# 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:** 675
**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:** [November 29, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13482 "2012-11-29T11:52:37Z")
Canadian music artists (or bands) who are well-known internationally 1. Glenn Gould 2. Bryan Adams 3. Celine Dion 4. Bryan Adams 5. Rush 6. Neil Young 7. Barenaked Ladies 8. Klaatu (_ **not** _ the Beatles) 9. Leonard Cohen 10. Paul Anka ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13483 "2012-11-29T12:09:18Z")
Canadian music artists (or bands) who are well-known internationally 1. Glenn Gould 2. Bryan Adams 3. Celine Dion 4. Bryan Adams 5. Rush 6. Neil Young 7. Barenaked Ladies 8. Klaatu (not the Beatles) 9. Leonard Cohen 10. Paul Anka 11. Diana Krall ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13484 "2012-11-29T12:16:37Z")
Canadian music artists (or bands) who are well-known internationally 1. Glenn Gould 2. Bryan Adams 3. Celine Dion 4. Bryan Adams 5. Rush 6. Neil Young 7. Barenaked Ladies 8. Klaatu (not the Beatles) 9. Leonard Cohen 10. Paul Anka 11. Diana Krall 12. Gordon Lightfoot ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13485 "2012-11-29T12:18:00Z")
Pop/rock Bands That Featured Both American And English Members 1. Foreigner (American vocalist Lou Gramm, English guitarist Mick Jones) 2. Fleetwood Mac 3. The Monkees 4. Garbage 5. King Crimson (Eighties/Nineties edition had Englishmen Robert Fripp and Bill Bruford, plus Americans Tony Levin and Adrian Belew) 6. Wings 7. The Travelling Wilburys - Americans - Dylan, Petty, Orbison, and Keltner vs. Brits - Harrison and Lynne 8. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - With the additional bonus of having Canadian member. 9. The Police (Stewart Copeland is American, while Sting and Andy Summers are English) 10. America 11. The Talking Heads 12. Black Sabbath (in the Ronnie James Dio era) 13. The Mamas & the Papas (Denny Doherty was from Canada) The Mamas and Papas strike me as a cheat, so let’s add… the Jimi Hendrix Experience (bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell were English). Or Journey (pianist Jonathan Cain is English, and original drummer Aynsley Dunbar was Scottish). Or Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow (Joe Lynn Turner was American). I feel better now. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13486 "2012-11-29T12:25:33Z")
Canadian music artists (or bands) who are well-known internationally 1. Glenn Gould 2. Bryan Adams 3. Celine Dion 4. Bryan Adams 5. Rush 6. Neil Young 7. Barenaked Ladies 8. Klaatu (not the Beatles) 9. Leonard Cohen 10. Paul Anka 11. Diana Krall 12. Gordon Lightfoot 13. Justin Beiber Shame on me, I know. Bands named after cities 1. Boston ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13487 "2012-11-29T13:03:04Z")
Bands named after cities 1. Boston 2. Berlin ---
**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 29, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13488 "2012-11-29T13:06:31Z")
Bands named after cities 1. Boston 2. Berlin 3. Orleans ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13489 "2012-11-29T13:50:15Z")
Bands named after cities 1. Boston 2. Berlin 3. Orleans 4. Kansas ---
**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:** [November 29, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13490 "2012-11-29T14:03:24Z")
Bands named after cities 1. Boston 2. Berlin 3. Orleans 4. Kansas 5. Chicago ---
**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 29, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13491 "2012-11-29T14:17:56Z")
Bands named after cities 1. Boston 2. Berlin 3. Orleans 4. Kansas 5. Chicago 6. Paris I think Kansas was named after the state and not Kansas City, but whatevs. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13492 "2012-11-29T14:22:45Z")
Canadian music artists (or bands) who are well-known internationally 1. Glenn Gould 2. Bryan Adams 3. Celine Dion 4. Bryan Adams 5. Rush 6. Neil Young 7. Barenaked Ladies 8. Klaatu (not the Beatles) 9. Leonard Cohen 10. Paul Anka 11. Diana Krall 12. Gordon Lightfoot 13. Justin Beiber Since no one clued in that Bryan Adams was listed twice, let me add The Guess Who. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13493 "2012-11-29T14:30:20Z")
Bands named after cities 1. Boston 2. Berlin 3. Orleans 4. Kansas 5. Chicago 6. Paris 7. Toronto Yes, there was a 1980s band named Toronto with some minor success in Canada. Methinks this category is going to be difficult to complete. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13494 "2012-11-29T14:36:01Z")
Bands named after cities 1. Boston 2. Berlin 3. Orleans 4. Kansas 5. Chicago 6. Paris 7. Toronto 8. Sugarland I hate country music, but this one fulfills the requirements of this category. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13495 "2012-11-29T14:50:03Z")
Bands named after cities 1. Boston 2. Berlin 3. Orleans 4. Kansas 5. Chicago 6. Paris 7. Toronto 8. Sugarland 9. Youngstown ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13496 "2012-11-29T14:52:08Z")
Bands named after cities 1. Boston 2. Berlin 3. Orleans 4. Kansas 5. Chicago 6. Paris 7. Toronto 8. Sugarland 9. Youngstown 10. Warsaw (much better known in their later name - Joy Division) ---
**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:** [November 29, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13497 "2012-11-29T14:54:40Z")
Bands named after cities 1. Boston 2. Berlin 3. Orleans 4. Kansas 5. Chicago 6. Paris 7. Toronto 8. Sugarland 9. Youngstown 10. Warsaw (much better known in their later name - Joy Division) 11. Memphis ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13498 "2012-11-29T15:01:58Z")
Bands named after cities 1. Boston 2. Berlin 3. Orleans 4. Kansas 5. Chicago 6. Paris 7. Toronto 8. Sugarland 9. Youngstown 10. Warsaw (much better known in their later name - Joy Division) 11. Memphis 12. New York City (soul group that had one big hit in the 70s: “I’m Doing Fine Now”) ---
**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 29, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13499 "2012-11-29T16:01:10Z")
Bands named after cities 1. Boston 2. Berlin 3. Orleans 4. Kansas 5. Chicago 6. Paris 7. Toronto 8. Sugarland 9. Youngstown 10. Warsaw (much better known in their later name - Joy Division) 11. Memphis 12. New York City (soul group that had one big hit in the 70s: “I’m Doing Fine Now”) 13. L.A. Guns Next category: Unlikely titles for the next James Bond film 1. Earthrise ---
**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:** [November 29, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13500 "2012-11-29T16:06:16Z")
1. Earthrise 2. Nonopussy ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13501 "2012-11-29T16:19:26Z")
Unlikely titles for the next James Bond film 1. Earthrise 2. Nonopussy 3. The Spy Who Shared His Feelings and Held Me Tenderly All Night [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=674) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=676)