# 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:** 2676
**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:** [July 14, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53506 "2017-07-14T23:26:40Z")
Countries (or regions) usually (or often) named with the word “and” in the name. 1. St Kitts and Nevis 2. Trinidad and Tobago 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina 4. Newfoundland and Labrador 5. Antigua and Barbuda 6. São Tomé and Príncipe 7. Jammu and Kashmir 8. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 9. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 10. Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran 11. Turks and Caicos Which a lot of Canadians want as Canadian province, or territory: but alas. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53507 "2017-07-15T01:24:55Z")
Countries (or regions) usually (or often) named with the word “and” in the name. 1. St Kitts and Nevis 2. Trinidad and Tobago 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina 4. Newfoundland and Labrador 5. Antigua and Barbuda 6. São Tomé and Príncipe 7. Jammu and Kashmir 8. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 9. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 10. Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran 11. Turks and Caicos 12. Rennell and Bellona Province, Solomon Islands ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53508 "2017-07-15T02:29:53Z")
Countries (or regions) usually (or often) named with the word “and” in the name. 1. St Kitts and Nevis 2. Trinidad and Tobago 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina 4. Newfoundland and Labrador 5. Antigua and Barbuda 6. São Tomé and Príncipe 7. Jammu and Kashmir 8. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 9. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 10. Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran 11. Turks and Caicos 12. Rennell and Bellona Province, Solomon Islands 13. Saint Pierre and Miquelon Next Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53509 "2017-07-15T02:47:04Z")
Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author 2. Michel de Montaigne, essayist ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53510 "2017-07-15T03:07:18Z")
Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author 2. Michel de Montaigne, essayist 3. Maurice Ravel, composer ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53511 "2017-07-15T03:40:33Z")
Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author 2. Michel de Montaigne, essayist 3. Maurice Ravel, composer 4. René Descartes, Inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system, among other greatness ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53512 "2017-07-15T03:56:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Wiki says otherwise: [Vatican City - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City) No, the article says _“However, formally it is not sovereign, with sovereignty being held by the Holy See.”_ and _“Vatican City is distinct from the Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes), which dates back to early Christianity and is the main episcopal see of 1.2 billion Latin and Eastern Catholic adherents around the globe. The independent city-state, on the other hand, came into existence in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty between the Holy See and Italy, which spoke of it as a new creation, not as a vestige of the much larger Papal States (756–1870), which had previously encompassed much of central Italy. According to the terms of the treaty, the Holy See has “full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction” over the city-state.”_ The relationship between the Holy See and the Vatican City is essentially the same as that between the United States government and the District of Columbia. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53513 "2017-07-15T04:03:42Z")
Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author 2. Michel de Montaigne, essayist 3. Maurice Ravel, composer 4. René Descartes, Inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system, among other greatness 5. Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, scientist ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53514 "2017-07-15T08:11:41Z")
Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author 2. Michel de Montaigne, essayist 3. Maurice Ravel, composer 4. René Descartes, Inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system, among other greatness 5. Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, scientist 6. Camille Saint-Saëns, composer ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53515 "2017-07-15T14:06:49Z")
Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author 2. Michel de Montaigne, essayist 3. Maurice Ravel, composer 4. René Descartes, Inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system, among other greatness 5. Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, scientist 6. Camille Saint-Saëns, composer 7. Claude Monet, artist ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53516 "2017-07-15T14:12:53Z")
Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author 2. Michel de Montaigne, essayist 3. Maurice Ravel, composer 4. René Descartes, Inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system, among other greatness 5. Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, scientist 6. Camille Saint-Saëns, composer 7. Claude Monet, artist 8. Victor Hugo, author of a number of great books. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53517 "2017-07-15T14:35:09Z")
Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author 2. Michel de Montaigne, essayist 3. Maurice Ravel, composer 4. René Descartes, Inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system, among other greatness 5. Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, scientist 6. Camille Saint-Saëns, composer 7. Claude Monet, artist 8. Victor Hugo, author of a number of great books. 9. Jules Verne, author, one of the founders of science fiction ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53518 "2017-07-15T14:48:23Z")
Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author 2. Michel de Montaigne, essayist 3. Maurice Ravel, composer 4. René Descartes, Inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system, among other greatness 5. Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, scientist 6. Camille Saint-Saëns, composer 7. Claude Monet, artist 8. Victor Hugo, author of a number of great books. 9. Jules Verne, author, one of the founders of science fiction 10. Sarah Bernhardt, actress ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53519 "2017-07-15T14:52:12Z")
Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author 2. Michel de Montaigne, essayist 3. Maurice Ravel, composer 4. René Descartes, Inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system, among other greatness 5. Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, scientist 6. Camille Saint-Saëns, composer 7. Claude Monet, artist 8. Victor Hugo, author of a number of great books. 9. Jules Verne, author, one of the founders of science fiction 10. Sarah Bernhardt, actress 11. Voltaire, author ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53520 "2017-07-15T15:15:39Z")
Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author 2. Michel de Montaigne, essayist 3. Maurice Ravel, composer 4. René Descartes, Inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system, among other greatness 5. Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, scientist 6. Camille Saint-Saëns, composer 7. Claude Monet, artist 8. Victor Hugo, author of a number of great books. 9. Jules Verne, author, one of the founders of science fiction 10. Sarah Bernhardt, actress 11. Voltaire, author 12. The baguette (something great) ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53521 "2017-07-15T16:26:24Z")
Bastille Day, Vive la France! Someone or something great from France 1. Jean Racine, author 2. Michel de Montaigne, essayist 3. Maurice Ravel, composer 4. René Descartes, Inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system, among other greatness 5. Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, scientist 6. Camille Saint-Saëns, composer 7. Claude Monet, artist 8. Victor Hugo, author of a number of great books. 9. Jules Verne, author, one of the founders of science fiction 10. Sarah Bernhardt, actress 11. Voltaire, author 12. The baguette (something great) 13. [The bikini](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIdv78HLbW0) I’ll pass ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53522 "2017-07-15T16:28:16Z")
Bands whose two word names start with “The” in alphabetical order, A - M 1. The Animals ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53523 "2017-07-15T16:44:10Z")
:rolleyes: ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53524 "2017-07-15T16:45:11Z")
Bands whose two word names start with “The” in alphabetical order, A - M 1. The Animals 2. The Beatles ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53525 "2017-07-15T17:32:24Z")
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