# 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:** 65
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1281 "2010-10-07T18:31:35Z")
13 fictional witches (amended list): 1. Sabrina the Teenage Witch 2. Samantha Stevens 3. Glinda the Good Witch of the North 4. Elphaba from Wicked 5. The Witch\* 6. One of the Witches from _MacBeth_ 7. Endora (the Mother of all Mothers-in-law) 8. the Blair Witch 9. Hermione Granger 10. Sarah Sanderson from _Hocus Pocus_ ---
**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 7, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1282 "2010-10-07T19:18:34Z")
13 fictional witches (amended list): 1. Sabrina the Teenage Witch 2. Samantha Stevens 3. Glinda the Good Witch of the North 4. Elphaba from Wicked 5. The Witch\* 6. One of the Witches from _MacBeth_ 7. Endora (the Mother of all Mothers-in-law) 8. the Blair Witch 9. Hermione Granger 10. Sarah Sanderson from _Hocus Pocus_ 11. Witch Hazel (from the Bugs Bunny Warner Brothers cartoons). ---
**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 7, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1283 "2010-10-07T19:23:39Z")
13 fictional witches (amended list): 1. Sabrina the Teenage Witch 2. Samantha Stevens 3. Glinda the Good Witch of the North 4. Elphaba from Wicked 5. The Witch\* 6. One of the Witches from _MacBeth_ 7. Endora (the Mother of all Mothers-in-law) 8. the Blair Witch 9. Hermione Granger 10. Sarah Sanderson from _Hocus Pocus_ 11. Witch Hazel (from the Bugs Bunny Warner Brothers cartoons). 12. Hester from [blip](http://blipcomic.com/index.php) ---
**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 7, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1284 "2010-10-07T19:25:12Z")
13 fictional witches (amended list): 1. Sabrina the Teenage Witch 2. Samantha Stevens 3. Glinda the Good Witch of the North 4. Elphaba from Wicked 5. The Witch\* 6. One of the Witches from _MacBeth_ 7. Endora (the Mother of all Mothers-in-law) 8. the Blair Witch 9. Hermione Granger 10. Sarah Sanderson from _Hocus Pocus_ 11. Witch Hazel (from the Bugs Bunny Warner Brothers cartoons). 12. Hester from [blip](http://blipcomic.com/index.php) 13. Witchie Poo (from the Krofft shows) Next: Iconic rock songs 1. Stairway to Heaven ---
**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 7, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1285 "2010-10-07T19:32:10Z")
Iconic rock songs 1. Stairway to Heaven 2. Free Bird ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1286 "2010-10-07T19:47:13Z")
Iconic rock songs 1.Stairway to Heaven 2.Freebird 3.Down on the Corner ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1287 "2010-10-07T19:50:42Z")
Iconic rock songs 1.Stairway to Heaven 2.Freebird 3.Down on the Corner 4.Smoke on the Water ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1288 "2010-10-07T20:26:18Z")
Iconic rock songs 1.Stairway to Heaven 2.Freebird 3.Down on the Corner 4.Smoke on the Water 5. Iron Man ---
**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:** [October 7, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1289 "2010-10-07T20:46:09Z")
Iconic rock songs 1. Stairway to Heaven 2. Freebird 3. Down on the Corner 4. Smoke on the Water 5. Iron Man 6. Sympathy for the Devil ---
**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 7, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1290 "2010-10-07T20:49:48Z")
Iconic rock songs 1. Stairway to Heaven 2. Freebird 3. Down on the Corner 4. Smoke on the Water 5. Iron Man 6. Sympathy for the Devil 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1291 "2010-10-07T21:54:33Z")
Iconic rock songs 1. Stairway to Heaven 2. Freebird 3. Down on the Corner 4. Smoke on the Water 5. Iron Man 6. Sympathy for the Devil 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit 8. Back in Black ---
**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 8, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1292 "2010-10-08T00:37:05Z")
Iconic rock songs 1. Stairway to Heaven 2. Freebird 3. Down on the Corner 4. Smoke on the Water 5. Iron Man 6. Sympathy for the Devil 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit 8. Back in Black 9. Louie Louie ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1293 "2010-10-08T01:36:20Z")
Iconic rock songs 1. Stairway to Heaven 2. Freebird 3. Down on the Corner 4. Smoke on the Water 5. Iron Man 6. Sympathy for the Devil 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit 8. Back in Black 9. Louie Louie 10. Light My Fire ---
