# 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:** 399
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7962 "2011-10-10T05:18:55Z")
Black and white sitcoms 1. The Dick Van Dyke Show 2. The Honeymooners 3. I Love Lucy 4. Diff’rent Strokes 5. Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet 6. The Addams Family 7. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 8. Steptoe and Son 9. Gidget 10. My Three Sons 11. Car 54, Where Are You? 12. Life of Riley 13. I Married Joan Next up: Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler Note: “many people” doesn’t have to mean “many _smart_ people” or “most people”. Stalin did not accept Hitler’s death, or at least publicly said he did not. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7963 "2011-10-10T12:54:34Z")
Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Jim Morrison Note: “many people” doesn’t have to mean “many smart people” or “most people”. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7964 "2011-10-10T12:56:56Z")
Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ken Lay ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7965 "2011-10-10T14:25:56Z")
Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ken Lay 4. Paul McCartney (well sort of) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7966 "2011-10-10T14:55:57Z")
Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ken Lay 4. Paul McCartney (well sort of) 5. Elvis Presley ---
**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:** [October 10, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7967 "2011-10-10T14:56:31Z")
Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ken Lay 4. Paul McCartney (well sort of) 5. Elvis Presley 6. Hyapatia Lee ---
**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:** [October 10, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7968 "2011-10-10T15:12:32Z")
Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ken Lay 4. Paul McCartney (well sort of) 5. Elvis Presley 6. Hyapatia Lee 7. Steve Jobs (okay, not _many_, but I saw a couple of fruitbat articles to that effect this past weekend) ---
**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:** [October 10, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7969 "2011-10-10T15:29:11Z")
Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ken Lay 4. Paul McCartney (well sort of) 5. Elvis Presley 6. Hyapatia Lee 7. Steve Jobs 8. Andy Kaufman ---
**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:** [October 10, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7970 "2011-10-10T16:42:09Z")
Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ken Lay 4. Paul McCartney (well sort of) 5. Elvis Presley 6. Hyapatia Lee 7. Steve Jobs 8. Andy Kaufman 9. [Marcus Schrenker](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/15/businessman-faked-death-us) And he did! For a little while… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7971 "2011-10-10T16:59:35Z")
Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ken Lay 4. Paul McCartney (well sort of) 5. Elvis Presley 6. Hyapatia Lee 7. Steve Jobs 8. Andy Kaufman 9. Marcus Schrenker 10. Tupac Shakur ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7972 "2011-10-10T18:57:01Z")
Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ken Lay 4. Paul McCartney (well sort of) 5. Elvis Presley 6. Hyapatia Lee 7. Steve Jobs 8. Andy Kaufman 9. Marcus Schrenker 10. Tupac Shakur 11. Patrick McDermott Olivia Newton-John’s former boyfriend, who _did_ fake his death. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7973 "2011-10-10T21:34:32Z")
Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ken Lay 4. Paul McCartney (well sort of) 5. Elvis Presley 6. Hyapatia Lee 7. Steve Jobs 8. Andy Kaufman 9. Marcus Schrenker 10. Tupac Shakur 11. Patrick McDermott 12. Jimmy Hoffa ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7974 "2011-10-11T01:27:41Z")
Famous People Who Many Believed Faked Their Death 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Jim Morrison 3. Ken Lay 4. Paul McCartney (well sort of) 5. Elvis Presley 6. Hyapatia Lee 7. Steve Jobs 8. Andy Kaufman 9. Marcus Schrenker 10. Tupac Shakur 11. Patrick McDermott 12. Jimmy Hoffa 13. Amelia Earhart Her exact fate is still uncertain, but some of the more imaginative fans of her case believed she faked dying in order to elope with her lover. This was mine so next category is up for grabs. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7975 "2011-10-11T01:51:19Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7976 "2011-10-11T02:04:35Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus 2. Hernando de Soto ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7977 "2011-10-11T02:13:09Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus 2. Hernando de Soto 3. Captain Robert Falcon\* Scott \*Woah, great name! ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7978 "2011-10-11T02:39:15Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus 2. Hernando de Soto 3. Captain Robert Falcon Scott 4. Magellan ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7979 "2011-10-11T02:40:20Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus 2. Hernando de Soto 3. Captain Robert Falcon\* Scott 4. Pytheas of Massalia ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7980 "2011-10-11T02:51:09Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus 2. Hernando de Soto 3. Captain Robert Falcon\* Scott 4. Pytheas of Massalia 5. Kirk, Picard, and Janeway ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7981 "2011-10-11T03:28:35Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus 2. Hernando de Soto 3. Captain Robert Falcon\* Scott 4. Magellan 5. Pytheas of Massalia 6. Kirk, Picard, and Janeway 7. Zheng He [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=398) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=400)