# 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\
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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:** [June 24, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44646 "2016-06-24T19:38:01Z")

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Cities with more than 1,000,000 people within their city limits (or similar borders).

1. New York, NY
2. Tokyo, Japan
3. Karachi, Pakistan
4. Mumbai, India

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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:** [June 24, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44647 "2016-06-24T20:18:07Z")

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Cities with more than 1,000,000 people within their city limits (or similar borders).

1. New York, NY
2. Tokyo, Japan
3. Karachi, Pakistan
4. Mumbai, India
5. Xiangcheng, China

Barely a million people, it ranks 160-th on the list of China’s largest cities. Most Chinese people have probably never even heard of it. By contrast, the 160-th largest city in the USA (Hayward CA) has 160,000 people.

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44648 "2016-06-24T21:02:04Z")

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Cities with more than 1,000,000 people within their city limits (or similar borders).

1. New York, NY
2. Tokyo, Japan
3. Karachi, Pakistan
4. Mumbai, India
5. Xiangcheng, China
6. Mexico City

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**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44649 "2016-06-24T21:05:00Z")

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Cities with more than 1,000,000 people within their city limits (or similar borders).

1. New York, NY
2. Tokyo, Japan
3. Karachi, Pakistan
4. Mumbai, India
5. Xiangcheng, China
6. Mexico City
7. Havana, Cuba

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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:** [June 24, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44650 "2016-06-24T22:08:02Z")

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Cities with more than 1,000,000 people within their city limits (or similar borders).

1. New York, NY
2. Tokyo, Japan
3. Karachi, Pakistan
4. Mumbai, India
5. Xiangcheng, China
6. Mexico City
7. Havana, Cuba
8. Greater London, UK

The area subject to the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. As opposed to the City of London, which is one small district in Greater London.

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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:** [June 24, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44651 "2016-06-24T22:10:29Z")

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Cities with more than 1,000,000 people within their city limits (or similar borders).

1. New York, NY
2. Tokyo, Japan
3. Karachi, Pakistan
4. Mumbai, India
5. Xiangcheng, China
6. Mexico City
7. Havana, Cuba
8. Greater London, UK
9. Phoenix, Arizona, USA

The only U.S. state capital with population over 1 million.

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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:** [June 25, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44652 "2016-06-25T00:26:53Z")

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Cities With More than 1,000,000 people within their city limits (or similar borders).

1. New York, NY
2. Tokyo, Japan
3. Karachi, Pakistan
4. Mumbai, India
5. Xiangcheng, China
6. Mexico City
7. Havana, Cuba
8. Greater London, UK
9. Phoenix, Arizona, USA
10. Cairo, Egypt

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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:** [June 25, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44653 "2016-06-25T02:42:04Z")

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Cities With More than 1,000,000 people within their city limits (or similar borders).

1. New York, NY
2. Tokyo, Japan
3. Karachi, Pakistan
4. Mumbai, India
5. Xiangcheng, China
6. Mexico City
7. Havana, Cuba
8. Greater London, UK
9. Phoenix, Arizona, USA
10. Cairo, Egypt
11. Los Angeles, Calif.

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44654 "2016-06-25T03:18:50Z")

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Cities With More than 1,000,000 people within their city limits (or similar borders).

1. New York, NY
2. Tokyo, Japan
3. Karachi, Pakistan
4. Mumbai, India
5. Xiangcheng, China
6. Mexico City
7. Havana, Cuba
8. Greater London, UK
9. Phoenix, Arizona, USA
10. Cairo, Egypt
11. Los Angeles, Calif.
12. Quezon City, the Philippines

With 3 million, the most populous city, adjacent to the country’s second most populous and most densely populated, Manila

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**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:** [June 25, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44655 "2016-06-25T05:19:33Z")

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Cities With More than 1,000,000 people within their city limits (or similar borders).

