# 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:** 626
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12502 "2012-10-10T04:18:11Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia 3. Maldives 4. Gabon 5. Ecuador (who’d have thunk it?) 6. Brazil (the largest such country) ---
**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, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12503 "2012-10-10T04:23:28Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia 3. Maldives 4. Gabon 5. Ecuador (who’d have thunk it?) 6. Brazil (the largest such country) 7. Kenya ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12504 "2012-10-10T04:27:34Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia 3. Maldives 4. Gabon 5. Ecuador (who’d have thunk it?) 6. Brazil (the largest such country) 7. Kenya 8. Uganda ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12505 "2012-10-10T04:28:39Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia 3. Maldives 4. Gabon 5. Ecuador (who’d have thunk it?) 6. Brazil (the largest such country) 7. Kenya 8. Indonesia ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12506 "2012-10-10T04:30:44Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia 3. Maldives 4. Gabon 5. Ecuador (who’d have thunk it?) 6. Brazil (the largest such country) 7. Kenya 8. Uganda 9. Indonesia (fixing) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12507 "2012-10-10T09:36:07Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia 3. Maldives 4. Gabon 5. Ecuador (who’d have thunk it?) 6. Brazil (the largest such country) 7. Kenya 8. Uganda 9. Indonesia 10. Congo ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12508 "2012-10-10T11:40:52Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia 3. Maldives 4. Gabon 5. Ecuador (who’d have thunk it?) 6. Brazil (the largest such country) 7. Kenya 8. Uganda 9. Indonesia 10. Congo 11. Colombia (no others in South America) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12509 "2012-10-10T14:15:27Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia 3. Maldives 4. Gabon 5. Ecuador (who’d have thunk it?) 6. Brazil (the largest such country) 7. Kenya 8. Uganda 9. Indonesia 10. Congo 11. Colombia (no others in South America) 12. Democratic Republic of the Congo ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12510 "2012-10-10T14:20:28Z")
Countries That Lie On The Equator 1. São Tomé and Príncipe 2. Somalia 3. Maldives 4. Gabon 5. Ecuador (who’d have thunk it?) 6. Brazil (the largest such country) 7. Kenya 8. Uganda 9. Indonesia 10. Congo 11. Colombia (no others in South America) 12. Democratic Republic of the Congo 13. Republic of the Congo (No, it’s not the same country as #12). New category: Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 14. Charles Lindbergh (the first) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12511 "2012-10-10T14:59:36Z")
New category: Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 1. Charles Lindbergh (the first) 2. Winston Churchill ---
**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, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12512 "2012-10-10T15:05:34Z")
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 1. Charles Lindbergh (the first) 2. Winston Churchill 3. [Adolf Hitler (1938)](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760539,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12513 "2012-10-10T15:10:12Z")
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 1. Charles Lindbergh (the first) 2. Winston Churchill 3. [Adolf Hitler (1938)](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760539,00.html) 4. The Ayatollah Khomeini ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12514 "2012-10-10T15:13:57Z")
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 1. Charles Lindbergh (the first) 2. Winston Churchill 3. Adolf Hitler (1938) 4. The Ayatollah Khomeini 5. You ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12515 "2012-10-10T15:29:01Z")
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 1. Charles Lindbergh (the first) 2. Winston Churchill 3. Adolf Hitler (1938) 4. The Ayatollah Khomeini 5. You 6. Jeff Bezos ---
**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, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12516 "2012-10-10T15:57:14Z")
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 1. Charles Lindbergh (the first) 2. Winston Churchill 3. Adolf Hitler (1938) 4. The Ayatollah Khomeini 5. You 6. Jeff Bezos 7. Franklin Roosevelt The only three-timer (1932, 1934, and 1941) ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12517 "2012-10-10T15:57:22Z")
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 1. Charles Lindbergh (the first) 2. Winston Churchill 3. Adolf Hitler (1938) 4. The Ayatollah Khomeini 5. You 6. Jeff Bezos 7. Franklin Roosevelt 8. Bill Clinton ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12518 "2012-10-10T16:08:24Z")
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 1. Charles Lindbergh (the first) 2. Winston Churchill 3. Adolf Hitler (1938) 4. The Ayatollah Khomeini 5. You 6. Jeff Bezos 7. Franklin Roosevelt 8. Bill Clinton 9. Judge John Sirica ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12519 "2012-10-10T16:16:48Z")
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 1. Charles Lindbergh (the first) 2. Winston Churchill 3. Adolf Hitler (1938) 4. The Ayatollah Khomeini 5. You 6. Jeff Bezos 7. Franklin Roosevelt 8. Bill Clinton 9. Judge John Sirica 10. Pierre Laval ---
**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, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12520 "2012-10-10T16:33:39Z")
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 1. Charles Lindbergh (the first) 2. Winston Churchill 3. Adolf Hitler (1938) 4. The Ayatollah Khomeini 5. You 6. Jeff Bezos 7. Franklin Roosevelt 8. Bill Clinton 9. Judge John Sirica 10. Pierre Laval 11. Barack Obama It’s been “Person of the Year” since 1999, BTW. ---
**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, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12521 "2012-10-10T16:50:25Z")
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 1. Charles Lindbergh (the first) 2. Winston Churchill 3. Adolf Hitler (1938) 4. The Ayatollah Khomeini 5. You 6. Jeff Bezos 7. Franklin Roosevelt 8. Bill Clinton 9. Judge John Sirica 10. Pierre Laval 11. Barack Obama 12. Harlow Curtice Probably the least remembered individual named [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=625) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=627)