# 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:** 387
**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:** [September 27, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7722 "2011-09-27T04:02:40Z")
Winter Olympics host cities 1. Chamonix, France (1924) 2. Lake Placid, NY, USA (1932, 1980) 3. Nagano, Japan (1998) 4. Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1988) 5. Sarajevo, (former) Yugoslavia (1984) 6. Lillehammer, Norway (1994) 7. Sochi, Russia (2014) 8. Squaw Valley, Ca, USA (1960) 9. Pyeongchang, South Korea (2018) (assuming the world hasn’t ended by then) 10. St. Moritz, Switzerland (1928, 1948) 11. Grenoble, France (1968) 12. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2010) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7723 "2011-09-27T04:13:54Z")
Winter Olympics host cities 1. Chamonix, France (1924) 2. Lake Placid, NY, USA (1932, 1980) 3. Nagano, Japan (1998) 4. Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1988) 5. Sarajevo, (former) Yugoslavia (1984) 6. Lillehammer, Norway (1994) 7. Sochi, Russia (2014) 8. Squaw Valley, Ca, USA (1960) 9. Pyeongchang, South Korea (2018) (assuming the world hasn’t ended by then) 10. St. Moritz, Switzerland (1928, 1948) 11. Grenoble, France (1968) 12. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2010) 13. Lillehammer, Norway New list: Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in _North By Northwest_ ---
**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:** [September 27, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7724 "2011-09-27T05:16:04Z")
New list: Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in _North By Northwest_ 2. Grace Kelly in _Rear Window_, _Dial M For Murder_, and _To Catch a Thief_ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7725 "2011-09-27T06:47:24Z")
Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in _North By Northwest_ 2. Grace Kelly in _Rear Window_, _Dial M For Murder_, and _To Catch a Thief_ 3. Tippi Hedron in _The Birds_ and _Marnie_ ---
**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:** [September 27, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7726 "2011-09-27T13:12:52Z")
Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in _North By Northwest_ 2. Grace Kelly in _Rear Window, Dial M For Murder_, and _To Catch a Thief_ 3. Tippi Hedren in _The Birds_ and \*Marnie \* 4. Ingrid Bergman in _Notorious_ My personal favorite. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7727 "2011-09-27T13:54:03Z")
Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in _North By Northwest_ 2. Grace Kelly in _Rear Window, Dial M For Murder_, and _To Catch a Thief_ 3. Tippi Hedren in _The Birds_ and \*Marnie \* 4. Ingrid Bergman in _Notorious_ 5. Janet Leigh in _Psycho_ ---
**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:** [September 27, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7728 "2011-09-27T14:42:13Z")
Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in North By Northwest 2. Grace Kelly in Rear Window, Dial M For Murder, and To Catch a Thief 3. Tippi Hedren in The Birds and Marnie 4. Ingrid Bergman in Notorious 5. Janet Leigh in Psycho 6. Vera Miles in _The Wrong Man_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7729 "2011-09-27T15:02:40Z")
Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in _North By Northwest_ 2. Grace Kelly in _Rear Window_, _Dial M For Murder_, and _To Catch a Thief_ 3. Tippi Hedren in _The Birds_ and _Marnie_ 4. Ingrid Bergman in _Notorious_ 5. Janet Leigh in \*Psycho \* 6. Vera Miles in _The Wrong Man_ 7. Ruth Roman in _Strangers on a Train_ ---
**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:** [September 27, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7730 "2011-09-27T15:05:10Z")
Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in _North By Northwest_ 2. Grace Kelly in _Rear Window_, _Dial M For Murder_, and _To Catch a Thief_ 3. Tippi Hedren in _The Birds_ and _Marnie_ 4. Ingrid Bergman in _Notorious_ 5. Janet Leigh in \*Psycho \* 6. Vera Miles in _The Wrong Man_ 7. Ruth Roman in _Strangers on a Train_ 8. Madeleine Carroll in _The 39 Steps_ ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7731 "2011-09-27T15:26:11Z")
Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in _North By Northwest_ 2. Grace Kelly in _Rear Window_, _Dial M For Murder_, and _To Catch a Thief_ 3. Tippi Hedren in _The Birds_ and _Marnie_ 4. Ingrid Bergman in _Notorious_ 5. Janet Leigh in \*Psycho \* 6. Vera Miles in _The Wrong Man_ 7. Ruth Roman in _Strangers on a Train_ 8. Madeleine Carroll in _The 39 Steps_ 9. Tallulah Bankhead in _Lifeboat_ ---
