# 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:** 3125
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62487 "2018-11-09T16:14:12Z")
Impressive feats of engineering (with links) 1. The [Chunne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel)l 2. The [New River Gorge Bridge](https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm) - West Virginia ---
**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:** [November 9, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62488 "2018-11-09T16:51:08Z")
Impressive feats of engineering (with links) 1. The [Chunne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel)l 2. The [New River Gorge Bridge](https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm) - West Virginia 3. SS _Great Eastern_ - [SS Great Eastern - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern) ---
**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:** [November 9, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62489 "2018-11-09T18:35:54Z")
Impressive feats of engineering (with links) 1. The [Chunne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel)l 2. The [New River Gorge Bridge](https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm) - West Virginia 3. The [Bailong Elevator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLuzkUMCPeY) 4. SS _Great Eastern_ - [SS Great Eastern - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern) 5. The Bell Rock Lighthouse [Bell Rock Lighthouse - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Rock_Lighthouse) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62490 "2018-11-09T18:54:27Z")
Impressive feats of engineering (with links) 1. The [Chunne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel)l 2. The [New River Gorge Bridge](https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm) - West Virginia 3. The [Bailong Elevator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLuzkUMCPeY) 4. SS _Great Eastern_ - [SS Great Eastern - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern) 5. The Bell Rock Lighthouse [Bell Rock Lighthouse - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Rock_Lighthouse) 6. Golden Gate Bridge: [Golden Gate Bridge - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/x6kA2g); [https://goo.gl/TZJqSo](https://goo.gl/TZJqSo); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/z2jBZe) ---
**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:** [November 9, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62491 "2018-11-09T18:59:45Z")
Impressive feats of engineering (with links) 1. The [Chunnel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel) 2. The [New River Gorge Bridge](https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm) - West Virginia 3. The [Bailong Elevator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLuzkUMCPeY) 4. SS _Great Eastern_ - [SS Great Eastern - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern) 5. The Bell Rock Lighthouse [Bell Rock Lighthouse - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Rock_Lighthouse) 6. Golden Gate Bridge: [Golden Gate Bridge - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/x6kA2g); [https://goo.gl/TZJqSo](https://goo.gl/TZJqSo); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/z2jBZe) 7. Fallingwater - [Fallingwater - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater) The on-site engineer put a lot more structural steel into its cantilevered decks than Frank Lloyd Wright said it needed - if he hadn’t, it would’ve fallen into the creek decades ago. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62492 "2018-11-09T20:25:31Z")
Impressive feats of engineering (with links) 1. The [Chunnel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel) 2. The [New River Gorge Bridge](https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm) - West Virginia 3. The [Bailong Elevator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLuzkUMCPeY) 4. SS _Great Eastern_ - [SS Great Eastern - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern) 5. The Bell Rock Lighthouse [Bell Rock Lighthouse - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Rock_Lighthouse) 6. Golden Gate Bridge: [Golden Gate Bridge - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/x6kA2g); [https://goo.gl/TZJqSo](https://goo.gl/TZJqSo); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/z2jBZe) 7. Fallingwater - [Fallingwater - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater) 8. [Kansai International Airport](https://osaka-info.jp/en/page/kansai-international-airport) “We don’t have any land to build our new airport on.” “No problem. We’ll build some new land.” ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62493 "2018-11-09T20:26:49Z")
[Impressive feats of engineering (with links) 1. The [Chunnel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel) 2. The [New River Gorge Bridge](https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm) - West Virginia 3. The [Bailong Elevator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLuzkUMCPeY) 4. SS _Great Eastern_ - [SS Great Eastern - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern) 5. The Bell Rock Lighthouse [Bell Rock Lighthouse - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Rock_Lighthouse) 6. Golden Gate Bridge: [Golden Gate Bridge - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/x6kA2g); [https://goo.gl/TZJqSo](https://goo.gl/TZJqSo); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/z2jBZe) 7. Fallingwater - [Fallingwater - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater) 8. [Kansai International Airport](https://osaka-info.jp/en/page/kansai-international-airport) 9. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: [Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/qC888T); [https://goo.gl/dM2LDq](https://goo.gl/dM2LDq); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/Qkt4HA) I drove it in 1983, on a cross-country road trip from San Francisco (and back) with my brother, in a tiny Fiat X1/9. Good times. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62494 "2018-11-09T20:58:01Z")
