# 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:** 255
**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:** [April 27, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5081 "2011-04-27T19:52:35Z")
Famous monogamists who have been married 5 or more times 1. Henry VIII 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Tammy Wynette 4. Zsa Zsa Gabor 5. Mickey Rooney 6. Rex Harrison 7. Artie Shaw 8. Larry King 9. Jerry Lee Lewis ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5082 "2011-04-27T19:57:55Z")
Famous monogamists who have been married 5 or more times 1. Henry VIII 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Tammy Wynette 4. Zsa Zsa Gabor 5. Mickey Rooney 6. Rex Harrison 7. Artie Shaw 8. Larry King 9. Ivan the Terrible 10. Jerry Lee Lewis Repairing double-post because Johnny Carson (who I came in to add) was only married 4 times. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5083 "2011-04-27T20:15:23Z")
Famous monogamists who have been married 5 or more times 1. Henry VIII 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Tammy Wynette 4. Zsa Zsa Gabor 5. Mickey Rooney 6. Rex Harrison 7. Artie Shaw 8. Larry King 9. Ivan the Terrible 10. Jerry Lee Lewis 11. Lana Turner 7 times (not including Johnny Stompanato who she never married) ---
**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:** [April 27, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5084 "2011-04-27T21:30:10Z")
Famous monogamists who have been married 5 or more times 1. Henry VIII 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Tammy Wynette 4. Zsa Zsa Gabor 5. Mickey Rooney 6. Rex Harrison 7. Artie Shaw 8. Larry King 9. Ivan the Terrible 10. Jerry Lee Lewis 11. Lana Turner 12. Norman “Kid McCoy” Selby Ten times. Maybe a record for a non-royal celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5085 "2011-04-27T21:59:06Z")
Famous monogamists who have been married 5 or more times 1. Henry VIII 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Tammy Wynette 4. Zsa Zsa Gabor 5. Mickey Rooney 6. Rex Harrison 7. Artie Shaw 8. Larry King 9. Ivan the Terrible 10. Jerry Lee Lewis 11. Lana Turner 12. Norman “Kid McCoy” Selby 13. Billy Bob Thorton Next category. Top 13 food cities of the world. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5086 "2011-04-27T22:25:13Z")
Next category. Top 13 food cities of the world. What? no seed? 1. New Orleans ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5087 "2011-04-27T22:30:25Z")
Next category. Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris ---
**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:** [April 28, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5088 "2011-04-28T00:35:27Z")
Next category. Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris 3. Venice ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5089 "2011-04-28T01:18:55Z")
Next category. Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris 3. Venice 4. San Francisco ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5090 "2011-04-28T01:20:12Z")
Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris 3. Venice 4. San Francisco 5. Tokyo ---
**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:** [April 28, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5091 "2011-04-28T01:35:32Z")
Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris 3. Venice 4. San Francisco 5. Tokyo 6. New York City ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5092 "2011-04-28T02:05:45Z")
Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris 3. Venice 4. San Francisco 5. Tokyo 6. New York City 7. Memphis ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5093 "2011-04-28T02:32:18Z")
Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris 3. Venice 4. San Francisco 5. Tokyo 6. New York City 7. Memphis 8. Shanghai ---
**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:** [April 28, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5094 "2011-04-28T03:48:27Z")
Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris 3. Venice 4. San Francisco 5. Tokyo 6. New York City 7. Memphis 8. Shanghai 9. Rio de Janeiro ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5095 "2011-04-28T04:56:19Z")
Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris 3. Venice 4. San Francisco 5. Tokyo 6. New York City 7. Memphis 8. Shanghai 9. Rio de Janeiro 10. Las Vegas ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5096 "2011-04-28T05:42:29Z")
Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris 3. Venice 4. San Francisco 5. Tokyo 6. New York City 7. Memphis 8. Shanghai 9. Chicago ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5097 "2011-04-28T07:17:15Z")
Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris 3. Venice 4. San Francisco 5. Tokyo 6. New York City 7. Memphis 8. Shanghai 9. Rio de Janeiro 10. Las Vegas 11. Austin (TX Beef BBQ) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5098 "2011-04-28T11:29:23Z")
[nitpick/]While I’m sure the food in some of the places mentioned may be excellent, I am just a wee bit skeptical that they should be included on a list of “13 best” in the world.[/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5099 "2011-04-28T11:30:49Z")
Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris 3. Venice 4. San Francisco 5. Tokyo 6. New York City 7. Memphis 8. Shanghai 9. Rio de Janeiro 10. Las Vegas 11. Austin (TX Beef BBQ) 12. Singapore ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5100 "2011-04-28T12:15:49Z")
Ahem - if we fix the numbering, we’ve already hit 13 Top 13 food cities of the world. 1. New Orleans 2. Paris 3. Venice 4. San Francisco 5. Tokyo 6. New York City 7. Memphis 8. Shanghai 9. Rio de Janeiro 10. Las Vegas 11. Chicago 12. Austin (TX Beef BBQ) 13. Singapore I’ll defer setting a new category to someone else - preferably someone who contributed a city, which I didn’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=254) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=256)