# 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:** 629

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12562 "2012-10-11T02:28:31Z")

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Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent
2. John-Paul
3. Urban
4. Pius

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12563 "2012-10-11T03:21:51Z")

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Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent
2. John-Paul
3. Urban
4. Pius
5. Boniface

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12564 "2012-10-11T03:24:03Z")

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Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent
2. John-Paul
3. Urban
4. Pius
5. Boniface
6. Benedict

eta - I would argue that John-Paul was unique, but there were several Johns and several Pauls

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12565 "2012-10-11T03:29:36Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> eta - I would argue that John-Paul was unique, but there were several Johns and several Pauls

There were two John Pauls.

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12566 "2012-10-11T03:30:40Z")

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Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent
2. John-Paul
3. Urban
4. Pius
5. Boniface
6. Benedict
7. Leo

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12567 "2012-10-11T03:48:16Z")

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Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent
2. John-Paul
3. Urban
4. Pius
5. Boniface
6. Benedict
7. Leo
8. Callixtus

Three of them, but the last one died in 1458. Bring it back!

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12568 "2012-10-11T03:52:27Z")

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Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent
2. John-Paul
3. Urban
4. Pius
5. Boniface
6. Benedict
7. Leo
8. Callixtus
9. John

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12569 "2012-10-11T03:54:22Z")

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Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent
2. John-Paul
3. Urban
4. Pius
5. Boniface
6. Benedict
7. Leo
8. Callixtus
9. John
10. Gregory

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12570 "2012-10-11T03:55:55Z")

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Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent
2. John-Paul
3. Urban
4. Pius
5. Boniface
6. Benedict
7. Leo
8. Callixtus
9. John
10. Gregory
11. Paul

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12571 "2012-10-11T11:19:05Z")

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Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent
2. John-Paul
3. Urban
4. Pius
5. Boniface
6. Benedict
7. Leo
8. Callixtus
9. John
10. Gregory
11. Paul
12. Clement

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12572 "2012-10-11T11:22:48Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> Countries That Lie On The Equator
> 
> 1. São Tomé and Príncipe
> 2. Somalia
> 3. Maldives
> 4. Gabon
> 5. Ecuador (who’d have thunk it?)
> 6. Brazil (the largest such country)
> 7. Kenya
> 8. Uganda
> 9. Indonesia
> 10. Congo
> 11. Colombia (no others in South America)
> 12. Democratic Republic of the Congo
> 13. Republic of the Congo (No, it’s not the same country as #12).

I hate to backtrack but #13 and #10 are the same country.

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12573 "2012-10-11T11:26:43Z")

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Names of Multiple Popes

1. Innocent
2. John-Paul
3. Urban
4. Pius
5. Boniface
6. Benedict
7. Leo
8. Callixtus
9. John
10. Gregory
11. Paul
12. Clement  
13.Felix

People who have had too much plastic surgery

1.Joan Rivers

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12574 "2012-10-11T11:39:48Z")

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People who have had too much plastic surgery

1. Joan Rivers
2. Michael Jackson

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12575 "2012-10-11T12:28:21Z")

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People who have had too much plastic surgery

1. Joan Rivers
2. Michael Jackson
3. Phyllis Diller (RIP)

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12576 "2012-10-11T13:08:38Z")

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People who have had too much plastic surgery

1. Joan Rivers
2. Michael Jackson
3. Phyllis Diller (RIP)
4. Meg Ryan

And the popes were “John Paul” I and II, not “John-Paul.”

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12577 "2012-10-11T14:22:03Z")

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People who have had too much plastic surgery

1. Joan Rivers
2. Michael Jackson
3. Phyllis Diller (RIP)
4. Meg Ryan
5. Carrot Top

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12578 "2012-10-11T14:26:11Z")

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People who have had too much plastic surgery

1. Joan Rivers
2. Michael Jackson
3. Phyllis Diller (RIP)
4. Meg Ryan
5. Carrot Top
6. Shannon Tweed-Simmons

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12579 "2012-10-11T14:32:33Z")

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People who have had too much plastic surgery

1. Joan Rivers
2. Michael Jackson
3. Phyllis Diller (RIP)
4. Meg Ryan
5. Carrot Top
6. Shannon Tweed-Simmons
7. Tori Spelling

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12580 "2012-10-11T14:45:24Z")

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People who have had too much plastic surgery

1. Joan Rivers
2. Michael Jackson
3. Phyllis Diller (RIP)
4. Meg Ryan
5. Carrot Top
6. Shannon Tweed-Simmons
7. Tori Spelling
8. Melanie Griffith

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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:** [October 11, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12581 "2012-10-11T15:22:06Z")

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People who have had too much plastic surgery

1. Joan Rivers
2. Michael Jackson
3. Phyllis Diller (RIP)
4. Meg Ryan
5. Carrot Top
6. Shannon Tweed-Simmons
7. Tori Spelling
8. Melanie Griffith
9. Jocelyn Wildenstein

Warning: Borderline-scary image of _'way_ too much plastic surgery: [http://images.starpulse.com/news/bloggers/637863/blog\_images/jocelyn-wildenstein.jpg](http://images.starpulse.com/news/bloggers/637863/blog_images/jocelyn-wildenstein.jpg)

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