# 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:** 168
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3342 "2020-08-04T15:01:07Z")
Cities of the World Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Cairo, Egypt Dallol, Ethiopia Edinburgh, Scotland Frankfurt, Germany Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Hanoi, Vietnam Indianapolis, Ind., USA Jerusalem, Israel Kuwait City, Kuwait Lima, Peru Mumbai, India Nairobi, Kenya Osaka, Japan ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3343 "2020-08-04T16:40:07Z")
Cities of the World Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Cairo, Egypt Dallol, Ethiopia Edinburgh, Scotland Frankfurt, Germany Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Hanoi, Vietnam Indianapolis, Ind., USA Jerusalem, Israel Kuwait City, Kuwait Lima, Peru Mumbai, India Nairobi, Kenya Osaka, Japan Paris, France ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3344 "2020-08-04T17:00:46Z")
Cities of the World Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Cairo, Egypt Dallol, Ethiopia Edinburgh, Scotland Frankfurt, Germany Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Hanoi, Vietnam Indianapolis, Ind., USA Jerusalem, Israel Kuwait City, Kuwait Lima, Peru Mumbai, India Nairobi, Kenya Osaka, Japan Paris, France Quito, Ecuador ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3345 "2020-08-04T17:51:28Z")
Cities of the World Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Cairo, Egypt Dallol, Ethiopia Edinburgh, Scotland Frankfurt, Germany Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Hanoi, Vietnam Indianapolis, Ind., USA Jerusalem, Israel Kuwait City, Kuwait Lima, Peru Mumbai, India Nairobi, Kenya Osaka, Japan Paris, France Quito, Ecuador Reykjavik, Iceland ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3346 "2020-08-04T18:05:27Z")
Cities of the World Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Cairo, Egypt Dallol, Ethiopia Edinburgh, Scotland Frankfurt, Germany Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Hanoi, Vietnam Indianapolis, Ind., USA Jerusalem, Israel Kuwait City, Kuwait Lima, Peru Mumbai, India Nairobi, Kenya Osaka, Japan Paris, France Quito, Ecuador Reykjavik, Iceland Santiago, Chile ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3347 "2020-08-04T18:08:11Z")
Cities of the World Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Cairo, Egypt Dallol, Ethiopia Edinburgh, Scotland Frankfurt, Germany Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Hanoi, Vietnam Indianapolis, Ind., USA Jerusalem, Israel Kuwait City, Kuwait Lima, Peru Mumbai, India Nairobi, Kenya Osaka, Japan Paris, France Quito, Ecuador Reykjavik, Iceland Santiago, Chile Tegucigalpa, Honduras ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3348 "2020-08-04T19:39:47Z")
Cities of the World Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Cairo, Egypt Dallol, Ethiopia Edinburgh, Scotland Frankfurt, Germany Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Hanoi, Vietnam Indianapolis, Ind., USA Jerusalem, Israel Kuwait City, Kuwait Lima, Peru Mumbai, India Nairobi, Kenya Osaka, Japan Paris, France Quito, Ecuador Reykjavik, Iceland Santiago, Chile Tegucigalpa, Honduras Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3349 "2020-08-05T01:55:43Z")
Cities of the World Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Cairo, Egypt Dallol, Ethiopia Edinburgh, Scotland Frankfurt, Germany Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Hanoi, Vietnam Indianapolis, Ind., USA Jerusalem, Israel Kuwait City, Kuwait Lima, Peru Mumbai, India Nairobi, Kenya Osaka, Japan Paris, France Quito, Ecuador Reykjavik, Iceland Santiago, Chile Tegucigalpa, Honduras Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Vancouver, Canada ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3350 "2020-08-05T01:57:32Z")
Yeah, ooops! I blame beer. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3351 "2020-08-05T01:58:29Z")
Cities of the World Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Cairo, Egypt Dallol, Ethiopia Edinburgh, Scotland Frankfurt, Germany Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Hanoi, Vietnam Indianapolis, Ind. USA Jerusalem, Israel Kuwait City, Kuwait Lima, Peru Mumbai, India Nairobi, Kenya Osaka, Japan Paris, France Quito, Ecuador Reykjavik, Iceland Santiago, Chile Tegucigalpa, Honduras Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Vancouver, Canada Walla Walla, WA ---
