# 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:** 306
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6101 "2011-06-20T20:06:07Z")
New category - Sanguivorous creatures 1. Head Lice Pediculus humanus 2. Common vampire bats Desmodus rotundus 3. Vampires 4.Female mosquito 4. Ticks (family Ixodida, many different varieties) 5. Fleas (Order Siphonaptera) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6102 "2011-06-20T21:05:38Z")
New category - Sanguivorous creatures 1. Head Lice Pediculus humanus 2. Common vampire bats Desmodus rotundus 3. Vampires 4. Female mosquito 5. Ticks (family Ixodida, many different varieties) 6. Fleas (Order Siphonaptera) 7. leeches I was going to type greedy lawyers or vengeful ex-spouses, but I’m assuming that’s not what we’re going for here ---
**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:** [June 20, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6103 "2011-06-20T21:13:41Z")
New category - Sanguivorous creatures 1. Head Lice Pediculus humanus 2. Common vampire bats Desmodus rotundus 3. Vampires 4. Female mosquito 5. Ticks (family Ixodida, many different varieties) 6. Fleas (Order Siphonaptera) 7. leeches 8. Bed bugs (Order Hemiptera) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6104 "2011-06-21T00:02:17Z")
New category - Sanguivorous creatures 1. Head Lice Pediculus humanus 2. Common vampire bats Desmodus rotundus 3. Vampires 4. Female mosquito 5. Ticks (family Ixodida, many different varieties) 6. Fleas (Order Siphonaptera) 7. leeches 8. Bed bugs (Order Hemiptera) 9. Phlebotomist ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6105 "2011-06-21T02:17:19Z")
Since “5” was somehow skipped on this list, I’m rounding it out: Fictional Characters named John 1. “Trapper” John McIntyre 2. John Bigboote, John Smallberries, John Parker, John Icicle Boy, John Ya Ya et al from Buckaroo Banzai 3. John Doe (from just about any crime show with an unknown male murder victim) 4. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt **5. John Galt (_Atlas Shrugged_)** 5. Doctor John H. Watson (alias James) 6. Little John (Robin Hood) 7. John Sheridan (Babylon 5) 8. Johnny B. Goode 9. Prester John 10. John Doe, bad guy in Se7en 11. Johnny Slash from “Square Pegs” 12. D. I. John Rebus from the Ian Rankin novels. ---
**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 21, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6106 "2011-06-21T04:37:21Z")
New category - Sanguivorous creatures 1. Head Lice Pediculus humanus 2. Common vampire bats Desmodus rotundus 3. Vampires 4. Female mosquito 5. Ticks (family Ixodida, many different varieties) 6. Fleas (Order Siphonaptera) 7. leeches 8. Bed bugs (Order Hemiptera) 9. Phlebotomist 10. Lampreys ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6107 "2011-06-21T08:09:07Z")
Sanguivorous creatures 1. Head Lice Pediculus humanus 2. Common vampire bats Desmodus rotundus 3. Vampires 4. Female mosquito 5. Ticks (family Ixodida, many different varieties) 6. Fleas (Order Siphonaptera) 7. leeches 8. Bed bugs (Order Hemiptera) 9. Phlebotomist 10. Lampreys 11. [Finches](http://www.darkbanquet.com/info.php?page=finches&sid=db3e9b111aebf6dcfdeff8563afaae7e), apparently. Ignorance fought for this Zoology major. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6108 "2011-06-21T11:49:16Z")
Sanguivorous creatures 1. Head Lice Pediculus humanus 2. Common vampire bats Desmodus rotundus 3. Vampires 4. Female mosquito 5. Ticks (family Ixodida, many different varieties) 6. Fleas (Order Siphonaptera) 7. leeches 8. Bed bugs (Order Hemiptera) 9. Phlebotomist 10. Lampreys 11. [Finches](http://www.darkbanquet.com/info.php?page=finches&sid=db3e9b111aebf6dcfdeff8563afaae7e), apparently. 12. Black Flies ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6109 "2011-06-21T13:44:30Z")
Sanguivorous creatures 1. Head Lice Pediculus humanus 2. Common vampire bats Desmodus rotundus 3. Vampires 4. Female mosquito 5. Ticks (family Ixodida, many different varieties) 6. Fleas (Order Siphonaptera) 7. leeches 8. Bed bugs (Order Hemiptera) 9. Phlebotomist 10. Lampreys 11. Finches, apparently. 12. Black Flies 13. Biting midges Rulers who were executed (during or after their rule) 14. King Louis XVI, France ---
**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 21, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6110 "2011-06-21T13:45:30Z")
Rulers who were executed (during or after their rule) 1. King Louis XVI, France 2. Charles I, England ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6111 "2011-06-21T13:48:29Z")
