# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 3449

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**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, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68969 "2019-11-14T15:04:01Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name
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> …13. Teddy Roosevelt

He never called himself that, and didn’t like it. So…

1. Tony Blair

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
6. Rangoon - now Yangon

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**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, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68970 "2019-11-14T15:22:06Z")

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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
6. Rangoon - now Yangon
7. Edo - now Tokyo

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**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, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68971 "2019-11-14T15:48:06Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Politicians who typically use(d) a shortened form of their full first name
> 
> 1. Teddy Roosevelt

Nitpicking but Roosevelt never used the name Teddy. He hated that nickname. He always called himself Theodore and that’s what the people that knew him called him.

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
6. Rangoon - now Yangon
7. Edo - now Tokyo
8. Canton - now Guangzhou

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**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:** [November 14, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68972 "2019-11-14T16:08:49Z")

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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
6. Rangoon - now Yangon
7. Edo - now Tokyo
8. Canton - now Guangzhou
9. York - now Toronto

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**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, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68973 "2019-11-14T16:13:56Z")

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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
6. Rangoon - now Yangon
7. Edo - now Tokyo
8. Canton - now Guangzhou
9. York - now Toronto
10. Germantown (TN) - Neshoba - back to Germantown

There was a lot of anti-German sentiment during WWI

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**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:** [November 14, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68974 "2019-11-14T16:19:18Z")

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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
6. Rangoon - now Yangon
7. Edo - now Tokyo
8. Canton - now Guangzhou
9. York - now Toronto
10. Germantown (TN) - Neshoba - back to Germantown
11. Ragusa - now Dubrovnik, Croatia

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**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:** [November 14, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68975 "2019-11-14T16:24:28Z")

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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
6. Rangoon - now Yangon
7. Edo - now Tokyo
8. Canton - now Guangzhou
9. York - now Toronto
10. Germantown (TN) - Neshoba - back to Germantown
11. Ragusa - now Dubrovnik, Croatia

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68976 "2019-11-14T17:21:48Z")

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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
6. Rangoon - now Yangon
7. Edo - now Tokyo
8. Canton - now Guangzhou
9. York - now Toronto
10. Germantown (TN) - Neshoba - back to Germantown
11. Ragusa - now Dubrovnik, Croatia
12. Hot Springs - now Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

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**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:** [November 14, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68977 "2019-11-14T18:05:23Z")

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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
6. Rangoon - now Yangon
7. Edo - now Tokyo
8. Canton - now Guangzhou
9. York - now Toronto
10. Germantown (TN) - Neshoba - back to Germantown
11. Ragusa - now Dubrovnik, Croatia
12. Hot Springs - now Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
13. Barcina - now Barcelona

Marsupials

1. Opossum

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**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:** [November 14, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68978 "2019-11-14T18:37:09Z")

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Marsupials

1. Opossum
2. Kangaroo

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**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, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68979 "2019-11-14T18:45:15Z")

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Marsupials

1. Opossum
2. Kangaroo
3. Wombat

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**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, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68980 "2019-11-14T20:17:15Z")

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Marsupials

1. Opossum
2. Kangaroo
3. Wombat
4. Koala

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**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68981 "2019-11-14T20:27:52Z")

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Marsupials

1. Opossum
2. Kangaroo
3. Wombat
4. Koala
5. Tasmanian devil

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**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68982 "2019-11-14T20:56:24Z")

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Marsupials

1. Opossum
2. Kangaroo
3. Wombat
4. Koala
5. Tasmanian devil
6. Bandicoot

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**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68983 "2019-11-14T21:43:45Z")

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Marsupials

1. Opossum
2. Kangaroo
3. Wombat
4. Koala
5. Tasmanian devil
6. Bandicoot
7. Greater bilby

unfortunately a threatened species: [Greater bilby - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_bilby)

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**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68984 "2019-11-14T22:10:38Z")

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Marsupials

1. Opossum
2. Kangaroo
3. Wombat
4. Koala
5. Tasmanian devil
6. Bandicoot
7. Greater bilby
8. Wallaby

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**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 15, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68985 "2019-11-15T01:22:07Z")

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Marsupials

1. Opossum
2. Kangaroo
3. Wombat
4. Koala
5. Tasmanian devil
6. Bandicoot
7. Greater bilby
8. Wallaby
9. Sugar glider

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**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 15, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68986 "2019-11-15T08:50:37Z")

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Marsupials

1. Opossum
2. Kangaroo
3. Wombat
4. Koala
5. Tasmanian devil
6. Bandicoot
7. Greater bilby
8. Wallaby
9. Sugar glider
10. Quokka

[Perhaps](https://natureconservancy-h.assetsadobe.com/is/image/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/photos/australia/Quokka_Sam-West.jpg?crop=0,886,2365,1773&wid=640&hei=480&scl=3.6953125) [the](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,h_1248,w_2220/f_auto,q_auto,w_1100/v1555275134/shape/mentalfloss/57159-istock-486456250.jpg) [cutest](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B881040182Z/1544409544889_GIQ1V8ON4.2-2.jpg) [of](https://lifebeyondnumbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/happiest-animal-Quokka-australia.png) [all](https://i1.wp.com/bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/what-is-quokka.jpg?fit=500%2C333&ssl=1) [the](https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAFOgTI.img?h=630&w=1200&m=6&q=60&o=t&l=f&f=jpg) [marsupials](https://everywherewild.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Happy-quokka.jpg).

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**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 15, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68987 "2019-11-15T13:30:15Z")

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Marsupials

1. Opossum
2. Kangaroo
3. Wombat
4. Koala
5. Tasmanian devil
6. Bandicoot
7. Greater bilby
8. Wallaby
9. Sugar glider
10. Quokka
11. Bettong

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**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:** [November 15, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68988 "2019-11-15T14:15:30Z")

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Marsupials

1. Opossum
2. Kangaroo
3. Wombat
4. Koala
5. Tasmanian devil
6. Bandicoot
7. Greater bilby
8. Wallaby
9. Sugar glider
10. Quokka
11. Bettong
12. Gilbert’s potoroo

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