# 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:** 258
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**People, living or dead, with whom you’d like to have dinner** Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Catherine the Great Dwight Eisenhower Edward Norton Fat Mike Goodall, Jane Harriet Tubman Isabella Rossellini John F. Kennedy Keira Knightley Louis Armstrong Marie Curie Nancy Pelosi Obama, Barack or Michelle Paul McCartney ---
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**People, living or dead, with whom you’d like to have dinner** Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Catherine the Great Dwight Eisenhower Edward Norton Fat Mike Goodall, Jane Harriet Tubman Isabella Rossellini John F. Kennedy Keira Knightley Louis Armstrong Marie Curie Nancy Pelosi Obama, Barack or Michelle Paul McCartney Queen Nefertiti of Egypt ---
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**People, living or dead, with whom you’d like to have dinner** Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Catherine the Great Dwight Eisenhower Edward Norton Fat Mike Goodall, Jane Harriet Tubman Isabella Rossellini John F. Kennedy Keira Knightley Louis Armstrong Marie Curie Nancy Pelosi Obama, Barack or Michelle Paul McCartney Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Ringo Starr ---
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**People, living or dead, with whom you’d like to have dinner** Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Catherine the Great Dwight Eisenhower Edward Norton Fat Mike Goodall, Jane Harriet Tubman Isabella Rossellini John F. Kennedy Keira Knightley Louis Armstrong Marie Curie Nancy Pelosi Obama, Barack or Michelle Paul McCartney Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Ringo Starr Samuel Adams [/quote] ---
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**People, living or dead, with whom you’d like to have dinner** Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Catherine the Great Dwight Eisenhower Edward Norton Fat Mike Goodall, Jane Harriet Tubman Isabella Rossellini John F. Kennedy Keira Knightley Louis Armstrong Marie Curie Nancy Pelosi Obama, Barack or Michelle Paul McCartney Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Ringo Starr Samuel Adams Tolkien, J.R.R. Tough one, since there are so many great Ts like Tolstoy, Twain, Tchaikovsky, Toni Morrison, and to include living authors, Donna Tarrt, whose _The Goldfinch_ is excellent ---
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**People, living or dead, with whom you’d like to have dinner** Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Catherine the Great Dwight Eisenhower Edward Norton Fat Mike Goodall, Jane Harriet Tubman Isabella Rossellini John F. Kennedy Keira Knightley Louis Armstrong Marie Curie Nancy Pelosi Obama, Barack or Michelle Paul McCartney Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Ringo Starr Samuel Adams Tolkien, J.R.R. Upton Sinclair ---
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**People, living or dead, with whom you’d like to have dinner** Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Catherine the Great Dwight Eisenhower Edward Norton Fat Mike Goodall, Jane Harriet Tubman Isabella Rossellini John F. Kennedy Keira Knightley Louis Armstrong Marie Curie Nancy Pelosi Obama, Barack or Michelle Paul McCartney Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Ringo Starr Samuel Adams Tolkien, J.R.R. Upton Sinclair Vincent Van Gogh ---
**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:** [March 16, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5149 "2021-03-16T13:53:04Z")
**People, living or dead, with whom you’d like to have dinner** Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Catherine the Great Dwight Eisenhower Edward Norton Fat Mike Goodall, Jane Harriet Tubman Isabella Rossellini John F. Kennedy Keira Knightley Louis Armstrong Marie Curie Nancy Pelosi Obama, Barack or Michelle Paul McCartney Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Ringo Starr Samuel Adams Tolkien, J.R.R. Upton Sinclair Vincent Van Gogh Williams, Mason ---
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**People, living or dead, with whom you’d like to have dinner** Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Catherine the Great Dwight Eisenhower Edward Norton Fat Mike Goodall, Jane Harriet Tubman Isabella Rossellini John F. Kennedy Keira Knightley Louis Armstrong Marie Curie Nancy Pelosi Obama, Barack or Michelle Paul McCartney Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Ringo Starr Samuel Adams Tolkien, J.R.R. Upton Sinclair Vincent Van Gogh Williams, Mason Xaviera Hollander ---
**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:** [March 16, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5151 "2021-03-16T15:49:05Z")
**People, living or dead, with whom you’d like to have dinner** Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Catherine the Great Dwight Eisenhower Edward Norton Fat Mike Goodall, Jane Harriet Tubman Isabella Rossellini John F. Kennedy Keira Knightley Louis Armstrong Marie Curie Nancy Pelosi Obama, Barack or Michelle Paul McCartney Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Ringo Starr Samuel Adams Tolkien, J.R.R. Upton Sinclair Vincent Van Gogh Williams, Mason Xaviera Hollander Young, Rodger > **[Rodger Young](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodger_Young)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Rodger Wilton Young (April 28, 1918 – July 31, 1943) was a United States Army infantryman from Ohio during World War II. Born in the small town of Tiffin, Ohio, in 1918, Young suffered a sports injury in high school that led to his becoming nearly deaf and blind. Despite this, Young was able to pass the exams necessary to enter the Ohio National Guard. Soon after the United States entered World War II, Young's company was activated as part of t... ---
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**People, living or dead, with whom you’d like to have dinner** Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin Catherine the Great Dwight Eisenhower Edward Norton Fat Mike Goodall, Jane Harriet Tubman Isabella Rossellini John F. Kennedy Keira Knightley Louis Armstrong Marie Curie Nancy Pelosi Obama, Barack or Michelle Paul McCartney Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Ringo Starr Samuel Adams Tolkien, J.R.R. Upton Sinclair Vincent Van Gogh Williams, Mason Xaviera Hollander Young, Rodger Zsa Zsa Gabor **Language & Linguistics** Alphabet ---
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**Language & Linguistics** Alphabet Brogue ---
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**Language & Linguistics** Alphabet Brogue Cadence ---
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**Language & Linguistics** Alphabet Brogue Cadence Dialect ---
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**Language & Linguistics** Alphabet Brogue Cadence Dialect Esperanto ---
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**Language & Linguistics** Alphabet Brogue Cadence Dialect Esperanto Fricative ---
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**Language & Linguistics** Alphabet Brogue Cadence Dialect Esperanto Fricative Glottal stop ---
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**Language & Linguistics** Alphabet Brogue Cadence Dialect Esperanto Fricative Glottal stop Heterograph ---
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**Language & Linguistics** Alphabet Brogue Cadence Dialect Esperanto Fricative Glottal stop Heterograph Ideogram ---
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