Rulers who were executed (during or after their rule) 1. King Louis XVI, France 2. Charles I, England 3. Saddam Hussein ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6112 "2011-06-21T14:04:40Z")
Rulers who were executed (during or after their rule) 1. King Louis XVI, France 2. Charles I, England 3. Saddam Hussein 4. Nicholas II, Russia _(Seen some of his palaces. Not surprised that the Revolution happened.)_ ---
**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:** [June 21, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6113 "2011-06-21T14:43:38Z")
Rulers who were executed (during or after their rule) 1. King Louis XVI, France 2. Charles I, England 3. Saddam Hussein 4. Nicholas II, Russia 5. Marie Antoinette, France ---
**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 21, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6114 "2011-06-21T15:55:11Z")
Rulers who were executed (during or after their rule) 1. King Louis XVI, France 2. Charles I, England 3. Saddam Hussein 4. Nicholas II, Russia 5. Marie Antoinette, France 6. Benito Mussolini, Italy ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6115 "2011-06-21T18:29:49Z")
Rulers who were executed (during or after their rule) 1. King Louis XVI, France 2. Charles I, England 3. Saddam Hussein 4. Nicholas II, Russia 5. Marie Antoinette, France 6. Benito Mussolini, Italy 7. Atahualpa, Inca empire ---
**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 21, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6116 "2011-06-21T19:33:28Z")
Rulers who were executed (during or after their rule) 1. King Louis XVI, France 2. Charles I, England 3. Saddam Hussein 4. Nicholas II, Russia 5. Marie Antoinette, France 6. Benito Mussolini, Italy 7. Atahualpa, Inca empire 8. Vidkun Quisling, Norway > **[Vidkun Quisling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling)** > > Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (/ˈkwɪzlɪŋ/, Norwegian: \[ˈvɪ̂dkʉn ˈkvɪ̂slɪŋ\] (listen); 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who nominally headed the government of Norway during the country's occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II. > He first came to international prominence as a close collaborator of the explorer Fridtjof Nansen, and through organising humanitarian relief during the Russian famine of 1921 in Povolzhye.... ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6117 "2011-06-21T20:14:49Z")
Rulers who were executed (during or after their rule) 1. King Louis XVI, France 2. Charles I, England 3. Saddam Hussein 4. Nicholas II, Russia 5. Marie Antoinette, France 6. Benito Mussolini, Italy 7. Atahualpa, Inca empire 8. Vidkun Quisling, Norway 9. Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian communist (and what a cheery Christmas that was) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6118 "2011-06-21T22:47:55Z")
Rulers who were executed (during or after their rule) 1. King Louis XVI, France 2. Charles I, England 3. Saddam Hussein 4. Nicholas II, Russia 5. Marie Antoinette, France 6. Benito Mussolini, Italy 7. Atahualpa, Inca empire 8. Vidkun Quisling, Norway 9. Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian communist (and what a cheery Christmas that was) 10. Mary I, of Scotland ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6119 "2011-06-21T23:07:12Z")
Rulers who were executed (during or after their rule) 1. King Louis XVI, France 2. Charles I, England 3. Saddam Hussein 4. Nicholas II, Russia 5. Marie Antoinette, France 6. Benito Mussolini, Italy 7. Atahualpa, Inca empire 8. Vidkun Quisling, Norway 9. Nicolae Ceaușescu 10. Mary I, of Scotland 11. Hafizullah Amin (Soviet backed president of Afghanistan) ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6120 "2011-06-22T07:13:00Z")
Rulers who were executed (during or after their rule) 1. King Louis XVI, France 2. Charles I, England 3. Saddam Hussein 4. Nicholas II, Russia 5. Marie Antoinette, France 6. Benito Mussolini, Italy 7. Atahualpa, Inca empire 8. Vidkun Quisling, Norway 9. Nicolae Ceaușescu 10. Mary I, of Scotland 11. Hafizullah Amin (Soviet backed president of Afghanistan) 12. Grigory Zinoviev (Politburo member at the time of Lenin’s death, and so one of several co-rulers of the USSR. Purged 1936) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=305) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=307)