# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Notable Tennis players, professional or amateur**

1. Calvin Coolidge Jr.
2. Billie Jean King
3. Arthur Ashe
4. John McEnroe
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. Chrissie Evert
7. Venus Williams

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**Notable Tennis players, professional or amateur**

1. Calvin Coolidge Jr.
2. Billie Jean King
3. Arthur Ashe
4. John McEnroe
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. Chrissie Evert
7. Venus Williams
8. Andre Agassi

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**Notable Tennis players, professional or amateur**

1. Calvin Coolidge Jr.
2. Billie Jean King
3. Arthur Ashe
4. John McEnroe
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. Chrissie Evert
7. Venus Williams
8. Andre Agassi
9. Helen Wills Moody

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**Notable Tennis players, professional or amateur**

1. Calvin Coolidge Jr.
2. Billie Jean King
3. Arthur Ashe
4. John McEnroe
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. Chrissie Evert
7. Venus Williams
8. Andre Agassi
9. Helen Wills Moody
10. Don Budge (John Donald Budge)

First tennis player to complete a calendar year Grand Slam, winning all four major singles tournaments – Australia, France, Great Britain _(Wimbledon)_, and the US – in a single year (1938).  
_(Winning the four tournaments but not all in the same year is called a “Career Grand Slam”)_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7408 "2021-09-08T20:39:45Z")

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**Notable Tennis players, professional or amateur**

1. Calvin Coolidge Jr.
2. Billie Jean King
3. Arthur Ashe
4. John McEnroe
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. Chrissie Evert
7. Venus Williams
8. Andre Agassi
9. Helen Wills Moody
10. Don Budge (John Donald Budge)
11. Serena Williams

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**Notable Tennis players, professional or amateur**

1. Calvin Coolidge Jr.
2. Billie Jean King
3. Arthur Ashe
4. John McEnroe
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. Chrissie Evert
7. Venus Williams
8. Andre Agassi
9. Helen Wills Moody
10. Don Budge (John Donald Budge)
11. Serena Williams
12. John McEnroe

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**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7410 "2021-09-08T22:33:20Z")

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**Notable Tennis players, professional or amateur**

1. Calvin Coolidge Jr.
2. Billie Jean King
3. Arthur Ashe
4. John McEnroe
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. Chrissie Evert
7. Venus Williams
8. Andre Agassi
9. Helen Wills Moody
10. Don Budge (John Donald Budge)
11. Serena Williams
12. John McEnroe
13. Martina Navratilova

Pass

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**Notable Tennis players, professional or amateur**

1. Calvin Coolidge Jr.
2. Billie Jean King
3. Arthur Ashe
4. John McEnroe
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. Chrissie Evert
7. Venus Williams
8. Andre Agassi
9. Helen Wills Moody
10. Don Budge (John Donald Budge)
11. Serena Williams
12. _Jimmy Connors_
13. Martina Navratilova

Correction. McEnroe was mentioned twice.

New subject.

In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.

1. Seattle

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**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/7412 "2021-09-08T23:04:59Z")

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In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.

1. Seattle
2. Salem, OR

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In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.

1. Seattle
2. Salem, OR
3. San Diego

That may be the only city where I’ve seen I-5

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In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.

1. Seattle
2. Salem, OR
3. San Diego
4. Stockton, CA

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In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.

1. Seattle
2. Salem, OR
3. San Diego
4. Stockton, CA
5. Bellingham, WA

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**In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.**

1. Seattle
2. Salem, OR
3. San Diego
4. Stockton, CA
5. Bellingham, WA
6. Portland, OR

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**In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.**

1. Seattle
2. Salem, OR
3. San Diego
4. Stockton, CA
5. Bellingham, WA
6. Portland, OR
7. Eugene, OR

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**In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.**

1. Seattle
2. Salem, OR
3. San Diego
4. Stockton, CA
5. Bellingham, WA
6. Portland, OR
7. Eugene, OR
8. Redding, CA

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**In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.**

1. Seattle
2. Salem, OR
3. San Diego
4. Stockton, CA
5. Bellingham, WA
6. Portland, OR
7. Eugene, OR
8. Redding, CA
9. Sacramento, CA

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**In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.**

1. Seattle
2. Salem, OR
3. San Diego
4. Stockton, CA
5. Bellingham, WA
6. Portland, OR
7. Eugene, OR
8. Redding, CA
9. Sacramento, CA
10. Tacoma, WA

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**In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.**

1. Seattle
2. Salem, OR
3. San Diego
4. Stockton, CA
5. Bellingham, WA
6. Portland, OR
7. Eugene, OR
8. Redding, CA
9. Sacramento, CA
10. Tacoma, WA
11. San Ysidro, CA

Its southernmost interchange.

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**In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.**

1. Seattle
2. Salem, OR
3. San Diego
4. Stockton, CA
5. Bellingham, WA
6. Portland, OR
7. Eugene, OR
8. Redding, CA
9. Sacramento, CA
10. Tacoma, WA
11. San Ysidro, CA
12. Weed, CA

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**In no particular order, name an American city connected to Interstate 5.**

1. Seattle
2. Salem, OR
3. San Diego
4. Stockton, CA
5. Bellingham, WA
6. Portland, OR
7. Eugene, OR
8. Redding, CA
9. Sacramento, CA
10. Tacoma, WA
11. San Ysidro, CA
12. Weed, CA
13. Grapevine, CA – location of the infamous Grapevine Hill from the song _Hot Rod Lincoln_

**In No Particular Order, Cities Along Florida’s Highway A1A**

1. Key West (southernmost point)

_ **-“BB”-** _

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