# 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:** 3016
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60307 "2018-07-19T09:30:57Z")
Fictional characters from classic works, A-M (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. Allan-a-Dale, Robin Hood 2. Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing, by Shakespeare 3. Cinderella 4. Dick Whittington 5. Elwood P. Dowd, Harvey 6. Huckleberry Finn 7. Jay Gatsby (aka Jay Gatz) 8. Joe Kavalier (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60308 "2018-07-19T11:59:42Z")
6 and 7 chose to use last names, MMM, so 8 should be H, not K. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60309 "2018-07-19T12:54:29Z")
Fictional characters from classic works, A-M (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. Allan-a-Dale, Robin Hood 2. Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing, by Shakespeare 3. Cinderella 4. Dick Whittington 5. Elwood P. Dowd, Harvey 6. Huckleberry Finn 7. Jay Gatsby (aka Jay Gatz) 8. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60310 "2018-07-19T13:13:37Z")
Fictional characters from classic works, A-M (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. Allan-a-Dale, Robin Hood 2. Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing, by Shakespeare 3. Cinderella 4. Dick Whittington 5. Elwood P. Dowd, Harvey 6. Huckleberry Finn 7. Jay Gatsby (aka Jay Gatz) 8. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 9. Icabod Crane, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ---
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Fictional characters from classic works, A-M (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. Allan-a-Dale, Robin Hood 2. Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing, by Shakespeare 3. Cinderella 4. Dick Whittington 5. Elwood P. Dowd, Harvey 6. Huckleberry Finn 7. Jay Gatsby (aka Jay Gatz) 8. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 9. Icabod Crane, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 10. Jean Valjean, Les Misérables ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60312 "2018-07-19T15:50:18Z")
Fictional characters from classic works, A-M (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. Allan-a-Dale, Robin Hood 2. Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing, by Shakespeare 3. Cinderella 4. Dick Whittington 5. Elwood P. Dowd, Harvey 6. Huckleberry Finn 7. Jay Gatsby (aka Jay Gatz) 8. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 9. Icabod Crane, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 10. Jean Valjean, Les Misérables 11. Klytemnestra, The Odyssey ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60313 "2018-07-19T16:19:51Z")
Fictional characters from classic works, A-M (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. Allan-a-Dale, Robin Hood 2. Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing, by Shakespeare 3. Cinderella 4. Dick Whittington 5. Elwood P. Dowd, Harvey 6. Huckleberry Finn 7. Jay Gatsby (aka Jay Gatz) 8. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 9. Icabod Crane, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 10. Jean Valjean, Les Misérables 11. Klytemnestra, The Odyssey 12. Laertes, Hamlet ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60314 "2018-07-19T19:43:58Z")
Fictional characters from classic works, A-M (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. Allan-a-Dale, Robin Hood 2. Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing, by Shakespeare 3. Cinderella 4. Dick Whittington 5. Elwood P. Dowd, Harvey 6. Huckleberry Finn 7. Jay Gatsby (aka Jay Gatz) 8. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 9. Icabod Crane, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 10. Jean Valjean, Les Misérables 11. Klytemnestra, The Odyssey 12. Laertes, Hamlet 13. Mercutio, Romeo & Juliet Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60315 "2018-07-19T19:51:33Z")
Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet 2. Othello, Othello ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60316 "2018-07-19T19:55:40Z")
Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet 2. Othello, Othello 3. Pantagruel, by Rabelais ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60317 "2018-07-19T19:59:31Z")
Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet 2. Othello, Othello 3. Pantagruel, by Rabelais 4. Queen Jadis of Charn - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrope ---
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Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet 2. Othello, Othello 3. Pantagruel, by Rabelais 4. Queen Jadis of Charn - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrope 5. Rupert of Hentzau, _The Prisoner of Zenda_ by Anthony Hope ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60319 "2018-07-19T20:12:33Z")
Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet 2. Othello, Othello 3. Pantagruel, by Rabelais 4. Queen Jadis of Charn - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrope 5. Rudolf Rassendyll, The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope 6. Scarlett O’Hara, Gone With The Wind ---
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Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet 2. Othello, Othello 3. Pantagruel, by Rabelais 4. Queen Jadis of Charn - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrope 5. Rudolf Rassendyll, The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope 6. Scarlett O’Hara, Gone With The Wind 7. Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer ---
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Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet 2. Othello, Othello 3. Pantagruel, by Rabelais 4. Queen Jadis of Charn - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrope 5. Rudolf Rassendyll, The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope 6. Scarlett O’Hara, Gone With The Wind 7. Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer 8. Uriah Heep, _David Copperfield_ ---
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Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet 2. Othello, Othello 3. Pantagruel, by Rabelais 4. Queen Jadis of Charn - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrope 5. Rudolf Rassendyll, The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope 6. Scarlett O’Hara, Gone With The Wind 7. Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer 8. Uriah Heep, _David Copperfield_ 9. Viola, Twelfth Night ---
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Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet 2. Othello, Othello 3. Pantagruel, by Rabelais 4. Queen Jadis of Charn - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrope 5. Rudolf Rassendyll, The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope 6. Scarlett O’Hara, Gone With The Wind 7. Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer 8. Uriah Heep, David Copperfield 9. Viola, Twelfth Night 10. Wotan, Der Ring des Nibelungen ---
**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:** [July 19, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60324 "2018-07-19T21:44:10Z")
Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet 2. Othello, Othello 3. Pantagruel, by Rabelais 4. Queen Jadis of Charn - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrope 5. Rudolf Rassendyll, The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope 6. Scarlett O’Hara, Gone With The Wind 7. Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer 8. Uriah Heep, David Copperfield 9. Viola, Twelfth Night 10. Wotan, Der Ring des Nibelungen 11. Xochiquetzal, Codex Borgia > **[Xōchiquetzal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xochiquetzal)** > > In Aztec mythology, Xochiquetzal (Classical Nahuatl: Xōchiquetzal \[ʃoːt͡ʃiˈket͡saɬ\]), also called Ichpochtli Classical Nahuatl: Ichpōchtli \[itʃˈpoːtʃtɬi\], meaning "maiden"), was a goddess associated with fertility, beauty, and love, serving as a protector of young mothers and a patroness of pregnancy, childbirth, and the crafts practiced by women such as weaving and embroidery. In pre-Hispanic Maya culture, a similar figure is Goddess I. > The name Xōchiquetzal is a compound of xōchitl (“flower”) ... ---
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Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet 2. Othello, Othello 3. Pantagruel, by Rabelais 4. Queen Jadis of Charn - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrope 5. Rudolf Rassendyll, The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope 6. Scarlett O’Hara, Gone With The Wind 7. Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer 8. Uriah Heep, David Copperfield 9. Viola, Twelfth Night 10. Wotan, Der Ring des Nibelungen 11. Xochiquetzal, Codex Borgia 12. Yossarian, **Catch-22** ---
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Fictional characters from classic works, N-Z (alphabetize according to first or last name, your choice) 1. The Nurse, Romeo & Juliet 2. Othello, Othello 3. Pantagruel, by Rabelais 4. Queen Jadis of Charn - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe 5. Rudolf Rassendyll, The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope 6. Scarlett O’Hara, Gone With The Wind 7. Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer 8. Uriah Heep, David Copperfield 9. Viola, Twelfth Night 10. Wotan, Der Ring des Nibelungen 11. Xochiquetzal, Codex Borgia 12. Yossarian, **Catch-22** 13. Zuleika Dobson, title character of Max Beerbohm’s novel: [Zuleika Dobson - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuleika_Dobson) Pass [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3015) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3017)