# 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:** 2012

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**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40224 "2015-12-09T20:04:48Z")

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Famous people who are/were illegitimate

1. Alexander Hamilton
2. John James Audubon
3. William I of England (aka William the Conqueror, aka William the Bastard)
4. Sophia Loren
5. Leonardo da Vinci
6. Billie Holiday
7. Liv Tyler
8. Sean Astin
9. Fidel Castro
10. Eric Clapton
11. Jack Nicholson
12. Trevor Noah
13. Saint Martin de Porras (Dad was a minor Spanish noble, mum was a free panamanian black woman)

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You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40225 "2015-12-09T20:05:57Z")

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You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul
2. Hong Kong

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40226 "2015-12-09T20:13:20Z")

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You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul
2. Hong Kong
3. New York

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40227 "2015-12-09T20:19:24Z")

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You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul
2. Hong Kong
3. New York
4. Sydney, Australia

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**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:** [December 9, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40228 "2015-12-09T20:22:00Z")

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Ooo, that’s a toughie.

You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul
2. Hong Kong
3. New York
4. Sydney, Australia
5. St. Petersburg, Russia

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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:** [December 9, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40229 "2015-12-09T20:35:15Z")

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You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul
2. Hong Kong
3. New York
4. Sydney, Australia
5. St. Petersburg, Russia
6. London, England

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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:** [December 9, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40230 "2015-12-09T20:37:31Z")

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You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul
2. Hong Kong
3. New York
4. Sydney, Australia
5. St. Petersburg, Russia
6. London, England
7. Cardiff, Wales

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**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:** [December 9, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40231 "2015-12-09T21:17:02Z")

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You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul
2. Hong Kong
3. New York
4. Sydney, Australia
5. St. Petersburg, Russia
6. London, England
7. Cardiff, Wales
8. Deadhorse, Alaska

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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:** [December 9, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40232 "2015-12-09T22:06:45Z")

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You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul
2. Hong Kong
3. New York
4. Sydney, Australia
5. St. Petersburg, Russia
6. London, England
7. Cardiff, Wales
8. Deadhorse, Alaska
9. Hargeisa, Somalia

I’m going to Colombo, Darwin and Tokyo this winter, so I’m starting to run out of contenders. A year ago, I might have said Bishkek, but I went there in July.

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**Author:** ![Nelson\_Pike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nelson\_Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nelson_Pike)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40233 "2015-12-10T01:19:22Z")

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You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul
2. Hong Kong
3. New York
4. Sydney, Australia
5. St. Petersburg, Russia
6. London, England
7. Cardiff, Wales
8. Deadhorse, Alaska
9. Hargeisa, Somalia
10. Newark, NJ, USA (vies with San Francisco for loveliest city in the country; known unofficially as The Garden of the Garden State)

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40234 "2015-12-10T05:12:43Z")

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You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul
2. Hong Kong
3. New York
4. Sydney, Australia
5. St. Petersburg, Russia
6. London, England
7. Cardiff, Wales
8. Deadhorse, Alaska
9. Hargeisa, Somalia
10. Newark, NJ, USA (vies with San Francisco for loveliest city in the country; known unofficially as The Garden of the Garden State)
11. Moscow

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**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:** [December 10, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40235 "2015-12-10T05:21:06Z")

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You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul
2. Hong Kong
3. New York
4. Sydney, Australia
5. St. Petersburg, Russia
6. London, England
7. Cardiff, Wales
8. Deadhorse, Alaska
9. Hargeisa, Somalia
10. Newark, NJ, USA
11. Moscow
12. Tokyo

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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:** [December 10, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40236 "2015-12-10T12:17:40Z")

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You can only visit one more city which you have never visited before, this is your last trip. Name it.

1. Istanbul
2. Hong Kong
3. New York
4. Sydney, Australia
5. St. Petersburg, Russia
6. London, England
7. Cardiff, Wales
8. Deadhorse, Alaska
9. Hargeisa, Somalia
10. Newark, NJ, USA
11. Moscow
12. Tokyo
13. Inverness, Scotland

pass

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**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:** [December 10, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40237 "2015-12-10T12:32:53Z")

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Cities you have visited, but have no intention of ever going back there.

1. Mobile, Alabama.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40238 "2015-12-10T12:33:37Z")

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Let’s do both! 😃

Cities you have visited, but have no intention of ever going back there.

1. Mobile, Alabama.

A city, other than the one closest to your home, you’ve visited more than once, and plan to again, and again.

1. San Francisco (I’ve been to Newark NJ. SF is way prettier)

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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:** [December 10, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40239 "2015-12-10T12:35:07Z")

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Cities you have visited, but have no intention of ever going back there.

1. Mobile, Alabama.
2. Laredo, Texas

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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:** [December 10, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40240 "2015-12-10T13:55:29Z")

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Cities you have visited, but have no intention of ever going back there.

1. Mobile, Alabama.
2. Laredo, Texas
3. New York City

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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:** [December 10, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40241 "2015-12-10T14:34:00Z")

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Cities you have visited, but have no intention of ever going back there.

1. Mobile, Alabama.
2. Laredo, Texas
3. New York City
4. Jackson, Mississippi

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**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:** [December 10, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40242 "2015-12-10T15:15:38Z")

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Cities you have visited, but have no intention of ever going back there.

1. Mobile, Alabama
2. Laredo, Texas
3. New York City
4. Jackson, Mississippi
5. Juneau, Alaska

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40243 "2015-12-10T16:05:09Z")

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Cities you have visited, but have no intention of ever going back there.

1. Mobile, Alabama
2. Laredo, Texas
3. New York City
4. Jackson, Mississippi
5. Juneau, Alaska
6. Panama City, Panama

Nothing against the place, but it was a layover on a flight to South America that I doubt will be repeated.

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