1. New York, NY
2. Tokyo, Japan
3. Karachi, Pakistan
4. Mumbai, India
5. Xiangcheng, China
6. Mexico City
7. Havana, Cuba
8. Greater London, UK
9. Phoenix, Arizona, USA
10. Cairo, Egypt
11. Los Angeles, Calif.
12. Quezon City, the Philippines
13. Toronto, Canada

Moon songs

1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young

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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:** [June 25, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44656 "2016-06-25T05:24:51Z")

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Moon songs

1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young
2. That’s Amore, Dean Martin

When the moon hits your eye . . . .

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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:** [June 25, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44657 "2016-06-25T11:24:44Z")

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Moon songs

1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young
2. That’s Amore, Dean Martin
3. Get Out And Get Under The Moon, Cliff Edwards

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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:** [June 25, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44658 "2016-06-25T12:16:19Z")

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Moon songs

1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young
2. That’s Amore, Dean Martin
3. Get Out And Get Under The Moon, Cliff Edwards
4. Moon River, composed by Mancini/Mercer

Sung by Audrey Hepburn in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s in 1961, it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Covered by many, most notably Andy Williams.

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**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44659 "2016-06-25T12:27:05Z")

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Moon songs

1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young
2. That’s Amore, Dean Martin
3. Get Out And Get Under The Moon, Cliff Edwards
4. Moon River, composed by Mancini/Mercer
5. Shine On Harvest Moon,Nora bayes/Jack Norworth

An oldie but a goodie.

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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:** [June 25, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44660 "2016-06-25T13:01:15Z")

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Moon songs

1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young
2. That’s Amore, Dean Martin
3. Get Out And Get Under The Moon, Cliff Edwards
4. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Van Heusen/Burke, 1940

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44661 "2016-06-25T13:08:04Z")

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_Lemme get the count back on track …_  
Moon songs

1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young
2. That’s Amore, Dean Martin
3. Get Out And Get Under The Moon, Cliff Edwards
4. Moon River, composed by Mancini/Mercer
5. Shine On Harvest Moon, Nora Bayes/Jack Norworth
6. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Van Heusen/Burke, 1940
7. Neon Moon, Brooks & Dunn

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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:** [June 25, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44662 "2016-06-25T13:36:15Z")

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Moon songs

1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young
2. That’s Amore, Dean Martin
3. Get Out And Get Under The Moon, Cliff Edwards
4. Moon River, composed by Mancini/Mercer
5. Shine On Harvest Moon, Nora Bayes/Jack Norworth
6. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Van Heusen/Burke, 1940
7. Neon Moon, Brooks & Dunn
8. Moondance - Van Morrison

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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:** [June 25, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44663 "2016-06-25T13:46:47Z")

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Moon songs

1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young
2. That’s Amore, Dean Martin
3. Get Out And Get Under The Moon, Cliff Edwards
4. Moon River, composed by Mancini/Mercer
5. Shine On Harvest Moon, Nora Bayes/Jack Norworth
6. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Van Heusen/Burke, 1940
7. Neon Moon, Brooks & Dunn
8. Moondance - Van Morrison
9. Moonchild by King Crimson

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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:** [June 25, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44664 "2016-06-25T13:56:12Z")

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Moon songs

1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young
2. That’s Amore, Dean Martin
3. Get Out And Get Under The Moon, Cliff Edwards
4. Moon River, composed by Mancini/Mercer
5. Shine On Harvest Moon, Nora Bayes/Jack Norworth
6. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Van Heusen/Burke, 1940
7. Neon Moon, Brooks & Dunn
8. Moondance - Van Morrison
9. Moonchild by King Crimson
10. Hypnotize the Moon - Clay Walker

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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:** [June 25, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44665 "2016-06-25T14:13:43Z")

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Moon songs

1. Harvest Moon, Neil Young
2. That’s Amore, Dean Martin
3. Get Out And Get Under The Moon, Cliff Edwards
4. Moon River, composed by Mancini/Mercer
5. Shine On Harvest Moon, Nora Bayes/Jack Norworth
6. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Van Heusen/Burke, 1940
7. Neon Moon, Brooks & Dunn
8. Moondance - Van Morrison
9. Moonchild by King Crimson
10. Hypnotize the Moon - Clay Walker
11. Claire de Lune – Debussy

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