# 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:** 161
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3202 "2020-07-26T01:55:42Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3203 "2020-07-26T02:01:42Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper . What idiot decided that copy-and-paste means quote? ---
**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 26, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3204 "2020-07-26T02:21:16Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov [Yuri Ivanov (military) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Ivanov_(military)) ---
**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 26, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3205 "2020-07-26T03:07:55Z")
In the earlier round, the former President’s first name should’ve been spelled “Barack.” Can’t come up anyone who fits the “j J” format. ---
**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 26, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3206 "2020-07-26T03:11:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Can’t come up anyone who fits the “j J” format. Possibly initials, like TJ as the “first name” would work. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3207 "2020-07-26T03:18:16Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov [Raj Jain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Jain) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3208 "2020-07-26T04:13:51Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov [Raj Jain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Jain) Jack Kennedy ---
**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:** [July 26, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3209 "2020-07-26T06:03:04Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov [Raj Jain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Jain) Jack Kennedy Michael Landon ---
**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 26, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3210 "2020-07-26T06:13:43Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov [Raj Jain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Jain) Jack Kennedy Michael Landon Jim Morrison ---
**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 26, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3211 "2020-07-26T06:52:58Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov [Raj Jain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Jain) Jack Kennedy Michael Landon Jim Morrison Gavin Newsom ---
**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 26, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3212 "2020-07-26T12:44:13Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov [Raj Jain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Jain) Jack Kennedy Michael Landon Jim Morrison Gavin Newsom Otto Ohlendorf ---
**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:** [July 26, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3213 "2020-07-26T13:12:44Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov [Raj Jain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Jain) Jack Kennedy Michael Landon Jim Morrison Gavin Newsom Otto Ohlendorf [Skip Prosser](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Prosser) And now the waiting begins… ---
**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 26, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3214 "2020-07-26T14:11:24Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov [Raj Jain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Jain) Jack Kennedy Michael Landon Jim Morrison Gavin Newsom Otto Ohlendorf [Skip Prosser](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Prosser) Farooq Qaiser Pakistani director and puppeteer. I started looking for a Q at the start of the topic. ---
**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 26, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3215 "2020-07-26T14:35:24Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov Raj Jain Jack Kennedy Michael Landon Jim Morrison Gavin Newsom Otto Ohlendorf Skip Prosser Farooq Qaiser Arthur Rubinstein ---
**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 26, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3216 "2020-07-26T17:18:47Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov Raj Jain Jack Kennedy Michael Landon Jim Morrison Gavin Newsom Otto Ohlendorf Skip Prosser Farooq Qaiser Arthur Rubinstein Marlis Schweitzer ---
**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:** [July 26, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3217 "2020-07-26T22:21:39Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov Raj Jain Jack Kennedy Michael Landon Jim Morrison Gavin Newsom Otto Ohlendorf Skip Prosser Farooq Qaiser Arthur Rubinstein Marlis Schweitzer Harriet Tubman ---
**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 27, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3218 "2020-07-27T00:40:16Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov Raj Jain Jack Kennedy Michael Landon Jim Morrison Gavin Newsom Otto Ohlendorf Skip Prosser Farooq Qaiser Arthur Rubinstein Marlis Schweitzer Harriet Tubman Lou Untermeyer More formally, Louis, but he was Lou to his friends. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3219 "2020-07-27T02:36:09Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov Raj Jain Jack Kennedy Michael Landon Jim Morrison Gavin Newsom Otto Ohlendorf Skip Prosser Farooq Qaiser Arthur Rubinstein Marlis Schweitzer Harriet Tubman Lou Untermeyer Viv Vance (to Vivian’s friends) ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3220 "2020-07-27T04:15:40Z")
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 Jeff Foxworthy Greg Gumbel Hannah Harper Yuri Ivanov Raj Jain Jack Kennedy Michael Landon Jim Morrison Gavin Newsom Otto Ohlendorf Skip Prosser Farooq Qaiser Arthur Rubinstein Marlis Schweitzer Harriet Tubman Lou Untermeyer Viv Vance (to Vivian’s friends) Woodrow Wilson ---
**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:** [July 27, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3221 "2020-07-27T04:18:21Z")
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