**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:** [October 8, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1294 "2010-10-08T01:44:28Z")
Iconic rock songs 1. Stairway to Heaven 2. Freebird 3. Down on the Corner 4. Smoke on the Water 5. Iron Man 6. Sympathy for the Devil 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit 8. Back in Black 9. Louie Louie 10. Light My Fire 11. Jailhouse Rock ---
**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 8, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1295 "2010-10-08T01:51:39Z")
Iconic rock songs 1. Stairway to Heaven 2. Freebird 3. Down on the Corner 4. Smoke on the Water 5. Iron Man 6. Sympathy for the Devil 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit 8. Back in Black 9. Louie Louie 10. Light My Fire 11. Jailhouse Rock 12. Johnny B. Goode ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1296 "2010-10-08T06:31:14Z")
Iconic rock songs 1. Stairway to Heaven 2. Freebird 3. Down on the Corner 4. Smoke on the Water 5. Iron Man 6. Sympathy for the Devil 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit 8. Back in Black 9. Louie Louie 10. Light My Fire 11. Jailhouse Rock 12. Johnny B. Goode 13. Inagaddadavida Historical movies that really mucked up what really happened… 1. _The Buccaneer_ (No historical evidence places Lafitte at the battle defending New Orleans against the British and while he did have an affair with a Claybourne lady, but it was the Governor’s wife, not his daughter.) ---
**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:** [October 8, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1297 "2010-10-08T06:39:21Z")
Historical movies that really mucked up what really happened… 1. The Buccaneer (No historical evidence places Lafitte at the battle defending New Orleans against the British and while he did have an affair with a Claybourne lady, but it was the Governor’s wife, not his daughter.) 2. Krakatoa, East of Java (if by East they meant West, then it’s accurate). ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1298 "2010-10-08T11:17:09Z")
Historical movies that really mucked up what really happened… 1. The Buccaneer (No historical evidence places Lafitte at the battle defending New Orleans against the British and while he did have an affair with a Claybourne lady, but it was the Governor’s wife, not his daughter.) 2. Krakatoa, East of Java (if by East they meant West, then it’s accurate). 3. Braveheart - Had some historical details but most of the story is from author Randall Wallace’s imagination. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1299 "2010-10-08T15:18:15Z")
Historical movies that really mucked up what really happened… 1. The Buccaneer (No historical evidence places Lafitte at the battle defending New Orleans against the British and while he did have an affair with a Claybourne lady, but it was the Governor’s wife, not his daughter.) 2. Krakatoa, East of Java (if by East they meant West, then it’s accurate). 3. Braveheart - Had some historical details but most of the story is from author Randall Wallace’s imagination. 4. A Beautiful Mind (Nash never gave a speech after get a Nobel Prize, fathered a son out of wedlock, was arrested for “moral charges” and his hallucinations were auditory, not visual. There are more problems as well…) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1300 "2010-10-08T15:28:56Z")
Historical movies that really mucked up what really happened… 1. The Buccaneer (No historical evidence places Lafitte at the battle defending New Orleans against the British and while he did have an affair with a Claybourne lady, but it was the Governor’s wife, not his daughter.) 2. Krakatoa, East of Java (if by East they meant West, then it’s accurate). 3. Braveheart - Had some historical details but most of the story is from author Randall Wallace’s imagination. 4. A Beautiful Mind (Nash never gave a speech after get a Nobel Prize, fathered a son out of wedlock, was arrested for “moral charges” and his hallucinations were auditory, not visual. There are more problems as well…) 5. The Alamo (Historian Timothy Todish claims that “there is not a single scene in (the 1960 John Wayne film) which corresponds to an historically verifiable incident”. Also, to quote _Wikipedia_: > [@](#): > > Historians J. Frank Dobie and Lon Tinkle demanded their names be removed as historical advisors. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=66)