# The Atoz Game (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920>\
**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:** 129

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**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:** [June 2, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2562 "2020-06-02T23:16:15Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music

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**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:** [June 2, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2563 "2020-06-02T23:23:31Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK

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**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:** [June 2, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2564 "2020-06-02T23:35:44Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Pulitzer Prize - excellence in journalism and literature

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**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:** [June 2, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2565 "2020-06-02T23:43:31Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Pulitzer Prize - excellence in journalism and literature

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**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:** [June 2, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2566 "2020-06-02T23:56:01Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Pulitzer Prize - excellence in journalism and literature  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Nobel Peace Prize - for notable service in furthering world peace

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2567 "2020-06-03T00:51:05Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions

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Nobel Peace Prize - for notable service in furthering world peace  
O—  
Pulitzer Prize - excellence in journalism and literature

Looks like people are forgetting to go alphabetically A to Z?

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2568 "2020-06-03T00:54:47Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2569 "2020-06-03T02:12:43Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry  
Fothergillian Prize - Awarded by the Medical Society of London for the best written work on a medical topic

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2570 "2020-06-03T02:14:36Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry  
Fickle Finger of Fate Award - dubious achievements of individuals or institutions, on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2571 "2020-06-03T02:20:58Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry  
Fickle Finger of Fate Award - dubious achievements of individuals or institutions, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In  
Guinness World Records=many, many, many things

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2572 "2020-06-03T03:50:33Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry  
Fickle Finger of Fate Award - dubious achievements of individuals or institutions, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In  
Guinness World Records=many, many, many things  
Henley Prize - A prize at the annual Henley Royal Regatta for new events which do not yet have their own trophies.

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2573 "2020-06-03T05:47:44Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry  
Fickle Finger of Fate Award - dubious achievements of individuals or institutions, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In  
Guinness World Records=many, many, many things  
Henley Prize - A prize at the annual Henley Royal Regatta for new events which do not yet have their own trophies.  
Image Award - Given by the NAACP for outstanding achievement in film, TV, music and literature from an African American perspective

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2574 "2020-06-03T07:43:23Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry  
Fickle Finger of Fate Award - dubious achievements of individuals or institutions, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In  
Guinness World Records=many, many, many things  
Henley Prize - A prize at the annual Henley Royal Regatta for new events which do not yet have their own trophies.  
Image Award - Given by the NAACP for outstanding achievement in film, TV, music and literature from an African American perspective  
Jnanpith Award - highest literary award in India

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**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2575 "2020-06-03T13:21:52Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry  
Fickle Finger of Fate Award - dubious achievements of individuals or institutions, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In  
Guinness World Records=many, many, many things  
Henley Prize - A prize at the annual Henley Royal Regatta for new events which do not yet have their own trophies.  
Image Award - Given by the NAACP for outstanding achievement in film, TV, music and literature from an African American perspective  
Jnanpith Award - highest literary award in India  
Kennedy Center Honors - Lifetime contribution to American culture

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2576 "2020-06-03T13:27:15Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry  
Fickle Finger of Fate Award - dubious achievements of individuals or institutions, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In  
Guinness World Records=many, many, many things  
Henley Prize - A prize at the annual Henley Royal Regatta for new events which do not yet have their own trophies.  
Image Award - Given by the NAACP for outstanding achievement in film, TV, music and literature from an African American perspective  
Jnanpith Award - highest literary award in India  
Kennedy Center Honors - Lifetime contribution to American culture  
National Book Award - to celebrate the best literature in America

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2577 "2020-06-03T13:48:27Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry  
Fickle Finger of Fate Award - dubious achievements of individuals or institutions, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In  
Guinness World Records=many, many, many things  
Henley Prize - A prize at the annual Henley Royal Regatta for new events which do not yet have their own trophies.  
Image Award - Given by the NAACP for outstanding achievement in film, TV, music and literature from an African American perspective  
Jnanpith Award - highest literary award in India  
Kennedy Center Honors - Lifetime contribution to American culture  
Lincoln Award - children’s literature

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2578 "2020-06-03T14:22:21Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry  
Fickle Finger of Fate Award - dubious achievements of individuals or institutions, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In  
Guinness World Records=many, many, many things  
Henley Prize - A prize at the annual Henley Royal Regatta for new events which do not yet have their own trophies.  
Image Award - Given by the NAACP for outstanding achievement in film, TV, music and literature from an African American perspective  
Jnanpith Award - highest literary award in India  
Kennedy Center Honors - Lifetime contribution to American culture  
Lincoln Award - children’s literature  
Most Noble Order of the Garter, English order of knighthood, the highest British civil and military honour obtainable.

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2579 "2020-06-03T16:26:11Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry  
Fickle Finger of Fate Award - dubious achievements of individuals or institutions, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In  
Guinness World Records=many, many, many things  
Henley Prize - A prize at the annual Henley Royal Regatta for new events which do not yet have their own trophies.  
Image Award - Given by the NAACP for outstanding achievement in film, TV, music and literature from an African American perspective  
Jnanpith Award - highest literary award in India  
Kennedy Center Honors - Lifetime contribution to American culture  
Lincoln Award - children’s literature  
Most Noble Order of the Garter, English order of knighthood, the highest British civil and military honour obtainable.  
Nobel Prizes-for academic, cultural, or scientific advances

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2580 "2020-06-03T19:44:57Z")

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Awards - and what they are awarded for

American Music Award - contemporary music  
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image (film, television and games) in the UK  
Critics Choice Awards - film and TV  
Drama Desk Awards - to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions  
Emmy Awards - American awards for excellence in the television industry  
Fickle Finger of Fate Award - dubious achievements of individuals or institutions, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In  
Guinness World Records=many, many, many things  
Henley Prize - A prize at the annual Henley Royal Regatta for new events which do not yet have their own trophies.  
Image Award - Given by the NAACP for outstanding achievement in film, TV, music and literature from an African American perspective  
Jnanpith Award - highest literary award in India  
Kennedy Center Honors - Lifetime contribution to American culture  
Lincoln Award - children’s literature  
Most Noble Order of the Garter, English order of knighthood, the highest British civil and military honour obtainable.  
Nobel Prizes-for academic, cultural, or scientific advances  
Oscars - Officially the Academy Awards. Given out for achievements in film.

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**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:** [June 3, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2581 "2020-06-03T19:50:12Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> Most Noble Order of the Garter, English order of knighthood, the highest British civil and military honour obtainable.

I’m sure these are very nice. But how do they compare to the prestige of winning the MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance?

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