# 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:** 160
**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 24, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3182 "2020-07-24T18:09:48Z")
Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers ---
**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 24, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3183 "2020-07-24T18:15:00Z")
Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore ---
**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 24, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3184 "2020-07-24T19:24:01Z")
Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3185 "2020-07-24T19:43:33Z")
Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale Obama, Barrack ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3186 "2020-07-24T19:46:46Z")
Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale Obama, Barrack Priscilla Presley ---
**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 24, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3187 "2020-07-24T19:57:33Z")
Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale Obama, Barrack Priscilla Presley Quentin Tarantino ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3188 "2020-07-24T20:40:44Z")
Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale Obama, Barrack Priscilla Presley Quentin Tarantino Robert F. Kennedy ---
**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:** [July 24, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3189 "2020-07-24T20:46:11Z")
Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale Obama, Barrack Priscilla Presley Quentin Tarantino Robert F. Kennedy Sacagawea ---
**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 25, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3190 "2020-07-25T01:26:17Z")
Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale Obama, Barrack Priscilla Presley Quentin Tarantino Robert F. Kennedy Sacagawea Thomas Jefferson ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3191 "2020-07-25T03:20:58Z")
[quote=“lobotomyboy63, post:3190, topic:846920, full:true”] Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale Obama, Barrack Priscilla Presley Quentin Tarantino Robert F. Kennedy Sacagawea Thomas Jefferson John Updike ---
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Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale Obama, Barrack Priscilla Presley Quentin Tarantino Robert F. Kennedy Sacagawea Thomas Jefferson John Updike Vincent D’onofrio ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3193 "2020-07-25T03:27:43Z")
Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale Obama, Barrack Priscilla Presley Quentin Tarantino Robert F. Kennedy Sacagawea Thomas Jefferson John Updike Vincent D’onofrio Washington, Martha ---
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Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale Obama, Barrack Priscilla Presley Quentin Tarantino Robert F. Kennedy Sacagawea Thomas Jefferson John Updike Vincent D’onofrio Washington, Martha X, Malcolm ---
**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:** [July 25, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3195 "2020-07-25T08:33:28Z")
Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale Obama, Barrack Priscilla Presley Quentin Tarantino Robert F. Kennedy Sacagawea Thomas Jefferson John Updike Vincent D’onofrio Washington, Martha X, Malcolm Youngman, Henny ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3196 "2020-07-25T13:20:28Z")
Famous Americans (first or last name) Abigail Adams Benjamin Franklin Calvin Coolidge Daniel Boone Eldridge Cleaver Franklin D. Roosevelt George Gershwin Hubert H. Humphrey Imogene Coca JFK King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr. Lawrence Summers Michael Moore Nathan Hale Obama, Barrack Priscilla Presley Quentin Tarantino Robert F. Kennedy Sacagawea Thomas Jefferson John Updike Vincent D’onofrio Washington, Martha X, Malcolm Youngman, Henny Zebulon Pike Notable people whose first name ends with their last initial, forming a spaced double letter at the center Rosanna Arquette ---
**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 25, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3197 "2020-07-25T15:50:26Z")
Notable people whose first name ends with their last initial, forming a spaced double letter at the center Rosanna Arquette Bob Barker ---
**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 25, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3198 "2020-07-25T16:02:07Z")
Notable people whose first name ends with their last initial, forming a spaced double letter at the center Rosanna Arquette Bob Barker Marc Chagall ---
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Notable people whose first name ends with their last initial, forming a spaced double letter at the center Rosanna Arquette Bob Barker Marc Chagall Donald Duck If we’re going to insist on a narrow definition of “people” substitute David Duke. I feel this category is going to cause us problems when we get to the more difficult letters. ---
**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 25, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3200 "2020-07-25T22:23:57Z")
Notable people whose first name ends with their last initial, forming a spaced double letter at the center Rosanna Arquette Bob Barker Marc Chagall Donald Duck Yvonne Elliman ---
**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 25, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3201 "2020-07-25T23:48:40Z")
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