# 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:** 729
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14562 "2013-03-05T23:49:24Z")
Famous Archers/Bow & Arrow Wizards (real or fictional) 1. William Tell 2. Katniss Everdeen 3. Robin Hood 4. Odysseus 5. Hawkeye 6. Green Arrow ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14563 "2013-03-06T02:01:40Z")
Famous Archers/Bow & Arrow Wizards (real or fictional) 1. William Tell 2. Katniss Everdeen 3. Robin Hood 4. Odysseus 5. Hawkeye 6. Green Arrow 7. Nicholas Hook Protagonist of the Bernard Cornwell novel _Azincourt_. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14564 "2013-03-06T04:23:43Z")
Famous Archers/Bow & Arrow Wizards (real or fictional) 1. William Tell 2. Katniss Everdeen 3. Robin Hood 4. Odysseus 5. Hawkeye 6. Green Arrow 7. Nicholas Hook 8. Daryl Dixon ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14565 "2013-03-06T04:24:15Z")
Famous Archers/Bow & Arrow Wizards (real or fictional) 1. William Tell 2. Katniss Everdeen 3. Robin Hood 4. Odysseus 5. Hawkeye 6. Green Arrow 7. Nicholas Hook 8. Daryl Dixon 9. Haley Starshine For certain values of “famous”. ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14566 "2013-03-06T04:30:49Z")
Famous Archers/Bow & Arrow Wizards (real or fictional) 1. William Tell 2. Katniss Everdeen 3. Robin Hood 4. Odysseus 5. Hawkeye 6. Green Arrow 7. Nicholas Hook 8. Daryl Dixon 9. Haley Starshine 10. Cupid For certain values of “famous”. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14567 "2013-03-06T04:45:48Z")
Famous Archers/Bow & Arrow Wizards (real or fictional) 1. William Tell 2. Katniss Everdeen 3. Robin Hood 4. Odysseus 5. Hawkeye 6. Green Arrow 7. Nicholas Hook 8. Daryl Dixon 9. Haley Starshine 10. Cupid 11. Legolas (Wow, we made it to #11 without him? I had to check back to see if the topic wasn’t “Famous Archers who aren’t Legolas.” :D) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14568 "2013-03-06T04:52:58Z")
Famous Archers/Bow & Arrow Wizards (real or fictional) 1. William Tell 2. Katniss Everdeen 3. Robin Hood 4. Odysseus 5. Hawkeye 6. Green Arrow 7. Nicholas Hook 8. Daryl Dixon 9. Haley Starshine 10. Cupid 11. Legolas 12. Jebe He’s world famous in Mongolia. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14569 "2013-03-06T14:09:20Z")
Famous Archers/Bow & Arrow Wizards (real or fictional) 1. William Tell 2. Katniss Everdeen 3. Robin Hood 4. Odysseus 5. Hawkeye 6. Green Arrow 7. Nicholas Hook 8. Daryl Dixon 9. Haley Starshine 10. Cupid 11. Legolas 12. Jebe 13. Paris (who killed Achilles with an arrow in the heel) New Topic: National Patron Saints 14. St. Andrew (Scotland) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14570 "2013-03-06T14:50:07Z")
New Topic: National Patron Saints 1. St. Andrew (Scotland) 2. Saint Anne (Canada) Of course, back at my university, our patron saint was St. Aspirin de Mal de Tête! ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14571 "2013-03-06T15:06:27Z")
National Patron Saints 1. St. Andrew (Scotland) 2. St. Anne (Canada) 3. St. George (England) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14572 "2013-03-06T15:28:31Z")
National Patron Saints 1. St. Andrew (Scotland) 2. St. Anne (Canada) 3. St. George (England) 4. St. Jeanne d’Arc (France) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14573 "2013-03-06T15:38:34Z")
National Patron Saints 1. St. Andrew (Scotland) 2. St. Anne (Canada) 3. St. George (England) 4. St. Barbara (Syria) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14574 "2013-03-06T15:45:33Z")
National Patron Saints 1. St. Andrew (Scotland) 2. St. Anne (Canada) 3. St. George (England) 4. St. Jeanne d’Arc (France) 5. St. Barbara (Syria) 6. St. Rose of Lima (Peru) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14575 "2013-03-06T15:51:41Z")
