# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 1562

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31224 "2014-11-14T16:02:58Z")

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Cuts of Steak

1. Flank
2. Sirloin
3. Ribeye
4. Skirt
5. T-Bone
6. Filet mignon
7. Rump
8. New York Strip
9. Flatiron
10. Porterhouse
11. Brisket

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**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 14, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31225 "2014-11-14T16:46:42Z")

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Cuts of Steak

1. Flank
2. Sirloin
3. Ribeye
4. Skirt
5. T-Bone
6. Filet mignon
7. Rump
8. New York Strip
9. Flatiron
10. Porterhouse
11. Brisket
12. Silverside

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31226 "2014-11-14T17:25:24Z")

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Cuts of Steak

1. Flank
2. Sirloin
3. Ribeye
4. Skirt
5. T-Bone
6. Filet mignon
7. Rump
8. New York Strip
9. Flatiron
10. Porterhouse
11. Brisket
12. Silverside
13. Tenderloin

Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx

I would gauge modern as “lived in 20th and-or 21st centuries”.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31227 "2014-11-14T17:32:09Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell

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**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 14, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31228 "2014-11-14T17:33:20Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31229 "2014-11-14T17:36:28Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts
4. Caesar Chavez

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31230 "2014-11-14T18:08:22Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts
4. Caesar Chavez
5. Trajan Langdon, Duke basketball star

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31231 "2014-11-14T18:16:18Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts
4. Caesar Chavez
5. Trajan Langdon, Duke basketball star
6. Marcus Spears, NFL player

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**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 14, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31232 "2014-11-14T18:40:11Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts
4. Caesar Chavez
5. Trajan Langdon, Duke basketball star
6. Marcus Spears, NFL player
7. Leo Durocher

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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:** [November 14, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31233 "2014-11-14T18:40:24Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts
4. Caesar Chavez
5. Trajan Langdon, Duke basketball star
6. Marcus Spears, NFL player
7. Leo Durocher
8. Claudia Cardinale

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31234 "2014-11-14T18:42:57Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts
4. Caesar Chavez
5. Trajan Langdon, Duke basketball star
6. Marcus Spears, NFL player
7. Claudia Cardinale  
8.Octavia Spencer

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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:** [November 14, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31235 "2014-11-14T18:43:49Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> 1. Leo Durocher

Does Leo qualify as a Roman given name? I can’t find anyone who had the name Leo prior to the fifth century. It think it’s like Peter; a nickname that later became adopted as a given name.

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**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 14, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31236 "2014-11-14T18:45:43Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts
4. Caesar Chavez
5. Trajan Langdon, Duke basketball star
6. Marcus Spears, NFL player
7. Claudia Cardinale
8. Octavia Spencer
9. Juno Temple, English actress

[OK, forget Leo.]

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31237 "2014-11-14T18:55:02Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts
4. Caesar Chavez
5. Trajan Langdon, Duke basketball star
6. Marcus Spears, NFL player
7. Claudia Cardinale
8. Octavia Spencer
9. Juno Temple, English actress
10. Cassius Clay (real name of Muhammad Ali)

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**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 14, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31238 "2014-11-14T19:06:37Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts
4. Caesar Chavez
5. Trajan Langdon, Duke basketball star
6. Marcus Spears, NFL player
7. Claudia Cardinale
8. Octavia Spencer
9. Juno Temple, English actress
10. Cassius Clay (real name of Muhammad Ali)
11. Felix Pappalardi

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31239 "2014-11-14T20:34:35Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts
4. Caesar Chavez
5. Trajan Langdon, Duke basketball star
6. Marcus Spears, NFL player
7. Claudia Cardinale
8. Octavia Spencer
9. Juno Temple, English actress
10. Cassius Clay (real name of Muhammad Ali)
11. Felix Pappalardi
12. Antonia Fraser

English writer/popular historian.

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**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 14, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31240 "2014-11-14T20:45:13Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts
4. Caesar Chavez
5. Trajan Langdon, Duke basketball star
6. Marcus Spears, NFL player
7. Claudia Cardinale
8. Octavia Spencer
9. Juno Temple, English actress
10. Cassius Clay (real name of Muhammad Ali)
11. Felix Pappalardi
12. Antonia Fraser
13. January Jones

Next up, since it got swallowed up before:

13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31241 "2014-11-14T20:48:09Z")

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Modern people with Roman given names:

1. Julius “Groucho” Marx
2. Maximilian Schell
3. Julia Roberts
4. Caesar Chavez
5. Trajan Langdon, Duke basketball star
6. Marcus Spears, NFL player
7. Claudia Cardinale
8. Octavia Spencer
9. Juno Temple, English actress
10. Cassius Clay (real name of Muhammad Ali)
11. Felix Pappalardi
12. Antonia Fraser
13. Singer Constantine Maroulis

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31242 "2014-11-14T20:49:09Z")

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13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey  
2, Charcoal grey

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**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 14, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31243 "2014-11-14T21:05:26Z")

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13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey  
2, Charcoal grey
2. Gunmetal

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