# 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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**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3302 "2020-07-31T21:07:25Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)

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**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3303 "2020-07-31T21:20:13Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra

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**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 31, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3304 "2020-07-31T21:22:38Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian

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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 31, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3305 "2020-07-31T21:26:22Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid

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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 31, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3306 "2020-07-31T21:52:17Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus

The Cadaver Synod had him exhumed, tried his corpse, and had him posthumously executed.

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3307 "2020-08-01T00:40:30Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3308 "2020-08-01T00:47:41Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3309 "2020-08-01T03:31:41Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa

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**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:** [August 1, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3310 "2020-08-01T08:18:46Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa  
Justinian

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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:** [August 1, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3311 "2020-08-01T10:43:29Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa  
Justinian  
Karanus of Macedon]

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3312 "2020-08-01T12:24:35Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa  
Justinian  
Karanus of Macedon  
Lucius Junius Brutus

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3313 "2020-08-01T16:57:06Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa  
Justinian  
Karanus of Macedon  
Lucius Junius Brutus  
Muhammad

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3314 "2020-08-01T17:46:15Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa  
Justinian  
Karanus of Macedon  
Lucius Junius Brutus  
Muhammad  
Nefertiti

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3315 "2020-08-01T18:11:37Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa  
Justinian  
Karanus of Macedon  
Lucius Junius Brutus  
Muhammad  
Nefertiti  
Onan

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3316 "2020-08-01T18:22:45Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa  
Justinian  
Karanus of Macedon  
Lucius Junius Brutus  
Muhammad  
Nefertiti  
Onan  
Pythagoras

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3317 "2020-08-01T18:33:51Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa  
Justinian  
Karanus of Macedon  
Lucius Junius Brutus  
Muhammad  
Nefertiti  
Onan  
Pythagoras  
Qiu Shiliang

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3318 "2020-08-01T19:00:50Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa  
Justinian  
Karanus of Macedon  
Lucius Junius Brutus  
Muhammad  
Nefertiti  
Onan  
Pythagoras  
Qiu Shiliang  
Romulus Augustulus

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3319 "2020-08-01T19:06:50Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa  
Justinian  
Karanus of Macedon  
Lucius Junius Brutus  
Muhammad  
Nefertiti  
Onan  
Pythagoras  
Qiu Shiliang  
Romulus Augustulus  
Sugawara no Michizane

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3320 "2020-08-01T19:10:05Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa  
Justinian  
Karanus of Macedon  
Lucius Junius Brutus  
Muhammad  
Nefertiti  
Onan  
Pythagoras  
Qiu Shiliang  
Romulus Augustulus  
Sugawara no Michizane  
Thucydides

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**Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3321 "2020-08-01T19:25:56Z")

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People who lived before 1000 A.D.

Archimedes  
Basil of Caesarea (St. Basil the Great)  
Cleopatra  
Diocletian  
Euclid  
Formosus  
Gupta  
Hammurabi  
Ibn al-Muqaffa  
Justinian  
Karanus of Macedon  
Lucius Junius Brutus  
Muhammad  
Nefertiti  
Onan  
Pythagoras  
Qiu Shiliang  
Romulus Augustulus  
Sugawara no Michizane  
Thucydides  
Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah

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