# Baker’s Dozen III

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 173

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3441 "2023-10-12T00:43:37Z")

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**Sports Featuring 10 or more players**

1. Rugby League (13)
2. Soccer (11)
3. American Football (11)
4. Australian Rules Football (18)
5. Capture the Flag (theoretically infinite)

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3442 "2023-10-12T01:04:01Z")

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**Sports Featuring 10 or more players**

1. Rugby League (13)
2. Soccer (11)
3. American Football (11)
4. Australian Rules Football (18)
5. Capture the Flag (theoretically infinite)
6. [Squamish](https://madcoversite.com/quiz_olympics.html) (43) 😆

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3443 "2023-10-12T01:10:30Z")

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**Sports Featuring 10 or more players**

1. Rugby League (13)
2. Soccer (11)
3. American Football (11)
4. Australian Rules Football (18)
5. Capture the Flag (theoretically infinite)
6. [Squamish](https://madcoversite.com/quiz_olympics.html) (43) 😆
7. Lacrosse (10)

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3444 "2023-10-12T01:48:02Z")

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**Sports Featuring 10 or more players**

1. Rugby League (13)
2. Soccer (11)
3. American Football (11)
4. Australian Rules Football (18)
5. Capture the Flag (theoretically infinite)
6. [Squamish](https://madcoversite.com/quiz_olympics.html) (43) 😆
7. Lacrosse (10)
8. Canadian football (12)

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3445 "2023-10-12T05:06:25Z")

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**Sports Featuring 10 or more players**

1. Rugby League (13)
2. Soccer (11)
3. American Football (11)
4. Australian Rules Football (18)
5. Capture the Flag (theoretically infinite)
6. [Squamish](https://madcoversite.com/quiz_olympics.html) (43) 😆
7. Lacrosse (10)
8. Canadian football (12)
9. [Quidditch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quidditch_(real-life_sport)) (14)

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3446 "2023-10-12T05:22:32Z")

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**Sports Featuring 10 or more players**

1. Rugby League (13)
2. Soccer (11)
3. American Football (11)
4. Australian Rules Football (18)
5. Capture the Flag (theoretically infinite)
6. [Squamish](https://madcoversite.com/quiz_olympics.html) (43) 😆
7. Lacrosse (10)
8. Canadian football (12)
9. [Quidditch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quidditch_(real-life_sport)) (14)
10. Cricket (11)

Real life Quidditch must be very very different from the books (apart from no flying brooms) if it has 14 players

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3447 "2023-10-12T15:52:56Z")

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**Sports Featuring 10 or more players**

1. Rugby League (13)
2. Soccer (11)
3. American Football (11)
4. Australian Rules Football (18)
5. Capture the Flag (theoretically infinite)
6. [Squamish](https://madcoversite.com/quiz_olympics.html) (43) 😆
7. Lacrosse (10)
8. Canadian football (12)
9. Bandy (11)
10. Cricket (11)

I was counting the entire field of players, not per team. I changed my answer to reflect this.

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**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:** [October 12, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3448 "2023-10-12T21:59:38Z")

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My alma mater, Oberlin College, used to have a Quidditch team.

**Sports Featuring 10 or more players**

1. Rugby League (13)
2. Soccer (11)
3. American Football (11)
4. Australian Rules Football (18)
5. Capture the Flag (theoretically infinite)
6. [Squamish](https://madcoversite.com/quiz_olympics.html) (43) 😆
7. Lacrosse (10)
8. Canadian football (12)
9. Bandy (11)
10. Cricket (11)
11. American Baseball (10)

With the DH, that is.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3449 "2023-10-13T16:26:30Z")

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**Sports Featuring 10 or more players**

1. Rugby League (13)
2. Soccer (11)
3. American Football (11)
4. Australian Rules Football (18)
5. Capture the Flag (theoretically infinite)
6. [Squamish](https://madcoversite.com/quiz_olympics.html)(43) 😆
7. Lacrosse (10)
8. Canadian football (12)
9. Bandy (11)
10. Cricket (11)
11. American Baseball (10)
12. Field Hockey (11)

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3450 "2023-10-13T17:11:24Z")

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**Sports Featuring 10 or more players**

1. Rugby League (13)
2. Soccer (11)
3. American Football (11)
4. Australian Rules Football (18)
5. Capture the Flag (theoretically infinite)
6. [Squamish](https://madcoversite.com/quiz_olympics.html)(43) 😆
7. Lacrosse (10)
8. Canadian football (12)
9. Bandy (11)
10. Cricket (11)
11. American Baseball (10)
12. Field Hockey (11)
13. Kickball (10)

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**Names ending with \_and: Countries past and present**

1. Swaziland

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**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:** [October 13, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3451 "2023-10-13T18:06:52Z")

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**Names ending with \_and: Countries past and present**

1. Swaziland
2. Ireland

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**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3452 "2023-10-13T18:50:57Z")

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**Names ending with \_and: Countries past and present**

1. Swaziland
2. Ireland
3. Åland

I am not sure what definition of “Country” is to be used but I think to get 13 we might need more than fully sovereign states.

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3453 "2023-10-13T19:27:15Z")

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**Names ending with \_and: Countries past and present**

1. Swaziland
2. Ireland
3. Åland
4. New Zealand

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3454 "2023-10-13T19:31:10Z")

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**Names ending with \_and: Countries past and present**

1. Swaziland
2. Ireland
3. Åland
4. New Zealand
5. Iceland

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3455 "2023-10-13T20:18:39Z")

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**Names ending with \_and: Countries past and present**

1. Swaziland
2. Ireland
3. Åland
4. New Zealand
5. Iceland
6. Poland

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**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:** [October 13, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3456 "2023-10-13T21:50:41Z")

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**Names ending with \_and: Countries past and present**

1. Swaziland
2. Ireland
3. Åland
4. New Zealand
5. Iceland
6. Poland
7. England

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3457 "2023-10-13T21:53:00Z")

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**Names ending with \_and: Countries past and present**

1. Swaziland
2. Ireland
3. Åland
4. New Zealand
5. Iceland
6. Poland
7. England
8. Scotland

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**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:** [October 13, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3458 "2023-10-13T21:56:06Z")

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**Names ending with \_and: Countries past and present**

1. Swaziland
2. Ireland
3. Åland
4. New Zealand
5. Iceland
6. Poland
7. England
8. Scotland
9. Bechuanaland

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3459 "2023-10-13T22:25:37Z")

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**Names ending with \_and: Countries past and present**

1. Swaziland
2. Ireland
3. Åland
4. New Zealand
5. Iceland
6. Poland
7. England
8. Scotland
9. Bechuanaland
10. Switzerland

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3460 "2023-10-13T22:34:05Z")

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**Names ending with \_and: Countries past and present**

1. Swaziland
2. Ireland
3. Åland
4. New Zealand
5. Iceland
6. Poland
7. England
8. Scotland
9. Bechuanaland
10. Switzerland
11. Finland

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