# Bakers Dozen
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173
**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
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19523 "2013-08-27T18:13:18Z")
Shakespearean Who Killed Whom
1. Macduff killed Macbeth
2. Brutus killed Caesar
3. Tybalt killed Mercutio
4. Hamlet killed Polonius
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19524 "2013-08-27T18:30:40Z")
Shakespearean Who Killed Whom
1. Macduff killed Macbeth
2. Brutus killed Caesar
3. Tybalt killed Mercutio
4. Hamlet killed Polonius
5. The asp killed Cleopatra (or you could say she killed herself)
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19525 "2013-08-27T18:38:48Z")
Shakespearean Who Killed Whom
1. Macduff killed Macbeth
2. Brutus killed Caesar
3. Tybalt killed Mercutio
4. Hamlet killed Polonius
5. The asp killed Cleopatra (or you could say she killed herself
6. Othello killed Desdemona
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19526 "2013-08-27T20:00:30Z")
Shakespearean Who Killed Whom
1. Macduff killed Macbeth
2. Brutus killed Caesar
3. Tybalt killed Mercutio
4. Hamlet killed Polonius
5. The asp killed Cleopatra (or you could say she killed herself)
6. Othello killed Desdemona
7. Titus Andronicus killed Lavinia, Chiron, Demetrius and Tamora
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19527 "2013-08-28T01:20:56Z")
Shakespearean Who Killed Whom
1. Macduff killed Macbeth
2. Brutus killed Caesar
3. Tybalt killed Mercutio
4. Hamlet killed Polonius
5. The asp killed Cleopatra (or you could say she killed herself)
6. Othello killed Desdemona
7. Titus Andronicus killed Lavinia, Chiron, Demetrius and Tamora
8. Achilles killed Hector (in **Troilus and Cressida** )
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19528 "2013-08-28T04:09:25Z")
Shakespearean Who Killed Whom
1. Macduff killed Macbeth
2. Brutus killed Caesar
3. Tybalt killed Mercutio
4. Hamlet killed Polonius
5. The asp killed Cleopatra (or you could say she killed herself)
6. Othello killed Desdemona
7. Titus Andronicus killed Lavinia, Chiron, Demetrius and Tamora
8. Achilles killed Hector
9. Edgar killed Oswald
In _King Lear_.
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### Author:  [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19529 "2013-08-28T08:56:43Z")
1. Macduff killed Macbeth
2. Brutus killed Caesar
3. Tybalt killed Mercutio
4. Hamlet killed Polonius
5. The asp killed Cleopatra (or you could say she killed herself)
6. Othello killed Desdemona
7. Titus Andronicus killed Lavinia, Chiron, Demetrius and Tamora
8. Achilles killed Hector
9. Edgar killed Oswald
10. Henry Tudor killed Richard of York
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19530 "2013-08-28T12:27:04Z")
Shakespearean Who Killed Whom
1. Macduff killed Macbeth
2. Brutus killed Caesar
3. Tybalt killed Mercutio
4. Hamlet killed Polonius
5. The asp killed Cleopatra (or you could say she killed herself)
6. Othello killed Desdemona
7. Titus Andronicus killed Lavinia, Chiron, Demetrius and Tamora
8. Achilles killed Hector
9. Edgar killed Oswald
10. Henry Tudor killed Richard of York
11. Prince Hal killed Hotspur
(Henry IV, Part 1, where Falstaff kills a couple of pints of ale.)
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19531 "2013-08-28T13:13:11Z")
Shakespearean Who Killed Whom
1. Macduff killed Macbeth
2. Brutus killed Caesar
3. Tybalt killed Mercutio
4. Hamlet killed Polonius
5. The asp killed Cleopatra (or you could say she killed herself)
6. Othello killed Desdemona
7. Titus Andronicus killed Lavinia, Chiron, Demetrius and Tamora
8. Achilles killed Hector
9. Edgar killed Oswald
10. Henry Tudor killed Richard of York
11. Prince Hal killed Hotspur
12. Claudius killed Gertrude (accidentally; she drank poison meant for Hamlet)
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19532 "2013-08-28T13:19:45Z")
Shakespearean Who Killed Whom
1. Macduff killed Macbeth
2. Brutus killed Caesar
3. Tybalt killed Mercutio
4. Hamlet killed Polonius
5. The asp killed Cleopatra (or you could say she killed herself)
6. Othello killed Desdemona
7. Titus Andronicus killed Lavinia, Chiron, Demetrius and Tamora
8. Achilles killed Hector
9. Edgar killed Oswald
10. Henry Tudor killed Richard of York
11. Prince Hal killed Hotspur
12. Claudius killed Gertrude
13. Aufidius killed Coriolanus
Next category:
Shakespearean Who Loved Whom (with plays)
1. Oberon loved Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
They just had some issues, is all…
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19533 "2013-08-28T13:22:39Z")
Next category:
Shakespearean Who Loved Whom (with plays)
1. Oberon loved Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
2. Romeo loved Rosaline, “Romeo and Juliet”
(but she didn’t return his love, then he met Juliet at a party…)
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19534 "2013-08-28T13:43:59Z")
Shakespearean Who Loved Whom (with plays)
1. Oberon loved Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
2. Romeo loved Rosaline, “Romeo and Juliet”
3. Cordelia loved Lear, “King Lear”
(She loved him “according to her duty”, was the problem.)
