# 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:** 994
**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:** [September 14, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19863 "2013-09-14T03:40:29Z")
Fictional Actors/Actresses 1. Miranda Brain, Theatre Shoes by Noel Streatfeild 2. Nick Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare 3. Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard 4. Annie Spadaro, Caroline in the City, character played by Amy Pietz 5. Irene Adler, “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Arthur Conan Doyle 6. Magnolia Hawkes Ravenall, Showboat (novel/stage/film adaptations) 7. Alan Swann - My Favorite Year 8. Mona Melendy, the Melendy books by Elizabeth Enright 9. Tiffany Farrell - Luann (comic strip) [and fictional in both senses of the term too] 10. Penny on The Big Bang Theory 11. Dash Riprock (born Homer Noodleman, from Peoria, Illinois), _Beverly Hillbillies_ 12. Calculon - Futurama ---
**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:** [September 14, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19864 "2013-09-14T04:25:43Z")
Fictional Actors/Actresses 1. Miranda Brain, Theatre Shoes by Noel Streatfeild 2. Nick Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare 3. Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard 4. Annie Spadaro, Caroline in the City, character played by Amy Pietz 5. Irene Adler, “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Arthur Conan Doyle 6. Magnolia Hawkes Ravenall, Showboat (novel/stage/film adaptations) 7. Alan Swann - My Favorite Year 8. Mona Melendy, the Melendy books by Elizabeth Enright 9. Tiffany Farrell - Luann (comic strip) [and fictional in both senses of the term too] 10. Penny on The Big Bang Theory 11. Dash Riprock (born Homer Noodleman, from Peoria, Illinois), _Beverly Hillbillies_ 12. Calculon - Futurama 13. Joey Tribbiani - _Friends_ I’ll pass ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19865 "2013-09-14T14:49:44Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 ---
**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:** [September 14, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19866 "2013-09-14T15:35:57Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863 ---
**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:** [September 14, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19867 "2013-09-14T15:51:27Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863 3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19868 "2013-09-14T16:23:02Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863 3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896 4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19869 "2013-09-14T17:23:48Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863 3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896 4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775 5. George Washington’s Farewell Address ---
**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:** [September 14, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19870 "2013-09-14T17:35:35Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863 3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896 4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775 5. George Washington’s Farewell Address 6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19871 "2013-09-14T17:40:13Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863 3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896 4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775 5. George Washington’s Farewell Address 6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941 7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards What? History isn’t only battles and documents. Pop culture is history, too! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19872 "2013-09-14T17:51:26Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863 3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896 4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775 5. George Washington’s Farewell Address 6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941 7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards 8. “I am not a crook”, Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 1973 ---
**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:** [September 14, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19873 "2013-09-14T18:09:08Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863 3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896 4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775 5. George Washington’s Farewell Address 6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941 7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards 8. “I am not a crook”, Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 1973 9. Newburgh Address, George Washington, March 15, 1783 > **[Newburgh Address](https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/newburgh-address/)** > > On March 10, 1783, General George Washington learned that his officers planned to meet on the following? #5 was not actually a speech - it was printed in newspapers at the time, but Washington never read it aloud in public. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19874 "2013-09-14T18:15:28Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > 1. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards > > What? History isn’t only battles and documents. Pop culture is history, too! This is the one I had in mind as my first choice for a non-political, non-military, non-religious speech. Gold star! ---
**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:** [September 14, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19875 "2013-09-14T20:39:28Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863 3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896 4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775 5. George Washington’s Farewell Address 6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941 7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards 8. “I am not a crook”, Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 1973 9. Newburgh Address, George Washington, March 15, 1783 10. “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”, Douglas MacArthur, April 19, 1951 ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19876 "2013-09-14T21:05:00Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863 3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896 4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775 5. George Washington’s Farewell Address 6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941 7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards 8. “I am not a crook”, Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 1973 9. Newburgh Address, George Washington, March 15, 1783 10. “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”, Douglas MacArthur, April 19, 1951 11. “The luckiest man on the face of the earth” - Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium, July 4, 1939 ---
**Author:** ![evasgram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ec9cab/32.png) [@evasgram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evasgram)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19877 "2013-09-14T21:20:57Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863 3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896 4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775 5. George Washington’s Farewell Address 6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941 7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards 8. “I am not a crook”, Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 1973 9. Newburgh Address, George Washington, March 15, 1783 10. “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”, Douglas MacArthur, April 19, 1951 11. “The luckiest man on the face of the earth” - Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium, July 4, 1939 12. “Ich bin ein Berliner”, JFK 1963 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19878 "2013-09-14T21:47:50Z")
Famous Speeches in American History 1. “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 2. Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1863 3. “Cross of Gold”, William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896 4. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry, March 20, 1775 5. George Washington’s Farewell Address 6. “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”, Franklin Roosevelt, December 8, 1941 7. “You like me! You really like me!” Sally Field March 25 1985 - 57th Academy Awards 8. “I am not a crook”, Richard M. Nixon, November 17, 1973 9. Newburgh Address, George Washington, March 15, 1783 10. “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”, Douglas MacArthur, April 19, 1951 11. “The luckiest man on the face of the earth” - Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium, July 4, 1939 12. “Ich bin ein Berliner”, JFK 1963 13. Dwight Eisenhower’s Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Jan 17, 1961 New Topic: First Broadway Show You Ever Attended 14. _ **Fiddler on the Roof** _, starring Jan Peerce, February 1972 (tail end of the original run) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19879 "2013-09-14T22:07:56Z")
New Topic: First Broadway Show You Ever Attended 1. _ **Fiddler on the Roof** _, starring Jan Peerce, February 1972 (tail end of the original run) 2. _ **Into the Woods** _, the Broadway revival starring Vanessa Williams (with **Persephone**.) ---
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First Broadway Show You Ever Attended 1. _ **Fiddler on the Roof** _, starring Jan Peerce, February 1972 (tail end of the original run) 2. _ **Into the Woods** _, the Broadway revival starring Vanessa Williams (with **Persephone**.) 3. _ **Les Miserables** _, next year (I hope!!!) ---
**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:** [September 14, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19881 "2013-09-14T22:27:24Z")
First Broadway Show You Ever Attended 1. _ **Fiddler on the Roof** _, starring Jan Peerce, February 1972 (tail end of the original run) 2. _ **Into the Woods** _, the Broadway revival starring Vanessa Williams (with **Persephone**.) 3. _ **Les Miserables** _, next year (I hope!!!) 4. _ **The Wiz** _, at the Majestic in 1975. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19882 "2013-09-14T22:46:56Z")
First Broadway Show You Ever Attended 1. _ **Fiddler on the Roof** _, starring Jan Peerce, February 1972 (tail end of the original run) 2. _ **Into the Woods** _, the Broadway revival starring Vanessa Williams (with **Persephone**.) 3. _ **Les Miserables** _, next year (I hope!!!) 4. _ **The Wiz** _, at the Majestic in 1975. 5. _ **A Chorus Line** _, at the Shubert, 1977 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=993) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=995)