# 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:** 114
**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:** [May 6, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2261 "2020-05-06T15:53:55Z")
Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte Oliver O. Howard Patton Qasim; Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Richtofen, Baron von Schwarzkopf, Norman, Jr. Thoedore Roosevelt, Colonel, New York National Guard Ulysses S. Grant Vercingetorix Washington, George Xenophon ---
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Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte Oliver O. Howard Patton Qasim; Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Richtofen, Baron von Schwarzkopf, Norman, Jr. Thoedore Roosevelt, Colonel, New York National Guard Ulysses S. Grant Vercingetorix Washington, George Xenophon Yamamoto Isoroku ---
**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:** [May 6, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2263 "2020-05-06T18:24:55Z")
Military figures Alexander the Great Belisarius Cromwell, Oliver Dwight D. Eisenhower Erwin Rommel Frederick the Great Genghis Khan Hannibal Ibn al-Walid, Khalid Jones, John Paul Klink, Colonel Wilhelm Lafayette, Marquis de Marius Napoleon Bonaparte Oliver O. Howard Patton Qasim; Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Richtofen, Baron von Schwarzkopf, Norman, Jr. Thoedore Roosevelt, Colonel, New York National Guard Ulysses S. Grant Vercingetorix Washington, George Xenophon Yamamoto Isoroku Zhukov, Georgy Next category: Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” ---
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Next category: Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill ---
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Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Based on the real person, Jean-Anne Christy de la Palliere. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2266 "2020-05-06T21:31:18Z")
Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean Or Monsieur Turd, as some of the crew call him I didn’t know that Christy-Palliere was based on a real person, interesting! ---
**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:** [May 7, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2267 "2020-05-07T01:45:31Z")
Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England ---
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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:2267, topic:846920”] Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle ---
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Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle Généreux Captured French warship aboard which Aubrey led a prize crew in 1800. ---
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Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle Généreux Heneage Dundas One of Jack’s oldest friends ---
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Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle Généreux Heneage Dundas Ionian Mission, The ---
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Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle Généreux Heneage Dundas Ionian Mission, The Jagiello, Gedymin One of my favorite characters ---
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Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle Généreux Heneage Dundas Ionian Mission, The Jagiello, Gedymin Keith, Lord ---
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Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle Généreux Heneage Dundas Ionian Mission, The Jagiello, Gedymin Keith, Lord Lord Keith ---
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Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle Généreux Heneage Dundas Ionian Mission, The Jagiello, Gedymin Keith, Lord Lord Keith Maturin, Stephen ---
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Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle Généreux Heneage Dundas Ionian Mission, The Jagiello, Gedymin Keith, Lord Lord Clonfert Maturin, Stephen Nutmeg of Consolation, The under L, substituted Lord Clonfert for Lord Keith, who was used for K ---
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Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle Généreux Heneage Dundas Ionian Mission, The Jagiello, Gedymin Keith, Lord Lord Clonfert Maturin, Stephen Nutmeg of Consolation, The Oakes, Clarissa ---
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Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle Généreux Heneage Dundas Ionian Mission, The Jagiello, Gedymin Keith, Lord Lord Clonfert Maturin, Stephen Nutmeg of Consolation, The Oakes, Clarissa Polychrest ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2279 "2020-05-10T04:02:27Z")
Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle Généreux Heneage Dundas Ionian Mission, The Jagiello, Gedymin Keith, Lord Lord Clonfert Maturin, Stephen Nutmeg of Consolation, The Oakes, Clarissa Polychrest Queenie, later Lady Keith Also based on a real person, Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith, born Hester Maria Thrale > **[Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hester_Maria_Elphinstone,_Viscountess_Keith)** > > Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith, born Hester Maria Thrale (17 September 1764 – 31 March 1857), was a British literary correspondent and intellectual. She was the eldest child of Hester Thrale, diarist, author and confidante of Samuel Johnson, and Henry Thrale, a wealthy brewer and patron of the arts. She became the second wife of George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith. > Johnson gave Hester Maria her lifelong nickname "Queeney" (after Queen Esther) early in her childhood, and was ... ---
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Characters, places and things from the novels of Patrick O’Brian Aubrey, Capt. John “Jack” Butcher’s Bill Christy-Palliere, Captain Guillaume Dutourd, Jean England Faster Doudle Généreux Heneage Dundas Ionian Mission, The Jagiello, Gedymin Keith, Lord Lord Clonfert Maturin, Stephen Nutmeg of Consolation, The Oakes, Clarissa Polychrest Queenie, later Lady Keith Richard Temple I hate googling for an answer, as opposed to googling to fact-check my memory, but this thread needed a bump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=115)