# 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:** 134
**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 8, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2662 "2020-06-08T14:20:01Z")
Famous person whose known-by first name is an English vocabulary word if un-capitalized Art Carney Babe Ruth Cotton Mather Dick Cheney Ester Cordet Frank Sinatra Ginger Baker Hank Snow Iris Apatow Jack the Ripper Ken Burns Lily Langtry Mark Twain Newt Gingrich Olive Thomas ---
**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 8, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2663 "2020-06-08T14:27:56Z")
Famous person whose known-by first name is an English vocabulary word if un-capitalized Art Carney Babe Ruth Cotton Mather Dick Cheney Ester Cordet Frank Sinatra Ginger Baker Hank Snow Iris Apatow Jack the Ripper Ken Burns Lily Langtry Mark Twain Newt Gingrich Olive Thomas Pat Nixon ---
**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 8, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2664 "2020-06-08T14:53:25Z")
Famous person whose known-by first name is an English vocabulary word if un-capitalized Art Carney Babe Ruth Cotton Mather Dick Cheney Ester Cordet Frank Sinatra Ginger Baker Hank Snow Iris Apatow Jack the Ripper Ken Burns Lily Langtry Mark Twain Newt Gingrich Olive Thomas Pat Nixon Queen Harrison Claye ---
**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 8, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2665 "2020-06-08T14:59:43Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > This one is going to be difficult, I think. To help us along, I’d suggest we allow nicknames, such as in the case of George Herman “Babe” Ruth, or Mildren Ellen “Babe” Zaharias. Bob Barker, Bill Clinton, Barb Haley, or Brad Pitt would have worked. ---
**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 8, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2666 "2020-06-08T15:03:30Z")
Art Carney Babe Ruth Cotton Mather Dick Cheney Ester Cordet Frank Sinatra Ginger Baker Hank Snow Iris Apatow Jack the Ripper Ken Burns Lily Langtry Mark Twain Newt Gingrich Olive Thomas Pat Nixon Queen Harrison Claye Roger Staubach ---
**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 8, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2667 "2020-06-08T15:49:04Z")
Famous person whose known-by first name is an English vocabulary word if un-capitalized Art Carney Babe Ruth Cotton Mather Dick Cheney Ester Cordet Frank Sinatra Ginger Baker Hank Snow Iris Apatow Jack the Ripper Ken Burns Lily Langtry Mark Twain Newt Gingrich Olive Thomas Pat Nixon Queen Harrison Claye Roger Staubach Sandy Koufax ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2668 "2020-06-08T15:53:15Z")
Famous person whose known-by first name is an English vocabulary word if un-capitalized Art Carney Babe Ruth Cotton Mather Dick Cheney Ester Cordet Frank Sinatra Ginger Baker Hank Snow Iris Apatow Jack the Ripper Ken Burns Lily Langtry Mark Twain Newt Gingrich Olive Thomas Pat Nixon Queen Harrison Claye Roger Staubach Sandy Koufax Tom Jones ---
**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 8, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2669 "2020-06-08T17:24:26Z")
Famous person whose known-by first name is an English vocabulary word if un-capitalized Art Carney Babe Ruth Cotton Mather Dick Cheney Ester Cordet Frank Sinatra Ginger Baker Hank Snow Iris Apatow Jack the Ripper Ken Burns Lily Langtry Mark Twain Newt Gingrich Olive Thomas Pat Nixon Queen Harrison Claye Roger Staubach Sandy Koufax Tom Jones Usher (musician) ---
**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 8, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2670 "2020-06-08T17:51:10Z")
Famous person whose known-by first name is an English vocabulary word if un-capitalized Art Carney Babe Ruth Cotton Mather Dick Cheney Ester Cordet Frank Sinatra Ginger Baker Hank Snow Iris Apatow Jack the Ripper Ken Burns Lily Langtry Mark Twain Newt Gingrich Olive Thomas Pat Nixon Queen Harrison Claye Roger Staubach Sandy Koufax Tom Jones Usher (musician) Victor Mature ---
