# 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:** 238
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4742 "2021-01-07T04:02:13Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press Beat Generation literature ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4743 "2021-01-07T04:46:09Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4744 "2021-01-07T15:25:02Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4745 "2021-01-07T16:40:17Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4746 "2021-01-07T16:42:26Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack His signature novel, _On the Road,_ was published in '57 ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4747 "2021-01-07T18:49:18Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4748 "2021-01-07T18:52:37Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4749 "2021-01-08T02:15:49Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4750 "2021-01-08T02:22:01Z")
[quote=“MissTake, post:4749, topic:846920, full:true”] **The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest Otto Graham, pre-Superbowl champs ---
**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:** [January 8, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4751 "2021-01-08T13:19:31Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest Otto Graham, pre-Superbowl champs Patti Page, the singing rage ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4752 "2021-01-09T09:39:22Z")
] **The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest Otto Graham, pre-Superbowl champs Patti Page, the singing rage Quee Elizabeth II coronation ---
**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:** [January 9, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4753 "2021-01-09T12:43:17Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest Otto Graham, pre-Superbowl champs Patti Page, the singing rage Quee Elizabeth II coronation Rosenberg executions ---
**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:** [January 9, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4754 "2021-01-09T16:53:03Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest Otto Graham, pre-Superbowl champs Patti Page, the singing rage Queen Elizabeth II coronation Rosenberg executions Supreme Court decision _Cooper v. Aaron_ …rules that a threat of mob violence is not reason enough to delay school desegregation. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4755 "2021-01-10T09:50:02Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest Otto Graham, pre-Superbowl champs Patti Page, the singing rage Queen Elizabeth II coronation Rosenberg executions Supreme Court decision _Cooper v. Aaron_ Truman, Harry S. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4756 "2021-01-10T13:00:00Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest Otto Graham, pre-Superbowl champs Patti Page, the singing rage Queen Elizabeth II coronation Rosenberg executions Supreme Court decision _Cooper v. Aaron_ Truman, Harry S. Uranium prospectors ---
**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:** [January 10, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4757 "2021-01-10T23:00:06Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest Otto Graham, pre-Superbowl champs Patti Page, the singing rage Queen Elizabeth II coronation Rosenberg executions Supreme Court decision _Cooper v. Aaron_ Truman, Harry S. Uranium prospectors Vietnam War The war began in the 1950s, then escalated in the next decade. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4758 "2021-01-10T23:02:03Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest Otto Graham, pre-Superbowl champs Patti Page, the singing rage Queen Elizabeth II coronation Rosenberg executions Supreme Court decision _Cooper v. Aaron_ Truman, Harry S. Uranium prospectors Vickers Viscount British airliner; entered general service in 1953. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4759 "2021-01-11T04:15:54Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest Otto Graham, pre-Superbowl champs Patti Page, the singing rage Queen Elizabeth II coronation Rosenberg executions Supreme Court decision _Cooper v. Aaron_ Truman, Harry S. Uranium prospectors Vickers Viscount Women’s Lib ---
**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:** [January 11, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4760 "2021-01-11T06:20:33Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest Otto Graham, pre-Superbowl champs Patti Page, the singing rage Queen Elizabeth II coronation Rosenberg executions Supreme Court decision _Cooper v. Aaron_ Truman, Harry S. Uranium prospectors Vickers Viscount Women’s Lib X-Ray fluoroscopes in shoe stores (later banned in the 1950s) Aside: I actually flew on a Vickers Viscount, at least twice, back in the 1960s. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4761 "2021-01-11T14:33:18Z")
**The 1950’s: a Review** Army-McCarthy hearings Birth Control trials begin Cold War DuMont TV network folds Eisenhower Administration Frontierland, and all of Disneyland, opens Grove Press The Hydrogen bomb, Dimitri _I Love Lucy_ James, Etta - begins her epic singing career Kerouac, Jack Lewis, Jerry Lee MacArthur at Inchon Norgay, Tenzing - first to reach the summit of Everest Otto Graham, pre-Superbowl champs Patti Page, the singing rage Queen Elizabeth II coronation Rosenberg executions Supreme Court decision _Cooper v. Aaron_ Truman, Harry S. Uranium prospectors Vickers Viscount Women’s Lib X-Ray fluoroscopes in shoe stores (later banned in the 1950s) _Your Show of Shows_ Nitpick on fluoroscopes in shoe stores: They were gradually phased out, and some were in use into the 1970s. I was fascinated by one in a shoe store sometime in the early-to-mid sixties. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=239)