# 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:** 3242
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64828 "2019-03-27T21:06:34Z")
If I could look like any famous person of the opposite gender I’d choose… 1. David Tennant 2. Christina Hendricks 3. Tracie Ellis Ross 4. Jenna Coleman 5. Keira Knightley 6. Daniel Day-Lewis 7. Lucy Liu 8. Leighton Meester 9. Kate Upton ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64829 "2019-03-27T21:18:22Z")
If I could look like any famous person of the opposite gender I’d choose… 1. David Tennant 2. Christina Hendricks 3. Tracie Ellis Ross 4. Jenna Coleman 5. Keira Knightley 6. Daniel Day-Lewis 7. Lucy Liu 8. Leighton Meester 9. Kate Upton 10. Mollie Hemingway (conservative commentator) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64830 "2019-03-27T22:28:36Z")
If I could look like any famous person of the opposite gender I’d choose… 1. David Tennant 2. Christina Hendricks 3. Tracie Ellis Ross 4. Jenna Coleman 5. Keira Knightley 6. Daniel Day-Lewis 7. Lucy Liu 8. Leighton Meester 9. Kate Upton 10. Mollie Hemingway 11. Alicia Witt ---
**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:** [March 27, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64831 "2019-03-27T22:40:33Z")
If I could look like any famous person of the opposite gender I’d choose… 1. David Tennant 2. Christina Hendricks 3. Tracie Ellis Ross 4. Jenna Coleman 5. Keira Knightley 6. Daniel Day-Lewis 7. Lucy Liu 8. Leighton Meester 9. Kate Upton 10. Mollie Hemingway 11. Alicia Witt 12. Anna Kendrick ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64832 "2019-03-28T00:22:12Z")
If I could look like any famous person of the opposite gender I’d choose… 1. David Tennant 2. Christina Hendricks 3. Tracie Ellis Ross 4. Jenna Coleman 5. Keira Knightley 6. Daniel Day-Lewis 7. Lucy Liu 8. Leighton Meester 9. Kate Upton 10. Mollie Hemingway 11. Alicia Witt 12. Anna Kendrick 13. Pierce Brosnan New: Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany ---
**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:** [March 28, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64833 "2019-03-28T01:39:07Z")
Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany 2. Lorne Michaels, Canada Yeah, I know, but the influence in comedy in the USA from Saturday Night Live cannot be understated. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64834 "2019-03-28T01:46:57Z")
Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany 2. Lorne Michaels, Canada 3. Levi Strauss, Germany ---
**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:** [March 28, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64835 "2019-03-28T02:46:07Z")
Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany 2. Lorne Michaels, Canada 3. Levi Strauss, Germany 4. Charlie Chaplin, United Kingdom ---
**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:** [March 28, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64836 "2019-03-28T02:55:49Z")
Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany 2. Lorne Michaels, Canada 3. Levi Strauss, Germany 4. Charlie Chaplin, United Kingdom 5. John James Audubon, Haiti ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64837 "2019-03-28T03:02:48Z")
Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany 2. Lorne Michaels, Canada 3. Levi Strauss, Germany 4. Charlie Chaplin, United Kingdom 5. John James Audubon, Haiti 6. Nikola Tesla, modern-day Croatia ---
**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:** [March 28, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64838 "2019-03-28T04:13:48Z")
Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany 2. Lorne Michaels, Canada 3. Levi Strauss, Germany 4. Charlie Chaplin, United Kingdom 5. John James Audubon, Haiti 6. Nikola Tesla, modern-day Croatia 7. Marquis de Lafayette, France He eventually returned to his native country, but made an important contribution while here, and in 2002 was granted honorary US citizenship: [Honorary citizenship of the United States - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_citizenship_of_the_United_States) ---
**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:** [March 28, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64839 "2019-03-28T04:19:08Z")
Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany 2. Lorne Michaels, Canada 3. Levi Strauss, Germany 4. Charlie Chaplin, United Kingdom 5. John James Audubon, Haiti 6. Nikola Tesla, modern-day Croatia 7. Marquis de Lafayette, France 8. Elaine Chao, Taiwan ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64840 "2019-03-28T04:39:52Z")
Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany 2. Lorne Michaels, Canada 3. Levi Strauss, Germany 4. Charlie Chaplin, United Kingdom 5. John James Audubon, Haiti 6. Nikola Tesla, modern-day Croatia 7. Marquis de Lafayette, France 8. Elaine Chao, Taiwan 9. Alexander Hamilton, Nevis ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64841 "2019-03-28T06:32:00Z")
Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany 2. Lorne Michaels, Canada 3. Levi Strauss, Germany 4. Charlie Chaplin, United Kingdom 5. John James Audubon, Haiti 6. Nikola Tesla, modern-day Croatia 7. Marquis de Lafayette, France 8. Elaine Chao, Taiwan 9. Alexander Hamilton, Nevis 10. Peter Lorre, Hungary Known for _The Maltese Falcon_, _Casablanca_, and _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_, among many others. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64842 "2019-03-28T06:58:09Z")
Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany 2. Lorne Michaels, Canada 3. Levi Strauss, Germany 4. Charlie Chaplin, United Kingdom 5. John James Audubon, Haiti 6. Nikola Tesla, modern-day Croatia 7. Marquis de Lafayette, France 8. Elaine Chao, Taiwan 9. Alexander Hamilton, Nevis 10. Peter Lorre, Hungary 11. Jhumpa Lahiri, born in England to Indian parents winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000 ---
**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:** [March 28, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64843 "2019-03-28T11:47:14Z")
Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany 2. Lorne Michaels, Canada 3. Levi Strauss, Germany 4. Charlie Chaplin, United Kingdom 5. John James Audubon, Haiti 6. Nikola Tesla, modern-day Croatia 7. Marquis de Lafayette, France 8. Elaine Chao, Taiwan 9. Alexander Hamilton, Nevis 10. Peter Lorre, Hungary 11. Jhumpa Lahiri, born in England to Indian parents 12. Casimir Pulaski, Poland (then Poland-Lithuania) Considered the “Father of the American Cavalry”, he was fatally wounded at the battle of Savannah. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64844 "2019-03-28T12:31:48Z")
Great immigrants to the U.S. with their country of origin 1. Albert Einstein, Germany 2. Lorne Michaels, Canada 3. Levi Strauss, Germany 4. Charlie Chaplin, United Kingdom 5. John James Audubon, Haiti 6. Nikola Tesla, modern-day Croatia 7. Marquis de Lafayette, France 8. Elaine Chao, Taiwan 9. Alexander Hamilton, Nevis 10. Peter Lorre, Hungary 11. Jhumpa Lahiri, born in England to Indian parents 12. Casimir Pulaski, Poland (then Poland-Lithuania) 13. Bob Hope, England Next pungent odors 1. wet dog ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64845 "2019-03-28T12:52:34Z")
Next pungent odors 1. wet dog 2. ammonia ---
**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:** [March 28, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64846 "2019-03-28T13:12:32Z")
Next pungent odors 1. wet dog 2. ammonia 3. rotten eggs ---
**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:** [March 28, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64847 "2019-03-28T13:22:55Z")
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