# 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:** 2343
**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:** [October 16, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46846 "2016-10-16T04:27:30Z")
Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace For helping negotiate an end to the Russo-Japanese War. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46847 "2016-10-16T04:59:16Z")
Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace 3. Frédéric Mistral, Liereature The fist person named Mistral (no relation) to win the Literature prize. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46848 "2016-10-16T05:22:02Z")
Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace 3. Frédéric Mistral, Liereature 4. Marie Curie, Physics & Chemistry The only woman to win 2 Nobels; part of 5 Nobels won by the Curie family. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46849 "2016-10-16T10:41:55Z")
[quote=“buddha\_david, post:46848, topic:549173”] Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace 3. Frédéric Mistral, Liereature 4. Marie Curie, Physics & Chemistry 5. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Literature, 1970 ---
**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:** [October 16, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46850 "2016-10-16T14:21:20Z")
Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace 3. Frédéric Mistral, Liereature 4. Marie Curie, Physics & Chemistry 5. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Literature, 1970 6. Martin Luther King, Jr., Peace, 1964 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46851 "2016-10-16T14:23:39Z")
Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace 3. Frédéric Mistral, Liereature 4. Marie Curie, Physics & Chemistry 5. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Literature, 1970 6. Sigrid Undset, Lit One who really deserves it. Read an old translation, the recent one reads like modern women’s trash novels, with no fidelity to the original wording. There is a lovely short animated film related to her, well worth the 15 minutes to enjoy it: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_YCIlQYmCQ) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46852 "2016-10-16T14:45:25Z")
Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace 3. Frédéric Mistral, Liereature 4. Marie Curie, Physics & Chemistry 5. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Literature, 1970 6. Sigrid Undset, Lit 7. Malala Yousafzai, Peace ---
**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:** [October 16, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46853 "2016-10-16T15:10:19Z")
Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace 3. Frédéric Mistral, Liereature 4. Marie Curie, Physics & Chemistry 5. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Literature, 1970 6. Martin Luther King, Jr., Peace, 1964 7. Sigrid Undset, Lit 8. Malala Yousafzai, Peace housekeeping ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46854 "2016-10-16T15:30:03Z")
Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace 3. Frédéric Mistral, Liereature 4. Marie Curie, Physics & Chemistry 5. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Literature, 1970 6. Martin Luther King, Jr., Peace, 1964 7. Sigrid Undset, Lit 8. Malala Yousafzai, Peace 9. Linus Pauling, Chemistry and Peace ---
**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:** [October 16, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46855 "2016-10-16T23:47:40Z")
Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace 3. Frédéric Mistral, Liereature 4. Marie Curie, Physics & Chemistry 5. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Literature, 1970 6. Martin Luther King, Jr., Peace, 1964 7. Sigrid Undset, Lit 8. Malala Yousafzai, Peace 9. Linus Pauling, Chemistry and Peace 10. Aung San Suu Kyi, Peace One of my favorites: [Aung San Suu Kyi - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46856 "2016-10-17T01:11:23Z")
Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace 3. Frédéric Mistral, Liereature 4. Marie Curie, Physics & Chemistry 5. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Literature, 1970 6. Martin Luther King, Jr., Peace, 1964 7. Sigrid Undset, Lit 8. Malala Yousafzai, Peace 9. Linus Pauling, Chemistry and Peace 10. Aung San Suu Kyi, Peace 11. Rosalyn Yalow, Medicine ---
