# 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:** 270
**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:** [May 12, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5381 "2011-05-12T18:30:59Z")
Royalty killed or mortally wounded in battle. 1. Richard I “The Lionhearted” 2. Harold Godwinson 3. James IV of Scotland 4. Harald “Hardrada” (of Norway, fell vs Harold Godwinson at Stamfordbrdige 19 days before Hastings) 5. Sigeberht, King of East Anglia, who didn’t even want to fight 6. Carl XII of Sweden (google him for photos of his still-preserved skull showing the fatal bullet wound) 7. Indulf, King of the Scots 8. Gustavus Adolphus 9. Macbeth Historically, and in the play. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5382 "2011-05-12T18:34:13Z")
Royalty killed or mortally wounded in battle. 1. Richard I “The Lionhearted” 2. Harold Godwinson 3. James IV of Scotland 4. Harald “Hardrada” (of Norway, fell vs Harold Godwinson at Stamfordbrdige 19 days before Hastings) 5. Sigeberht, King of East Anglia, who didn’t even want to fight 6. Carl XII of Sweden (google him for photos of his still-preserved skull showing the fatal bullet wound) 7. Indulf, King of the Scots 8. Gustavus Adolphus 9. Macbeth 10. Constantine XI Dragasēs Palaiologos, last Emperor of Byzantium. Though they never found the body. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5383 "2011-05-12T18:48:33Z")
Royalty killed or mortally wounded in battle. 1. Richard I “The Lionhearted” 2. Harold Godwinson 3. James IV of Scotland 4. Harald “Hardrada” (of Norway, fell vs Harold Godwinson at Stamfordbrdige 19 days before Hastings) 5. Sigeberht, King of East Anglia, who didn’t even want to fight 6. Carl XII of Sweden (google him for photos of his still-preserved skull showing the fatal bullet wound) 7. Indulf, King of the Scots 8. Gustavus Adolphus 9. Macbeth 10. Constantine XI Dragasēs Palaiologos, last Emperor of Byzantium. 11. Richard III of England ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5384 "2011-05-12T20:05:46Z")
Royalty killed or mortally wounded in battle. 1. Richard I “The Lionhearted” 2. Harold Godwinson 3. James IV of Scotland 4. Harald “Hardrada” (of Norway, fell vs Harold Godwinson at Stamfordbrdige 19 days before Hastings) 5. Sigeberht, King of East Anglia, who didn’t even want to fight 6. Carl XII of Sweden (google him for photos of his still-preserved skull showing the fatal bullet wound) 7. Indulf, King of the Scots 8. Gustavus Adolphus 9. Macbeth 10. Constantine XI Dragasēs Palaiologos, last Emperor of Byzantium. 11. Richard III of England 12. Leonidas, King of Sparta ---
**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:** [May 13, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5385 "2011-05-13T03:17:41Z")
Royalty killed or mortally wounded in battle. 1. Richard I “The Lionhearted” 2. Harold Godwinson 3. James IV of Scotland 4. Harald “Hardrada” (of Norway, fell vs Harold Godwinson at Stamfordbrdige 19 days before Hastings) 5. Sigeberht, King of East Anglia, who didn’t even want to fight 6. Carl XII of Sweden (google him for photos of his still-preserved skull showing the fatal bullet wound) 7. Indulf, King of the Scots 8. Gustavus Adolphus 9. Macbeth 10. Constantine XI Dragasēs Palaiologos, last Emperor of Byzantium. 11. Richard III of England 12. Leonidas, King of Sparta 13. James III of Scotland New Category: Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5386 "2011-05-13T03:23:35Z")
Royalty killed or mortally wounded in battle. New Category: Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien ---
**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:** [May 13, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5387 "2011-05-13T03:40:43Z")
New Category: Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien 3. Mackenzie King The longest serving democratically elected head of government in history. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5388 "2011-05-13T06:20:23Z")
New Category: Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien 3. Mackenzie King 4. Brian Mulroney ---
**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:** [May 13, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5389 "2011-05-13T15:50:21Z")
New Category: Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien 3. Mackenzie King 4. Brian Mulroney 5. John Diefenbaker ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5390 "2011-05-13T16:11:03Z")
Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien 3. Mackenzie King 4. Brian Mulroney 5. John Diefenbaker 6. Lester Pearson ---
**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:** [May 13, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5391 "2011-05-13T16:18:53Z")
Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien 3. Mackenzie King 4. Brian Mulroney 5. John Diefenbaker 6. Lester Pearson 7. Sir John A. Macdonald The first to hold the post. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5392 "2011-05-13T18:16:49Z")
Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien 3. Mackenzie King 4. Brian Mulroney 5. John Diefenbaker 6. Lester Pearson 7. Sir John A. Macdonald 8. Kim Campbell Only female PM to date. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5393 "2011-05-13T20:08:32Z")
Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien 3. Mackenzie King 4. Brian Mulroney 5. John Diefenbaker 6. Lester Pearson 7. Sir John A. Macdonald 8. Kim Campbell 9. Sir Wilfrid Laurier ---
**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:** [May 13, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5394 "2011-05-13T20:22:46Z")
Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien 3. Mackenzie King 4. Brian Mulroney 5. John Diefenbaker 6. Lester Pearson 7. Sir John A. Macdonald 8. Kim Campbell 9. Sir Wilfrid Laurier 10. Stephen Harper The incumbent, just given an outright parliamentary majority by the voters. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5395 "2011-05-14T04:44:11Z")
Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien 3. Mackenzie King 4. Brian Mulroney 5. John Diefenbaker 6. Lester Pearson 7. Sir John A. Macdonald 8. Kim Campbell 9. Sir Wilfrid Laurier 10. Stephen Harper 11. Joe Clark Not the same man as the high school principal played by Morgan Freeman in _Lean on Me_. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5396 "2011-05-14T15:01:53Z")
Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien 3. Mackenzie King 4. Brian Mulroney 5. John Diefenbaker 6. Lester Pearson 7. Sir John A. Macdonald 8. Kim Campbell 9. Sir Wilfrid Laurier 10. Stephen Harper 11. Joe Clark 12. Paul Martin ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5397 "2011-05-14T16:24:30Z")
Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien 3. Mackenzie King 4. Brian Mulroney 5. John Diefenbaker 6. Lester Pearson 7. Sir John A. Macdonald 8. Kim Campbell 9. Sir Wilfrid Laurier 10. Stephen Harper 11. Joe Clark 12. Paul Martin 13. Alexander Mackenzie Next Category: Saturday Morning TV Shows of the 1970s and 1980s 14. [Korg 70,000 BC](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdB136EFcg4) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5398 "2011-05-14T16:57:22Z")
Prime Ministers of Canada 1. Pierre Elliot Trudeau 2. Jean Chrétien 3. Mackenzie King 4. Brian Mulroney 5. John Diefenbaker 6. Lester Pearson 7. Sir John A. Macdonald 8. Kim Campbell 9. Sir Wilfrid Laurier 10. Stephen Harper 11. Joe Clark 12. Paul Martin 13. Alexander Mackenzie Next Category: Saturday Morning TV Shows of the 1970s and 1980s 14. [Korg 70,000 BC](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdB136EFcg4) 15. Electra Woman and Dyna Girl ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5399 "2011-05-14T17:10:39Z")
Next Category: Saturday Morning TV Shows of the 1970s and 1980s 1. [Korg 70,000 BC](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdB136EFcg4) 2. Electra Woman and Dyna Girl 3. The New Adventures of Flash Gordon ([intro](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stDiCngyI7E)) ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5400 "2011-05-14T20:32:48Z")
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