# 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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### Author: ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/481 "2020-02-12T05:46:35Z")

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Authors

Asimov, Isaac  
Bellow, Saul  
Clancy, Tom  
Dickens, Charles  
Evanovich, Janet  
Frost, Robert  
Gardner, Erle Stanley  
Hemingway, Ernest  
Irving, John  
James, Henry  
Kesey, Ken  
Lewis, C.S.  
Martin, George R.R.  
Niven, Larry  
O’Hara, John  
Penny, Louise  
Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur  
Rowling, J.K.  
Stevenson, Robert Louis  
Twain, Mark  
Updike, John  
Victoria, Queen  
Wells, H.G.

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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: [February 12, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/482 "2020-02-12T11:10:02Z")

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Authors

Asimov, Isaac  
Bellow, Saul  
Clancy, Tom  
Dickens, Charles  
Evanovich, Janet  
Frost, Robert  
Gardner, Erle Stanley  
Hemingway, Ernest  
Irving, John  
James, Henry  
Kesey, Ken  
Lewis, C.S.  
Martin, George R.R.  
Niven, Larry  
O’Hara, John  
Penny, Louise  
Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur  
Rowling, J.K.  
Stevenson, Robert Louis  
Twain, Mark  
Updike, John  
Victoria, Queen  
Wells, H.G.  
Xenophon

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### 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: [February 12, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/483 "2020-02-12T14:09:34Z")

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Authors

Asimov, Isaac  
Bellow, Saul  
Clancy, Tom  
Dickens, Charles  
Evanovich, Janet  
Frost, Robert  
Gardner, Erle Stanley  
Hemingway, Ernest  
Irving, John  
James, Henry  
Kesey, Ken  
Lewis, C.S.  
Martin, George R.R.  
Niven, Larry  
O’Hara, John  
Penny, Louise  
Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur  
Rowling, J.K.  
Stevenson, Robert Louis  
Twain, Mark  
Updike, John  
Victoria, Queen  
Wells, H.G.  
Xenophon  
Yearwood, Trisha

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### Author: ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/484 "2020-02-12T14:20:20Z")

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Authors

Asimov, Isaac  
Bellow, Saul  
Clancy, Tom  
Dickens, Charles  
Evanovich, Janet  
Frost, Robert  
Gardner, Erle Stanley  
Hemingway, Ernest  
Irving, John  
James, Henry  
Kesey, Ken  
Lewis, C.S.  
Martin, George R.R.  
Niven, Larry  
O’Hara, John  
Penny, Louise  
Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur  
Rowling, J.K.  
Stevenson, Robert Louis  
Twain, Mark  
Updike, John  
Victoria, Queen  
Wells, H.G.  
Xenophon  
Yearwood, Trisha  
Zelazny, Roger

Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines

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### 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: [February 12, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/485 "2020-02-12T14:24:51Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama

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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: [February 12, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/486 "2020-02-12T17:25:50Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew

[White House Chief of Staff who told President Bush about the second attack.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Andrew_Card_discretely_telling_US_President_George_W._Bush_about_the_September_11_attacks.jpg)

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### 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: [February 12, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/487 "2020-02-12T19:07:14Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll

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### 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: [February 12, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/488 "2020-02-12T23:06:01Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader

The leader of the hijackers was Mohamed Atta, an Egyptian.

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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: [February 12, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/489 "2020-02-12T23:39:06Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader  
Firefighters

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### Author: ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/490 "2020-02-13T02:09:56Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader  
Firefighters  
Giuliani, Rudy

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### 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: [February 13, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/491 "2020-02-13T03:52:51Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader  
Firefighters  
Giuliani, Rudy  
Heroism

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### 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: [February 13, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/492 "2020-02-13T04:00:44Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader  
Firefighters  
Giuliani, Rudy  
Heroism  
Incineration

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### Author: ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/493 "2020-02-13T06:24:06Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader  
Firefighters  
Giuliani, Rudy  
Heroism  
Incineration  
Jumpers

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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: [February 13, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/494 "2020-02-13T12:07:58Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader  
Firefighters  
Giuliani, Rudy  
Heroism  
Incineration  
Jumpers  
Kennedy Airport hangar

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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: [February 13, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/495 "2020-02-13T12:26:25Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader  
Firefighters  
Giuliani, Rudy  
Heroism  
Incineration  
Jumpers  
Kennedy Airport hangar  
Let’s Roll

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### Author: ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/496 "2020-02-13T12:52:43Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader  
Firefighters  
Giuliani, Rudy  
Heroism  
Incineration  
Jumpers  
Kennedy Airport hangar  
Let’s Roll  
Memorials

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### 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: [February 13, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/497 "2020-02-13T13:21:51Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader  
Firefighters  
Giuliani, Rudy  
Heroism  
Incineration  
Jumpers  
Kennedy Airport hangar  
Let’s Roll  
Memorials  
North Tower

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### Author: ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/498 "2020-02-13T13:53:33Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader  
Firefighters  
Giuliani, Rudy  
Heroism  
Incineration  
Jumpers  
Kennedy Airport hangar  
Let’s Roll  
Memorials  
North Tower  
One World Trade Center

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### Author: ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/499 "2020-02-13T14:03:11Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader  
Firefighters  
Giuliani, Rudy  
Heroism  
Incineration  
Jumpers  
Kennedy Airport hangar  
Let’s Roll  
Memorials  
North Tower  
One World Trade Center  
Passengers

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### Author: ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/500 "2020-02-13T15:21:50Z")

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Anything associated with 9/11/2001

American Airlines  
bin Laden, Osama  
Card, Andrew  
Death toll  
Egyptian ringleader  
Firefighters  
Giuliani, Rudy  
Heroism  
Incineration  
Jumpers  
Kennedy Airport hangar  
Let’s Roll  
Memorials  
North Tower  
One World Trade Center  
Passengers  
Queen Elizabeth II

She gave NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani an honorary knighthood in recognition of his leadership after the attacks.

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