# 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:** 2566
**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 13, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51306 "2017-04-13T04:24:06Z")
Alliterative capitals, that start with the same letter as their county (either in English of the language of that country) 1. Maputo, Mozambique 2. Mexico City, Mexico 3. Brussels, Belgium 4. Stockholm, Sweden 5. Brasilia, Brazil 6. Algiers, Algeria 7. Taipei, Taiwan 8. Seoul, South Korea 9. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 10. Kuwait City, Kuwait ---
**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 13, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51307 "2017-04-13T04:37:16Z")
Alliterative capitals, that start with the same letter as their county (either in English of the language of that country) 1. Maputo, Mozambique 2. Mexico City, Mexico 3. Brussels, Belgium 4. Stockholm, Sweden 5. Brasilia, Brazil 6. Algiers, Algeria 7. Taipei, Taiwan 8. Seoul, South Korea 9. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 10. Kuwait City, Kuwait 11. Niamey, Niger ---
**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:** [April 13, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51308 "2017-04-13T05:16:55Z")
Alliterative capitals, that start with the same letter as their county (either in English of the language of that country) 1. Maputo, Mozambique 2. Mexico City, Mexico 3. Brussels, Belgium 4. Stockholm, Sweden 5. Brasilia, Brazil 6. Algiers, Algeria 7. Taipei, Taiwan 8. Seoul, South Korea 9. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 10. Kuwait City, Kuwait 11. Niamey, Niger 12. Djibouti, Djibouti ---
**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:** [April 13, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51309 "2017-04-13T12:39:31Z")
Alliterative capitals, that start with the same letter as their county (either in English of the language of that country) 1. Maputo, Mozambique 2. Mexico City, Mexico 3. Brussels, Belgium 4. Stockholm, Sweden 5. Brasilia, Brazil 6. Algiers, Algeria 7. Taipei, Taiwan 8. Seoul, South Korea 9. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 10. Kuwait City, Kuwait 11. Niamey, Niger 12. Djibouti, Djibouti 13. Panama City, Panama New! Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist ---
**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:** [April 13, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51310 "2017-04-13T14:12:48Z")
Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist ---
**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 13, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51311 "2017-04-13T14:30:57Z")
Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist 3. Murray Gell-Mann, physics ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51312 "2017-04-13T14:57:12Z")
Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist 3. Murray Gell-Mann, physics 4. Stephen Hawking, cosmologist ---
**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 13, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51313 "2017-04-13T16:06:23Z")
Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist 3. Murray Gell-Mann, physics 4. Stephen Hawking, cosmologist 5. Duncan Haldane, physics One of three recipients of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51314 "2017-04-13T16:59:46Z")
Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist 3. Murray Gell-Mann, physics 4. Stephen Hawking, cosmologist 5. Duncan Haldane, physics 6. Brian May, astronomy Hey, he’s got a PhD. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51315 "2017-04-13T17:18:32Z")
Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist 3. Murray Gell-Mann, physics 4. Stephen Hawking, cosmologist 5. Duncan Haldane, physics 6. Brian May, astronomy 1. Michio Kaku, Physics ---
**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 13, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51316 "2017-04-13T18:06:23Z")
There’s a Starfleet shuttlecraft named after Kaku in a _Star Trek_ RPG I know of. Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist 3. Murray Gell-Mann, physics 4. Stephen Hawking, cosmologist 5. Duncan Haldane, physics 6. Brian May, astronomy 7. Michio Kaku, physics 8. Ben Feringa, chemistry One of three recipients of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51317 "2017-04-13T18:18:09Z")
Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist 3. Murray Gell-Mann, physics 4. Stephen Hawking, cosmologist 5. Duncan Haldane, physics 6. Brian May, astronomy 7. Michio Kaku, physics 8. Ben Feringa, chemistry 9. Bill James, statistical analyst Revolutionary baseball statistical analayst, with no college degree in the sciences ---
**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 13, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51318 "2017-04-13T18:52:08Z")
Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist 3. Murray Gell-Mann, physics 4. Stephen Hawking, cosmologist 5. Duncan Haldane, physics 6. Brian May, astronomy 7. Michio Kaku, physics 8. Ben Feringa, chemistry 9. Bill James, statistical analyst 10. Tracy Caldwell Dyson, physics NASA astronaut. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51319 "2017-04-13T18:58:20Z")
Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist 3. Murray Gell-Mann, physics 4. Stephen Hawking, cosmologist 5. Duncan Haldane, physics 6. Brian May, astronomy 7. Michio Kaku, physics 8. Ben Feringa, chemistry 9. Bill James, statistical analyst 10. Tracy Caldwell Dyson, physics 11. Steven Weinberg, physics prof here at UT Austin ---
**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:** [April 13, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51320 "2017-04-13T21:01:45Z")
Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist 3. Murray Gell-Mann, physics 4. Stephen Hawking, cosmologist 5. Duncan Haldane, physics 6. Brian May, astronomy 7. Michio Kaku, physics 8. Ben Feringa, chemistry 9. Bill James, statistical analyst 10. Tracy Caldwell Dyson, physics 11. Steven Weinberg, physics prof here at UT Austin 12. Hope Jahren, geochemistry ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51321 "2017-04-14T01:39:48Z")
Living Scientists of Note and Their Fields 1. Jane Goodall, primatologist 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist 3. Murray Gell-Mann, physics 4. Stephen Hawking, cosmologist 5. Duncan Haldane, physics 6. Brian May, astronomy 7. Michio Kaku, physics 8. Ben Feringa, chemistry 9. Bill James, statistical analyst 10. Tracy Caldwell Dyson, physics 11. Steven Weinberg, physics prof here at UT Austin 12. Hope Jahren, geochemistry 13. Peter Higgs, physics Next: Your mom or dad’s favorite TV show when you were a kid 1. The Andy Griffith Show (Mom) ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51322 "2017-04-14T02:10:52Z")
Your mom or dad’s favorite TV show when you were a kid 1. The Andy Griffith Show (Mom) 2. Laugh-In (Dad) ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51323 "2017-04-14T02:28:44Z")
Your mom or dad’s favorite TV show when you were a kid 1. The Andy Griffith Show (Mom) 2. Laugh-In (Dad) 3. The Muppet Show (Dad) Mom never watched TV… ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51324 "2017-04-14T03:21:37Z")
Your mom or dad’s favorite TV show when you were a kid 1. The Andy Griffith Show (Mom) 2. Laugh-In (Dad) 3. The Muppet Show (Dad) 4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mom) ---
**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 14, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51325 "2017-04-14T03:58:36Z")
Your mom or dad’s favorite TV show when you were a kid 1. The Andy Griffith Show (Mom) 2. Laugh-In (Dad) 3. The Muppet Show (Dad) 4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mom) 5. M_A_S\*H (both parents) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2565) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2567)