# 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:** 3310
**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:** [June 20, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66188 "2019-06-20T15:03:15Z")
Names of famous passenger trains, past and present, any country: 1. The City of New Orleans 2. The Orient Express 3. The “Chattanooga Choo Choo” 4. Le Train Bleu 5. The Sunset Limited 6. Trans-Siberian Express 7. The 20th Century Limited 8. Super Chief The bygone “Train of the Stars”: [Super Chief - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Chief) ---
**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:** [June 20, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66189 "2019-06-20T15:35:55Z")
Names of famous passenger trains, past and present, any country: 1. The City of New Orleans 2. The Orient Express 3. The “Chattanooga Choo Choo” 4. Le Train Bleu 5. The Sunset Limited 6. Trans-Siberian Express 7. The 20th Century Limited 8. Super Chief 9. The Flying Scotsman ---
**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:** [June 20, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66190 "2019-06-20T22:27:16Z")
Names of famous passenger trains, past and present, any country: 1. The City of New Orleans 2. The Orient Express 3. The “Chattanooga Choo Choo” 4. Le Train Bleu 5. The Sunset Limited 6. Trans-Siberian Express 7. The 20th Century Limited 8. Super Chief 9. The Flying Scotsman 10. The A train As in the Duke Ellington song: [Duke Ellington, "Take the A Train" - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY) It’s still going strong, I take it from time to time, as recently as this Monday ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66191 "2019-06-20T22:48:46Z")
Names of famous passenger trains, past and present, any country: 1. The City of New Orleans 2. The Orient Express 3. The “Chattanooga Choo Choo” 4. Le Train Bleu 5. The Sunset Limited 6. Trans-Siberian Express 7. The 20th Century Limited 8. Super Chief 9. The Flying Scotsman 10. The A train 11. The Canadian Runs between Toronto and Vancouver. I’ve taken it three times. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66192 "2019-06-21T01:03:05Z")
Names of famous passenger trains, past and present, any country: 1. The City of New Orleans 2. The Orient Express 3. The “Chattanooga Choo Choo” 4. Le Train Bleu 5. The Sunset Limited 6. Trans-Siberian Express 7. The 20th Century Limited 8. Super Chief 9. The Flying Scotsman 10. The A train 11. The Canadian 12. Rheingold ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66193 "2019-06-21T03:14:03Z")
Names of famous passenger trains, past and present, any country: 1. The City of New Orleans 2. The Orient Express 3. The “Chattanooga Choo Choo” 4. Le Train Bleu 5. The Sunset Limited 6. Trans-Siberian Express 7. The 20th Century Limited 8. Super Chief 9. The Flying Scotsman 10. The A train 11. The Canadian 12. Rheingold 13. The Ghan A line that runs across the middle of the Australia Outback (from Adelaide to Darwin). I’ll pass ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66194 "2019-06-21T03:45:59Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada You knew I was going to lead with that… ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66195 "2019-06-21T03:50:26Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada 2. Shocking Blue - The Netherlands ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66196 "2019-06-21T03:52:58Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada 2. Shocking Blue - The Netherlands 3. The Guess Who - Canada ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66197 "2019-06-21T04:02:42Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada 2. Shocking Blue - The Netherlands 3. The Guess Who - Canada 4. U2 - Ireland ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66198 "2019-06-21T04:29:22Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada 2. Shocking Blue - The Netherlands 3. The Guess Who - Canada 4. U2 - Ireland 5. INXS - Australia ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66199 "2019-06-21T05:42:09Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada 2. Shocking Blue - The Netherlands 3. The Guess Who - Canada 4. U2 - Ireland 5. INXS - Australia 6. ABBA - Sweden ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66200 "2019-06-21T09:26:24Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada 2. Shocking Blue - The Netherlands 3. The Guess Who - Canada 4. U2 - Ireland 5. INXS - Australia 6. ABBA - Sweden 7. Scorpions - Germany ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66201 "2019-06-21T11:10:12Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada 2. Shocking Blue - The Netherlands 3. The Guess Who - Canada 4. U2 - Ireland 5. INXS - Australia 6. ABBA - Sweden 7. Scorpions - Germany 8. AC/DC- Australia ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66202 "2019-06-21T11:24:53Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada 2. Shocking Blue - The Netherlands 3. The Guess Who - Canada 4. U2 - Ireland 5. INXS - Australia 6. ABBA - Sweden 7. Scorpions - Germany 8. AC/DC- Australia 9. Nazareth - Scotland ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66203 "2019-06-21T11:40:35Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada 2. Shocking Blue - The Netherlands 3. The Guess Who - Canada 4. U2 - Ireland 5. INXS - Australia 6. ABBA - Sweden 7. Scorpions - Germany 8. AC/DC- Australia 9. Nazareth - Scotland 10. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Jamaica ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66204 "2019-06-21T12:17:22Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada 2. Shocking Blue - The Netherlands 3. The Guess Who - Canada 4. U2 - Ireland 5. INXS - Australia 6. ABBA - Sweden 7. Scorpions - Germany 8. AC/DC- Australia 9. Nazareth - Scotland 10. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Jamaica 11. Rammstein - Germany ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66205 "2019-06-21T14:30:47Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada 2. Shocking Blue - The Netherlands 3. The Guess Who - Canada 4. U2 - Ireland 5. INXS - Australia 6. ABBA - Sweden 7. Scorpions - Germany 8. AC/DC- Australia 9. Nazareth - Scotland 10. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Jamaica 11. Rammstein - Germany 12. The Hives - Sweden ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66206 "2019-06-21T16:27:23Z")
Major rock/pop bands not from England or the USA. 1. Rush - Canada 2. Shocking Blue - The Netherlands 3. The Guess Who - Canada 4. U2 - Ireland 5. INXS - Australia 6. ABBA - Sweden 7. Scorpions - Germany 8. AC/DC- Australia 9. Nazareth - Scotland 10. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Jamaica 11. Rammstein - Germany 12. The Hives - Sweden 13. The Alarm - Wales England, of course, is not the same as the UK. Next category: Notable prisons 1. United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66207 "2019-06-21T16:54:52Z")
Notable prisons 1. United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 2. Landsberg prison, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3309) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3311)