# 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:** 3448
**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 13, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68949 "2019-11-13T20:54:30Z")
People who made the 2019 news, but who will NOT be Time Magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year 1. Jussie Smolett 2. Michael Cohen 3. Jeffrey Epstein 4. Chuck Schumer 5. Logan Paul 6. Michael Bloomberg 7. Antonio Brown 8. Steve Bannon 9. Kawhi Leonard 10. Kanye West 11. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman 12. Lori Loughlin 13. Felicity Huffman Pass, I picked a category a few turns ago ---
**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 13, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68950 "2019-11-13T21:09:40Z")
Thanks! Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bill Clinton 3. Mayor Pete ---
**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:** [November 13, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68951 "2019-11-13T21:15:26Z")
1, 2, 4 ? 😛 Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bill Clinton 3. Mayor Pete 4. Joe Biden ---
**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 13, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68952 "2019-11-13T21:15:53Z")
Oops, sorry _ **Elendil’s Heir** _, my fault for posting without refreshing Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bill Clinton 3. Mayor Pete 4. Joe Biden 5. Ted Kennedy ---
**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:** [November 13, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68953 "2019-11-13T22:05:41Z")
Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bill Clinton 3. Mayor Pete 4. Joe Biden 5. Ted Kennedy 6. George Bush ---
**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:** [November 13, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68954 "2019-11-13T22:41:51Z")
Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bill Clinton 3. Mayor Pete 4. Joe Biden 5. Ted Kennedy 6. George Bush 7. Bernie Sanders ---
**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:** [November 14, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68955 "2019-11-14T00:30:17Z")
Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bill Clinton 3. Mayor Pete 4. Joe Biden 5. Ted Kennedy 6. Bernie Sanders 7. Mike Pence “George” is not short for anything. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68956 "2019-11-14T01:20:15Z")
Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bill Clinton 3. Mayor Pete 4. Joe Biden 5. Ted Kennedy 6. Bernie Sanders 7. Mike Pence 8. Tom Harkin ---
**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:** [November 14, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68957 "2019-11-14T03:33:23Z")
Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bill Clinton 3. Mayor Pete 4. Joe Biden 5. Ted Kennedy 6. Bernie Sanders 7. Mike Pence 8. Tom Harkin 9. Rudy Giuliani ---
**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 14, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68958 "2019-11-14T05:24:53Z")
Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bill Clinton 3. Mayor Pete 4. Joe Biden 5. Ted Kennedy 6. Bernie Sanders 7. Mike Pence 8. Tom Harkin 9. Rudy Giuliani 10. Nikki Haley Her full name is Nimrata ---
**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 14, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68959 "2019-11-14T05:52:53Z")
Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bill Clinton 3. Mayor Pete 4. Joe Biden 5. Ted Kennedy 6. Bernie Sanders 7. Mike Pence 8. Tom Harkin 9. Rudy Giuliani 10. Nikki Haley 11. Al Gore ---
**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:** [November 14, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68960 "2019-11-14T11:22:34Z")
Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bill Clinton 3. Mayor Pete 4. Joe Biden 5. Ted Kennedy 6. Bernie Sanders 7. Mike Pence 8. Tom Harkin 9. Rudy Giuliani 10. Nikki Haley 11. Al Gore 12. Dick Durbin ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68961 "2019-11-14T13:22:27Z")
Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Bill Clinton 3. Mayor Pete 4. Joe Biden 5. Ted Kennedy 6. Bernie Sanders 7. Mike Pence 8. Tom Harkin 9. Rudy Giuliani 10. Nikki Haley 11. Al Gore 12. Dick Durbin 13. Teddy Roosevelt Next: Cities that were renamed 1. Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68962 "2019-11-14T13:52:08Z")
Next: Cities that were renamed 1. Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City 2. Saint Petersburg - Leningrad - back to Saint Petersburg ---
**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:** [November 14, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68963 "2019-11-14T13:54:45Z")
Cities that were renamed 1. Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City 2. Saint Petersburg - Leningrad - back to Saint Petersburg 3. Constantinople - Now it’s Istanbul ---
**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:** [November 14, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68964 "2019-11-14T14:37:17Z")
Cities that were renamed 1. Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City 2. Saint Petersburg - Leningrad - back to Saint Petersburg 3. Constantinople - Now it’s Istanbul 4. New Amsterdam - Now it’s New York City ---
**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:** [November 14, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68965 "2019-11-14T14:51:41Z")
Cities that were renamed 1. Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City 2. Saint Petersburg - Leningrad - back to Saint Petersburg 3. Constantinople - Now it’s Istanbul 4. New Amsterdam - Now it’s New York City 5. Bombay - now Mumbai ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68966 "2019-11-14T14:52:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Constantinople - Now it’s Istanbul And before it was Constantinople, it was Byzantium! ---
**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 14, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68967 "2019-11-14T15:00:26Z")
Why did Constantinople get the works? ---
**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:** [November 14, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68968 "2019-11-14T15:01:49Z")
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