# 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:** 738
**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 12, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14742 "2013-03-12T14:27:58Z")
TV Character You Had The Hots For In Your Younger Days (and the TV show) 1. Nona (Nancy Kovack), Star Trek TOS - “A Private Little War” 2. Lynda (Julia Sawalha), Press Gang 3. Deela (Kathie Browne), Star Trek TOS - “Wink of an Eye” 4. B.J. McKay (Greg Evigan), B.J. and the Bear 5. Jeannie (Barbara Eden), I Dream of Jeannie 6. Athena (Maren Jensen), Battlestar Galactica 7. Mrs. Peel (Diana Rigg), The Avengers 8. Carol Seaver (Tracey Gold), Growing Pains 9. Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter), Wonder Woman Definitely not in my age group, and not in my league! ---
**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:** [March 12, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14743 "2013-03-12T14:33:11Z")
TV Character You Had The Hots For In Your Younger Days (and the TV show) 1. Nona (Nancy Kovack), Star Trek TOS - “A Private Little War” 2. Lynda (Julia Sawalha), Press Gang 3. Deela (Kathie Browne), Star Trek TOS - “Wink of an Eye” 4. B.J. McKay (Greg Evigan), B.J. and the Bear 5. Jeannie (Barbara Eden), I Dream of Jeannie 6. Athena (Maren Jensen), Battlestar Galactica 7. Mrs. Peel (Diana Rigg), The Avengers 8. Carol Seaver (Tracey Gold), Growing Pains 9. Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter), Wonder Woman 10. Lynn Tanner ([Andrea Elson](http://www.series-80.net/acteurs/andrea_elson/acteur_andrea-elson_4_1141998498.jpg)), ALF ([Still lookin’ good, Andrea!](http://images.tvrage.com/people/3/6524.jpg)) Love the '80s hair. 🙂 And, oh yeah, Wonder Woman. :drool: ---
**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 12, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14744 "2013-03-12T14:43:06Z")
TV Character You Had The Hots For In Your Younger Days (and the TV show) 1. Nona (Nancy Kovack), Star Trek TOS - “A Private Little War” 2. Lynda (Julia Sawalha), Press Gang 3. Deela (Kathie Browne), Star Trek TOS - “Wink of an Eye” 4. B.J. McKay (Greg Evigan), B.J. and the Bear 5. Jeannie (Barbara Eden), I Dream of Jeannie 6. Athena (Maren Jensen), Battlestar Galactica 7. Mrs. Peel (Diana Rigg), The Avengers 8. Carol Seaver (Tracey Gold), Growing Pains 9. Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter), Wonder Woman 10. Lynn Tanner ([Andrea Elson](http://www.series-80.net/acteurs/andrea_elson/acteur_andrea-elson_4_1141998498.jpg)), ALF ([Still lookin’ good, Andrea!](http://images.tvrage.com/people/3/6524.jpg)) 11. Mr. Spock, Star Trek And, oh yeah, Wonder Woman. :drool: [/QUOTE] ---
**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 12, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14745 "2013-03-12T15:26:32Z")
TV Character You Had The Hots For In Your Younger Days (and the TV show) 1. Nona (Nancy Kovack), Star Trek TOS - “A Private Little War” 2. Lynda (Julia Sawalha), Press Gang 3. Deela (Kathie Browne), Star Trek TOS - “Wink of an Eye” 4. B.J. McKay (Greg Evigan), B.J. and the Bear 5. Jeannie (Barbara Eden), I Dream of Jeannie 6. Athena (Maren Jensen), Battlestar Galactica 7. Mrs. Peel (Diana Rigg), The Avengers 8. Carol Seaver (Tracey Gold), Growing Pains 9. Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter), Wonder Woman 10. Lynn Tanner (Andrea Elson), ALF 11. Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Star Trek 12. Mindy (Pam Dawber), Mork and Mindy [http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mMEsIcAHXjBPDsO7IQd23XQ.jpg](http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mMEsIcAHXjBPDsO7IQd23XQ.jpg) The first link for Lynn Tanner of _Alf_ didn’t work for me; try this: [http://images.zap2it.com/images/tv-EP00000181/alf-andrea-elson-2.jpg](http://images.zap2it.com/images/tv-EP00000181/alf-andrea-elson-2.jpg) ---
**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 12, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14746 "2013-03-12T15:50:34Z")
TV Character You Had The Hots For In Your Younger Days (and the TV show) 1. Nona (Nancy Kovack), Star Trek TOS - “A Private Little War” 2. Lynda (Julia Sawalha), Press Gang 3. Deela (Kathie Browne), Star Trek TOS - “Wink of an Eye” 4. B.J. McKay (Greg Evigan), B.J. and the Bear 5. Jeannie (Barbara Eden), I Dream of Jeannie 6. Athena (Maren Jensen), Battlestar Galactica 7. Mrs. Peel (Diana Rigg), The Avengers 8. Carol Seaver (Tracey Gold), Growing Pains 9. Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter), Wonder Woman 10. Lynn Tanner (Andrea Elson), ALF 11. Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Star Trek 12. Mindy (Pam Dawber), Mork and Mindy 13. Pam Ewing (Victoria Principal), Dallas New category: Real life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14747 "2013-03-12T16:06:46Z")
