# 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:** 2359
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47166 "2016-10-30T22:05:13Z")
Countries whose names alternate vowel/consonant/vowel… (or consonant/vowel/consonant…) 1. United Arab Emirates 2. Panama 3. Mexico 4. Yemen 5. Canada 6. Italy Sometimes Y & W, right? ---
**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:** [October 30, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47167 "2016-10-30T22:40:16Z")
1. United Arab Emirates 2. Panama 3. Mexico 4. Yemen 5. Canada 6. Italy 7. Iran ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47168 "2016-10-30T22:47:18Z")
Countries whose names alternate vowel/consonant/vowel… (or consonant/vowel/consonant…) 1. United Arab Emirates 2. Panama 3. Mexico 4. Yemen 5. Canada 6. Italy 7. Iran 8. Senegal ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47169 "2016-10-30T23:50:41Z")
Countries whose names alternate vowel/consonant/vowel… (or consonant/vowel/consonant…) 1. United Arab Emirates 2. Panama 3. Mexico 4. Yemen 5. Canada 6. Italy 7. Iran 8. Senegal 9. Qatar ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47170 "2016-10-31T00:03:17Z")
Countries whose names alternate vowel/consonant/vowel… (or consonant/vowel/consonant…) 1. United Arab Emirates 2. Panama 3. Mexico 4. Yemen 5. Canada 6. Italy 7. Iran 8. Senegal 9. Qatar 10. Tuvalu ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47171 "2016-10-31T00:18:32Z")
Countries whose names alternate vowel/consonant/vowel… (or consonant/vowel/consonant…) 1. United Arab Emirates 2. Panama 3. Mexico 4. Yemen 5. Canada 6. Italy 7. Iran 8. Senegal 9. Qatar 10. Tuvalu 11. Peru ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47172 "2016-10-31T01:18:34Z")
Countries whose names alternate vowel/consonant/vowel… (or consonant/vowel/consonant…) 1. United Arab Emirates 2. Panama 3. Mexico 4. Yemen 5. Canada 6. Italy 7. Iran 8. Senegal 9. Qatar 10. Tuvalu 11. Peru 12. Sudan Next: Countries whose capital is not its most populated city: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) ---
**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 31, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47173 "2016-10-31T02:17:04Z")
National capitals which aren’t the most populated city in their country: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) 2. Pretoria (5th most populous city in South Africa) I revised the category title to make it clearer. ---
**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 31, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47174 "2016-10-31T02:18:29Z")
National capitals which aren’t the most populated city in their country: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) 2. Pretoria (5th most populous city in South Africa) 3. Washington D.C. (22nd most populous city in the United States) ---
**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:** [October 31, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47175 "2016-10-31T02:44:01Z")
National capitals which aren’t the most populated city in their country: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) 2. Pretoria (5th most populous city in South Africa) 3. Washington D.C. (22nd most populous city in the United States) 4. Brasília (4th most populous city in Brazil) ---
**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:** [October 31, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47176 "2016-10-31T04:37:42Z")
National capitals which aren’t the most populated city in their country: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) 2. Pretoria (5th most populous city in South Africa) 3. Washington D.C. (22nd most populous city in the United States) 4. Brasília (4th most populous city in Brazil) 5. Ottawa (4th most populous city in Canada) ---
**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 31, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47177 "2016-10-31T04:39:45Z")
National capitals which aren’t the most populated city in their country: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) 2. Pretoria (5th most populous city in South Africa) 3. Washington D.C. (22nd most populous city in the United States) 4. Brasília (4th most populous city in Brazil) 5. Ottawa (4th most populous city in Canada) 6. Abuja (9th most populous city in Nigeria) ---
**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 31, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47178 "2016-10-31T05:07:28Z")
National capitals which aren’t the most populated city in their country: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) 2. Pretoria (5th most populous city in South Africa) 3. Washington D.C. (22nd most populous city in the United States) 4. Brasília (4th most populous city in Brazil) 5. Ottawa (4th most populous city in Canada) 6. Abuja (9th most populous city in Nigeria) 7. Beijing (2nd or 3rd most populous city in China, depending on how you count) ---
