# 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:** 707
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14122 "2013-02-01T01:16:51Z")
> [@JessMagic](#): > > I have no idea what The Order Of The Stick is. You’re not alone, although it has a Wikipedia page, as I just discovered. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14123 "2013-02-01T02:55:14Z")
Supporting characters in The Order of the Stick 1. Redcloak 2. The Monster in the Dark 3. Miko Miyazaki 4. Xykon 5. General Tarquin 6. Tsukiko 7. Qarr 8. The Linear Guild 9. General Chang 10. Joe (Joe may or may not actually be a supporting character in Order of the Stick.) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14124 "2013-02-01T03:03:27Z")
Those who haven’t read it before are in for a treat. Anyone who’s ever played Dungeons & Dragons or a similar game will love it, I’ll wager: [1 New Edition - Giant in the Playground Games](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html). I confess I don’t remember a “Joe,” though… Supporting characters in The Order of the Stick 1. Redcloak 2. The Monster in the Dark 3. Miko Miyazaki 4. Xykon 5. General Tarquin 6. Tsukiko 7. Qarr 8. The Linear Guild 9. General Chang 10. Joe 11. Niu ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14125 "2013-02-01T04:33:17Z")
Supporting characters in The Order of the Stick 1. Redcloak 2. The Monster in the Dark 3. Miko Miyazaki 4. Xykon 5. General Tarquin 6. Tsukiko 7. Qarr 8. The Linear Guild 9. General Chang 10. Joe 11. Niu 12. The Oracle ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14126 "2013-02-01T05:53:04Z")
Supporting characters in The Order of the Stick 1. Redcloak 2. The Monster in the Dark 3. Miko Miyazaki 4. Xykon 5. General Tarquin 6. Tsukiko 7. Qarr 8. The Linear Guild 9. General Chang 10. Joe 11. Niu 12. The Oracle 13. Nale New topic: People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14127 "2013-02-01T06:13:27Z")
People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford 2. Andrew Carnegie ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14128 "2013-02-01T09:00:39Z")
People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford 2. Andrew Carnegie 3. St. Aloysius Gonzaga ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14129 "2013-02-01T10:36:25Z")
People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford 2. Andrew Carnegie 3. St. Aloysius Gonzaga 4. Nicholas Brown ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14130 "2013-02-01T13:46:41Z")
People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford 2. Andrew Carnegie 3. St. Aloysius Gonzaga 4. Nicholas Brown 5. John Harvard ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14131 "2013-02-01T13:48:59Z")
People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford, jr, 2. Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, Richard Mellon 3. St. Aloysius Gonzaga 4. Nicholas Brown 5. John Harvard 6. Stephen Van Rensselaer III ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14132 "2013-02-01T13:55:08Z")
People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford, jr, 2. Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, Richard Mellon 3. St. Aloysius Gonzaga 4. Nicholas Brown 5. John Harvard 6. Stephen Van Rensselaer III 7. John de Balliol (Oxford) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14133 "2013-02-01T14:14:21Z")
People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford, jr. 2. Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, Richard Mellon 3. St. Aloysius Gonzaga 4. Nicholas Brown 5. John Harvard 6. Stephen Van Rensselaer III 7. John de Balliol (Oxford) 8. John Purdue ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14134 "2013-02-01T14:22:01Z")
People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford, jr. 2. Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, Richard Mellon 3. St. Aloysius Gonzaga 4. Nicholas Brown 5. John Harvard 6. Stephen Van Rensselaer III 7. John de Balliol (Oxford) 8. John Purdue 9. Supreme Court Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14135 "2013-02-01T14:23:25Z")
People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford, jr. 2. Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, Richard Mellon 3. St. Aloysius Gonzaga 4. Nicholas Brown 5. John Harvard 6. Stephen Van Rensselaer III 7. John de Balliol (Oxford) 8. John Purdue 9. Supreme Court Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis 10. George Washington ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14136 "2013-02-01T14:44:11Z")
People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford, jr. 2. Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, Richard Mellon 3. St. Aloysius Gonzaga 4. Nicholas Brown 5. John Harvard 6. Stephen Van Rensselaer III 7. John de Balliol (Oxford) 8. John Purdue 9. Supreme Court Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis 10. George Washington 11. Austin Peay (a governor of Tennessee)–school chant is “let’s go Peay” ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14137 "2013-02-01T16:02:41Z")
People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford, jr. 2. Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, Richard Mellon 3. St. Aloysius Gonzaga 4. Nicholas Brown 5. John Harvard 6. Stephen Van Rensselaer III 7. John de Balliol (Oxford) 8. John Purdue 9. Supreme Court Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis 10. George Washington 11. Austin Peay (a governor of Tennessee)–school chant is “let’s go Peay” 12. Elihu Yale ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14138 "2013-02-01T16:06:40Z")
People for whom colleges were named 1. Leland Stanford, jr. 2. Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, Richard Mellon 3. St. Aloysius Gonzaga 4. Nicholas Brown 5. John Harvard 6. Stephen Van Rensselaer III 7. John de Balliol (Oxford) 8. John Purdue 9. Supreme Court Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis 10. George Washington 11. Austin Peay (a governor of Tennessee)–school chant is “let’s go Peay” 12. Elihu Yale 13. William Bucknell Famous Mayors 1. Ed Koch ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14139 "2013-02-01T16:18:33Z")
Famous Mayors 1. Ed Koch 2. Marion Barry ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14140 "2013-02-01T16:22:56Z")
Famous Mayors 1. Ed Koch 2. Marion Barry 3. Richard “Dick” Whittington (Lord Mayor of London) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14141 "2013-02-01T16:32:58Z")
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