# 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:** 2701
**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:** [August 11, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54006 "2017-08-11T15:52:57Z")
Pairs of cities with the same name that you have visited BOTH of, but are in different countries (or states, if youve never been outside the USA) 1. Montevideo, Minnesota and Uruguay. 2. Greenville NC and SC 3. Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine 4. Bath, Michigan and Bath, New York 5. Kingston, Tennessee and Jamaica 6. Dublin, Ireland and Dublin, Texas 7. Xenia, Illinois and Ohio 8. San Jose, California and San Jose, Costa Rica ---
**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:** [August 11, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54007 "2017-08-11T15:55:38Z")
Pairs of cities with the same name that you have visited BOTH of, but are in different countries (or states, if youve never been outside the USA) 1. Montevideo, Minnesota and Uruguay. 2. Greenville NC and SC 3. Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine 4. Bath, Michigan and Bath, New York 5. Kingston, Tennessee and Jamaica 6. Dublin, Ireland and Dublin, Texas 7. Xenia, Illinois and Ohio 8. San Jose, California and San Jose, Costa Rica 9. Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario Is that cheating? ---
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Pairs of cities with the same name that you have visited BOTH of, but are in different countries (or states, if youve never been outside the USA) 1. Montevideo, Minnesota and Uruguay. 2. Greenville NC and SC 3. Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine 4. Bath, Michigan and Bath, New York 5. Kingston, Tennessee and Jamaica 6. Dublin, Ireland and Dublin, Texas 7. Xenia, Illinois and Ohio 8. San Jose, California and San Jose, Costa Rica 9. Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario 10. London, Ontario and London, England. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [August 11, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54009 "2017-08-11T17:42:23Z")
Pairs of cities with the same name that you have visited BOTH of, but are in different countries (or states, if youve never been outside the USA) 1. Montevideo, Minnesota and Uruguay. 2. Greenville NC and SC 3. Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine 4. Bath, Michigan and Bath, New York 5. Kingston, Tennessee and Jamaica 6. Dublin, Ireland and Dublin, Texas 7. Xenia, Illinois and Ohio 8. San Jose, California and San Jose, Costa Rica 9. Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario 10. London, Ontario and London, England. 11. Newport, Oregon and Washington ---
**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:** [August 11, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54010 "2017-08-11T17:46:02Z")
Pairs of cities with the same name that you have visited BOTH of, but are in different countries (or states, if youve never been outside the USA) 1. Montevideo, Minnesota and Uruguay. 2. Greenville NC and SC 3. Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine 4. Bath, Michigan and Bath, New York 5. Kingston, Tennessee and Jamaica 6. Dublin, Ireland and Dublin, Texas 7. Xenia, Illinois and Ohio 8. San Jose, California and San Jose, Costa Rica 9. Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario 10. London, Ontario and London, England. 11. Newport, Oregon and Washington 12. Shelbyville, Indiana and Kentucky ---
**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:** [August 11, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54011 "2017-08-11T19:44:24Z")
Pairs of cities with the same name that you have visited BOTH of, but are in different countries (or states, if you’ve never been outside the USA) 1. Montevideo, Minnesota and Uruguay. 2. Greenville NC and SC 3. Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine 4. Bath, Michigan and Bath, New York 5. Kingston, Tennessee and Jamaica 6. Dublin, Ireland and Dublin, Texas 7. Xenia, Illinois and Ohio 8. San Jose, California and San Jose, Costa Rica 9. Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario 10. London, Ontario and London, England. 11. Newport, Oregon and Washington 12. Shelbyville, Indiana and Kentucky 13. Kingston, Ontario and Kingston (on Thames), England A different Kingston pair from #5 If that looks too much like a repeat, Rome NY and Rome Italy Pass ---
**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:** [August 11, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54012 "2017-08-11T21:15:40Z")
And there’s a very short street in Toledo, Spain, called “Toledo, Ohio”. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54013 "2017-08-11T21:22:30Z")
New! Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky ---
**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:** [August 11, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54014 "2017-08-11T21:31:42Z")
Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky 1. Modest Mussorgsky ---
**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:** [August 11, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54015 "2017-08-11T21:34:24Z")
Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky 2. Modest Mussorgsky 3. Dmitri Shostakovich ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54016 "2017-08-11T22:06:22Z")
Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky 2. Modest Mussorgsky 3. Dmitri Shostakovichh 4. Mikhail Glinka ---
**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:** [August 11, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54017 "2017-08-11T23:02:40Z")
Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky 2. Modest Mussorgsky 3. Dmitri Shostakovichh 4. Mikhail Glinka 5. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54018 "2017-08-11T23:49:09Z")
Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky 2. Modest Mussorgsky 3. Dmitri Shostakovichh 4. Mikhail Glinka 5. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 6. Alexander Borodin ---
**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:** [August 12, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54019 "2017-08-12T00:58:17Z")
Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky 2. Modest Mussorgsky 3. Dmitri Shostakovichh 4. Mikhail Glinka 5. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 6. Alexander Borodin 7. Sergei Prokofiev ---
**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:** [August 12, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54020 "2017-08-12T01:27:41Z")
Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky 2. Modest Mussorgsky 3. Dmitri Shostakovichh 4. Mikhail Glinka 5. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 6. Alexander Borodin 7. Sergei Prokofiev 8. Sergei Rachmaninoff ---
**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:** [August 12, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54021 "2017-08-12T01:49:30Z")
Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky 2. Modest Mussorgsky 3. Dmitri Shostakovichh 4. Mikhail Glinka 5. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 6. Alexander Borodin 7. Sergei Prokofiev 8. Sergei Rachmaninoff 9. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ---
**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:** [August 12, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54022 "2017-08-12T02:15:36Z")
Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky 2. Modest Mussorgsky 3. Dmitri Shostakovichh 4. Mikhail Glinka 5. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 6. Alexander Borodin 7. Sergei Prokofiev 8. Sergei Rachmaninoff 9. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Anyone seeking help need only consult this: [The Danny Kaye Radio Show - Tschaikowsky (and other Russians) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkJdmTrlTYk) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54023 "2017-08-12T03:18:51Z")
Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky 2. Modest Mussorgsky 3. Dmitri Shostakovichh 4. Mikhail Glinka 5. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 6. Alexander Borodin 7. Sergei Prokofiev 8. Sergei Rachmaninoff 9. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 10. Mily Balakirev ---
**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:** [August 12, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54024 "2017-08-12T04:55:48Z")
Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky 2. Modest Mussorgsky 3. Dmitri Shostakovichh 4. Mikhail Glinka 5. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 6. Alexander Borodin 7. Sergei Prokofiev 8. Sergei Rachmaninoff 9. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 10. Mily Balakirev 11. César Antonovich Cui The least known of “The Five”, or “The Mighty Handful”, the others being Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54025 "2017-08-12T06:45:18Z")
Russian composers. 1. Igor Stravinsky 2. Modest Mussorgsky 3. Dmitri Shostakovichh 4. Mikhail Glinka 5. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 6. Alexander Borodin 7. Sergei Prokofiev 8. Sergei Rachmaninoff 9. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 10. Mily Balakirev 11. César Antonovich Cui 12. Aleksandra Pakhmutova Contemporary composer of hundreds of Russian songs, including many well known standards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2700) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2702)