# 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:** 1549
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30964 "2014-11-09T19:26:25Z")
Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) 3. Auburn and Clemson (The Tigers) 4. Houston and BYU (the Cougars) 5. Georgia Tech and the Univ of Rochester (Yellow Jackets) 6. Georgia and Mississippi State (Bulldogs) 7. Notre Dame and U.S. Air Force Academy (Falcons) 8. Northwestern and Kansas State (Wildcats) 9. University of Georgia/Mississippi State and Louisiana Tech (Bulldogs) 10. LSU and Missouri (Tigers) 11. Boston College and Florida Gulf Coast University (Eagles) 12. Baylor and Maine Bears ---
**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:** [November 9, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30965 "2014-11-09T19:57:17Z")
Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname 1. Connecticut and Washington (The Huskies) 2. Rice and Temple (The Owls) 3. Auburn and Clemson (The Tigers) 4. Houston and BYU (the Cougars) 5. Georgia Tech and the Univ of Rochester (Yellow Jackets) 6. Georgia and Mississippi State (Bulldogs) 7. Notre Dame and U.S. Air Force Academy (Falcons) 8. Northwestern and Kansas State (Wildcats) 9. University of Georgia/Mississippi State and Louisiana Tech (Bulldogs) 10. LSU and Missouri (Tigers) 11. Boston College and Florida Gulf Coast University (Eagles) 12. Baylor and Maine Bears 13, Austin and Univ. of Missouri (Kangaroos) New! **Authors of 100 or More Books** 13. Isaac Asimov ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30966 "2014-11-09T21:56:19Z")
New! Authors of 100 or More Books 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Corin Tellado ---
**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:** [November 9, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30967 "2014-11-09T22:01:26Z")
Authors of 100 or More Books 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Corin Tellado 3. Barbara Cartland ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30968 "2014-11-09T22:10:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Two College Football/Basketball Teams With the Same Nickname > > 1. Notre Dame and U.S. Air Force Academy (Falcons) I thought the nickname for ND was the Fighting Irish. Falcons…? 😕 Authors of 100 or More Books 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Corin Tellado 3. Barbara Cartland 4. Alexandre Dumas ---
**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:** [November 9, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30969 "2014-11-09T23:37:18Z")
Authors of 100 or More Books 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Corin Tellado 3. Barbara Cartland 4. Alexandre Dumas 5. Nora Roberts ---
**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:** [November 9, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30970 "2014-11-09T23:44:41Z")
Authors of 100 or More Books 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Corin Tellado 3. Barbara Cartland 4. Alexandre Dumas 5. Nora Roberts 6. Stan Lee Of course they were comic books, but still… ---
**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 10, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30971 "2014-11-10T01:54:02Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I thought the nickname for ND was the Fighting Irish. Falcons…? 😕 … See post 30953. Authors of 100 or More Books 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Corin Tellado 3. Barbara Cartland 4. Alexandre Dumas 5. Nora Roberts 6. Stan Lee 7. Georges Simenon ---
**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:** [November 10, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30972 "2014-11-10T03:11:12Z")
Authors of 100 or More Books 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Corin Tellado 3. Barbara Cartland 4. Alexandre Dumas 5. Nora Roberts 6. Stan Lee 7. Georges Simenon 8. Louis L’Amour ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30973 "2014-11-10T04:23:55Z")
Authors of 100 or More Books 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Corin Tellado 3. Barbara Cartland 4. Alexandre Dumas 5. Nora Roberts 6. Stan Lee 7. Georges Simenon 8. Louis L’Amour 9. Dean Koontz ---
**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:** [November 10, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30974 "2014-11-10T04:47:01Z")
Authors of 100 or More Books 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Corin Tellado 3. Barbara Cartland 4. Alexandre Dumas 5. Nora Roberts 6. Stan Lee 7. Georges Simenon 8. Louis L’Amour 9. Dean Koontz 10. R. L. Stine ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30975 "2014-11-10T06:10:24Z")
Authors of 100 or More Books 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Corin Tellado 3. Barbara Cartland 4. Alexandre Dumas 5. Nora Roberts 6. Stan Lee 7. Georges Simenon 8. Louis L’Amour 9. Dean Koontz 10. R. L. Stine 11. Cotton Mather ---
**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 10, 2014, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30976 "2014-11-10T06:56:51Z")
Authors of 100 or More Books 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Corin Tellado 3. Barbara Cartland 4. Alexandre Dumas 5. Nora Roberts 6. Stan Lee 7. Georges Simenon 8. Louis L’Amour 9. Dean Koontz 10. R. L. Stine 11. Cotton Mather 12. Robert Silverberg ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30977 "2014-11-10T10:54:25Z")
Authors of 100 or More Books 1. Isaac Asimov 2. Corin Tellado 3. Barbara Cartland 4. Alexandre Dumas 5. Nora Roberts 6. Stan Lee 7. Georges Simenon 8. Louis L’Amour 9. Dean Koontz 10. R. L. Stine 11. Cotton Mather 12. Robert Silverberg 13. Eleanor Hibbert (b.k.a. Jean Plaidy & Victoria Holt) I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30978 "2014-11-10T12:44:20Z")
Next: Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line ---
**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:** [November 10, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30979 "2014-11-10T13:03:22Z")
Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line 2. New Coke ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30980 "2014-11-10T15:18:10Z")
Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line 2. New Coke 3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30981 "2014-11-10T15:24:08Z")
Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line 2. New Coke 3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward 4. Edsel cars ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30982 "2014-11-10T15:41:26Z")
Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line 2. New Coke 3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward 4. Edsel cars 5. Segways The Segway itself works fine, but it didn’t become a transportation revolution as hoped/expected by its owner for many reasons (cost, zoning laws, size, etc.). ---
**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 10, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30983 "2014-11-10T15:47:26Z")
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