# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938>\
**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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**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:** [April 29, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9124 "2022-04-29T14:16:17Z")

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**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors**

1. Pistachio Pistachio
2. Chubby Hubby
3. Cherry Garcia
4. Dublin Mudslide
5. Wavy Gravy
6. Netflix & Chill’d
7. Chunky Monkey
8. Half Baked Dough

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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:** [April 29, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9125 "2022-04-29T16:30:42Z")

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> [@Skunkdog](#):
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> 1. Needle - Arya Stark’s training sword from _Game of Thrones_

Obligatory clip: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ItKF3xyci8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ItKF3xyci8)

**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors**

1. Pistachio Pistachio
2. Chubby Hubby
3. Cherry Garcia
4. Dublin Mudslide
5. Wavy Gravy
6. Netflix & Chill’d
7. Chunky Monkey
8. Half Baked Dough
9. Toffee Bar Crunch

One of their earliest (then called Heath Bar Crunch) and still, I think, one of their best.

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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:** [April 29, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9126 "2022-04-29T23:22:32Z")

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**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors**

1. Pistachio Pistachio
2. Chubby Hubby
3. Cherry Garcia
4. Dublin Mudslide
5. Wavy Gravy
6. Netflix & Chill’d
7. Chunky Monkey
8. Half Baked Dough
9. Toffee Bar Crunch
10. Phish Food

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**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:** [April 30, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9127 "2022-04-30T01:07:16Z")

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**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors**

1. Pistachio Pistachio
2. Chubby Hubby
3. Cherry Garcia
4. Dublin Mudslide
5. Wavy Gravy
6. Netflix & Chill’d
7. Chunky Monkey
8. Half Baked Dough
9. Toffee Bar Crunch
10. Phish Food
11. Mandarin Chocolate

This one goes way back; back when Ben & Jerry’s was only selling their ice cream in Vermont.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9128 "2022-04-30T07:26:44Z")

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**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors**

1. Pistachio Pistachio
2. Chubby Hubby
3. Cherry Garcia
4. Dublin Mudslide
5. Wavy Gravy
6. Netflix & Chill’d
7. Chunky Monkey
8. Half Baked Dough
9. Toffee Bar Crunch
10. Phish Food
11. Mandarin Chocolate
12. Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake

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**Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9129 "2022-04-30T18:22:23Z")

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**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors**

1. Pistachio Pistachio
2. Chubby Hubby
3. Cherry Garcia
4. Dublin Mudslide
5. Wavy Gravy
6. Netflix & Chill’d
7. Chunky Monkey
8. Half Baked Dough
9. Toffee Bar Crunch
10. Phish Food
11. Mandarin Chocolate
12. Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake
13. Change Is Brewing

**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)

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**Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9130 "2022-04-30T19:39:06Z")

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**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)
2. Aureus (gold monetary unit of Ancient Rome)

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**Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9131 "2022-04-30T20:10:27Z")

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**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)
2. Aureus (gold monetary unit of Ancient Rome)
3. Dollar (Confederate States of America)

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9132 "2022-04-30T22:06:48Z")

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**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)
2. Aureus (gold monetary unit of Ancient Rome)
3. Dollar (Confederate States of America)
4. Deutsche Mark (West Germany, then unified Germany until 2002)

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**Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9133 "2022-04-30T22:07:56Z")

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**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)
2. Aureus (gold monetary unit of Ancient Rome)
3. Dollar (Confederate States of America)
4. Deutsche Mark (West Germany, then unified Germany until 2002)
5. Franc (Pre-Euro France)

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**Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9134 "2022-04-30T23:32:36Z")

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**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)
2. Aureus (gold monetary unit of Ancient Rome)
3. Dollar (Confederate States of America)
4. Deutsche Mark (West Germany, then unified Germany until 2002)
5. Franc (Pre-Euro France)
6. Reichsmark (Nazi Germany)

Still in use for three years after Hitler’s death!

