# 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:** 329
**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 18, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6562 "2011-07-18T13:23:49Z")
Successful high school dropouts 1. Quentin Tarantino 2. Corey Monteith (Glee) 3. Michael J. Fox ---
**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:** [July 18, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6563 "2011-07-18T13:26:13Z")
Successful high school dropouts 1. Quentin Tarantino 2. Corey Monteith (Glee) 3. Michael J. Fox 4. Kesha ---
**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:** [July 18, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6564 "2011-07-18T15:49:00Z")
Successful high school dropouts 1. Quentin Tarantino 2. Corey Monteith (Glee) 3. Michael J. Fox 4. Kesha 5. Tracy Morgan Morgan, with his gift for saying stupid things, credits dropping out of high school with his career success: \*“I’m glad I dropped out of high school, man. I wouldn’t be where I’m at. I would have had a net. I’m glad I didn’t have anything to fall back on, man, because that made me go for my dreams that much harder.” \* ---
**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:** [July 18, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6565 "2011-07-18T15:54:19Z")
Successful high school dropouts 1. Quentin Tarantino 2. Corey Monteith (Glee) 3. Michael J. Fox 4. Kesha 5. Tracy Morgan 6. Neil Peart, Rush drummer ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6566 "2011-07-18T15:55:52Z")
Successful high school dropouts 1. Quentin Tarantino 2. Corey Monteith (Glee) 3. Michael J. Fox 4. Kesha 5. Tracy Morgan 6. Daniel Negreanu (Pro Poker Player) ---
**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:** [July 18, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6567 "2011-07-18T16:00:04Z")
Successful high school dropouts 1. Quentin Tarantino 2. Corey Monteith (Glee) 3. Michael J. Fox 4. Kesha 5. Tracy Morgan 6. Neil Peart, Rush drummer 7. Daniel Negreanu (Pro Poker Player) 8. Jim Carrey ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6568 "2011-07-18T16:29:24Z")
Successful high school dropouts 1. Quentin Tarantino 2. Corey Monteith (Glee) 3. Michael J. Fox 4. Kesha 5. Tracy Morgan 6. Neil Peart, Rush drummer 7. Daniel Negreanu (Pro Poker Player) 8. Jim Carrey 9. Richard Branson ---
**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 18, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6569 "2011-07-18T19:46:54Z")
Successful high school dropouts 1. Quentin Tarantino 2. Corey Monteith (Glee) 3. Michael J. Fox 4. Kesha 5. Tracy Morgan 6. Neil Peart, Rush drummer 7. Daniel Negreanu (Pro Poker Player) 8. Jim Carrey 9. Richard Branson 10. Eminem Of course Wiki has a list… ---
**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:** [July 18, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6570 "2011-07-18T20:58:44Z")
Successful high school dropouts 1. Quentin Tarantino 2. Corey Monteith (Glee) 3. Michael J. Fox 4. Kesha 5. Tracy Morgan 6. Neil Peart, Rush drummer 7. Daniel Negreanu (Pro Poker Player) 8. Jim Carrey 9. Richard Branson 10. Eminem 11. Hillary Swank ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6571 "2011-07-18T21:19:22Z")
Successful high school dropouts 1. Quentin Tarantino 2. Corey Monteith (Glee) 3. Michael J. Fox 4. Kesha 5. Tracy Morgan 6. Neil Peart, Rush drummer 7. Daniel Negreanu (Pro Poker Player) 8. Jim Carrey 9. Richard Branson 10. Eminem 11. Hillary Swank 12. Peter Jennings ---
**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:** [July 18, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6572 "2011-07-18T21:36:25Z")
Successful high school dropouts 1. Quentin Tarantino 2. Corey Monteith (Glee) 3. Michael J. Fox 4. Kesha 5. Tracy Morgan 6. Neil Peart, Rush drummer 7. Daniel Negreanu (Pro Poker Player) 8. Jim Carrey 9. Richard Branson 10. Eminem 11. Hillary Swank 12. Peter Jennings 13. Frank Lloyd Wright New Category - Other moons, with the names of their planets. 1. Triton; Neptune ---
**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:** [July 18, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6573 "2011-07-18T21:49:01Z")
New Category - Other moons, with the names of their planets. 1. Triton; Neptune 2. Io; Jupiter such a cool name. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6574 "2011-07-18T22:51:20Z")
New Category - Other moons, with the names of their planets. 1. Triton; Neptune 2. Io; Jupiter 3. Enceladus; Saturn Another cool name 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6575 "2011-07-18T22:54:09Z")
New Category - Other moons, with the names of their planets. 1. Triton; Neptune 2. Io; Jupiter 3. Enceladus; Saturn 4. Phobos: Mars ---
**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, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6576 "2011-07-19T00:52:53Z")
Other moons, with the names of their planets 1. Triton; Neptune 2. Io; Jupiter 3. Enceladus; Saturn 4. Phobos: Mars 5. Charon; Pluto An interesting comparison chart: [http://www.deepfly.org/TheNeighborhood/TerrestrialExtraterrestrials1.jpg](http://www.deepfly.org/TheNeighborhood/TerrestrialExtraterrestrials1.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6577 "2011-07-19T00:56:38Z")
New Category - Other moons, with the names of their planets. 1. Triton; Neptune 2. Io; Jupiter 3. Enceladus; Saturn 4. Phobos: Mars 5. Charon; Pluto 6. Ganymede: Jupiter Largest moon in the solar system (larger than the planet Mercury). ---
**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:** [July 19, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6578 "2011-07-19T01:12:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. Charon; Pluto I’m glad I’m not the only one around here old enough to think of Pluto as a planet… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6579 "2011-07-19T01:41:33Z")
New Category - Other moons, with the names of their planets. 1. Triton; Neptune 2. Io; Jupiter 3. Enceladus; Saturn 4. Phobos: Mars 5. Charon; Pluto 6. Ganymede: Jupiter 7. Oberon, Uranus ---
**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, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6580 "2011-07-19T02:15:07Z")
**Ministre** : “Dwarf planet,” bah, humbug! Other moons, with the names of their planets 1. Triton; Neptune 2. Io; Jupiter 3. Enceladus; Saturn 4. Phobos: Mars 5. Charon; Pluto 6. Ganymede: Jupiter 7. Oberon, Uranus 8. Deimos; Mars ---
**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:** [July 19, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6581 "2011-07-19T02:39:07Z")
Other moons, with the names of their planets 1. Triton; Neptune 2. Io; Jupiter 3. Enceladus; Saturn 4. Phobos: Mars 5. Charon; Pluto 6. Ganymede: Jupiter 7. Oberon, Uranus 8. Deimos; Mars 9. Weywot: Quaoar The solar system has changed a lot since I was in school. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=328) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=330)