# 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:** 111
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2201 "2010-11-12T15:18:49Z")
Nations with stripes on their flags 1. United States 2. Liberia 3. Cuba 4. Uruguay 5. Malaysia 6. Togo 7. Greece 8. Uganda 9. Zimbabwe 10. Kiribati 11. Italy 12 [Russia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Russia.svg) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2202 "2010-11-12T15:49:44Z")
Nations with stripes on their flags 1. United States 2. Liberia 3. Cuba 4. Uruguay 5. Malaysia 6. Togo 7. Greece 8. Uganda 9. Zimbabwe 10. Kiribati 11. Italy 12 Russia 12. France Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya (I was going to say “none of the colors red, white, and blue” but I wasn’t sure there were 13 such.) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2203 "2010-11-12T15:52:49Z")
Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya 2. Jamaica ---
**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:** [November 12, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2204 "2010-11-12T17:10:52Z")
Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya 2. Jamaica 3. [Mauritania](https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/flags/large/mr-lgflag.gif) I think we should go for no red, white, or blue if possible. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2205 "2010-11-12T17:35:57Z")
Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya 2. Jamaica 3. Mauritania 4. [Cocos (Keeling) Islands](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands.svg) ---
**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:** [November 12, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2206 "2010-11-12T19:32:30Z")
Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya 2. Jamaica 3. Mauritania 4. Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5. People’s Republic of China > **[Flag of China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China)** > > The national flag of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Five-star Red Flag, is a Chinese red field with five golden stars charged at the canton. The design features one large star, with four smaller stars in an arc set off towards the fly. It has been the national flag of China since the foundation of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949. > The red represents the Chinese Communist Revolution and the five stars and their relationships to each other represent the unity o... ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2207 "2010-11-12T19:38:26Z")
Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya 2. Jamaica 3. Mauritania 4. Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5. People’s Republic of China 6. Sri Lanka ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2208 "2010-11-12T20:40:54Z")
Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya 2. Jamaica 3. Mauritania 4. Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5. People’s Republic of China 6. Sri Lanka 7. [Nigeria](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nigeria.svg) ---
**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:** [November 12, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2209 "2010-11-12T20:58:46Z")
> [@](#): > > (I was going to say “none of the colors red, white, and blue” but I wasn’t sure there were 13 such.) You were right. We’ve used them all up. I hadn’t realized how many flags used red, white, or blue. Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya 2. Jamaica 3. Mauritania 4. Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5. People’s Republic of China 6. Sri Lanka 7. Nigeria 8. [Saudi Arabia](http://unimaps.com/flags-mideast/saudi-flag.gif) ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2210 "2010-11-12T21:11:41Z")
Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya 2. Jamaica 3. Mauritania 4. Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5. People’s Republic of China 6. Sri Lanka 7. Nigeria 8. [Saudi Arabia](http://unimaps.com/flags-mideast/saudi-flag.gif) 9. Sweden ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2211 "2010-11-13T02:28:10Z")
Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya 2. Jamaica 3. Mauritania 4. Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5. People’s Republic of China 6. Sri Lanka 7. Nigeria 8. [Saudi Arabia](http://unimaps.com/flags-mideast/saudi-flag.gif) 9. Sweden 10. [Macedonia](http://www.mapsofworld.com/flags/macedonia-flag.html) ---
**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:** [November 13, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2212 "2010-11-13T02:55:16Z")
Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya 2. Jamaica 3. Mauritania 4. Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5. People’s Republic of China 6. Sri Lanka 7. Nigeria 8. Saudi Arabia 9. Sweden 10. Macedonia 11. Vanuatu > **[Flag of Vanuatu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Vanuatu)** > > The flag of Vanuatu (Bislama: flaeg blong Vanuatu) was adopted on 18 February 1980. > In 1977 a flag of almost the same colours and symbolism as the future national flag was designed by local artist Kalontas Malon and adopted by the Vanua'aku Pati. When the party led the New Hebrides to independence as Vanuatu in 1980, the colours of the party flag (red, green, black and yellow) were chosen to be the basis for the national flag on Independence Day, 30 July 1980. A parliamentary committee chose ... ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2213 "2010-11-14T02:28:15Z")
Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya 2. Jamaica 3. Mauritania 4. Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5. People’s Republic of China 6. Sri Lanka 7. Nigeria 8. Saudi Arabia 9. Sweden 10. Macedonia 11. Vanuatu 12. [Cameroon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Cameroon.svg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2214 "2010-11-14T03:18:45Z")
Nations whose flag contains no more than one of the colors red, white, and blue. 1. Libya 2. Jamaica 3. Mauritania 4. Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5. People’s Republic of China 6. Sri Lanka 7. Nigeria 8. Saudi Arabia 9. Sweden 10. Macedonia 11. Vanuatu 12. [Cameroon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Cameroon.svg) 13. [Benin](http://www.theodora.com/flags/benin_flags.html) New list Professional athletes who have worn the #13 1. Dan Marino ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2215 "2010-11-14T04:29:59Z")
Professional athletes who have worn the #13 1. Dan Marino 2. [Ralph Branca](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Branca) ---
**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:** [November 14, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2216 "2010-11-14T05:07:42Z")
Professional athletes who have worn the #13 1. Dan Marino 2. [Ralph Branca](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Branca) 3. Wilt Chamberlain ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2217 "2010-11-14T06:00:46Z")
Professional athletes who have worn the #13 1. Dan Marino 2. Ralph Branca 3. Wilt Chamberlain 4. Dave Concepcion ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2218 "2010-11-14T06:12:43Z")
Professional athletes who have worn the #13 1. Dan Marino 2. [Ralph Branca](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Branca) 3. Wilt Chamberlain 4, Dave Concepcion 4. Steve Nash ---
**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:** [November 14, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2219 "2010-11-14T07:29:33Z")
Professional athletes who have worn the #13 1. Dan Marino 2. [Ralph Branca](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Branca) 3. Wilt Chamberlain 4, Dave Concepcion 4. Steve Nash 5. Kurt Warner ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2220 "2010-11-14T13:44:13Z")
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