# 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:** 356
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7102 "2011-08-25T02:31:50Z")
Political spouses that are hot 1. Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden 2. Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Keebler elf Dennis Kucinich 3. Carla Bruni, wife of Sarkozy, president of France 4. Michelle Obama, First Lady of the U.S. 5. Jeri Thompson, wife of former Senator Fred Thompson 6. Samantha Cameron, wife of the British prime minister 7. Linda Schatz, wife of Hawaiian Lt Gov Brian Schatz 8. ex-Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (I assume old pictures are allowed) [Anne-Marie](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Queen+Anne-Marie+of+Greece&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7ADRA_en&biw=1024&bih=596&tbm=isch&tbnid=JvhKq4ApvnBTCM:&imgrefurl=http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php/Anne-Marie_of_Greece&docid=4rjLGFb9G9FljM&w=300&h=435&ei=0bJVTqGDAef20gHd3_DTAg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=360&page=1&tbnh=132&tbnw=90&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=79&ty=74) ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7103 "2011-08-25T02:58:17Z")
Political spouses that are hot 1. Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden 2. Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Keebler elf Dennis Kucinich 3. Carla Bruni, wife of Sarkozy, president of France 4. Michelle Obama, First Lady of the U.S. 5. Jeri Thompson, wife of former Senator Fred Thompson 6. Samantha Cameron, wife of the British prime minister 7. Linda Schatz, wife of Hawaiian Lt Gov Brian Schatz 8. ex-Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (I assume old pictures are allowed) [Anne-Marie](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Queen+Anne-Marie+of+Greece&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7ADRA_en&biw=1024&bih=596&tbm=isch&tbnid=JvhKq4ApvnBTCM:&imgrefurl=http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php/Anne-Marie_of_Greece&docid=4rjLGFb9G9FljM&w=300&h=435&ei=0bJVTqGDAef20gHd3_DTAg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=360&page=1&tbnh=132&tbnw=90&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=79&ty=74) 9. [Asma Al-Assad](http://www.google.com/search?q=asma+al-assad&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=ivnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ZrlVToKIMISctwes_-mPAg&ved=0CBkQsAQ&biw=1406&bih=696), First Lady of Syria ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7104 "2011-08-25T03:04:17Z")
Political spouses that are hot 1. Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden 2. Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Keebler elf Dennis Kucinich 3. Carla Bruni, wife of Sarkozy, president of France 4. Michelle Obama, First Lady of the U.S. 5. Jeri Thompson, wife of former Senator Fred Thompson 6. Samantha Cameron, wife of the British prime minister 7. Linda Schatz, wife of Hawaiian Lt Gov Brian Schatz 8. ex-Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (I assume old pictures are allowed) [Anne-Marie](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Queen+Anne-Marie+of+Greece&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7ADRA_en&biw=1024&bih=596&tbm=isch&tbnid=JvhKq4ApvnBTCM:&imgrefurl=http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php/Anne-Marie_of_Greece&docid=4rjLGFb9G9FljM&w=300&h=435&ei=0bJVTqGDAef20gHd3_DTAg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=360&page=1&tbnh=132&tbnw=90&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=79&ty=74) 9. [Asma Al-Assad](http://www.google.com/search?q=asma+al-assad&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=ivnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ZrlVToKIMISctwes_-mPAg&ved=0CBkQsAQ&biw=1406&bih=696), First Lady of Syria 10. [Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan](http://interqueens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Queen-Rania-of-Jordan.jpg) If we’re including royalty. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7105 "2011-08-25T13:12:28Z")
Political spouses that are hot 1. Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden 2. Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Keebler elf Dennis Kucinich 3. Carla Bruni, wife of Sarkozy, president of France 4. Michelle Obama, First Lady of the U.S. 5. Jeri Thompson, wife of former Senator Fred Thompson 6. Samantha Cameron, wife of the British prime minister 7. Linda Schatz, wife of Hawaiian Lt Gov Brian Schatz 8. Laurie Coleman, wife of Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman 9. ex-Queen Anne-Marie of Greece 10. Asma Al-Assad, First Lady of Syria 11. Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan 12. Mary Kaye Huntsman, wife of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman [http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette\_impact/2009/04/large\_0130750\_2.jpg](http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette_impact/2009/04/large_0130750_2.jpg) ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7106 "2011-08-25T13:21:28Z")
Political spouses that are hot 1. Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden 2. Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Keebler elf Dennis Kucinich 3. Carla Bruni, wife of Sarkozy, president of France 4. Michelle Obama, First Lady of the U.S. 5. Jeri Thompson, wife of former Senator Fred Thompson 6. Samantha Cameron, wife of the British prime minister 7. Linda Schatz, wife of Hawaiian Lt Gov Brian Schatz 8. Laurie Coleman, wife of Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman 9. ex-Queen Anne-Marie of Greece 10. Asma Al-Assad, First Lady of Syria 11. Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan 12. Mary Kaye Huntsman, wife of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman 13. [Mark Kelly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kelly_(astronaut)), husband of Gabrielle Giffords (just to get a man on the list). Next up: Politicos who survived assasscination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7107 "2011-08-25T13:28:27Z")
Politicos who survived assassination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords 2. Ronald Reagan ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7108 "2011-08-25T16:02:41Z")
Politicos who survived assassination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Andrew Jackson ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7109 "2011-08-25T17:54:21Z")
Politicos who survived assassination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Andrew Jackson 4. Gerald Ford ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7110 "2011-08-25T18:34:47Z")
Politicos who survived assassination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Andrew Jackson 4. Gerald Ford 5. King James I of England ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7111 "2011-08-25T19:25:40Z")
Politicos who survived assassination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Andrew Jackson 4. Gerald Ford 5. King James I of England 6. Theodore Roosevelt ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7112 "2011-08-25T19:26:59Z")
