# 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:** 2980
**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 13, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59587 "2018-06-13T17:05:46Z")
Irish Oscar Winners 1. Peter O’ Toole (Lifetime Achievement 2003) 2. Robert De Niro (1974, 1980) 3. George Bernard Shaw [Best Adapted Screenplay for Pygmalion (1938)] De Niro was born in NYC. I’m not certain that’s what Monkey had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59588 "2018-06-13T17:05:55Z")
Irish Oscar Winners 1. Peter O’ Toole (lifetime Achievement 2003) 2. Robert De Niro (1974, 1980) 3.) Michèle Burke (1981, 1992) Best Make-up ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59589 "2018-06-13T17:17:03Z")
Irish Oscar Winners 1. Peter O’ Toole (lifetime Achievement 2003) 2. George Bernard Shaw (1938) 3.) Michèle Burke (1981, 1992) Best Make-up 4.) Barry Fitzgerald (1944) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59590 "2018-06-13T17:22:12Z")
Irish Oscar Winners 1. Peter O’ Toole (lifetime Achievement 2003) 2. George Bernard Shaw (1938) 3.) Michèle Burke (1981, 1992) Best Make-up 4.) Barry Fitzgerald (1944) 5.) Cedric Gibbons (11 Oscars 1930-1956) Art Direction Gibbons was also the guy who designed the ‘Oscar’ statuette. ---
**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 13, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59591 "2018-06-13T17:50:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not certain that’s what Monkey had in mind. I’ll await a ruling but I’ll note that Peter O’Toole was born outside Ireland so I figured he meant people of Irish ancestry. ---
**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 13, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59592 "2018-06-13T17:55:25Z")
Irish Oscar Winners 1. Peter O’ Toole (lifetime Achievement 2003) 2. George Bernard Shaw (1938) 3.) Michèle Burke (1981, 1992) Best Make-up 4.) Barry Fitzgerald (1944) 5.) Cedric Gibbons (11 Oscars 1930-1956) Art Direction 6.) Brenda Fricker (1989), Supporting Actress ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59593 "2018-06-13T17:59:52Z")
**Little Nemo** has a great point so I say let 'em rip! ---
**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 13, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59594 "2018-06-13T18:07:36Z")
Irish Oscar Winners 1. Peter O’ Toole (lifetime Achievement 2003) 2. George Bernard Shaw (1938) 3.) Michèle Burke (1981, 1992) Best Make-up 4.) Barry Fitzgerald (1944) 5.) Cedric Gibbons (11 Oscars 1930-1956) Art Direction 6.) Brenda Fricker (1989), Supporting Actress 7.) Maureen O’Hara (Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59595 "2018-06-13T18:15:01Z")
Irish Oscar Winners 1. Peter O’ Toole (lifetime Achievement 2003) 2. Robert De Niro (1974, 1980) 3. George Bernard Shaw (1938) 4.) Michèle Burke (1981, 1992) Best Make-up 5.) Barry Fitzgerald (1944) 6.) Cedric Gibbons (11 Oscars 1930-1956) Art Direction 7.) Brenda Fricker (1989), Supporting Actress 4. Maureen O’Hara (2014), Honorary Academy Award 5. Anjelica Huston, (1985), Supporting Actress ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59596 "2018-06-13T18:21:55Z")
Prof and I both posted Maureen O’Hara – great minds do think alike. ---
**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 13, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59597 "2018-06-13T18:24:07Z")
[quote=“Intergalactic\_Gladiator, post:59595, topic:549173”] Irish Oscar Winners 1. Peter O’ Toole (lifetime Achievement 2003) 2. Robert De Niro (1974, 1980) 3. George Bernard Shaw (1938) 4.) Michèle Burke (1981, 1992) Best Make-up 5.) Barry Fitzgerald (1944) 6.) Cedric Gibbons (11 Oscars 1930-1956) Art Direction 7.) Brenda Fricker (1989), Supporting Actress 4. Maureen O’Hara (2014), Honorary Academy Award 5. Anjelica Huston, (1985), Supporting Actress 10)Glen Hansard (2008), Song ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59598 "2018-06-13T18:24:45Z")