New category: Real life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash (Reese Witherspoon in _ **Walk The Line** _) 2. George M. Cohan (James Cagney in _ **Yankee Doodle Dandy** _) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14748 "2013-03-12T16:10:12Z")
New category: Real life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon in\* **Walk the Line** \* 2. George M. Cohan James Cagney in _ **Yankee Doodle Dandy** _ 3. Gandhi - Sir Ben Kingsley in _ **Ghandi** _ ---
**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 12, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14749 "2013-03-12T16:50:53Z")
Real-life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon in _Walk the Line_ 2. George M. Cohan - James Cagney in _Yankee Doodle Dandy_ 3. Gandhi - Sir Ben Kingsley in _Ghandi_ 4. Benjamin Disraeli - George Arliss in _Disraeli_ ---
**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 12, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14750 "2013-03-12T17:22:00Z")
Real-life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line 2. George M. Cohan - James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy 3. Gandhi - Sir Ben Kingsley in Ghandi 4. Benjamin Disraeli - George Arliss in Disraeli 5. Anne Sullivan - Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker ---
**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:** [March 12, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14751 "2013-03-12T17:47:16Z")
Real-life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line 2. George M. Cohan - James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy 3. Gandhi - Sir Ben Kingsley in Ghandi 4. Benjamin Disraeli - George Arliss in Disraeli 5. Anne Sullivan - Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker 6. Helen Keller-Patty Duke, also in The Miracle worker ---
**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 12, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14752 "2013-03-12T17:53:33Z")
Real-life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line 2. George M. Cohan - James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy 3. Gandhi - Sir Ben Kingsley in Ghandi 4. Benjamin Disraeli - George Arliss in Disraeli 5. Anne Sullivan - Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker- 6. Helen Keller-Patty Duke, also in The Miracle worker 7. Eleanor of Aquitane - Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter (tie) ---
**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 12, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14753 "2013-03-12T17:55:20Z")
Real-life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon in _Walk the Line_ 2. George M. Cohan - James Cagney in _Yankee Doodle Dandy_ 3. Gandhi - Sir Ben Kingsley in _Gandhi_ 4. Benjamin Disraeli - George Arliss in _Disraeli_ 5. Anne Sullivan - Anne Bancroft in _The Miracle Worker_ 6. Helen Keller - Patty Duke, also in _The Miracle Worker_ 7. Eleanor of Aquitane - Katharine Hepburn in _The Lion in Winter_ (tie) 8. Christy Brown - Daniel Day-Lewis in _My Left Foot_ ---
**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 12, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14754 "2013-03-12T18:17:08Z")
Real-life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line 2. George M. Cohan - James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy 3. Gandhi - Sir Ben Kingsley in Gandhi 4. Benjamin Disraeli - George Arliss in Disraeli 5. Anne Sullivan - Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker 6. Helen Keller - Patty Duke, also in The Miracle Worker 7. Eleanor of Aquitane - Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter (tie) 8. Christy Brown - Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot 9. Loretta Lynn - Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner’s Daughter ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14755 "2013-03-12T18:17:55Z")
Real-life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon in _Walk the Line_ 2. George M. Cohan - James Cagney in _Yankee Doodle Dandy_ 3. Gandhi - Sir Ben Kingsley in _Gandhi_ 4. Benjamin Disraeli - George Arliss in _Disraeli_ 5. Anne Sullivan - Anne Bancroft in _The Miracle Worker_ 6. Helen Keller - Patty Duke, also in _The Miracle Worker_ 7. Eleanor of Aquitane - Katharine Hepburn in _The Lion in Winter_ (tie) 8. Christy Brown - Daniel Day-Lewis in _My Left Foot_ 9. Saint Thomas More - Paul Scofield in _A Man for All Seasons_ ---
**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 12, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14756 "2013-03-12T18:57:44Z")
Real-life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line 2. George M. Cohan - James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy 3. Gandhi - Sir Ben Kingsley in Gandhi 4. Benjamin Disraeli - George Arliss in Disraeli 5. Anne Sullivan - Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker 6. Helen Keller - Patty Duke, also in The Miracle Worker 7. Eleanor of Aquitane - Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter (tie) 8. Christy Brown - Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot 9. Saint Thomas More - Paul Scofield in A Man for All Seasons 10. Helen Prejean - Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14757 "2013-03-12T19:19:54Z")
