# 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:** 1504
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30064 "2014-10-07T11:42:55Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30065 "2014-10-07T11:59:22Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman 6. Nicholas Sparks ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30066 "2014-10-07T13:04:37Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman 6. Nicholas Sparks 7. Steve Earle ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30067 "2014-10-07T13:15:01Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman 6. Nicholas Sparks 7. Steve Earle 8. Eddie Edwards ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30068 "2014-10-07T13:40:31Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman 6. Nicholas Sparks 7. Steve Earle 8. Eddie Edwards 9. Steve Ells ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30069 "2014-10-07T13:56:10Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman 6. Nicholas Sparks 7. Steve Earle 8. Eddie Edwards 9. Steve Ells 10. Sam Morse (inventor of telegraph) ---
**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 7, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30070 "2014-10-07T14:12:13Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman 6. Nicholas Sparks 7. Steve Earle 8. Eddie Edwards 9. Steve Ells 10. Sam Morse 11. Edward FitzGerald ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30071 "2014-10-07T14:27:32Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman 6. Nicholas Sparks 7. Steve Earle 8. Eddie Edwards 9. Steve Ells 10. Sam Morse 11. Edward FitzGerald 12. Daniel Davis Stage & screen actor best known as the butler on _The Nanny_ and for a disaster laden run of _La Cage Aux Folles_ in which he was apparently hated by the entire cast. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30072 "2014-10-07T14:35:10Z")
Sorry but we’re not done. **Elendil’s Heir** ’s play failed to follow the rules. Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman 6. Nicholas Sparks 7. Steve Earle 8. Eddie Edwards 9. Steve Ells 10. Sam Morse (inventor of telegraph) ---
**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 7, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30073 "2014-10-07T14:56:32Z")
Sorry about that. Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman 6. Nicholas Sparks 7. Steve Earle 8. Eddie Edwards 9. Steve Ells 10. Sam Morse 11. Elizabeth Hurley ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30074 "2014-10-07T15:18:45Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman 6. Nicholas Sparks 7. Steve Earle 8. Eddie Edwards 9. Steve Ells 10. Sam Morse 11. Elizabeth Hurley 12. Yvonne Elliman ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30075 "2014-10-07T15:26:27Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman 6. Nicholas Sparks 7. Steve Earle 8. Eddie Edwards 9. Steve Ells 10. Sam Morse 11. Elizabeth Hurley Since Yvonne Elliman has been done, we need a new Y celeb. Is there one that works? YES: 1. Yves St. Laurent ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30076 "2014-10-07T15:30:36Z")
Famous person whose first name ends with his (or her) last name initial, and whose first name begins with the last letter of the previous name 1. Norm Mineta 2. Alan Napier 3. Robert Taylor 4. Richard Dimbleby 5. Yvonne Elliman 6. Nicholas Sparks 7. Steve Earle 8. Eddie Edwards 9. Steve Ells 10. Sam Morse 11. Elizabeth Hurley 12. Yves St. Laurent 13. Tom Mix Amusement parks that are now closed: 1. Opryland USA, Nashville ---
**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 7, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30077 "2014-10-07T15:33:34Z")
Amusement parks that are now closed: 1. Opryland USA, Nashville 2. Riverside Amusement Park, Indianapolis ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30078 "2014-10-07T15:55:14Z")
Amusement parks that are now closed: 1. Opryland USA, Nashville 2. Riverside Amusement Park, Indianapolis 3. Palisades Amusement Park, Palisades, NJ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30079 "2014-10-07T15:57:58Z")
Amusement parks that are now closed: 1. Opryland USA, Nashville 2. Riverside Amusement Park, Indianapolis 3. Palisades Amusement Park, Palisades, NJ 4. Freedomland, Bronx NY (torn down to build Co-Op City) I went to both Freedomland and Palisades Park in my youth, but have no memories at all of Freedomland- just an old home movie showing me dancing there as a 2 year old! But I still remember the Palisades Park jingle! “Palisades has the rides, Palisades has the fun! Come on over! Shows and dancing are free, So’s the parking, so gee! Come on over! Palisades amusement park, Swings all day and after dark! Ride the coasters, get cool In the waves of the pool. You’ll have fun, so come on over!” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30080 "2014-10-07T16:00:21Z")
Amusement parks that are now closed: 1. Opryland USA, Nashville 2. Riverside Amusement Park, Indianapolis 3. Palisades Amusement Park, Palisades, NJ 4. Freedomland, Bronx NY (torn down to build Co-Op City) 5. Six Flags AstroWorld, Houston TX ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30081 "2014-10-07T16:18:11Z")
Amusement parks that are now closed: 1. Opryland USA, Nashville 2. Riverside Amusement Park, Indianapolis 3. Palisades Amusement Park, Palisades, NJ 4. Freedomland, Bronx NY (torn down to build Co-Op City) 5. Six Flags AstroWorld, Houston TX 6. Jim Bakker’s Heritage USA ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30082 "2014-10-07T16:58:48Z")
Amusement parks that are now closed: 1. Opryland USA, Nashville 2. Riverside Amusement Park, Indianapolis 3. Palisades Amusement Park, Palisades, NJ 4. Freedomland, Bronx NY (torn down to build Co-Op City) 5. Six Flags AstroWorld, Houston TX 6. Jim Bakker’s Heritage USA 7. Enchanted Forest, Ellicott City, MD ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30083 "2014-10-07T17:42:37Z")
Amusement parks that are now closed: 1. Opryland USA, Nashville 2. Riverside Amusement Park, Indianapolis 3. Palisades Amusement Park, Palisades, NJ 4. Freedomland, Bronx NY (torn down to build Co-Op City) 5. Six Flags AstroWorld, Houston TX 6. Jim Bakker’s Heritage USA 7. Enchanted Forest, Ellicott City, MD 8. Boblo Island, ON (Windsor/Detroit) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1503) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1505)