Irish Oscar Winners 1. Peter O’ Toole (lifetime Achievement 2003) 2. Robert De Niro (1974, 1980) 3. George Bernard Shaw (1938) 4.) Michèle Burke (1981, 1992) Best Make-up 5.) Barry Fitzgerald (1944) 6.) Cedric Gibbons (11 Oscars 1930-1956) Art Direction 7.) Brenda Fricker (1989), Supporting Actress 4. Maureen O’Hara (2014), Honorary Academy Award 5. Anjelica Huston, (1985), Supporting Actress 6. Daniel Day-Lewis, (1989.2007,013) Another adoptee of the Auld Sod ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59599 "2018-06-13T18:32:47Z")
Shoot, I botched my edit. If the next person can reinsert Glen Hansard? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59600 "2018-06-13T18:48:45Z")
Irish Oscar Winners 1. Peter O’ Toole (lifetime Achievement 2003) 2. Robert De Niro (1974, 1980) 3. George Bernard Shaw (1938) 4.) Michèle Burke (1981, 1992) Best Make-up 5.) Barry Fitzgerald (1944) 6.) Cedric Gibbons (11 Oscars 1930-1956) Art Direction 7.) Brenda Fricker (1989), Supporting Actress 4. Maureen O’Hara (2014), Honorary Academy Award 5. Anjelica Huston, (1985), Supporting Actress 10)Glen Hansard (2008), Song 6. Daniel Day-Lewis, (1989.2007,013) Another adoptee of the Auld Sod ---
**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 13, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59601 "2018-06-13T20:16:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’ll await a ruling but I’ll note that Peter O’Toole was born outside Ireland so I figured he meant people of Irish ancestry. “Just because one is born in a stable does not make one a horse.” - The Duke of Wellington, born in Dublin to Anglo-Irish parents (but considered himself English) Irish Oscar Winners 1. Peter O’ Toole (lifetime Achievement 2003) 2. Robert De Niro (1974, 1980) 3. George Bernard Shaw (1938) 4. Michèle Burke (1981, 1992) Best Make-up 5. Barry Fitzgerald (1944) 6. Cedric Gibbons (11 Oscars 1930-1956) Art Direction 7. Brenda Fricker (1989), Supporting Actress 8. Maureen O’Hara (2014), Honorary Academy Award 9. Anjelica Huston, (1985), Supporting Actress 10. Glen Hansard (2008), Song 11. Daniel Day-Lewis, (1989, 2007, 2013) Another adoptee of the Auld Sod 12. Josie MacAvin (1986), Best Art Direction, Out of Africa ---
**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 13, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59602 "2018-06-13T20:20:12Z")
Irish Oscar Winners 1. Peter O’ Toole (lifetime Achievement 2003) 2. Robert De Niro (1974, 1980) 3. George Bernard Shaw (1938) 4.) Michèle Burke (1981, 1992) Best Make-up 5.) Barry Fitzgerald (1944) 6.) Cedric Gibbons (11 Oscars 1930-1956) Art Direction 7.) Brenda Fricker (1989), Supporting Actress 4. Maureen O’Hara (2014), Honorary Academy Award 5. Anjelica Huston, (1985), Supporting Actress 10)Glen Hansard (2008), Song 6. Daniel Day-Lewis, (1989.2007,013) Another adoptee of the Auld Sod 7. Josie MacAvin (1986), Best Art Direction, Out of Africa 8. John Ford (Best Director, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) born in Maine as John Martin “Jack” Feeney, to parents born in Galway and the Aran Isles ---
**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 13, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59603 "2018-06-13T20:23:10Z")
New Category Polysyllabic words that rhyme with June 1. macaroon ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59604 "2018-06-13T20:29:27Z")
New Category Polysyllabic words that rhyme with June 1. macaroon 2. honeymoon ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59605 "2018-06-13T20:51:40Z")
Polysyllabic words that rhyme with June 1. macaroon 2. honeymoon 3. Saskatoon ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59606 "2018-06-13T20:54:41Z")
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