# 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\
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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:** [July 15, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3082 "2020-07-15T11:48:15Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest  
Oscars  
Psycho  
Que Sera, Sera

Oscar winning song by Doris Day in his remake of Hitchcock’s own film _The Man Who Knew Too Much_.

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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:** [July 15, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3083 "2020-07-15T11:51:02Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest  
Oscars  
Psycho  
Que Sera, Sera  
Rear Window, Raymond Burr

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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:** [July 15, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3084 "2020-07-15T13:13:07Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest  
Oscars  
Psycho  
Que Sera, Sera  
Rear Window, Raymond Burr  
Strangers on a Train

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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:** [July 15, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3085 "2020-07-15T13:27:17Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest  
Oscars  
Psycho  
Que Sera, Sera  
Rear Window, Raymond Burr  
Strangers on a Train  
Titanic, RMS

From an interesting list of the movies Hitchcock never made: [Alfred Hitchcock's unrealized projects - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock%27s_unrealized_projects#Unnamed_Titanic_project_(1939))

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**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:** [July 16, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3086 "2020-07-16T00:36:49Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest  
Oscars  
Psycho  
Que Sera, Sera  
Rear Window, Raymond Burr  
Strangers on a Train  
Titanic, RMS  
Under Capricorn

Ingrid bergman and Joseph Cotten, set in 19th century Australia. It _has_ to be good, right? Wrong - just a stupid love story.

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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:** [July 16, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3087 "2020-07-16T02:24:28Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest  
Oscars  
Psycho  
Que Sera, Sera  
Rear Window, Raymond Burr  
Strangers on a Train  
Titanic, RMS  
Under Capricorn  
Vertigo

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3088 "2020-07-16T02:43:08Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest  
Oscars  
Psycho  
Que Sera, Sera  
Rear Window, Raymond Burr  
Strangers on a Train  
Titanic, RMS  
Under Capricorn  
Vertigo  
Wrong Man, The

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**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3089 "2020-07-16T14:02:07Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest  
Oscars  
Psycho  
Que Sera, Sera  
Rear Window, Raymond Burr  
Strangers on a Train  
Titanic, RMS  
Under Capricorn  
Vertigo  
Wrong Man, The  
X, Mr.

Played by Lorne Greene, in the episode Help Wanted, 1956, Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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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:** [July 16, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3090 "2020-07-16T14:53:17Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest  
Oscars  
Psycho  
Que Sera, Sera  
Rear Window, Raymond Burr  
Strangers on a Train  
Titanic, RMS  
Under Capricorn  
Vertigo  
Wrong Man, The  
X, Mr.  
Young and Innocent

1937 film

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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:** [July 16, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3091 "2020-07-16T18:19:43Z")

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Of or relating to Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock  
Birds, The  
Cary Grant  
David O. Selznick  
Emma Jane Hitchcock  
Family Plot  
Great Day, The  
Hume Cronyn  
I Confess  
Janet Leigh  
Kelly, Grace  
Love’s Boomerang  
Marnie  
North by Northwest  
Oscars  
Psycho  
Que Sera, Sera  
Rear Window, Raymond Burr  
Strangers on a Train  
Titanic, RMS  
Under Capricorn  
Vertigo  
Wrong Man, The  
X, Mr.  
Young and Innocent  
Zoom, Hitchcock

> **[Dolly zoom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_zoom)**
>
> Pages for logged out editors learn more
> 
> A dolly zoom (also known as a Hitchcock shot, Vertigo shot, Jaws effect,
> or Zolly shot) is an in-camera effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception.
> The effect is achieved by zooming a zoom lens to adjust the angle of view (often referred to as field of view, or FOV) while the camera dollies (moves) toward or away from the subject in such a way as to keep the subject the same size in the frame throughout. In its classic form, the cam...

Pass.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3092 "2020-07-17T03:58:39Z")

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Canadian cities/towns

Abbotsford BC

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3093 "2020-07-17T04:25:37Z")

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Canadian cities/towns

Abbotsford BC  
Bancroft ON

Called the “Mineral Capital of Canada” and well known to geologists for the quality and variety of specimens collected in the area.

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Canadian cities/towns

Abbotsford BC  
Bancroft ON  
Calgary AB

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3095 "2020-07-17T04:43:10Z")

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Canadian cities/towns

Abbotsford BC  
Bancroft ON  
Calgary AB  
Dryden, ON

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3096 "2020-07-17T04:44:11Z")

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Canadian cities/towns

Abbotsford BC  
Bancroft ON  
Calgary AB  
Dryden, ON  
Edmonton, AB

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3097 "2020-07-17T10:17:48Z")

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Canadian cities/towns

Abbotsford BC  
Bancroft ON  
Calgary AB  
Dryden, ON  
Edmonton, AB  
Flin Flon MB

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Canadian cities/towns

Abbotsford BC  
Bancroft ON  
Calgary AB  
Dryden, ON  
Edmonton, AB  
Flin Flon MB  
Grand Prairie, AB

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Canadian cities/towns

Abbotsford BC  
Bancroft ON  
Calgary AB  
Dryden ON  
Edmonton AB  
Flin Flon MB  
Grand Prairie AB  
Hay River Reserve NT

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Canadian cities/towns

Abbotsford BC  
Bancroft ON  
Calgary AB  
Dryden ON  
Edmonton AB  
Flin Flon MB  
Grand Prairie AB  
Hay River Reserve NT  
Iqaluit, Nunavit

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Canadian cities/towns

Abbotsford BC  
Bancroft ON  
Calgary AB  
Dryden ON  
Edmonton AB  
Flin Flon MB  
Grand Prairie AB  
Hay River Reserve NT  
Iqaluit, Nunavit  
Jasper, Alberta

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