Politicos who survived assassination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Andrew Jackson 4. Gerald Ford 5. King James I of England 6. Theodore Roosevelt 7. Dick Cheney ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7113 "2011-08-25T20:01:57Z")
Politicos who survived assassination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Andrew Jackson 4. Gerald Ford 5. King James I of England 6. Theodore Roosevelt 7. Dick Cheney 8. John F. Kennedy > **[Richard Paul Pavlick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Paul_Pavlick)** > > Richard Paul Pavlick (February 13, 1887 – November 11, 1975) was a retired postal worker from New Hampshire who stalked Senator and U.S. president-elect John F. Kennedy, with the intent of assassinating him. On December 11, 1960, in Palm Beach, Florida, Pavlick positioned himself to carry out the assassination by blowing up Kennedy and himself with dynamite, but delayed the attempt because Kennedy was with his wife Jacqueline and their two young children. > He was arrested before he was able Pavli... ---
**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:** [August 25, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7114 "2011-08-25T22:25:22Z")
Politicos who survived assassination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Andrew Jackson 4. Gerald Ford 5. King James I of England 6. Theodore Roosevelt 7. Dick Cheney 8. John F. Kennedy 9. V.I. Lenin ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7115 "2011-08-25T22:35:27Z")
Politicos who survived assassination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Andrew Jackson 4. Gerald Ford 5. King James I of England 6. Theodore Roosevelt 7. Dick Cheney 8. John F. Kennedy 9. V.I. Lenin 10. Adolf Hitler ---
**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:** [August 26, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7116 "2011-08-26T01:54:52Z")
Politicos who survived assassination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Andrew Jackson 4. Gerald Ford 5. King James I of England 6. Theodore Roosevelt 7. Dick Cheney 8. John F. Kennedy 9. V.I. Lenin 10. Adolf Hitler 11. Saddam Hussein ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7117 "2011-08-26T02:32:14Z")
Politicos who survived assassination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Andrew Jackson 4. Gerald Ford 5. King James I of England 6. Theodore Roosevelt 7. Dick Cheney 8. John F. Kennedy 9. V.I. Lenin 10. Adolf Hitler 11. Saddam Hussein 12. Franklin D. Roosevelt (though [Anton Cermak](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Cermak) wasn’t so lucky) ---
**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:** [August 26, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7118 "2011-08-26T02:53:55Z")
Politicos who survived assassination attempts. 1. Gabrielle Giffords 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Andrew Jackson 4. Gerald Ford 5. King James I of England 6. Theodore Roosevelt 7. Dick Cheney 8. John F. Kennedy 9. V.I. Lenin 10. Adolf Hitler 11. Saddam Hussein 12. Franklin D. Roosevelt (though Anton Cermak wasn’t so lucky) 13. George W. Bush > **[List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots | George W. Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts#George_W._Bush)** > > 1.May 10, 2005: While President Bush was giving a speech in the Freedom Square in Tbilisi, Georgia, Vladimir Arutyunian threw a live Soviet-made RGD-5 hand grenade toward the podium. The grenade had its pin pulled, but did not explode because a red tartan handkerchief was wrapped tightly around it, preventing the safety lever from detaching. After escaping that day, Arutyunian was arrested in July 2005. During his arrest, he killed an Interior Ministry agent. He was convicted in January 2006 Next category: Favorite paintings, with links 1. “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,” John Trumbull > **[Surrender of Lord Cornwallis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Lord_Cornwallis)** > > The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis is an oil painting by John Trumbull. The painting, which was completed in 1820, now hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. > The painting depicts the surrender of British Lieutenant General Charles, Earl Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781, ending the Siege of Yorktown, which virtually guaranteed American independence. Included in the depiction are many leaders of the American troops that took part in the Siege of Yo... ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7119 "2011-08-26T02:58:23Z")
Next category: Favorite paintings, with links 1. “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,” John Trumbull > **[Surrender of Lord Cornwallis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Lord_Cornwallis)** > > The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis is an oil painting by John Trumbull. The painting, which was completed in 1820, now hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. > The painting depicts the surrender of British Lieutenant General Charles, Earl Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781, ending the Siege of Yorktown, which virtually guaranteed American independence. Included in the depiction are many leaders of the American troops that took part in the Siege of Yo... 1. “The Cotton Market, New Orleans” – [Edgar Degas](http://www.suite101.com/view_image_articles.cfm/596819) ---
**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:** [August 26, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7120 "2011-08-26T03:01:43Z")
Favorite paintings, with links 1. “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,” John Trumbull 2. “The Cotton Market, New Orleans” – Edgar Degas 3. “Portrait of Madame X,” John Singer Sargent > **[Portrait of Madame X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Madame_X)** > > Madame X or Portrait of Madame X is a portrait painting by John Singer Sargent of a young socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wife of the French banker Pierre Gautreau. Madame X was painted not as a commission, but at the request of Sargent. It is a study in opposition. Sargent shows a woman posing in a black satin dress with jeweled straps, a dress that reveals and hides at the same time. The portrait is characterized by the pale flesh tone of the subject contrasted against a dark-col Th... ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7121 "2011-08-26T05:33:05Z")
Favorite paintings, with links 1. “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,” John Trumbull 2. “The Cotton Market, New Orleans” – Edgar Degas 3. “Portrait of Madame X,” John Singer Sargent 4. [“Composition Number 8”](http://www.vanseodesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kandinsky-composition-8.jpg) Vasily Kandinsky [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=355) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=357)