# 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:** 280
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5583 "2021-04-20T17:20:59Z")
**Cities in Africa** Accra, Ghana Borg al Arab, Egypt Casablanca, Morocco Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Ekurhuleni, South Africa Freetown, Sierra Leone Gaborone, Botswana Harare, Zimbabwe Ibadan, Nigeria Johannesburg, South Africa Khartoum, Sudan Lilongwe, Malawi Mogadishu, Somalia Nairobi, Kenya Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Port Said, Egypt Queen’s Mine, Zimbabwe Rabat, Morocco Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe Timbuktu, Mali Umm al Rizam, Libya Vereeniging, South Africa ---
**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:** [April 20, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5584 "2021-04-20T17:35:41Z")
**Cities in Africa** Accra, Ghana Borg al Arab, Egypt Casablanca, Morocco Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Ekurhuleni, South Africa Freetown, Sierra Leone Gaborone, Botswana Harare, Zimbabwe Ibadan, Nigeria Johannesburg, South Africa Khartoum, Sudan Lilongwe, Malawi Mogadishu, Somalia Nairobi, Kenya Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Port Said, Egypt Queen’s Mine, Zimbabwe Rabat, Morocco Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe Timbuktu, Mali Umm al Rizam, Libya Vereeniging, South Africa Wajid, Somalia ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5585 "2021-04-20T17:38:16Z")
**Cities in Africa** Accra, Ghana Borg al Arab, Egypt Casablanca, Morocco Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Ekurhuleni, South Africa Freetown, Sierra Leone Gaborone, Botswana Harare, Zimbabwe Ibadan, Nigeria Johannesburg, South Africa Khartoum, Sudan Lilongwe, Malawi Mogadishu, Somalia Nairobi, Kenya Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Port Said, Egypt Queen’s Mine, Zimbabwe Rabat, Morocco Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe Timbuktu, Mali Umm al Rizam, Libya Vereeniging, South Africa Wajid, Somalia Xai-Xai, Mozambique ---
**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:** [April 20, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5586 "2021-04-20T18:45:40Z")
**Cities in Africa** Accra, Ghana Borg al Arab, Egypt Casablanca, Morocco Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Ekurhuleni, South Africa Freetown, Sierra Leone Gaborone, Botswana Harare, Zimbabwe Ibadan, Nigeria Johannesburg, South Africa Khartoum, Sudan Lilongwe, Malawi Mogadishu, Somalia Nairobi, Kenya Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Port Said, Egypt Queen’s Mine, Zimbabwe Rabat, Morocco Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe Timbuktu, Mali Umm al Rizam, Libya Vereeniging, South Africa Wajid, Somalia Xai-Xai, Mozambique Yaoundé, Cameroon ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5587 "2021-04-21T02:54:27Z")
**Cities in Africa** Accra, Ghana Borg al Arab, Egypt Casablanca, Morocco Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Ekurhuleni, South Africa Freetown, Sierra Leone Gaborone, Botswana Harare, Zimbabwe Ibadan, Nigeria Johannesburg, South Africa Khartoum, Sudan Lilongwe, Malawi Mogadishu, Somalia Nairobi, Kenya Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Port Said, Egypt Queen’s Mine, Zimbabwe Rabat, Morocco Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe Timbuktu, Mali Umm al Rizam, Libya Vereeniging, South Africa Wajid, Somalia Xai-Xai, Mozambique Yaoundé, Cameroon Zanzibar, Tanzania Pass. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5588 "2021-04-21T03:46:46Z")
**Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5589 "2021-04-21T03:57:49Z")
**Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5590 "2021-04-21T05:02:59Z")
**Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF Caboose ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5591 "2021-04-21T05:34:38Z")
**Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF Caboose Delaware and Hudson ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5592 "2021-04-21T05:58:55Z")
**Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF Caboose Delaware and Hudson Erie Lackawanna Railway ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5593 "2021-04-21T12:04:26Z")
**Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF Caboose Delaware and Hudson Erie Lackawanna Railway Firebox ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5594 "2021-04-21T12:17:03Z")
[quote=“Rebo, post:5593, topic:846920, full:true”] **Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF Caboose Delaware and Hudson Erie Lackawanna Railway Firebox Gandy Dancer ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5595 "2021-04-21T14:21:46Z")
**Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF Caboose Delaware and Hudson Erie Lackawanna Railway Firebox Gandy Dancer HO scale ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5596 "2021-04-21T14:23:17Z")
**Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF Caboose Delaware and Hudson Erie Lackawanna Railway Firebox Gandy Dancer HO scale Intermodal freight ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5597 "2021-04-21T14:40:29Z")
**Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF Caboose Delaware and Hudson Erie Lackawanna Railway Firebox Gandy Dancer HO scale Intermodal freight Joel Tiffany Inventor of the refrigerator car ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5598 "2021-04-21T15:19:52Z")
**Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF Caboose Delaware and Hudson Erie Lackawanna Railway Firebox Gandy Dancer HO scale Intermodal freight Joel Tiffany KATY From K-T for Missouri - Kansas - Texas Lines; KATY came to be THE name and got on the company [logo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MKT_Heralds.png). The sprawling Houston suburb of Katy was named for it. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5599 "2021-04-21T16:24:07Z")
Well I’ll be damned… **Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF Caboose Delaware and Hudson Erie Lackawanna Railway Firebox Gandy Dancer HO scale Intermodal freight Joel Tiffany KATY Locomotive ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5600 "2021-04-21T20:17:28Z")
**Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF Caboose Delaware and Hudson Erie Lackawanna Railway Firebox Gandy Dancer HO scale Intermodal freight Joel Tiffany KATY Locomotive Manifest, cargo ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5601 "2021-04-21T20:23:51Z")
**Railroads, Trains, Equipment** Acela Express BNSF Caboose Delaware and Hudson Erie Lackawanna Railway Firebox Gandy Dancer HO scale Intermodal freight Joel Tiffany KATY Locomotive Manifest, cargo New York Central ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/5602 "2021-04-21T20:38:57Z")
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