National Patron Saints 1. St. Andrew (Scotland) 2. St. Anne (Canada) 3. St. George (England) 4. St. Jeanne d’Arc (France) 5. St. Barbara (Syria) 6. St. Rose of Lima (Peru) 7. St. Francis of Assisi (Italy) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14576 "2013-03-06T16:06:41Z")
National Patron Saints 1. St. Andrew (Scotland) 2. St. Anne (Canada) 3. St. George (England) 4. St. Jeanne d’Arc (France) 5. St. Barbara (Syria) 6. St. Rose of Lima (Peru) 7. St. Francis of Assisi (Italy) 8. St. Patrick (Nigeria… honest!!!) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14577 "2013-03-06T16:10:16Z")
National Patron Saints 1. St. Andrew (Scotland) 2. St. Anne (Canada) 3. St. George (England) 4. St. Jeanne d’Arc (France) 5. St. Barbara (Syria) 6. St. Rose of Lima (Peru) 7. St. Francis of Assisi (Italy) 8. St. Patrick (Nigeria… honest!!!) 9. St. Henry of Uppsala (Finland) Heads up, Nigerians. St. Patricks’s Day is coming soon! ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14578 "2013-03-06T16:49:11Z")
National Patron Saints 1. St. Andrew (Scotland) 2. St. Anne (Canada) 3. St. George (England) 4. St. Jeanne d’Arc (France) 5. St. Barbara (Syria) 6. St. Rose of Lima (Peru) 7. St. Francis of Assisi (Italy) 8. St. Patrick (Nigeria… honest!!!) 9. St. Henry of Uppsala (Finland) 10. The Virgin Mary (Andorra)(as Our Lady of Meritxell) > **[Our Lady of Meritxell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Meritxell)** > > Our Lady of Meritxell (Catalan: Mare de Déu de Meritxell, IPA: \[ˈmaɾə ðə ˈðew ðə məɾiˈtʃeʎ\]) is an Andorran Roman Catholic statue depicting an apparition of the Virgin Mary. Our Lady of Meritxell is the patron saint of Andorra. The original statue dated from the late 12th century. However, the chapel in which it was housed burned down on 8 September 1972, and the statue was destroyed. A replica can be found in the new Meritxell Basilica, designed in 1976 by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. ... ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14579 "2013-03-06T16:53:46Z")
National Patron Saints 1. St. Andrew (Scotland) 2. St. Anne (Canada) 3. St. George (England) 4. St. Jeanne d’Arc (France) 5. St. Barbara (Syria) 6. St. Rose of Lima (Peru) 7. St. Francis of Assisi (Italy) 8. St. Patrick (Nigeria… honest!!!) 9. St. Henry of Uppsala (Finland) 10. The Virgin Mary (Andorra)(as Our Lady of Meritxell) 11. St. Francis Xavier (India) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14580 "2013-03-06T18:32:56Z")
National Patron Saints 1. St. Andrew (Scotland) 2. St. Anne (Canada) 3. St. George (England) 4. St. Jeanne d’Arc (France) 5. St. Barbara (Syria) 6. St. Rose of Lima (Peru) 7. St. Francis of Assisi (Italy) 8. St. Patrick (Nigeria… honest!!!) 9. St. Henry of Uppsala (Finland) 10. The Virgin Mary (Andorra)(as Our Lady of Meritxell) 11. St. Francis Xavier (India) 12. St. James (Spain) They call him Santiago: [James the Great - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James,_son_of_Zebedee#Spain) ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14581 "2013-03-06T19:49:41Z")
National Patron Saints 1. St. Andrew (Scotland) 2. St. Anne (Canada) 3. St. George (England) 4. St. Jeanne d’Arc (France) 5. St. Barbara (Syria) 6. St. Rose of Lima (Peru) 7. St. Francis of Assisi (Italy) 8. St. Patrick (Nigeria… honest!!!) 9. St. Henry of Uppsala (Finland) 10. The Virgin Mary (Andorra)(as Our Lady of Meritxell) 11. St. Francis Xavier (India) 12. St. James (Spain) 13. St. Paul (Malta) New topic: US Cities east of Mississippi River with Saint/St. in name 1. St. Augustine, Florida [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=728) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=730)