# 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:** 138
**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 16, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2742 "2020-06-16T00:50:37Z")
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 Quagga - extinct relative of the zebra, only the front half of its body was striped ---
**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 16, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2743 "2020-06-16T01:49:49Z")
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 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 Quagga - extinct relative of the zebra, only the front half of its body was striped Rin Tin Tin - German Shepherd dog who became a movie star in the 1920s and 1930s ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2744 "2020-06-16T02:43:02Z")
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 Quagga - extinct relative of the zebra, only the front half of its body was striped Rin Tin Tin - German Shepherd dog who became a movie star in the 1920s Snoopy ---
**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 16, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2745 "2020-06-16T02:57:59Z")
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 Quagga - extinct relative of the zebra, only the front half of its body was striped Rin Tin Tin - German Shepherd dog who became a movie star in the 1920s Snoopy Tigger, from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories ---
**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 16, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2746 "2020-06-16T03:19:54Z")
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 Nag and Nagana, cobras, from Kipling’s Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Oscar, Stan’s pet parrot in Home Alone 3 Punxsutawney Phil, weather forecasting groundhog Quagga - extinct relative of the zebra, only the front half of its body was striped Rin Tin Tin - German Shepherd dog who became a movie star in the 1920s Snoopy Tigger, from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories Ubu, dog at the end of some TV productions like Taxi IIRC. [Sit, Ubu, Sit (Original Bumper Music) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzcDgNLU-nQ) ---
**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 16, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2747 "2020-06-16T07:12:44Z")
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 Quagga - extinct relative of the zebra, only the front half of its body was striped Rin Tin Tin - German Shepherd dog who became a movie star in the 1920s Snoopy Tigger, from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories Ubu, dog at the end of some TV productions like Taxi IIRC. [Sit, Ubu, Sit (Original Bumper Music) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzcDgNLU-nQ) Valentin, dog in Aquí no hay quien viva ---
**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 16, 2020, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2748 "2020-06-16T07:42:53Z")
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 Oscar, Stan’s pet parrot in Home Alone 3 Punxsutawney Phil, weather forecasting groundhog Quagga - extinct relative of the zebra, only the front half of its body was striped Rin Tin Tin - German Shepherd dog who became a movie star in the 1920s Snoopy Tigger, from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories Ubu, dog at the end of some TV productions like Taxi IIRC. [Sit, Ubu, Sit (Original Bumper Music) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzcDgNLU-nQ) Valentin, dog in Aquí no hay quien viva Winnie-the-Pooh, a bear of very little brain ---
**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 16, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2749 "2020-06-16T17:07:56Z")
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 Quagga - extinct relative of the zebra, only the front half of its body was striped Rin Tin Tin - German Shepherd dog who became a movie star in the 1920s Snoopy Tigger, from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories Ubu, dog at the end of some TV productions like Taxi IIRC. [Sit, Ubu, Sit (Original Bumper Music) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzcDgNLU-nQ) Valentin, dog in Aquí no hay quien viva Winnie-the-Pooh, a bear of very little brain Xiang, the Chinese zodiac elephant ---
**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:** [June 16, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2750 "2020-06-16T18:12:13Z")
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 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 Quagga - extinct relative of the zebra, only the front half of its body was striped Rin Tin Tin - German Shepherd dog who became a movie star in the 1920s Snoopy Tigger, from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories Ubu, dog at the end of some TV productions like Taxi IIRC. [Sit, Ubu, Sit (Original Bumper Music) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzcDgNLU-nQ) Valentin, dog in Aquí no hay quien viva Winnie-the-Pooh, a bear of very little brain Xiang, the Chinese zodiac elephant Yertle the turtle, Adolf Hitler in reptilian/Dr. Seussian form ---
**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 17, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2751 "2020-06-17T06:24:25Z")
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 Quagga - extinct relative of the zebra, only the front half of its body was striped Rin Tin Tin - German Shepherd dog who became a movie star in the 1920s Snoopy Tigger, from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories Ubu, dog at the end of some TV productions like Taxi IIRC. [Sit, Ubu, Sit (Original Bumper Music) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzcDgNLU-nQ) Valentin, dog in Aquí no hay quien viva Winnie-the-Pooh, a bear of very little brain Xiang, the Chinese zodiac elephant Yertle the turtle, Adolf Hitler in reptilian/Dr. Seussian form Zippy Chippy, the world’s most unsuccessful racehorse: 100 starts, and no wins Pass. ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2752 "2020-06-17T16:32:59Z")
Idioms Apples to oranges ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2753 "2020-06-17T16:34:23Z")
Idioms Apples to oranges Better late than never ---
**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 17, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2754 "2020-06-17T19:42:19Z")
Idioms Apples to oranges Better late than never Cutting corners ---
**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 17, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2755 "2020-06-17T19:43:14Z")
Idioms Apples to oranges Better late than never Cutting corners Damned if you do, damned if you don’t ---
**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 17, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2756 "2020-06-17T20:49:42Z")
Idioms Apples to oranges Better late than never Cutting corners Damned if you do, damned if you don’t Dead as a doornail ---
**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 17, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2757 "2020-06-17T20:51:23Z")
Idioms Apples to oranges Better late than never Cutting corners Damned if you do, damned if you don’t Alternate D - Dead as a doornail Easy come, easy go ---
**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 17, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2758 "2020-06-17T22:24:57Z")
Idioms Apples to oranges Better late than never Cutting corners Damned if you do, damned if you don’t Alternate D - Dead as a doornail Easy come, easy go First come, first served ---
**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 17, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2759 "2020-06-17T22:26:19Z")
Idioms Apples to oranges Better late than never Cutting corners Damned if you do, damned if you don’t Alternate D - Dead as a doornail Easy come, easy go First come, first served Good as gold ---
**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 17, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2760 "2020-06-17T22:32:00Z")
Idioms Apples to oranges Better late than never Cutting corners Damned if you do, damned if you don’t Alternate D - Dead as a doornail Easy come, easy go First come, first served Good as gold Happy as a clam ---
**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 18, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2761 "2020-06-18T02:29:42Z")
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