# 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:** 239
**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 11, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4762 "2021-01-11T14:44:52Z")
**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 Oz, The Wizard of - first broadcast on TV (1956) ---
**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 11, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4763 "2021-01-11T15:25:33Z")
**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) _Your Show of Shows_ Zenith Lazy Bones TV remote is first marketed. Next: Directions and movement Ascend ---
**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 11, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4764 "2021-01-11T15:27:20Z")
Next: Directions and movement Ascend Beneath ---
**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 11, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4765 "2021-01-11T15:27:53Z")
Directions and movement Ascend Beneath Circular ---
**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, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4766 "2021-01-11T15:40:54Z")
Directions and movement Ascend Beneath Circular Down ---
**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:** [January 11, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4767 "2021-01-11T16:34:02Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East ---
**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 11, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4768 "2021-01-11T16:44:31Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward ---
**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 11, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4769 "2021-01-11T17:06:34Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward Gun it! ---
**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 11, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4770 "2021-01-11T17:26:32Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward Gun it! Heavenward ---
**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 11, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4771 "2021-01-11T21:35:41Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward Gun it! Heavenward Inward ---
**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 11, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4772 "2021-01-11T22:37:22Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward Gun it! Heavenward Inward Jump ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4773 "2021-01-12T02:18:23Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward Gun it! Heavenward Inward Jump Kinesiology ---
**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 12, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4774 "2021-01-12T02:21:33Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward Gun it! Heavenward Inward Jump Kinesiology Leeward ---
**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 12, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4775 "2021-01-12T12:49:18Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward Gun it! Heavenward Inward Jump Kinesiology Leeward Maneuver ---
**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 12, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4776 "2021-01-12T13:01:40Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward Gun it! Heavenward Inward Jump Kinesiology Leeward Maneuver North ---
**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 12, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4777 "2021-01-12T13:38:44Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward Gun it! Heavenward Inward Jump Kinesiology Leeward Maneuver North Onward! ---
**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 12, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4778 "2021-01-12T14:25:47Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward Gun it! Heavenward Inward Jump Kinesiology Leeward Maneuver North Onward! Plateaued ---
**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 12, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4779 "2021-01-12T14:38:22Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward Gun it! Heavenward Inward Jump Kinesiology Leeward Maneuver North Onward! Plateaued Quick march ---
**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 12, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4780 "2021-01-12T16:02:44Z")
**Directions and movement** Ascend Beneath Circular Down East Forward Gun it! Heavenward Inward Jump Kinesiology Leeward Maneuver North Onward! Plateaued Quick march Reverse ---
**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 12, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4781 "2021-01-12T22:06:55Z")
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