# 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:** 1923
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38444 "2015-10-11T03:58:55Z")
Girl Groups 1. The Bangles ---
**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 11, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38445 "2015-10-11T04:08:17Z")
Girl Groups 1. The Bangles 2. The Runaways ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38446 "2015-10-11T04:12:29Z")
Girl Groups 1. The Bangles 2. The Runaways 3. Sleater-Kinney ---
**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 11, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38447 "2015-10-11T04:14:20Z")
Girl Groups 1. The Bangles 2. The Runaways 3. Sleater-Kinney 4. The Go-Go’s ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38448 "2015-10-11T04:49:33Z")
Girl Groups 1. The Bangles 2. The Runaways 3. Sleater-Kinney 4. The Go-Go’s 5. The Shangri-Las ---
**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:** [October 11, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38449 "2015-10-11T05:15:42Z")
Girl Groups 1. The Bangles 2. The Runaways 3. Sleater-Kinney 4. The Go-Go’s 5. The Shangri-Las 6. L7 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38450 "2015-10-11T05:53:09Z")
1. The Bangles 2. The Runaways 3. Sleater-Kinney 4. The Go-Go’s 5. The Shangri-Las 6. L7 7. The Supremes ---
**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38451 "2015-10-11T08:34:26Z")
Girl Groups 1. The Bangles 2. The Runaways 3. Sleater-Kinney 4. The Go-Go’s 5. The Shangri-Las 6. L7 7. The Supremes 8. Spice Girls ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38452 "2015-10-11T08:42:21Z")
Girl Groups 1. The Bangles 2. The Runaways 3. Sleater-Kinney 4. The Go-Go’s 5. The Shangri-Las 6. L7 7. The Supremes 8. Spice Girls 9. The Marvelettes ---
**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38453 "2015-10-11T09:00:31Z")
Girl Groups 1. The Bangles 2. The Runaways 3. Sleater-Kinney 4. The Go-Go’s 5. The Shangri-Las 6. L7 7. The Supremes 8. Spice Girls 9. The Marvelettes 10. Destiny’s Child ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38454 "2015-10-11T09:25:24Z")
Girl Groups 1. The Bangles 2. The Runaways 3. Sleater-Kinney 4. The Go-Go’s 5. The Shangri-Las 6. L7 7. The Supremes 8. Spice Girls 9. The Marvelettes 10. Destiny’s Child 11. The Ronettes ---
**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38455 "2015-10-11T09:44:36Z")
Girl Groups 1. The Bangles 2. The Runaways 3. Sleater-Kinney 4. The Go-Go’s 5. The Shangri-Las 6. L7 7. The Supremes 8. Spice Girls 9. The Marvelettes 10. Destiny’s Child 11. The Ronettes 12. Salt-N-Pepa ---
**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 11, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38456 "2015-10-11T12:39:18Z")
Girl Groups 1. The Bangles 2. The Runaways 3. Sleater-Kinney 4. The Go-Go’s 5. The Shangri-Las 6. L7 7. The Supremes 8. Spice Girls 9. The Marvelettes 10. Destiny’s Child 11. The Ronettes 12. Salt-N-Pepa 13. The Andrews Sisters New! Lesser known or original names of things: 1. Wolfram (tungsten) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38457 "2015-10-11T13:06:36Z")
Lesser known or original names of things: 1. Wolfram (tungsten) 2. Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (NBA Detroit Pistons) ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38458 "2015-10-11T13:28:11Z")
Lesser known or original names of things: 1. Wolfram (tungsten) 2. Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (NBA Detroit Pistons) 3. German toast (French toast) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38459 "2015-10-11T14:40:21Z")
Lesser known or original names of things: 1. Wolfram (tungsten) 2. Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (NBA Detroit Pistons) 3. German toast (French toast) 4. Captain April (Captain Kirk) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38460 "2015-10-11T14:44:06Z")
Lesser known or original names of things: 1. Wolfram (tungsten) 2. Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (NBA Detroit Pistons) 3. German toast (French toast) 4. Captain April (Captain Kirk) 5. Idlewild Airport (JFK International Airport) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38461 "2015-10-11T14:48:28Z")
Lesser known or original names of things: 1. Wolfram (tungsten) 2. Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (NBA Detroit Pistons) 3. German toast (French toast) 4. Captain April (Captain Kirk) 5. Idlewild Airport (JFK International Airport) 6. Persia (Iran) ---
**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 11, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38462 "2015-10-11T15:12:55Z")
Lesser known or original names of things: 1. Wolfram (tungsten) 2. Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (NBA Detroit Pistons) 3. German toast (French toast) 4. Captain April (Captain Kirk) 5. Idlewild Airport (JFK International Airport) 6. Persia (Iran) 7. Yeshua (Jesus) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38463 "2015-10-11T15:43:14Z")
Lesser known or original names of things: 1. Wolfram (tungsten) 2. Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (NBA Detroit Pistons) 3. German toast (French toast) 4. Captain April (Captain Kirk) 5. Idlewild Airport (JFK International Airport) 6. Persia (Iran) 7. Yeshua (Jesus) 8. King’s College (my alma mater, Columbia University) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1922) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1924)