# 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:** 388
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7742 "2011-09-28T01:03:51Z")
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 7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7743 "2011-09-28T01:11:20Z")
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 7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla 8. Zamboni- Frank J Zamboni ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7744 "2011-09-28T02:26:20Z")
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 7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla 8. Zamboni- Frank J Zamboni 9. Bunsen burner ---
**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 28, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7745 "2011-09-28T02:36:27Z")
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 7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla 8. Zamboni- Frank J Zamboni 9. Bunsen burner 10. Braille language - Louis Braille ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7746 "2011-09-28T02:45:52Z")
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 7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla 8. Zamboni- Frank J Zamboni 9. Bunsen burner 10. Braille language - Louis Braille 11. Dyson vacuum cleaner - James Dyson ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7747 "2011-09-28T03:57:18Z")
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 7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla 8. Zamboni- Frank J Zamboni 9. Bunsen burner 10. Braille language - Louis Braille 11. Dyson vacuum cleaner - James Dyson 12. Kalashnikov The K in AK-47 and other guns and also the namesake of a (not very successful) vodka he endorsed. ---
**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, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7748 "2011-09-28T04:46:26Z")
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 7. Tesla Coil - Nikola Tesla 8. Zamboni- Frank J Zamboni 9. Bunsen burner 10. Braille language - Louis Braille 11. Dyson vacuum cleaner - James Dyson 12. Kalashnikov 13. Rubik’s Cube - Erno Rubik New category: People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman The first person interred in the cemetery. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7749 "2011-09-28T06:53:55Z")
New category: People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman 2. General Joseph Wheeler Confederate cavalry general; later a general in the U.S. Volunteers in Cuba. ---
**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, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7750 "2011-09-28T07:05:14Z")
New category: People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman 2. General Joseph Wheeler 3. Dashiell Hammett Enlisted in the Army in 1918 and then volunteered again in 1942. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7751 "2011-09-28T07:49:46Z")
New category: People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman 2. General Joseph Wheeler 3. Dashiell Hammett 4. **Enginerd’s** grandparents My grandfather served in the Arny from 1940 - 1979. He was buried at Arlington five years ago, and my grandmother joined him two years later. ---
**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 28, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7752 "2011-09-28T13:55:06Z")
New category: People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman 2. General Joseph Wheeler 3. Dashiell Hammett 4. Enginerd’s grandparents 5. John F. Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7753 "2011-09-28T15:24:46Z")
New category: People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman 2. General Joseph Wheeler 3. Dashiell Hammett 4. Enginerd’s grandparents 5. John F. Kennedy 6. William H. Taft ---
**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 28, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7754 "2011-09-28T15:41:20Z")
People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman 2. General Joseph Wheeler 3. Dashiell Hammett 4. Enginerd’s grandparents 5. John F. Kennedy 6. William H. Taft 7. Medger Evers ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7755 "2011-09-28T16:20:15Z")
People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman 2. General Joseph Wheeler 3. Dashiell Hammett 4. **Enginerd** ’s grandparents 5. John F. Kennedy 6. William H. Taft 7. Medgar Evers 8. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs The man who established the cemetery, and then buried his son there: [Montgomery C. Meigs - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_C._Meigs) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7756 "2011-09-28T17:58:37Z")
People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman 2. General Joseph Wheeler 3. Dashiell Hammett 4. **Enginerd** ’s grandparents 5. John F. Kennedy 6. William H. Taft 7. Medgar Evers 8. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs 9. The Unknown Soldier(s) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7757 "2011-09-28T18:24:07Z")
People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman 2. General Joseph Wheeler 3. Dashiell Hammett 4. Enginerd’s grandparents 5. John F. Kennedy 6. William H. Taft 7. Medgar Evers 8. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs 9. The Unknown Soldier(s) 10. Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnick The final crew of the space shuttle _Challenger_. ---
**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 28, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7758 "2011-09-28T18:26:27Z")
People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman 2. General Joseph Wheeler 3. Dashiell Hammett 4. Enginerd’s grandparents 5. John F. Kennedy 6. William H. Taft 7. Medgar Evers 8. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs 9. The Unknown Soldier(s) 10. Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnick 11. Glenn Miller ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7759 "2011-09-28T19:26:11Z")
People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman 2. General Joseph Wheeler 3. Dashiell Hammett 4. Enginerd’s grandparents 5. John F. Kennedy 6. William H. Taft 7. Medgar Evers 8. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs 9. The Unknown Soldier(s) 10. Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnick 11. Glenn Miller 12. Pierre L’Enfant Designer of D.C.'s street system; interred in front of the mansion [overlooking D.C.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/GraveofLenfant.jpg). ---
**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, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7760 "2011-09-28T20:08:48Z")
People interred at Arlington National Cemetery 1. Private William Henry Christman 2. General Joseph Wheeler 3. Dashiell Hammett 4. Enginerd’s grandparents 5. John F. Kennedy 6. William H. Taft 7. Medgar Evers 8. Bvt. Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs 9. The Unknown Soldier(s) 10. Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnick 11. Glenn Miller 12. Pierre L’Enfant 13. Gen. George C. Marshall My category, so I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7761 "2011-09-28T20:16:00Z")
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