# 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:** 92
**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:** [October 26, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1821 "2010-10-26T19:04:19Z")
Counties containing major American cities (that have a different name than the city) 1. Cook County, Illinois - Chicago 2. Essex County, New Jersey - Newark 3. Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Boston 4. Harris County, Texas - Houston 5. Fulton County, Georgia - Atlanta 6. Wayne County, Michigan - Detroit 7. Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens & Richmond Counties–New York City ---
**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:** [October 26, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1822 "2010-10-26T19:06:41Z")
Counties containing major American cities (that have a different name than the city) 1. Cook County, Illinois - Chicago 2. Essex County, New Jersey - Newark 3. Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Boston 4. Harris County, Texas - Houston 5. Fulton County, Georgia - Atlanta 6. Wayne County, Michigan - Detroit 7. Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens & Richmond Counties–New York City 8. Harris County - Houston, Tx ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1823 "2010-10-26T19:11:26Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Counties containing major American cities (that have a different name than the city) > > 1. Cook County, Illinois - Chicago > 2. Essex County, New Jersey - Newark > 3. Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Boston > 4. Harris County, Texas - Houston > 5. Fulton County, Georgia - Atlanta > 6. Wayne County, Michigan - Detroit > 7. Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens & Richmond Counties–New York City > 8. Harris County - Houston, Tx Psst. #4. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1824 "2010-10-26T19:13:23Z")
Counties containing major American cities (that have a different name than the city) 1. Cook County, Illinois - Chicago 2. Essex County, New Jersey - Newark 3. Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Boston 4. Harris County, Texas - Houston 5. Fulton County, Georgia - Atlanta 6. Wayne County, Michigan - Detroit 7. Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens & Richmond Counties–New York City 8. Shelby County - Memphis, TN Edited it out **Rebo** ’s Repeat, it her birthday BTW!!! ---
**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:** [October 26, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1825 "2010-10-26T19:13:40Z")
Duplicate for Houston; and how can Bronx, Queens, and NY be listed? ---
**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:** [October 26, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1826 "2010-10-26T19:17:58Z")
Oops. Ok then - 1. Cook County, Illinois - Chicago 2. Essex County, New Jersey - Newark 3. Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Boston 4. Harris County, Texas - Houston 5. Fulton County, Georgia - Atlanta 6. Wayne County, Michigan - Detroit 7. Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens & Richmond Counties–New York City 8. Shelby County - Memphis, TN 9. Travis County, Texas - Austin ---
**Author:** ![EristicKallistic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@EristicKallistic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EristicKallistic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1827 "2010-10-26T19:29:42Z")
1. Cook County, Illinois - Chicago 2. Essex County, New Jersey - Newark 3. Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Boston 4. Harris County, Texas - Houston 5. Fulton County, Georgia - Atlanta 6. Wayne County, Michigan - Detroit 7. Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens & Richmond Counties–New York City 8. Shelby County - Memphis, TN 9. Travis County, Texas - Austin 10. Leon County, Florida - Tallahassee ---
**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:** [October 26, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1828 "2010-10-26T19:29:47Z")
1. Cook County, Illinois - Chicago 2. Essex County, New Jersey - Newark 3. Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Boston 4. Harris County, Texas - Houston 5. Fulton County, Georgia - Atlanta 6. Wayne County, Michigan - Detroit 7. Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens & Richmond Counties–New York City 8. Shelby County - Memphis, TN 9. Travis County, Texas - Austin 10. Clark County, Nevada - Las Vegas ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1829 "2010-10-26T19:57:48Z")
1. Cook County, Illinois - Chicago 2. Essex County, New Jersey - Newark 3. Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Boston 4. Harris County, Texas - Houston 5. Fulton County, Georgia - Atlanta 6. Wayne County, Michigan - Detroit 7. Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens & Richmond Counties–New York City 8. Shelby County - Memphis, TN 9. Travis County, Texas - Austin 10. Clark County, Nevada - Las Vegas 11. Cuyahoga County, Ohio – Cleveland ---
**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 26, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1830 "2010-10-26T20:16:37Z")
Counties named differently than their major cities 1. Cook County, Illinois - Chicago 2. Essex County, New Jersey - Newark 3. Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Boston 4. Harris County, Texas - Houston 5. Fulton County, Georgia - Atlanta 6. Wayne County, Michigan - Detroit 7. Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens & Richmond Counties–New York City 8. Shelby County - Memphis, TN 9. Travis County, Texas - Austin 10. Clark County, Nevada - Las Vegas 11. Cuyahoga County, Ohio – Cleveland 12. Hamilton County, Ohio - Cincinnati Next category: Countries you’d love to visit someday, but haven’t yet 1. Australia ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1831 "2010-10-26T20:20:19Z")
Countries you’d love to visit someday, but haven’t yet 1. Australia 2. Czech Republic ---
**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:** [October 26, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1832 "2010-10-26T20:28:57Z")
1. Australia 2. Czech Republic 3. Ireland ---
**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:** [October 26, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1833 "2010-10-26T20:37:51Z")
Countries you’d love to visit someday, but haven’t yet 1. Australia 2. Czech Republic 3. Ireland 4. Singapore ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1834 "2010-10-26T21:03:44Z")
Countries you’d love to visit someday, but haven’t yet 1. Australia 2. Czech Republic 3. Ireland 4. Singapore 5. Scotland Golf baby ---
**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:** [October 26, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1835 "2010-10-26T21:05:44Z")
Countries you’d love to visit someday, but haven’t yet 1. Australia 2. Czech Republic 3. Ireland 4. Singapore 5. Scotland 6. England ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1836 "2010-10-26T22:21:29Z")
Countries you’d love to visit someday, but haven’t yet 1. Australia 2. Czech Republic 3. Ireland 4. Singapore 5. Scotland 6. England 7. Turkey ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1837 "2010-10-26T22:28:01Z")
Countries you’d love to visit someday, but haven’t yet 1. Australia 2. Czech Republic 3. Ireland 4. Singapore 5. Scotland 6. England 7. Turkey 8. New Zealand ---
**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 26, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1838 "2010-10-26T22:36:20Z")
Countries you’d love to visit someday, but haven’t yet 1. Australia 2. Czech Republic 3. Ireland 4. Singapore 5. Scotland 6. England 7. Turkey 8. New Zealand 9. Russia ---
**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:** [October 27, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1839 "2010-10-27T01:53:32Z")
Countries you’d love to visit someday, but haven’t yet 1. Australia 2. Czech Republic 3. Ireland 4. Singapore 5. Scotland 6. England 7. Turkey 8. New Zealand 9. Russia 10. 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:** [October 27, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1840 "2010-10-27T02:49:41Z")
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