**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 8, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2671 "2020-06-08T18:11:28Z")
Famous person whose known-by first name is an English vocabulary word if un-capitalized Art Carney Babe Ruth Cotton Mather Dick Cheney Ester Cordet Frank Sinatra Ginger Baker Hank Snow Iris Apatow Jack the Ripper Ken Burns Lily Langtry Mark Twain Newt Gingrich Olive Thomas Pat Nixon Queen Harrison Claye Roger Staubach Sandy Koufax Tom Jones Usher (musician) Victor Mature Will Smith ---
**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 8, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2672 "2020-06-08T18:19:23Z")
Famous person whose known-by first name is an English vocabulary word if un-capitalized Art Carney Babe Ruth Cotton Mather Dick Cheney Ester Cordet Frank Sinatra Ginger Baker Hank Snow Iris Apatow Jack the Ripper Ken Burns Lily Langtry Mark Twain Newt Gingrich Olive Thomas Pat Nixon Queen Harrison Claye Roger Staubach Sandy Koufax Tom Jones Usher (musician) Victor Mature Will Smith Xi Jinping, since English speakers say Xi first? ---
**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 8, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2673 "2020-06-08T18:27:40Z")
Famous person whose known-by first name is an English vocabulary word if un-capitalized Art Carney Babe Ruth Cotton Mather Dick Cheney Ester Cordet Frank Sinatra Ginger Baker Hank Snow Iris Apatow Jack the Ripper Ken Burns Lily Langtry Mark Twain Newt Gingrich Olive Thomas Pat Nixon Queen Harrison Claye Roger Staubach Sandy Koufax Tom Jones Usher (musician) Victor Mature Will Smith Xi Jinping, since English speakers say Xi first? Yo Yo Ma ---
**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 8, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2674 "2020-06-08T18:48:45Z")
Famous person whose known-by first name is an English vocabulary word if un-capitalized Art Carney Babe Ruth Cotton Mather Dick Cheney Ester Cordet Frank Sinatra Ginger Baker Hank Snow Iris Apatow Jack the Ripper Ken Burns Lily Langtry Mark Twain Newt Gingrich Olive Thomas Pat Nixon Queen Harrison Claye Roger Staubach Sandy Koufax Tom Jones Usher (musician) Victor Mature Will Smith Xi Jinping, since English speakers say Xi first? Yo Yo Ma Zero Mostel Pass. ---
**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 9, 2020, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2675 "2020-06-09T08:41:33Z")
World newspapers, past and present (“the” can be ignored, but put afterwards) Age, The (Melbourne, Australia) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2676 "2020-06-09T09:38:35Z")
World newspapers, past and present (“the” can be ignored, but put afterwards) Age, The (Melbourne, Australia) Bild, Berlin ---
**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 9, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2677 "2020-06-09T11:46:10Z")
World newspapers, past and present (“the” can be ignored, but put afterwards) Age, The (Melbourne, Australia) Bild, Berlin Chronicle, Houston ---
**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 9, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2678 "2020-06-09T13:17:01Z")
World newspapers, past and present (“the” can be ignored, but put afterwards) Age, The (Melbourne, Australia) Bild, Berlin Chronicle, Houston Dallas Times Herald ---
**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 9, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2679 "2020-06-09T13:29:00Z")
World newspapers, past and present (“the” can be ignored, but put afterwards) Age, The (Melbourne, Australia) Bild, Berlin Chronicle, Houston Dallas Times Herald Elwood Call-Leader, Indiana ---
**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 9, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2680 "2020-06-09T14:03:26Z")
World newspapers, past and present (“the” can be ignored, but put afterwards) Age, The (Melbourne, Australia) Bild, Berlin Chronicle, Houston Dallas Times Herald Elwood Call-Leader, Indiana Fort Morgan Times, Colo. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2681 "2020-06-09T14:27:07Z")
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