Real-life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line 2. George M. Cohan - James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy 3. Gandhi - Sir Ben Kingsley in Gandhi 4. Benjamin Disraeli - George Arliss in Disraeli 5. Anne Sullivan - Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker 6. Helen Keller - Patty Duke, also in The Miracle Worker 7. Eleanor of Aquitane - Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter (tie) 8. Christy Brown - Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot 9. Saint Thomas More - Paul Scofield in A Man for All Seasons 10. Helen Prejean - Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking 11. Alvin York - Gary Cooper in _Sergeant York_ ---
**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 12, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14758 "2013-03-12T19:32:14Z")
Real-life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line 2. George M. Cohan - James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy 3. Gandhi - Sir Ben Kingsley in Gandhi 4. Benjamin Disraeli - George Arliss in Disraeli 5. Anne Sullivan - Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker 6. Helen Keller - Patty Duke, also in The Miracle Worker 7. Eleanor of Aquitane - Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter (tie) 8. Christy Brown - Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot 9. Saint Thomas More - Paul Scofield in A Man for All Seasons 10. Helen Prejean - Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking 11. Alvin York - Gary Cooper in Sergeant York 12. Aileen Wuornos - Charlize Theron in Monster ---
**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 12, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14759 "2013-03-12T19:38:29Z")
Real-life people somebody won an Oscar for portraying 1. June Carter Cash - Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line 2. George M. Cohan - James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy 3. Gandhi - Sir Ben Kingsley in Gandhi 4. Benjamin Disraeli - George Arliss in Disraeli 5. Anne Sullivan - Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker 6. Helen Keller - Patty Duke, also in The Miracle Worker 7. Eleanor of Aquitane - Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter (tie) 8. Christy Brown - Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot 9. Saint Thomas More - Paul Scofield in A Man for All Seasons 10. Helen Prejean - Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking 11. Alvin York - Gary Cooper in Sergeant York 12. Aileen Wuornos - Charlize Theron in Monster 13. Henry VIII - Charles Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII Next category: Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work 1. Mary Cassatt [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Cassatt_002.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Cassatt_002.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14760 "2013-03-12T19:41:23Z")
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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14761 "2013-03-12T20:18:00Z")
Noteworthy women artists, and a link to their work 1. Mary Cassatt [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Cassatt_002.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Cassatt_002.jpg) 1. Georgia O’Keeffe [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ireneeng.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Georgia-13218619.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ireneeng.com/?p%3D9507&h=331&w=400&sz=28&tbnid=8uRGqhlbpqYKsM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=109&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgeorgia%2Bo’keeffe%2Bpetunia%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=georgia+o’keeffe+petunia&usg=\_\_VL5p0mJgGcUuTSZVfoajQyckSOs=&docid=GOI6De3QLx\_hIM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Y40\_Ua2ZJOag2gXhm4GYDw&ved=0CEMQ9QEwBA&dur=0](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ireneeng.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Georgia-13218619.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ireneeng.com/?p%3D9507&h=331&w=400&sz=28&tbnid=8uRGqhlbpqYKsM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=109&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgeorgia%2Bo'keeffe%2Bpetunia%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=georgia+o'keeffe+petunia&usg=__VL5p0mJgGcUuTSZVfoajQyckSOs=&docid=GOI6De3QLx_hIM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Y40_Ua2ZJOag2gXhm4GYDw&ved=0CEMQ9QEwBA&dur=0) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=737) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=739)