# 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:** 3314
**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:** [June 26, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66268 "2019-06-26T04:39:15Z")
Great athletes whose last name starts with a vowel. 1. Bobby Orr 2. Roberto Alomar 3. Lorena Ochoa 4. Apolo Ohno 5. Shaquille O’Neal 6. Muhammad Ali 7. Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8. David Ortiz 9. Sadaharu Oh 10. Ernie Els 11. Hank Aaron 12. John Elway ---
**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 26, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66269 "2019-06-26T04:39:58Z")
Great athletes whose last name starts with a vowel. 1. Bobby Orr 2. Roberto Alomar 3. Lorena Ochoa 4. Apolo Ohno 5. Shaquille O’Neal 6. Muhammad Ali 7. Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 8. David Ortiz 9. Sadaharu Oh 10. Ernie Els 11. Hank Aaron 12. John Elway 13. Gertrude Ederle Olympic medalist and first woman to swim across the English Channel Pass ---
**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 26, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66270 "2019-06-26T05:03:54Z")
Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker ---
**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 26, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66271 "2019-06-26T05:05:12Z")
Different forms of long distance communication over the years. (Chronology isn’t important, but would be nice.) 1. Carrier pigeons ETA: Sorry. Put this in the parking lot for now. ---
**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 26, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66272 "2019-06-26T05:07:21Z")
Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker 2. David Lee Roth ---
**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 26, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66273 "2019-06-26T06:33:04Z")
Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker 2. David Lee Roth 3. Jon Bon Jovi ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66274 "2019-06-26T07:29:22Z")
Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker 2. David Lee Roth 3. Jon Bon Jovi 4. Gil Scott-Heron ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66275 "2019-06-26T08:04:01Z")
Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker 2. David Lee Roth 3. Jon Bon Jovi 4. Gil Scott-Heron 5. Terence Trent D’Arby ---
**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:** [June 26, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66276 "2019-06-26T09:33:26Z")
Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker 2. David Lee Roth 3. Jon Bon Jovi 4. Gil Scott-Heron 5. Terence Trent D’Arby 6. Townes Van Zandt ---
**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 26, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66277 "2019-06-26T10:41:10Z")
Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker 2. David Lee Roth 3. Jon Bon Jovi 4. Gil Scott-Heron 5. Terence Trent D’Arby 6. Townes Van Zandt 7. David Allan Coe ---
**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:** [June 26, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66278 "2019-06-26T11:14:25Z")
Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker 2. David Lee Roth 3. Jon Bon Jovi 4. Gil Scott-Heron 5. Terence Trent D’Arby 6. Townes Van Zandt 7. David Allan Coe 8. Michael Tilson Thomas ---
**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 26, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66279 "2019-06-26T12:19:45Z")
Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker 2. David Lee Roth 3. Jon Bon Jovi 4. Gil Scott-Heron 5. Terence Trent D’Arby 6. Townes Van Zandt 7. David Allan Coe 8. Michael Tilson Thomas 9. Stevie Ray Vaughan ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66280 "2019-06-26T12:55:12Z")
Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker 2. David Lee Roth 3. Jon Bon Jovi 4. Gil Scott-Heron 5. Terence Trent D’Arby 6. Townes Van Zandt 7. David Allan Coe 8. Michael Tilson Thomas 9. Stevie Ray Vaughan 10. Edward Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66281 "2019-06-26T12:57:08Z")
Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker 2. David Lee Roth 3. Jon Bon Jovi 4. Gil Scott-Heron 5. Terence Trent D’Arby 6. Townes Van Zandt 7. David Allan Coe 8. Michael Tilson Thomas 9. Stevie Ray Vaughan 10. Edward Van Halen 11. Billy Ray Cyrus ---
**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 26, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66282 "2019-06-26T13:38:31Z")
Isn’t Van part of a last name, not a middle name? ---
**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 26, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66283 "2019-06-26T13:43:47Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > Isn’t Van part of a last name, not a middle name? If we’re being sticklers, yes. Van Halen and Van Zandt don’t count as two names. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66284 "2019-06-26T13:54:38Z")
Bon Jovi is Jon’s last name as well (at least a respelling of it). Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker 2. David Lee Roth 3. Jon Bon Jovi 4. Gil Scott-Heron 5. Terence Trent D’Arby 6. Townes Van Zandt 7. David Allan Coe 8. Michael Tilson Thomas 9. Stevie Ray Vaughan 10. Edward Van Halen 11. Billy Ray Cyrus 12. John Paul Jones ---
**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:** [June 26, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66285 "2019-06-26T14:03:34Z")
Musicians with Three or More Names 1. John Lee Hooker 2. David Lee Roth 3. Jon Bon Jovi 4. Gil Scott-Heron 5. Terence Trent D’Arby 6. Townes Van Zandt 7. David Allan Coe 8. Michael Tilson Thomas 9. Stevie Ray Vaughan 10. Edward Van Halen 11. Billy Ray Cyrus 12. John Paul Jones 13. John Cougar Mellencamp Next up: If OJ didn’t do it, who did? (Wild ass theories) 1. It was a murder/suicide by Ron Goldman ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66286 "2019-06-26T14:19:46Z")
Next up: If OJ didn’t do it, who did? (Wild ass theories) 1. It was a murder/suicide by Ron Goldman 2. Professional house guest, Kato Kaelin, did it in an ill-considered attempt to increase his publicity profile, but after doing the deed got cold feet and didn’t confess ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66287 "2019-06-26T14:20:02Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > Isn’t Van part of a last name, not a middle name? > [@Nonsuch](#): > > If we’re being sticklers, yes. Van Halen and Van Zandt don’t count as two names. sure… except it wasn’t specified that it had to be first, middle, last name. Similarly, Scott-Heron would not be considered 2 names since a hyphenated surname is one word. Next up: If OJ didn’t do it, who did? (Wild ass theories) 1. It was a murder/suicide by Ron Goldman 2. Professional house guest, Kato Kaelin, did it in an ill-considered attempt to increase his publicity profile, but after doing the deed got cold feet and didn’t confess 3. The kids (they were allegedly asleep in the house) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3313) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3315)