book of Mormon
9. Fiddler on the Roof
10. La Cage Aux Folles
11. South Pacific
12. A Chorus Line
13. My Fair Lady

I’ll pass

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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:** [June 13, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44359 "2016-06-13T05:39:36Z")

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Next: Famous Oscars

1. Oscar the Grouch

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**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44360 "2016-06-13T05:44:38Z")

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Famous Oscars

1. Oscar the Grouch
2. [Oscar Peterson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson)

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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:** [June 13, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44361 "2016-06-13T05:59:19Z")

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Famous Oscars

1. Oscar the Grouch
2. Oscar Peterson
3. Oscar Madison

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**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44362 "2016-06-13T06:36:41Z")

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Famous Oscars

1. Oscar the Grouch
2. Oscar Peterson
3. Oscar Madison
4. Oscar Wilde

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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:** [June 13, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44363 "2016-06-13T07:20:35Z")

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Famous Oscars

1. Oscar the Grouch
2. Oscar Peterson
3. Oscar Madison
4. Oscar Wilde
5. [Oscar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekD9oKkalTI&t=480)

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**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44364 "2016-06-13T07:42:17Z")

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Famous Oscars

1. Oscar the Grouch
2. Oscar Peterson
3. Oscar Madison
4. Oscar Wilde
5. Oscar
6. Oscar Pistorius

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**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 13, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44365 "2016-06-13T12:49:51Z")

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Famous Oscars

1. Oscar the Grouch
2. Oscar Peterson
3. Oscar Madison
4. Oscar Wilde
5. Oscar
6. Oscar Pistorius
7. Oscar Romero

The martyred Archbishop of El Salvador

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