# 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:** 524
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10462 "2012-04-13T00:02:18Z")
NHL players who have won either the regular season (Hart) MVP trophy AND/OR the regular season goalie trophy (Vezina) AND the postseason MVP trophy (Conn Smythe), not necessarily in the same season. 1. Mark Messier 2. Wayne Gretzky 3. Bobby Orr 4. Mario Lemieux 5. Ken Dryden 6. Guy Lafleur 7. Patrick Roy 8. Joe Sakic 9. Tim Thomas ---
**Author:** ![Blkshp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blkshp/32/7135_2.png) [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10463 "2012-04-13T01:08:40Z")
NHL players who have won either the regular season (Hart) MVP trophy AND/OR the regular season goalie trophy (Vezina) AND the postseason MVP trophy (Conn Smythe), not necessarily in the same season. 1. Mark Messier 2. Wayne Gretzky 3. Bobby Orr 4. Mario Lemieux 5. Ken Dryden 6. Guy Lafleur 7. Patrick Roy 8. Joe Sakic 9. Tim Thomas 10. Jean Beliveau ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10464 "2012-04-13T01:14:16Z")
NHL players who have won either the regular season (Hart) MVP trophy AND/OR the regular season goalie trophy (Vezina) AND the postseason MVP trophy (Conn Smythe), not necessarily in the same season. 1. Mark Messier 2. Wayne Gretzky 3. Bobby Orr 4. Mario Lemieux 5. Ken Dryden 6. Guy Lafleur 7. Patrick Roy 8. Joe Sakic 9. Tim Thomas 10. Jean Beliveau 11. Glenn Hall ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10465 "2012-04-13T11:22:58Z")
NHL players who have won either the regular season (Hart) MVP trophy AND/OR the regular season goalie trophy (Vezina) AND the postseason MVP trophy (Conn Smythe), not necessarily in the same season. 1. Mark Messier 2. Wayne Gretzky 3. Bobby Orr 4. Mario Lemieux 5. Ken Dryden 6. Guy Lafleur 7. Patrick Roy 8. Joe Sakic 9. Tim Thomas 10. Jean Beliveau 11. Glenn Hall 12. Brian Trottier ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10466 "2012-04-13T14:39:39Z")
NHL players who have won either the regular season (Hart) MVP trophy AND/OR the regular season goalie trophy (Vezina) AND the postseason MVP trophy (Conn Smythe), not necessarily in the same season. 1. Mark Messier 2. Wayne Gretzky 3. Bobby Orr 4. Mario Lemieux 5. Ken Dryden 6. Guy Lafleur 7. Patrick Roy 8. Joe Sakic 9. Tim Thomas 10. Jean Beliveau 11. Glenn Hall 12. Brian Trottier 13. Ron Hextall Something more intellectual, this time, I think. New category: Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10467 "2012-04-13T14:45:34Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10468 "2012-04-13T15:10:50Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Archimedes ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10469 "2012-04-13T15:41:07Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Archimedes 4. Leonhard Euler ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10470 "2012-04-13T15:46:53Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Archimedes 4. Leonhard Euler 5. Pythagoras ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10471 "2012-04-13T15:51:37Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Archimedes 4. Leonhard Euler 5. Pythagoras 6. Fermat ---
**Author:** ![Blkshp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blkshp/32/7135_2.png) [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10472 "2012-04-13T16:37:51Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Archimedes 4. Leonhard Euler 5. Pythagoras 6. Fermat 7 Grover (He can spell, too) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10473 "2012-04-13T16:44:41Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Archimedes 4. Leonhard Euler 5. Pythagoras 6. Fermat 6a. Grover (He can spell, too) 7. Brahmagupta We’ll count Grover as a half-answer ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10474 "2012-04-13T16:57:01Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Archimedes 4. Leonhard Euler 5. Pythagoras 6. Fermat 6a. Grover (He can spell, too) 7. Brahmagupta 8. Bertrand Russell ---
**Author:** ![Blkshp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blkshp/32/7135_2.png) [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10475 "2012-04-13T19:07:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > We’ll count Grover as a half-answer I was trying to be witty. That would, I suppose, make me a half-wit (if I got the math right). ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10476 "2012-04-13T19:56:52Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Archimedes 4. Leonhard Euler 5. Pythagoras 6. Fermat 6a. Grover (He can spell, too) 7. Brahmagupta 8. Bertrand Russell 9. John von Neumann ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10477 "2012-04-13T21:37:10Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Archimedes 4. Leonhard Euler 5. Pythagoras 6. Fermat 6a. Grover (He can spell, too) 7. Brahmagupta 8. Bertrand Russell 9. John von Neumann 10. George Boole ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10478 "2012-04-13T21:53:44Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Archimedes 4. Leonhard Euler 5. Pythagoras 6. Fermat 6a. Grover (He can spell, too) 7. Brahmagupta 8. Bertrand Russell 9. John von Neumann 10. George Boole 11. Gauss ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10479 "2012-04-13T22:00:19Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Archimedes 4. Leonhard Euler 5. Pythagoras 6. Fermat 6a. Grover (He can spell, too) 7. Brahmagupta 8. Bertrand Russell 9. John von Neumann 10. George Boole 11. Gauss 12. Euclid ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10480 "2012-04-13T22:08:47Z")
Famous mathematicians 1. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Archimedes 4. Leonhard Euler 5. Pythagoras 6. Fermat 6a. Grover (He can spell, too) 7. Brahmagupta 8. Bertrand Russell 9. John von Neumann 10. George Boole 11. Gauss 12. Euclid 13. [Tom Lehrer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer#Mathematics_career) New Category Things parents do with kids on school vacations 1. take them to Grandma’s and leave 'em there for the week. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10481 "2012-04-13T23:01:45Z")
Things parents do with kids on school vacations 1. take them to Grandma’s and leave 'em there for the week. 2. Park them at the Y. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=523) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=525)