# 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:** 2636
**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 9, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52706 "2017-06-09T13:50:15Z")
Real life characters portrayed by Meryl Streep. 1. Florence Foster Jenkins 2. Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen) 3. Margaret Thatcher 4. Karen Silkwood 5. Julia Child 6. Roberta Guaspari 7. Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton (the dingo lady) 8. Ethel Rosenberg 9. Nora Ephron 10. Emmeline Pankhurst 11. Eleanor Roosevelt (voice) ---
**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 9, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52707 "2017-06-09T15:21:24Z")
Real life characters portrayed by Meryl Streep. 1. Florence Foster Jenkins 2. Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen) 3. Margaret Thatcher 4. Karen Silkwood 5. Julia Child 6. Roberta Guaspari 7. Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton (the dingo lady) 8. Ethel Rosenberg 9. Nora Ephron 10. Emmeline Pankhurst 11. Eleanor Roosevelt (voice) 12. Susan Orlean ---
**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:** [June 9, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52708 "2017-06-09T22:41:04Z")
Real life characters portrayed by Meryl Streep. 1. Florence Foster Jenkins 2. Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen) 3. Margaret Thatcher 4. Karen Silkwood 5. Julia Child 6. Roberta Guaspari 7. Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton (the dingo lady) 8. Ethel Rosenberg 9. Nora Ephron 10. Emmeline Pankhurst 11. Eleanor Roosevelt (voice) 12. Susan Orlean 13. Anna Wintour Next: A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama ---
**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 9, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52709 "2017-06-09T22:42:28Z")
A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama 2. Tangerine Dream ---
**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 9, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52710 "2017-06-09T23:06:51Z")
A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama 2. Tangerine Dream 3. Strawberry Alarm Clock Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52711 "2017-06-09T23:11:37Z")
Celebrities known for losing weight: 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Jonah Hill ---
**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 9, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52712 "2017-06-09T23:26:32Z")
Celebrities known for losing weight: 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Jonah Hill 3. Karen Carpenter. Well, it’s true. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52713 "2017-06-10T00:33:20Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Celebrities known for losing weight: > > 1. Oprah Winfrey > 2. Jonah Hill This is from the first page of the thread in 2010. * * * A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama 2. Tangerine Dream 3. Strawberry Alarm Clock 4. The Lemonheads ---
**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 10, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52714 "2017-06-10T00:57:00Z")
A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama 2. Tangerine Dream 3. Strawberry Alarm Clock 4. The Lemonheads 5. Moby Grape ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52715 "2017-06-10T00:58:54Z")
A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama 2. Tangerine Dream 3. Strawberry Alarm Clock 4. The Lemonheads 5. Moby Grape 6. Blind Melon ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52716 "2017-06-10T01:33:07Z")
A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama 2. Tangerine Dream 3. Strawberry Alarm Clock 4. The Lemonheads 5. Moby Grape 6. Blind Melon 7. The Cranberries ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52717 "2017-06-10T02:04:37Z")
A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama 2. Tangerine Dream 3. Strawberry Alarm Clock 4. The Lemonheads 5. Moby Grape 6. Blind Melon 7. The Cranberries 8. The Electric Prunes ---
**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 10, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52718 "2017-06-10T02:23:32Z")
A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama 2. Tangerine Dream 3. Strawberry Alarm Clock 4. The Lemonheads 5. Moby Grape 6. Blind Melon 7. The Cranberries 8. The Electric Prunes 9. Wild Cherry ---
**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 10, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52719 "2017-06-10T02:37:44Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Real life characters portrayed by Meryl Streep. > > …13. Anna Wintour She played Miranda Priestley in _The Devil Wears Prada_, a character obviously strongly based on Wintour, but not actually Wintour herself. I’ll substitute: 1. Abigail Adams A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama 2. Tangerine Dream 3. Strawberry Alarm Clock 4. The Lemonheads 5. Moby Grape 6. Blind Melon 7. The Cranberries 8. The Electric Prunes 9. Wild Cherry 10. Orange Juice ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52720 "2017-06-10T03:24:01Z")
A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama 2. Tangerine Dream 3. Strawberry Alarm Clock 4. The Lemonheads 5. Moby Grape 6. Blind Melon 7. The Cranberries 8. The Electric Prunes 9. Wild Cherry 10. Orange Juice 11. Peaches & Herb ---
**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 10, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52721 "2017-06-10T03:43:30Z")
A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama 2. Tangerine Dream 3. Strawberry Alarm Clock 4. The Lemonheads 5. Moby Grape 6. Blind Melon 7. The Cranberries 8. The Electric Prunes 9. Wild Cherry 10. Orange Juice 11. Peaches & Herb 12. King Creole and the Coconuts ---
**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 10, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52722 "2017-06-10T07:49:12Z")
A musical artist or band with a fruit in their name 1. Bananarama 2. Tangerine Dream 3. Strawberry Alarm Clock 4. The Lemonheads 5. Moby Grape 6. Blind Melon 7. The Cranberries 8. The Electric Prunes 9. Wild Cherry 10. Orange Juice 11. Peaches & Herb 12. King Creole and the Coconuts 13. Fiona Apple Next subject: Defunct department and variety store chains. 1. Montgomery Ward ---
**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:** [June 10, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52723 "2017-06-10T10:46:10Z")
Defunct department and variety store chains. 1. Montgomery Ward 2. Service Merchandise ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52724 "2017-06-10T12:05:34Z")
Defunct department and variety store chains. 1. Montgomery Ward 2. Service Merchandise 3. McCrory’s ---
**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 10, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52725 "2017-06-10T12:10:34Z")
Defunct department and variety store chains. 1. Montgomery Ward 2. Service Merchandise 3. McCrory’s 4. Woodward and Lothrop [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2635) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2637)