# Mao on the Straight Dope! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 13, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618 "2008-11-13T23:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/1 "2008-11-13T23:20:34Z")
Arkansas ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/2 "2008-11-13T23:24:02Z")
This makes lots of sense. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/3 "2008-11-13T23:25:17Z")
You and I clearly know different versions of Mao. But I will give it a try. Alaska. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/4 "2008-11-13T23:26:16Z")
I figured this would be a reference to the card game. I donโ€™t know how Arkansas fits in. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/5 "2008-11-13T23:26:16Z")
Hold the Mao, please. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/6 "2008-11-13T23:30:18Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > You and I clearly know different versions of Mao. But I will give it a try. > > Alaska. Failure to name a geopolitical location starting with the next letter. **Out:** NAF1138 ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/7 "2008-11-13T23:32:17Z")
> [@Hostile\_Dialect](#): > > Failure to name a geopolitical location starting with the next letter. > > **Out:** > > NAF1138 DAMMIT! Well see if anyone plays with you now, I was the only one who got it. ๐Ÿ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/8 "2008-11-13T23:34:55Z")
Without disclosing any state secrets, I would advise you to keep watching the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/9 "2008-11-13T23:35:55Z")
Oops. **Out:** (no one) ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/10 "2008-11-13T23:40:26Z")
I play this game with my students, we call it Alpha Omega Serbia ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/11 "2008-11-13T23:40:53Z")
> [@Hostile\_Dialect](#): > > Arkansas Birmingham ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/12 "2008-11-13T23:41:53Z")
> [@PopeJewish](#): > > I play this game with my students, we call it Alpha Omega > > Serbia Failure to name a geopolitical location starting with the next letter. **Out:** PopeJewish ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/13 "2008-11-13T23:43:01Z")
> [@Hostile\_Dialect](#): > > Without disclosing any state secrets, I would advise you to keep watching the thread. Iโ€™m not going anywhere. ๐Ÿ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/14 "2008-11-13T23:44:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Birmingham Chinatown ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/15 "2008-11-13T23:45:22Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Chinatown Delaware ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/16 "2008-11-13T23:59:02Z")
**Out:** (no one) ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/17 "2008-11-14T00:10:23Z")
What the heck, I will probably get put out for this but: England ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/18 "2008-11-14T00:21:27Z")
Fucking ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/19 "2008-11-14T02:47:01Z")
> [@Hostile\_Dialect](#): > > Failure to name a geopolitical location starting with the next letter. > > **Out:** > > PopeJewish Er, must be a different game. Arkansa **S** then **S** erbia works how I play ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618/20 "2008-11-14T03:32:02Z")
> [@Hostile\_Dialect](#): > > Fucking Georgia. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mao-on-the-straight-dope/472618.md?page=2)