**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:** [September 27, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7732 "2011-09-27T16:02:47Z")
Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in _North By Northwest_ 2. Grace Kelly in _Rear Window_, _Dial M For Murder_, and _To Catch a Thief_ 3. Tippi Hedren in _The Birds_ and _Marnie_ 4. Ingrid Bergman in _Notorious_ 5. Janet Leigh in \*Psycho \* 6. Vera Miles in _The Wrong Man_ 7. Ruth Roman in _Strangers on a Train_ 8. Madeleine Carroll in _The 39 Steps_ 9. Tallulah Bankhead in _Lifeboat_ 10. Clare Greet in _Jamaica Inn_, _The Man Who Knew Too Much_, _The Manxman_, _Murder!_, _Number 13_, _The Ring_, and _Sabotage_ ---
**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:** [September 27, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7733 "2011-09-27T20:07:13Z")
Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in _North By Northwest_ 2. Grace Kelly in _Rear Window_, _Dial M For Murder_, and _To Catch a Thief_ 3. Tippi Hedren in _The Birds_ and _Marnie_ 4. Ingrid Bergman in _Notorious_ 5. Janet Leigh in \*Psycho \* 6. Vera Miles in _The Wrong Man_ 7. Ruth Roman in _Strangers on a Train_ 8. Madeleine Carroll in _The 39 Steps_ 9. Tallulah Bankhead in _Lifeboat_ 10. Clare Greet in _Jamaica Inn_, _The Man Who Knew Too Much_, _The Manxman_, _Murder!_, _Number 13_, _The Ring_, and _Sabotage_ 11. Shirley MacLaine in _The Trouble with Harry_ ---
**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:** [September 27, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7734 "2011-09-27T21:06:21Z")
Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in _North By Northwest_ 2. Grace Kelly in _Rear Window_, _Dial M For Murder_, and _To Catch a Thief_ 3. Tippi Hedren in _The Birds_ and _Marnie_ 4. Ingrid Bergman in _Notorious_ 5. Janet Leigh in \*Psycho \* 6. Vera Miles in _The Wrong Man_ 7. Ruth Roman in _Strangers on a Train_ 8. Madeleine Carroll in _The 39 Steps_ 9. Tallulah Bankhead in _Lifeboat_ 10. Clare Greet in _Jamaica Inn_, _The Man Who Knew Too Much_, _The Manxman_, _Murder!_, _Number 13_, _The Ring_, and _Sabotage_ 11. Shirley MacLaine in _The Trouble with Harry_ 12. Karen Black in _Family Plot_ ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7735 "2011-09-27T21:24:59Z")
Hitchcock’s leading ladies 1. Eva Marie Saint in _North By Northwest_ 2. Grace Kelly in _Rear Window_, _Dial M For Murder_, and _To Catch a Thief_ 3. Tippi Hedren in _The Birds_ and _Marnie_ 4. Ingrid Bergman in _Notorious_ 5. Janet Leigh in \*Psycho \* 6. Vera Miles in _The Wrong Man_ 7. Ruth Roman in _Strangers on a Train_ 8. Madeleine Carroll in _The 39 Steps_ 9. Tallulah Bankhead in _Lifeboat_ 10. Clare Greet in _Jamaica Inn_, _The Man Who Knew Too Much_, _The Manxman_, _Murder!_, _Number 13_, _The Ring_, and _Sabotage_ 11. Shirley MacLaine in _The Trouble with Harry_ 12. Karen Black in _Family Plot_ [/QUOTE] 13. Lillian Hall-Davis in \*The Ring \*and _The Farmer’s Wife_ Next: Items named after their inventor in common usage 1. Botts’ dots ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7736 "2011-09-27T21:47:09Z")
Items named after their inventor in common usage 1. Botts’ dots 2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi ---
**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:** [September 27, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7737 "2011-09-27T21:57:33Z")
Items named after their inventor in common usage 1. Botts’ dots 2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi 3. Diesel engine – Rudolf Diesel eta: Changed my first answer. Turns out Henry Phillips didn’t actually invent the Phillips screwdriver. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7738 "2011-09-27T22:36:46Z")
Items named after their inventor in common usage 1. Botts’ dots 2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi 3. Diesel engine – Rudolf Diesel 4. John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7739 "2011-09-27T22:58:40Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > Items named after their inventor in common usage > > 1. Botts’ dots > 2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi > 3. Diesel engine – Rudolf Diesel > 4. John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich (to which my mind instantly replies “Lord and Lady Douchebag”) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7740 "2011-09-28T00:05:13Z")
Items named after their inventor in common usage 1. Botts’ dots 2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi 3. Diesel engine – Rudolf Diesel 4. John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich 5. Saxophone, Adolphe Sax ---
**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:** [September 28, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7741 "2011-09-28T00:48:30Z")
Items named after their inventor in common usage 1. Botts’ dots 2. Jacuzzi – Candido Jacuzzi 3. Diesel engine - Rudolf Diesel 4. John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich 5. Saxophone, Adolphe Sax 6. Rorschach test - Hermann Rorschach [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=386) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=388)