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**Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9135 "2022-04-30T23:33:42Z")

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**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)
2. Aureus (gold monetary unit of Ancient Rome)
3. Dollar (Confederate States of America)
4. Deutsche Mark (West Germany, then unified Germany until 2002)
5. Franc (Pre-Euro France)
6. Reichsmark (Nazi Germany)
7. Lira (Italy)

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**Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9136 "2022-04-30T23:46:16Z")

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**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)
2. Aureus (gold monetary unit of Ancient Rome)
3. Dollar (Confederate States of America)
4. Deutsche Mark (West Germany, then unified Germany until 2002)
5. Franc (Pre-Euro France)
6. Reichsmark (Nazi Germany)
7. Lira (Italy)
8. Piastre (French Indochina)

When Vietnam gained its independence, it was replaced by the dong.

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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:** [May 1, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9137 "2022-05-01T04:33:31Z")

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**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)
2. Aureus (gold monetary unit of Ancient Rome)
3. Dollar (Confederate States of America)
4. Deutsche Mark (West Germany, then unified Germany until 2002)
5. Franc (Pre-Euro France)
6. Reichsmark (Nazi Germany)
7. Lira (Italy)
8. Piastre (French Indochina)
9. Lira (Israel)

Israel’s currency 1952 to 1980

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**Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9138 "2022-05-01T11:57:40Z")

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**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)
2. Aureus (gold monetary unit of Ancient Rome)
3. Dollar (Confederate States of America)
4. Deutsche Mark (West Germany, then unified Germany until 2002)
5. Franc (Pre-Euro France)
6. Reichsmark (Nazi Germany)
7. Lira (Italy)
8. Piastre (French Indochina)
9. Lira (Israel)
10. Solidus (Roman Empire [Eastern or Byzantine])

First issued in AD 312 and used until the fall of Constantinople in 1453

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**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9139 "2022-05-02T01:45:06Z")

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**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)
2. Aureus (gold monetary unit of Ancient Rome)
3. Dollar (Confederate States of America)
4. Deutsche Mark (West Germany, then unified Germany until 2002)
5. Franc (Pre-Euro France)
6. Reichsmark (Nazi Germany)
7. Lira (Italy)
8. Piastre (French Indochina)
9. Lira (Israel)
10. Solidus (Roman Empire [Eastern or Byzantine])
11. Taiwanese Yen (Japanese Taiwan)

In circulation from 1895 to 1946

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**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9140 "2022-05-02T12:44:45Z")

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**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)
2. Aureus (gold monetary unit of Ancient Rome)
3. Dollar (Confederate States of America)
4. Deutsche Mark (West Germany, then unified Germany until 2002)
5. Franc (Pre-Euro France)
6. Reichsmark (Nazi Germany)
7. Lira (Italy)
8. Piastre (French Indochina)
9. Lira (Israel)
10. Solidus (Roman Empire [Eastern or Byzantine])
11. Taiwanese Yen (Japanese Taiwan)
12. Koruna (Czechoslovakia)

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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:** [May 2, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9141 "2022-05-02T16:14:30Z")

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**Discontinued Units of Currency**

1. Athenian drachma (Ancient Greece)
2. Aureus (gold monetary unit of Ancient Rome)
3. Dollar (Confederate States of America)
4. Deutsche Mark (West Germany, then unified Germany until 2002)
5. Franc (Pre-Euro France)
6. Reichsmark (Nazi Germany)
7. Lira (Italy)
8. Piastre (French Indochina)
9. Lira (Israel)
10. Solidus (Roman Empire [Eastern or Byzantine])
11. Taiwanese Yen (Japanese Taiwan)
12. Koruna (Czechoslovakia)
13. Rixdollar (British Ceylon, now Sri Lanka)

Delightfully obscure: [Ceylonese rixdollar - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylonese_rixdollar)

Pass.

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**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9142 "2022-05-02T17:21:54Z")

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**_Homographs_, spelled the same, but differing in meaning or pronunciation**

1. May (noun, the month) and may (verb)

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**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9143 "2022-05-02T17:27:27Z")

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**_Homographs_, spelled the same, but differing in meaning or pronunciation**

1. May (noun, the month) and may (verb)
2. Dent (proper noun, last name) and dent (verb) and dent (noun)

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