# 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:** 2234
**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 25, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44666 "2016-06-25T14:30:57Z")
Moon songs 1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young 2. That’s Amore, Dean Martin 3. Get Out And Get Under The Moon, Cliff Edwards 4. Moon River, composed by Mancini/Mercer 5. Shine On Harvest Moon, Nora Bayes/Jack Norworth 6. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Van Heusen/Burke, 1940 7. Neon Moon, Brooks & Dunn 8. Moondance - Van Morrison 9. Moonchild by King Crimson 10. Hypnotize the Moon - Clay Walker 11. Claire de Lune – Debussy 12. Moonshadow - Cat Stevens ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44667 "2016-06-25T14:43:02Z")
Moon songs 1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young 2. That’s Amore, Dean Martin 3. Get Out And Get Under The Moon, Cliff Edwards 4. Moon River, composed by Mancini/Mercer 5. Shine On Harvest Moon, Nora Bayes/Jack Norworth 6. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Van Heusen/Burke, 1940 7. Neon Moon, Brooks & Dunn 8. Moondance - Van Morrison 9. Moonchild by King Crimson 10. Hypnotize the Moon - Clay Walker 11. Claire de Lune – Debussy 12. Moonshadow - Cat Stevens 13. Moonlight Feels Right – Starbuck Next: Actual famous historical people about whom almost noshing is known. 1. Virginia Dare ---
**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 25, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44668 "2016-06-25T14:54:07Z")
Actual famous historical people about whom almost [del]noshing[/del] nothing is known. 1. Virginia Dare 2. John Henry ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44669 "2016-06-25T15:17:15Z")
Which John Henry? The steel-drivin’ man? ---
**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 25, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44670 "2016-06-25T16:55:09Z")
Actual famous historical people about whom almost nothing is known. 1. Virginia Dare 2. John Henry 3. B. Traven ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44671 "2016-06-25T17:28:38Z")
Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) Sent from my MotoE2(4G-LTE) using Tapatalk ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44672 "2016-06-25T18:19:14Z")
Actual famous historical people about whom almost nothing is known. 1. Virginia Dare 2. John Henry 3. B. Traven 4. Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) 5. The Zodiac Killer ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44673 "2016-06-25T18:20:33Z")
Actual famous historical people about whom almost nothing is known. 1. Virginia Dare 2. John Henry 3. B. Traven 4. D.B. Cooper 5. The Zodiac Killer 6 . Kaspar Hauser (Please limit to people whose names were known, but not details of their lives. Otherwise there would be hundreds of serial killers and masked men.) ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44674 "2016-06-25T18:27:04Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > (Please limit to people whose names were known, but not details of their lives. Otherwise there would be hundreds of serial killers and masked men.) So we’re allowing John Henry, who was almost certainly mythical? ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44675 "2016-06-25T18:29:18Z")
Actual famous historical people about whom almost nothing is known. 1. Virginia Dare 2. John Henry 3. B. Traven 4. Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) 5. The Zodiac Killer 6. Kaspar Hauser 7. Saul of Tarsus ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44676 "2016-06-25T18:31:49Z")
Actual famous historical people about whom almost nothing is known. 1. Virginia Dare 2. John Henry 3. B. Traven 4. Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) 5. The Zodiac Killer 6. Kaspar Hauser 7. Saul of Tarsus 8. Jesus of Nazareth ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44677 "2016-06-25T18:38:28Z")
Actual famous historical people about whom almost nothing is known. 1. Virginia Dare 2. John Henry 3. B. Traven 4. Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) 5. The Zodiac Killer 6. Kaspar Hauser 7. Saul of Tarsus 8. Jesus of Nazareth 9. Homer ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44678 "2016-06-25T19:44:22Z")
Actual famous historical people about whom almost nothing is known. 1. Virginia Dare 2. John Henry 3. B. Traven 4. Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) 5. The Zodiac Killer 6. Kaspar Hauser 7. Saul of Tarsus 8. Jesus of Nazareth 9. Homer 10. Robert Johnson, blues legend ---
**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 26, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44679 "2016-06-26T02:16:33Z")
Actual famous historical people about whom almost nothing is known. 1. Virginia Dare 2. John Henry 3. B. Traven 4. Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) 5. Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife) 6. Kaspar Hauser 7. Saul of Tarsus 8. Jesus of Nazareth 9. Homer 10. Robert Johnson, blues legend #5 changed, in light of the limitation in post 44666. > **[Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Hathaway_(Shakespeare%27s_wife))** > > Anne Hathaway (1556 – 6 August 1623) was the wife of William Shakespeare, an English poet, playwright and actor. They were married in 1582, when Hathaway was 26 years old and Shakespeare was 18. She outlived her husband by seven years. Very little is known about her life beyond a few references in legal documents. Her personality and relationship to Shakespeare have been the subject of much speculation by many historians and writers. > Anne Hathaway is believed to have grown up in Shottery, a v... ---
**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 26, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44680 "2016-06-26T02:23:47Z")
Actual famous historical people about whom almost nothing is known. 1. Virginia Dare 2. John Henry 3. B. Traven 4. Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) 5. Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife) 6. Kaspar Hauser 7. Saul of Tarsus 8. Jesus of Nazareth 9. Homer 10. Robert Johnson, blues legend 11. Pontius Pilate ---
**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 26, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44681 "2016-06-26T02:32:38Z")
Actual famous historical people about whom almost nothing is known. 1. Virginia Dare 2. John Henry 3. B. Traven 4. Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) 5. Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife) 6. Kaspar Hauser 7. Saul of Tarsus 8. Jesus of Nazareth 9. Homer 10. Robert Johnson, blues legend 11. Pontius Pilate 12. King David ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44682 "2016-06-26T03:05:53Z")
Actual famous historical people about whom almost nothing is known. 1. Virginia Dare 2. John Henry 3. B. Traven 4. Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) 5. Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife) 6. Kaspar Hauser 7. Saul of Tarsus 8. Jesus of Nazareth 9. Homer 10. Robert Johnson, blues legend 11. Pontius Pilate 12. King David 13. Mary Hays/Molly Pitcher New: Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters 14. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes) ---
**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 26, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44683 "2016-06-26T03:31:32Z")
Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters 1. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes) 2. Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe) ---
**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 26, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44684 "2016-06-26T04:23:04Z")
Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters 1. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes) 2. Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe) 3. Captain Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (Jack Aubrey in Patrick O’Brian’s series) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44685 "2016-06-26T05:15:47Z")
Real People Who Inspired Fictional Characters 1. Dr. Joseph Bell (Sherlock Holmes) 2. Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe) 3. Captain Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (Jack Aubrey in Patrick O’Brian’s series) 4. Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate (Kit Carruthers and Holly Sargis) Played by Martin Sheen and Cissy Spacek in the 1975 film “Badlands” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2233) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2235)