# 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:** 137
**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 14, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2722 "2020-06-14T04:10:26Z")
Brand names of products you think of as being imported, even though they may not be, with country of origin Amstel beer, Netherlands BMW cars, Germany Cheeza crackers, Japan Dunhill cigarettes, UK Évian mineral water, France Foster’s Lager, Australia Gitanes cigarettes, France Honda automobiles, Japan Isetta automobiles, Italy James Boag’s Premium beer, Australia Kia Motors, Korea Lexus, Japan Maserati automobiles, Italy Nokia electronics, Finland Oxo flavour cubes, UK Perrier, France Quilmes beer, Argentina Rolls Royce automobiles, UK Seagrams whiskey, Canada Tsingtao Beer, China Uzi, Israel Vercors whisky, France ---
**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 14, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2723 "2020-06-14T17:11:05Z")
Brand names of products you think of as being imported, even though they may not be, with country of origin Amstel beer, Netherlands BMW cars, Germany Cheeza crackers, Japan Dunhill cigarettes, UK Évian mineral water, France Foster’s Lager, Australia Gitanes cigarettes, France Honda automobiles, Japan Isetta automobiles, Italy James Boag’s Premium beer, Australia Kia Motors, Korea Lexus, Japan Maserati automobiles, Italy Nokia electronics, Finland Oxo flavour cubes, UK Perrier, France Quilmes beer, Argentina Rolls Royce automobiles, UK Seagrams whiskey, Canada Tsingtao Beer, China Uzi, Israel Vercors whisky, France Waterford Crystal, Ireland ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2724 "2020-06-15T04:04:07Z")
Brand names of products you think of as being imported, even though they may not be, with country of origin Amstel beer, Netherlands BMW cars, Germany Cheeza crackers, Japan Dunhill cigarettes, UK Évian mineral water, France Foster’s Lager, Australia Gitanes cigarettes, France Honda automobiles, Japan Isetta automobiles, Italy James Boag’s Premium beer, Australia Kia Motors, Korea Lexus, Japan Maserati automobiles, Italy Nokia electronics, Finland Oxo flavour cubes, UK Perrier, France Quilmes beer, Argentina Rolls Royce automobiles, UK Seagrams whiskey, Canada Tsingtao Beer, China Uzi, Israel Vercors whisky, France Waterford Crystal, Ireland X, known as “Brand X”, inferior products from Asia ---
**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 15, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2725 "2020-06-15T11:46:01Z")
Brand names of products you think of as being imported, even though they may not be, with country of origin Amstel beer, Netherlands BMW cars, Germany Cheeza crackers, Japan Dunhill cigarettes, UK Évian mineral water, France Foster’s Lager, Australia Gitanes cigarettes, France Honda automobiles, Japan Isetta automobiles, Italy James Boag’s Premium beer, Australia Kia Motors, Korea Lexus, Japan Maserati automobiles, Italy Nokia electronics, Finland Oxo flavour cubes, UK Perrier, France Quilmes beer, Argentina Rolls Royce automobiles, UK Seagrams whiskey, Canada Tsingtao Beer, China Uzi, Israel Vercors whisky, France Waterford Crystal, Ireland X, known as “Brand X”, inferior products from Asia Yamaha guitars, motorcycles, etc. Japan ---
**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 15, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2726 "2020-06-15T13:01:50Z")
Brand names of products you think of as being imported, even though they may not be, with country of origin Amstel beer, Netherlands BMW cars, Germany Cheeza crackers, Japan Dunhill cigarettes, UK Évian mineral water, France Foster’s Lager, Australia Gitanes cigarettes, France Honda automobiles, Japan Isetta automobiles, Italy James Boag’s Premium beer, Australia Kia Motors, Korea Lexus, Japan Maserati automobiles, Italy Nokia electronics, Finland Oxo flavour cubes, UK Perrier, France Quilmes beer, Argentina Rolls Royce automobiles, UK Seagrams whiskey, Canada Tsingtao Beer, China Uzi, Israel Vercors whisky, France Waterford Crystal, Ireland X, known as “Brand X”, inferior products from Asia Yamaha guitars, motorcycles, etc. Japan Zeiss jeweler’s loupes, Germany Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2727 "2020-06-15T14:46:09Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons 2745 Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency. ---
**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 15, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2728 "2020-06-15T15:10:20Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon > **[Cher Ami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Ami)** > > Cher Ami (French for "dear friend", in the masculine) was a male\[a\] homing pigeon who had been donated by the pigeon fanciers of Britain for use by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I and had been trained by American pigeoners. He is famous for delivering a message from an encircled battalion despite serious injuries during the Meuse-Argonne offensive in October 1918. > On October 3, 1918, Major Charles White Whittlesey and more than 550 men were trapped in a small depression o... ---
**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 15, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2729 "2020-06-15T16:12:49Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning ---
**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 15, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2730 "2020-06-15T16:39:46Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning Ed, Mr., TV’s talking horse ---
**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 15, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2731 "2020-06-15T17:04:13Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning Ed, Mr., TV’s talking horse Fury, TV horse ---
**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 15, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2732 "2020-06-15T17:41:47Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning Ed, Mr., TV’s talking horse Fury, TV horse Glaurung, the first dragon of Middle-earth > **[Glaurung](https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Glaurung)** > > Glaurung (Sindarin: "Gold-worm") was the first terrestrial, fire-breathing dragon in Middle-earth, bred by Morgoth himself in the depths of Angband. He was known as the Father of Dragons and so possibly was the progenitor of the dragons. After... ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2733 "2020-06-15T18:30:36Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning Ed, Mr., TV’s talking horse Fury, TV horse Glaurung, the first dragon of Middle-earth Heckle, magpie from Terrytoons ---
**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 15, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2734 "2020-06-15T18:42:55Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning Ed, Mr., TV’s talking horse Fury, TV horse Glaurung, the first dragon of Middle-earth Heckle, magpie from Terrytoons Ignatz the mouse ---
**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 15, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2735 "2020-06-15T18:51:17Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning Ed, Mr., TV’s talking horse Fury, TV horse Glaurung, the first dragon of Middle-earth Heckle, magpie from Terrytoons Ignatz the mouse Jerboa Jump, kangaroo rat from Tennessee Tuxedo ---
**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 15, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2736 "2020-06-15T19:11:14Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning Ed, Mr., TV’s talking horse Fury, TV horse Glaurung, the first dragon of Middle-earth Heckle, magpie from Terrytoons Ignatz the mouse Jerboa Jump, kangaroo rat from Tennessee Tuxedo Konni, Vladimir Putin’s late Lab > **[Konni (dog)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konni_(dog))** > > Konni (Russian: Конни, 1999 – 2014), full name Connie Leod Paulgrave (Конни Леод Полгрейв), also known as Connie, was a female black Labrador Retriever belonging to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. Konni was often seen at the President's side, including at staff meetings, and when Putin greeted world leaders during their visits to Russia. > Konni, full name Connie Paulgrave, was born in 1999 at a cynology centre located at the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Noginsk, where she was to... ---
**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 15, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2737 "2020-06-15T19:53:06Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning Ed, Mr., TV’s talking horse Fury, TV horse Glaurung, the first dragon of Middle-earth Heckle, magpie from Terrytoons Ignatz the mouse Jerboa Jump, kangaroo rat from Tennessee Tuxedo Konni, Vladimir Putin’s late Lab Laika, Russian dog, one of the first animals in space > **[Laika](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Laika (/ˈlaɪkə/ LY-kə; Russian: Лайка, IPA: \[ˈlajkə\]; c. 1954 – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957. As the technology to de-orbit had not yet been developed, Laika's survival was never expected. She died of overheating hours into the fligh... ---
**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 15, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2738 "2020-06-15T20:06:54Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning Ed, Mr., TV’s talking horse Fury, TV horse Glaurung, the first dragon of Middle-earth Heckle, magpie from Terrytoons Ignatz the mouse Jerboa Jump, kangaroo rat from Tennessee Tuxedo Konni, Vladimir Putin’s late Lab Laika, Russian dog, one of the first animals in space Morris, the kibble pitch-cat ---
**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 15, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2739 "2020-06-15T20:31:53Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning Ed, Mr., TV’s talking horse Fury, TV horse Glaurung, the first dragon of Middle-earth Heckle, magpie from Terrytoons Ignatz the mouse Jerboa Jump, kangaroo rat from Tennessee Tuxedo Konni, Vladimir Putin’s late Lab Laika, Russian dog, one of the first animals in space Morris, the kibble pitch-cat Nag and Nagana, cobras, from Kipling’s Rikki-Tikki-Tavi ---
**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 15, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2740 "2020-06-15T21:29:40Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning Ed, Mr., TV’s talking horse Fury, TV horse Glaurung, the first dragon of Middle-earth Heckle, magpie from Terrytoons Ignatz the mouse Jerboa Jump, kangaroo rat from Tennessee Tuxedo Konni, Vladimir Putin’s late Lab Laika, Russian dog, one of the first animals in space Morris, the kibble pitch-cat Nag and Nagana, cobras, from Kipling’s Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Oscar, Stan’s pet parrot in Home Alone 3 ---
**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 16, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2741 "2020-06-16T00:11:57Z")
Famous Animals real or fictional Arthur, an aardvark in books by Marc Brown, and cartoons Bo, one of the First Dogs during Obama’s presidency Cher Ami, U.S. Army homing pigeon Dolly, a sheep that was the result of cloning Ed, Mr., TV’s talking horse Fury, TV horse Glaurung, the first dragon of Middle-earth Heckle, magpie from Terrytoons Ignatz the mouse Jerboa Jump, kangaroo rat from Tennessee Tuxedo Konni, Vladimir Putin’s late Lab Laika, Russian dog, one of the first animals in space Morris, the kibble pitch-cat Nag and Nagana, cobras, from Kipling’s Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Oscar, Stan’s pet parrot in Home Alone 3 Punxsutawney Phil, weather forecasting groundhog [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=136) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=138)