**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:** [October 17, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46857 "2016-10-17T01:23:47Z")
Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace 3. Frédéric Mistral, Liereature 4. Marie Curie, Physics & Chemistry 5. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Literature, 1970 6. Martin Luther King, Jr., Peace, 1964 7. Sigrid Undset, Lit 8. Malala Yousafzai, Peace 9. Linus Pauling, Chemistry and Peace 10. Aung San Suu Kyi, Peace 11. Rosalyn Yalow, Medicine 12. Seamus Heaney, Literature A wonderful poet! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46858 "2016-10-17T01:50:02Z")
Nobel Prize winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature 2. Theodore Roosevelt, Peace 3. Frédéric Mistral, Liereature 4. Marie Curie, Physics & Chemistry 5. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Literature, 1970 6. Martin Luther King, Jr., Peace, 1964 7. Sigrid Undset, Lit 8. Malala Yousafzai, Peace 9. Linus Pauling, Chemistry and Peace 10. Aung San Suu Kyi, Peace 11. Rosalyn Yalow, Medicine 12. Seamus Heaney, Literature 13. Woodrow Wilson, Peace Next: Amusing or interesting real minor league baseball team names 1. Albuquerque Isotopes (Double-A, Colorado Rockies) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46859 "2016-10-17T03:20:31Z")
Amusing or interesting real minor league baseball team names 1. Albuquerque Isotopes (Double-A, Colorado Rockies) 2. Traverse City Beach Bums (Independent, Frontier League) Believe it or not, just a few hours ago, I was contemplating opening a topic of frivolous imaginary team names, like Hannibal Lecters, or Victoria Secrets. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46860 "2016-10-17T03:58:53Z")
Amusing or interesting real minor league baseball team names 1. Albuquerque Isotopes (Double-A, Colorado Rockies) 2. Traverse City Beach Bums (Independent, Frontier League) 3. Toledo Mud Hens (Triple A, Detroit Tigers) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46861 "2016-10-17T04:01:17Z")
Amusing or interesting real minor league baseball team names 1. Albuquerque Isotopes (Double-A, Colorado Rockies) 2. Traverse City Beach Bums (Independent, Frontier League) 3. Toledo Mud Hens (Triple A, Detroit Tigers) 4. Roswell Invaders (Independent, Pecos League) Complete with an alien on its team logo: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell\_Invaders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_Invaders) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46862 "2016-10-17T04:44:52Z")
Amusing or interesting real minor league baseball team names 1. Albuquerque Isotopes (Double-A, Colorado Rockies) 2. Traverse City Beach Bums (Independent, Frontier League) 3. Toledo Mud Hens (Triple A, Detroit Tigers) 4. Roswell Invaders (Independent, Pecos League) 5. Durham Bulls (Triple A, Tampa Bay Rays) Featured in the 1988 movie _Bull Durham;_ originally known as the Durham Tobacconists. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46863 "2016-10-17T05:18:47Z")
Amusing or interesting real minor league baseball team names 1. Albuquerque Isotopes (Double-A, Colorado Rockies) 2. Traverse City Beach Bums (Independent, Frontier League) 3. Toledo Mud Hens (Triple A, Detroit Tigers) 4. Roswell Invaders (Independent, Pecos League) 5. Durham Bulls (Triple A, Tampa Bay Rays) 6. Vermont Lake Monsters (A League, Oakland Athletics) Named after “Champ” the supposed sea serpent that lives in Lake Champlain. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46864 "2016-10-17T10:56:57Z")
Amusing or interesting real minor league baseball team names 1. Albuquerque Isotopes (Double-A, Colorado Rockies) 2. Traverse City Beach Bums (Independent, Frontier League) 3. Toledo Mud Hens (Triple A, Detroit Tigers) 4. Roswell Invaders (Independent, Pecos League) 5. Durham Bulls (Triple A, Tampa Bay Rays) 6. Vermont Lake Monsters (A League, Oakland Athletics) 7. Lansing Lugnuts (A League, Toronto Blue Jays) I’ve actually attended both Beach Bums and Mud Hens games. Great fun. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46865 "2016-10-17T11:52:57Z")
Amusing or interesting real minor league baseball team names 1. Albuquerque Isotopes (Double-A, Colorado Rockies) 2. Traverse City Beach Bums (Independent, Frontier League) 3. Toledo Mud Hens (Triple A, Detroit Tigers) 4. Roswell Invaders (Independent, Pecos League) 5. Durham Bulls (Triple A, Tampa Bay Rays) 6. Vermont Lake Monsters (A League, Oakland Athletics) 7. Lansing Lugnuts (A League, Toronto Blue Jays) 8. Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Double A, Cincinnati Reds) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2342) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2344)