# The Atoz Game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2061 "2020-04-24T02:03:39Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2062 "2020-04-24T02:06:22Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2063 "2020-04-24T09:07:43Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2064 "2020-04-24T11:41:39Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida Odessa, Florida ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2065 "2020-04-24T11:44:49Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida Odessa, Florida Paris TX ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2066 "2020-04-24T12:27:49Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida Odessa, Florida Paris TX Queensbury, New York ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2067 "2020-04-24T12:42:27Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida Odessa, Florida Paris, TX Queensbury, New York Rome, Georgia ---
**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:** [April 24, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2068 "2020-04-24T12:47:16Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kingston, NY/Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida Odessa, Florida Paris, TX Queensbury, New York Rome, Georgia Saint Petersburg, Florida ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2069 "2020-04-24T12:52:10Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida Odessa, Florida Paris, TX Queensbury, New York Rome, Georgia San Jose, Califonia ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2070 "2020-04-24T12:58:29Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida Odessa, Florida Paris, TX Queensbury, New York Rome, Georgia San Jose, Califonia Tivoli, Texs ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2071 "2020-04-24T18:05:35Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida Odessa, Florida Paris, TX Queensbury, New York Rome, Georgia San Jose, Califonia Tivoli, Texas Utica, New York ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2072 "2020-04-24T18:25:04Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida Odessa, Florida Paris, TX Queensbury, New York Rome, Georgia San Jose, Califonia Tivoli, Texas Utica, New York Versailles, Connecticut ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2073 "2020-04-24T20:12:06Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida Odessa, Florida Paris, TX Queensbury, New York Rome, Georgia San Jose, Califonia Tivoli, Texas Utica, New York Versailles, Connecticut Warsaw, Ohio ---
**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:** [April 24, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2074 "2020-04-24T20:41:18Z")
Can’t find an “X” that fits the bill. Someone else is welcome to fill it in, if you do. US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Cal. Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida Odessa, Florida Paris, TX Queensbury, New York Rome, Georgia San Jose, California Tivoli, Texas Utica, New York Versailles, Connecticut Warsaw, Ohio X York, Pa. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2075 "2020-04-24T21:35:47Z")
US cities with the same name as a well-known foreign city Athens, Tennessee Baltimore, Maryland Cairo, Illinois Dublin, Texas Edinburgh, Ohio Florence, South Carolina Glasgow, Montana Hamburg, PA Ipswich, MA Johannesburg, Cal. Kiel, Wisconsin London, Ohio Moscow, Idaho Naples, Florida Odessa, Florida Paris, TX Queensbury, New York Rome, Georgia San Jose, California Tivoli, Texas Utica, New York Versailles, Connecticut Warsaw, Ohio X York, Pa. Zittau, Wisconsin Named after a town in Germany. I had a college friend from Zittau. 🙂 Couldn’t help on the X; I thought of Xenia, Ohio, but it’s named for the Greek concept of hospitality, not a city. Next: 1980s Music Groups a-ha ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2076 "2020-04-24T21:53:56Z")
1980s Music Groups a-ha Bangles, the ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2077 "2020-04-24T22:06:09Z")
1980s Music Groups a-ha Bangles, the Culture Club ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2078 "2020-04-24T22:33:03Z")
1980s Music Groups a-ha Bangles, the Culture Club Duran Duran ---
**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:** [April 24, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2079 "2020-04-24T22:41:17Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Kingston, NY > [@jtur88](#): > > Kiel, Wisconsin > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Saint Petersburg, Florida > [@jtur88](#): > > San Jose, Califonia Are we having some geography based feud I’m unaware of? ---
**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:** [April 24, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2080 "2020-04-24T22:42:17Z")
1980s Music Groups a-ha Bangles, the Culture Club Duran Duran Eurythmics Formed in 1980. Broke up in 1990. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=105)