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### Author:  [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19535 "2013-08-28T13:47:09Z")
Shakespearean Who Loved Whom (with plays)
1. Oberon loved Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
2. Romeo loved Rosaline, “Romeo and Juliet”
3. Cordelia loved Lear, “King Lear”
4. Helena loved Demetrius, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
(though he loved Hermia, who loved Lysander, yadda yadda yadda)
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19536 "2013-08-28T13:56:50Z")
Shakespearean Who Loved Whom (with plays)
1. Oberon loved Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
2. Romeo loved Rosaline, “Romeo and Juliet”
3. Cordelia loved Lear, “King Lear”
4. Helena loved Demetrius, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
5. Troilus loved Cressida, “Troilus and Cressida”
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19537 "2013-08-28T14:35:21Z")
Shakespearean Who Loved Whom (with plays)
1. Oberon loved Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
2. Romeo loved Rosaline, “Romeo and Juliet”
3. Cordelia loved Lear, “King Lear”
4. Helena loved Demetrius, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
5. Troilus loved Cressida, “Troilus and Cressida”
6. Benedick loved Beatrice (though he took some persuading!)
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19538 "2013-08-28T14:38:43Z")
Shakespearean Who Loved Whom (with plays)
1. Oberon loved Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
2. Romeo loved Rosaline, “Romeo and Juliet”
3. Cordelia loved Lear, “King Lear”
4. Helena loved Demetrius, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
5. Troilus loved Cressida, “Troilus and Cressida”
6. Benedick loved Beatrice (though he took some persuading!), “Much Ado About Nothing”
7. Shakespeare loved the Dark Lady, “Sonnet 151”
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19539 "2013-08-28T15:11:52Z")
Shakespearean Who Loved Whom (with plays)
1. Oberon loved Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
2. Romeo loved Rosaline, “Romeo and Juliet”
3. Cordelia loved Lear, “King Lear”
4. Helena loved Demetrius, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
5. Troilus loved Cressida, “Troilus and Cressida”
6. Benedick loved Beatrice (though he took some persuading!), “Much Ado About Nothing”
7. Shakespeare loved the Dark Lady, “Sonnet 151”
8. Ophelia loved Hamlet, “Hamlet”
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19540 "2013-08-28T15:42:02Z")
Shakespearean Who Loved Whom (with plays)
1. Oberon loved Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
2. Romeo loved Rosaline, “Romeo and Juliet”
3. Cordelia loved Lear, “King Lear”
4. Helena loved Demetrius, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
5. Troilus loved Cressida, “Troilus and Cressida”
6. Benedick loved Beatrice (though he took some persuading!), “Much Ado About Nothing”
7. Shakespeare loved the Dark Lady, “Sonnet 151”
8. Ophelia loved Hamlet, “Hamlet”
9. Olivia loves Viola (who, she thinks, is a man named Cesario) in _ **Twelfth Night** _
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19541 "2013-08-29T13:01:55Z")
Shakespearean Who Loved Whom (with plays)
1. Oberon loved Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
2. Romeo loved Rosaline, “Romeo and Juliet”
3. Cordelia loved Lear, “King Lear”
4. Helena loved Demetrius, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
5. Troilus loved Cressida, “Troilus and Cressida”
6. Benedick loved Beatrice (though he took some persuading!), “Much Ado About Nothing”
7. Shakespeare loved the Dark Lady, “Sonnet 151”
8. Ophelia loved Hamlet, “Hamlet”
9. Olivia loves Viola (who, she thinks, is a man named Cesario) in Twelfth Night
10. Katherine loved Petruccho, eventually, “Taming of the Shrew”
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19542 "2013-08-29T13:46:46Z")
Shakespearean Who Loved Whom (with plays)
1. Oberon loved Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
2. Romeo loved Rosaline, “Romeo and Juliet”
3. Cordelia loved Lear, “King Lear”
4. Helena loved Demetrius, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
5. Troilus loved Cressida, “Troilus and Cressida”
6. Benedick loved Beatrice (though he took some persuading!), “Much Ado About Nothing”
7. Shakespeare loved the Dark Lady, “Sonnet 151”
8. Ophelia loved Hamlet, “Hamlet”
9. Olivia loves Viola (who, she thinks, is a man named Cesario) in Twelfth Night
10. Katherine loved Petruccho, eventually, “Taming of the Shrew”
11. Count Orsino loved Lady Olivia, “Twelfth Night”
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