**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 31, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47179 "2016-10-31T07:05:39Z")
National capitals which aren’t the most populated city in their country: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) 2. Pretoria (5th most populous city in South Africa) 3. Washington D.C. (22nd most populous city in the United States) 4. Brasília (4th most populous city in Brazil) 5. Ottawa (4th most populous city in Canada) 6. Abuja (9th most populous city in Nigeria) 7. Beijing (2nd or 3rd most populous city in China, depending on how you count) 8. Ankara (2nd most populous city in Turkey) ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47180 "2016-10-31T07:47:35Z")
National capitals which aren’t the most populated city in their country: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) 2. Pretoria (5th most populous city in South Africa) 3. Washington D.C. (22nd most populous city in the United States) 4. Brasília (4th most populous city in Brazil) 5. Ottawa (4th most populous city in Canada) 6. Abuja (9th most populous city in Nigeria) 7. Beijing (2nd or 3rd most populous city in China, depending on how you count) 8. Ankara (2nd most populous city in Turkey) 9. Yaoundé (2nd most populous in Cameroon) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47181 "2016-10-31T09:58:40Z")
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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:** [October 31, 2016, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47182 "2016-10-31T10:35:34Z")
National capitals which aren’t the most populated city in their country: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) 2. Pretoria (5th most populous city in South Africa) 3. Washington D.C. (22nd most populous city in the United States) 4. Brasília (4th most populous city in Brazil) 5. Ottawa (4th most populous city in Canada) 6. Abuja (9th most populous city in Nigeria) 7. Beijing (2nd or 3rd most populous city in China, depending on how you count) 8. Ankara (2nd most populous city in Turkey) 9. Yaoundé (2nd most populous in Cameroon) 10. Islamabad (9th largest city in Pakistan) ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47183 "2016-10-31T11:01:15Z")
National capitals which aren’t the most populated city in their country: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) 2. Pretoria (5th most populous city in South Africa) 3. Washington D.C. (22nd most populous city in the United States) 4. Brasília (4th most populous city in Brazil) 5. Ottawa (4th most populous city in Canada) 6. Abuja (9th most populous city in Nigeria) 7. Beijing (2nd or 3rd most populous city in China, depending on how you count) 8. Ankara (2nd most populous city in Turkey) 9. Yaoundé (2nd most populous in Cameroon) 10. Islamabad (9th largest city in Pakistan) 11. Bern (5th largest city in Switzerland) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47184 "2016-10-31T12:59:57Z")
National capitals which aren’t the most populated city in their country: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) 2. Pretoria (5th most populous city in South Africa) 3. Washington D.C. (22nd most populous city in the United States) 4. Brasília (4th most populous city in Brazil) 5. Ottawa (4th most populous city in Canada) 6. Abuja (9th most populous city in Nigeria) 7. Beijing (2nd or 3rd most populous city in China, depending on how you count) 8. Ankara (2nd most populous city in Turkey) 9. Yaoundé (2nd most populous in Cameroon) 10. Islamabad (9th largest city in Pakistan) 11. Bern (5th largest city in Switzerland) 12. Rabat (7th largest city in Morocco) ---
**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 31, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47185 "2016-10-31T14:05:34Z")
National capitals which aren’t the most populated city in their country: 1. Canberra (8th most populous city in Australia) 2. Pretoria (5th most populous city in South Africa) 3. Washington D.C. (22nd most populous city in the United States) 4. Brasília (4th most populous city in Brazil) 5. Ottawa (4th most populous city in Canada) 6. Abuja (9th most populous city in Nigeria) 7. Beijing (2nd or 3rd most populous city in China, depending on how you count) 8. Ankara (2nd most populous city in Turkey) 9. Yaoundé (2nd most populous in Cameroon) 10. Islamabad (9th largest city in Pakistan) 11. Bern (5th largest city in Switzerland) 12. Rabat (7th largest city in Morocco) 13. New Delhi (part of Delhi, 2nd largest city in India after Mumbai) Next category: National capitals which are the most populous city in their country 1. Madrid, Spain [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2358) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2360)