Impressive feats of engineering (with links) 1. The [Chunnel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel) 2. The [New River Gorge Bridge](https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm) - West Virginia 3. The [Bailong Elevator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLuzkUMCPeY) 4. SS _Great Eastern_ - [SS Great Eastern - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern) 5. The Bell Rock Lighthouse [Bell Rock Lighthouse - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Rock_Lighthouse) 6. Golden Gate Bridge: [Golden Gate Bridge - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/x6kA2g); [https://goo.gl/TZJqSo](https://goo.gl/TZJqSo); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/z2jBZe) 7. Fallingwater - [Fallingwater - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater) 8. [Kansai International Airport](https://osaka-info.jp/en/page/kansai-international-airport) 9. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: [Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/qC888T); [https://goo.gl/dM2LDq](https://goo.gl/dM2LDq); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/Qkt4HA) 10. Burj Khalifa - [Burj Khalifa - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa) Tallest skyscraper in the world… for now. **Little Nemo** , how well would the Kansai airport hold up in an earthquake? Stuff built on landfills often shakes a lot more and takes greater damage. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62495 "2018-11-10T01:42:21Z")
Impressive feats of engineering (with links) 1. The [Chunnel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel) 2. The [New River Gorge Bridge](https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm) - West Virginia 3. The [Bailong Elevator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLuzkUMCPeY) 4. SS _Great Eastern_ - [SS Great Eastern - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern) 5. The Bell Rock Lighthouse [Bell Rock Lighthouse - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Rock_Lighthouse) 6. Golden Gate Bridge: [Golden Gate Bridge - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/x6kA2g); [https://goo.gl/TZJqSo](https://goo.gl/TZJqSo); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/z2jBZe) 7. Fallingwater - [Fallingwater - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater) 8. [Kansai International Airport](https://osaka-info.jp/en/page/kansai-international-airport) 9. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: [Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/qC888T); [https://goo.gl/dM2LDq](https://goo.gl/dM2LDq); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/Qkt4HA) 10. Burj Khalifa - [Burj Khalifa - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa) 11. Jane Rusell’s bra from “The Outlaws” even though she said she didn’t actually wear it during filming [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Outlaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outlaw) ---
**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:** [November 10, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62496 "2018-11-10T05:50:28Z")
Impressive feats of engineering (with links) 1. The [Chunnel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel) 2. The [New River Gorge Bridge](https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm) - West Virginia 3. The [Bailong Elevator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLuzkUMCPeY) 4. SS _Great Eastern_ - [SS Great Eastern - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern) 5. The Bell Rock Lighthouse [Bell Rock Lighthouse - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Rock_Lighthouse) 6. Golden Gate Bridge: [Golden Gate Bridge - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/x6kA2g); [https://goo.gl/TZJqSo](https://goo.gl/TZJqSo); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/z2jBZe) 7. Fallingwater - [Fallingwater - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater) 8. [Kansai International Airport](https://osaka-info.jp/en/page/kansai-international-airport) 9. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: [Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/qC888T); [https://goo.gl/dM2LDq](https://goo.gl/dM2LDq); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/Qkt4HA) 10. Burj Khalifa - [Burj Khalifa - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa) 11. Jane Rusell’s bra from “The Outlaws” even though she said she didn’t actually wear it during filming [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Outlaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outlaw) 12. Millau Viaduct - [Millau Viaduct - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct) Tallest bridge in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62497 "2018-11-10T06:49:30Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > 1. Jane Rusell’s bra from “The Outlaws” even though she said she didn’t actually wear it during filming [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Outlaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outlaw) Two questions: 1. Does she have a pretty face? 2. Does it really matter? I’m not sure about #1. I’m pretty sure about about #2. Impressive feats of engineering (with links) 1. The [Chunnel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel) 2. The [New River Gorge Bridge](https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm) - West Virginia 3. The [Bailong Elevator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLuzkUMCPeY) 4. SS _Great Eastern_ - [SS Great Eastern - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern) 5. The Bell Rock Lighthouse [Bell Rock Lighthouse - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Rock_Lighthouse) 6. Golden Gate Bridge: [Golden Gate Bridge - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/x6kA2g); [Golden Gate Bridge - Google Search](https://goo.gl/TZJqSo); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/z2jBZe) 7. Fallingwater - [Fallingwater - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater) 8. [Kansai International Airport](https://osaka-info.jp/en/page/kansai-international-airport) 9. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: [Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel - Wikipedia](https://goo.gl/qC888T); [Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel - Google Search](https://goo.gl/dM2LDq); [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/Qkt4HA) 10. Burj Khalifa - [Burj Khalifa - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa) 11. Jane Rusell’s bra from “The Outlaws” even though she said she didn’t actually wear it during filming [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Outlaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outlaw) 12. Millau Viaduct - [Millau Viaduct - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct) 13. My company’s product, from Zap Surgical Systems. It treats brain cancer with robotic stereotactic radiosurgery — [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EpWckaiFt4I](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EpWckaiFt4I) Next: It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC ---
**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:** [November 10, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62498 "2018-11-10T14:52:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Little Nemo** , how well would the Kansai airport hold up in an earthquake? Stuff built on landfills often shakes a lot more and takes greater damage. I don’t know. My major was computer engineering and I dropped out. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62499 "2018-11-10T14:53:54Z")
It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC 2. George Marshall, United States Army ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62500 "2018-11-10T17:22:54Z")
It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC 2. George Marshall, United States Army 3. Chuck Yeager, USAF ---
**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:** [November 10, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62501 "2018-11-10T17:36:17Z")
It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC 2. George Marshall, United States Army 3. Chuck Yeager, USAF 4. Wilfred Owen, British Army One of the greatest poets of World War I; was awarded the Military Cross; killed in action a week before Armistice Day, November 1918, aged 25 > **[Wilfred Owen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Owen)** > > Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced by his mentor Siegfried Sassoon and stood in contrast to the public perception of war at the time and to the confidently patriotic verse written by earlier war poets such as Rupert Brooke. Among his best-known works – most of which were published posthumously – are "... ---
**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:** [November 10, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62502 "2018-11-10T18:36:20Z")
It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC 2. George Marshall, United States Army 3. Chuck Yeager, USAF 4. Wilfred Owen, British Army 5. George Henry Thomas, United States Army “The Rock of Chickamauga,” a Virginian who remained loyal to the United States when his home state seceded, and never lost a battle in which he was in command: [George Henry Thomas - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Thomas) ---
**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:** [November 10, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62503 "2018-11-10T18:49:37Z")
It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC 2. George Marshall, United States Army 3. Chuck Yeager, USAF 4. Wilfred Owen, British Army 5. George Henry Thomas, United States Army 6. Admiral Grace Hopper, United States Navy ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62504 "2018-11-10T19:57:52Z")
I was going to list her too, Admiral Hopper It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC 2. George Marshall, United States Army 3. Chuck Yeager, USAF 4. Wilfred Owen, British Army 5. George Henry Thomas, United States Army 6. Admiral Grace Hopper, United States Navy 7. Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, US Navy ---
**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:** [November 10, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62505 "2018-11-10T22:41:50Z")
It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC 2. George Marshall, United States Army 3. Chuck Yeager, USAF 4. Wilfred Owen, British Army 5. George Henry Thomas, United States Army 6. Admiral Grace Hopper, United States Navy 7. Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, US Navy 8. Winston Churchill, British Army Fourth Queen’s Own Hussars, Aldershot 1895: [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Winston\_Churchill\_1874\_-\_1965\_ZZZ5426F.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Winston_Churchill_1874_-_1965_ZZZ5426F.jpg) ---
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It’s Veterans Day on Sunday 11 November, and the Marine Corps Birthday tomorrow (10 November), so name a famous military person: 1. Chesty Puller, USMC 2. George Marshall, United States Army 3. Chuck Yeager, USAF 4. Wilfred Owen, British Army 5. George Henry Thomas, United States Army 6. Admiral Grace Hopper, United States Navy 7. Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, US Navy 8. Winston Churchill, British Army 9. James Doohan, Lieutenant, Canadian Infantry [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3124) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3126)