**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 5, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3352 "2020-08-05T02:16:17Z")
Cities of the World Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Cairo, Egypt Dallol, Ethiopia Edinburgh, Scotland Frankfurt, Germany Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Hanoi, Vietnam Indianapolis, Ind. USA Jerusalem, Israel Kuwait City, Kuwait Lima, Peru Mumbai, India Nairobi, Kenya Osaka, Japan Paris, France Quito, Ecuador Reykjavik, Iceland Santiago, Chile Tegucigalpa, Honduras Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Vancouver, Canada Walla Walla, WA Xi’an, China Tenth largest city in China. A population of thirteen million people. A former imperial capital. A major center of the aerospace and software industries. And admit it; you never heard of it before now. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3353 "2020-08-05T02:33:37Z")
Cities of the World Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Cairo, Egypt Dallol, Ethiopia Edinburgh, Scotland Frankfurt, Germany Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Hanoi, Vietnam Indianapolis, Ind. USA Jerusalem, Israel Kuwait City, Kuwait Lima, Peru Mumbai, India Nairobi, Kenya Osaka, Japan Paris, France Quito, Ecuador Reykjavik, Iceland Santiago, Chile Tegucigalpa, Honduras Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Vancouver, Canada Walla Walla, WA Xi’an, China Yerevan, Armrnia ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3354 "2020-08-05T03:35:16Z")
Cities of the World Athens, Greece Budapest, Hungary Cairo, Egypt Dallol, Ethiopia Edinburgh, Scotland Frankfurt, Germany Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States Hanoi, Vietnam Indianapolis, Ind. USA Jerusalem, Israel Kuwait City, Kuwait Lima, Peru Mumbai, India Nairobi, Kenya Osaka, Japan Paris, France Quito, Ecuador Reykjavik, Iceland Santiago, Chile Tegucigalpa, Honduras Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Vancouver, Canada Walla Walla, WA Xi’an, China Yerevan, Armrnia Zacatecas, Mexico Pass ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3355 "2020-08-05T09:35:32Z")
Objects shaped like letters, but the letter not used attributively in their name, like “A-frame”. A- jumper-cable clamps ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3356 "2020-08-05T19:19:09Z")
Objects shaped like letters, but the letter not used attributively in their name, like “A-frame”. A - jumper-cable clamps B - slave shackles Such as: [Paul Fanlund: The slave shackles I will never forget](https://madison.com/ct/opinion/column/paul_fanlund/paul-fanlund-the-slave-shackles-i-will-never-forget/article_2fcb1d64-90a5-58e8-a5cd-077dab2437d2.html) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3357 "2020-08-05T19:42:30Z")
Objects shaped like letters, but the letter not used attributively in their name, like “A-frame”. A - jumper-cable clamps B - slave shackles C - round wire hooks ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3358 "2020-08-05T20:26:17Z")
Objects shaped like letters, but the letter not used attributively in their name, like “A-frame”. A - jumper-cable clamps B - slave shackles C - round wire hooks D - Carabiner ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3359 "2020-08-05T23:41:37Z")
Objects shaped like letters, but the letter not used attributively in their name, like “A-frame”. A - jumper-cable clamps B - slave shackles C - round wire hooks D - Carabiner E - Elizabethan manor [https://www.britainexpress.com/architecture/elizabethan.htm](https://www.britainexpress.com/architecture/elizabethan.htm) ---
**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 5, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3360 "2020-08-05T23:54:38Z")
Objects shaped like letters, but the letter not used attributively in their name, like “A-frame”. A - jumper-cable clamps B - slave shackles C - round wire hooks D - Carabiner E - Elizabethan manor F- The Manhattan skyline before 9/11 [It’s an F laying on its back.](https://i.insider.com/55ce33b92acae717448bddf6?width=1136&format=jpeg) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3361 "2020-08-06T12:53:03Z")
Objects shaped like letters, but the letter not used attributively in their name, like “A-frame”. A - jumper-cable clamps B - slave shackles C - round wire hooks D - Carabiner E - Elizabethan manor F- The Manhattan skyline before 9/11 G- [C-clamp](https://www.acehardware.com/departments/tools/hand-tools/c-clamps/22120) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=167) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=169)