# 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:** 247

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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:** [April 17, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4921 "2011-04-17T17:54:45Z")

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Next Up: Celebrities who commited suicide

1. SNL’s Charles Rocket
2. The Band’s Richard Manuel
3. Marilyn Monroe

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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:** [April 17, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4922 "2011-04-17T18:07:02Z")

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Next Up: Celebrities who commited suicide

1. SNL’s Charles Rocket
2. The Band’s Richard Manuel
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Kurt Cobain

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4923 "2011-04-17T20:01:46Z")

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Next Up: Celebrities who commited suicide

1. SNL’s Charles Rocket
2. The Band’s Richard Manuel
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Kurt Cobain
5. Ernest Hemingway

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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:** [April 17, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4924 "2011-04-17T22:01:08Z")

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Celebrities who commited suicide

1. SNL’s Charles Rocket
2. The Band’s Richard Manuel
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Kurt Cobain
5. Ernest Hemingway
6. Vincent van Gogh

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4925 "2011-04-17T22:11:28Z")

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Celebrities who commited suicide

1. SNL’s Charles Rocket
2. The Band’s Richard Manuel
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Kurt Cobain
5. Ernest Hemingway
6. Vincent van Gogh
7. Arthur Koestler

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**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:** [April 17, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4926 "2011-04-17T23:08:49Z")

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Celebrities who committed suicide

1. SNL’s Charles Rocket
2. The Band’s Richard Manuel
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Kurt Cobain
5. Ernest Hemingway
6. Vincent van Gogh
7. Arthur Koestler
8. Alan Turing

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**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:** [April 18, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4927 "2011-04-18T01:00:02Z")

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Celebrities who committed suicide

1. SNL’s Charles Rocket
2. The Band’s Richard Manuel
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Kurt Cobain
5. Ernest Hemingway
6. Vincent van Gogh
7. Arthur Koestler
8. Alan Turing
9. [Freddie Prinze](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Prinze)

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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:** [April 18, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4928 "2011-04-18T01:08:46Z")

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Celebrities who committed suicide

1. SNL’s Charles Rocket
2. The Band’s Richard Manuel
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Kurt Cobain
5. Ernest Hemingway
6. Vincent van Gogh
7. Arthur Koestler
8. Alan Turing
9. Freddie Prinze
10. Dana Plato

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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:** [April 18, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4929 "2011-04-18T01:41:49Z")

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Celebrities who committed suicide

1. SNL’s Charles Rocket
2. The Band’s Richard Manuel
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Kurt Cobain
5. Ernest Hemingway
6. Vincent van Gogh
7. Arthur Koestler
8. Alan Turing
9. Freddie Prinze
10. Dana Plato
11. Jonathan Brandis

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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:** [April 18, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4930 "2011-04-18T02:18:01Z")

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Celebrities who committed suicide

1. SNL’s Charles Rocket
2. The Band’s Richard Manuel
3. Marilyn Monroe
4. Kurt Cobain
5. Ernest Hemingway
6. Vincent van Gogh
7. Arthur Koestler
8. Alan Turing
9. Freddie Prinze
10. Dana Plato
11. Jonathan Brandis
12. Hunter S. Thompson

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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:** [April 18, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4931 "2011-04-18T05:07:27Z")

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Celebrities who committed suicide

1. SNL’s Charles Rocket

2. The Band’s Richard Manuel

3. Marilyn Monroe

4. Kurt Cobain

5. Ernest Hemingway

6. Vincent van Gogh

7. Arthur Koestler

8. Alan Turing

9. Freddie Prinze

10. Dana Plato

11. Jonathan Brandis

12. Hunter S. Thompson

13. Ona Munson (best known as Belle Watling from _Gone With the Wind_)  
New Category: Presidential “Other Women” (name the woman and the president)

14. Nan Britton/Warren G. Harding

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4932 "2011-04-18T12:49:11Z")

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New Category: Presidential “Other Women” (name the woman and the president)

1. Nan Britton/Warren G. Harding
2. Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton

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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:** [April 18, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4933 "2011-04-18T13:31:16Z")

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New Category: Presidential “Other Women” (name the woman and the president)

1. Nan Britton/Warren G. Harding
2. Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton
3. Kay Summersby/Dwight Eisenhower

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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:** [April 18, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4934 "2011-04-18T13:31:33Z")

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New Category: Presidential “Other Women” (name the woman and the president)

1. Nan Britton/Warren G. Harding
2. Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton
3. Marilyn Monroe/John Kennedy

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4935 "2011-04-18T15:41:59Z")

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Presidential “Other Women” (name the woman and the president)

1. Nan Britton/Warren G. Harding
2. Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton
3. Marilyn Monroe/John Kennedy
4. Sally Hemings - Thomas Jefferson

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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:** [April 18, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4936 "2011-04-18T17:57:36Z")

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Presidential “Other Women” (name the woman and the president)

1. Nan Britton/Warren G. Harding
2. Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton
3. Marilyn Monroe/John Kennedy
4. Sally Hemings - Thomas Jefferson
5. Kay Summersby- Dwight Eisenhower

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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:** [April 18, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4937 "2011-04-18T18:36:07Z")

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Presidential “Other Women” (name the woman and the president)

1. Nan Britton/Warren G. Harding
2. Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton
3. Marilyn Monroe/John Kennedy
4. Sally Hemings - Thomas Jefferson
5. Kay Summersby- Dwight Eisenhower
6. Lucy Page Mercer Rutherfurd - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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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:** [April 18, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4938 "2011-04-18T19:08:20Z")

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Presidential “Other Women” (name the woman and the president)

1. Nan Britton/Warren G. Harding
2. Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton
3. Marilyn Monroe/John Kennedy
4. Sally Hemings - Thomas Jefferson
5. Kay Summersby- Dwight Eisenhower
6. Lucy Page Mercer Rutherfurd - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
7. Maria Halpin - Grover Cleveland

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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:** [April 18, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4939 "2011-04-18T19:23:10Z")

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Presidential “Other Women” (name the woman and the president)

1. Nan Britton/Warren G. Harding
2. Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton
3. Marilyn Monroe/John Kennedy
4. Sally Hemings - Thomas Jefferson
5. Kay Summersby- Dwight Eisenhower
6. Lucy Page Mercer Rutherfurd - Franklin Delano Roosevelt\*
7. Maria Halpin - Grover Cleveland
8. Miss Lehand- Franklin Delano Roosevelt\*

\*It’s quite alright to mention more than one for the same president so long as there’s strong evidence, and FDR was involved with both Mercer and Lehand (consecutively rather than simultaneously).

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4940 "2011-04-18T19:29:45Z")

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Presidential “Other Women” (name the woman and the president)

1. Nan Britton/Warren G. Harding
2. Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton
3. Marilyn Monroe/John Kennedy
4. Sally Hemings - Thomas Jefferson
5. Kay Summersby- Dwight Eisenhower
6. Lucy Page Mercer Rutherfurd - Franklin Delano Roosevelt\*
7. Maria Halpin - Grover Cleveland
8. Miss Lehand- Franklin Delano Roosevelt\*
9. [Mary Allen Hulbert](http://www.libertymagazine.com/presidential_hulbert.htm) – Woodrow Wilson

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