# 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:** 294
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**Generals** Ambrose Burnside (for the A) Belisarius Clark, Mark W. Douglas MacArthur Eisenhower, Dwight D. Ferdinand Foch Grenier, Count Paul Hindenburg, Paul Von Israel Putnam John J. “Black Jack” Pershing Krueger, Walter Lee, Robert E. Mills. General Mills. Nathanael Greene Oliver Otis Howard Pershing, John Quincy Gillmore Rommel, Erwin ---
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**Generals** Ambrose Burnside (for the A) Belisarius Clark, Mark W. Douglas MacArthur Eisenhower, Dwight D. Ferdinand Foch Grenier, Count Paul Hindenburg, Paul Von Israel Putnam John J. “Black Jack” Pershing Krueger, Walter Lee, Robert E. Mills. General Mills. Nathanael Greene Oliver Otis Howard Pershing, John Quincy Gillmore Rommel, Erwin Sherman, William T. ---
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Pershing is listed twice, folks. **Generals** Ambrose Burnside (for the A) Belisarius Clark, Mark W. Douglas MacArthur Eisenhower, Dwight D. Ferdinand Foch Grenier, Count Paul Hindenburg, Paul Von Israel Putnam John J. “Black Jack” Pershing Krueger, Walter Lee, Robert E. Mills. General Mills. Nathanael Greene Oliver Otis Howard Pershing, John Quincy Gillmore Rommel, Erwin Sherman, William T. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson ---
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**Generals** Ambrose Burnside (for the A) Belisarius Clark, Mark W. Douglas MacArthur Eisenhower, Dwight D. Ferdinand Foch Grenier, Count Paul Hindenburg, Paul Von Israel Putnam John J. “Black Jack” Pershing Krueger, Walter Lee, Robert E. Mills. General Mills. Nathanael Greene Oliver Otis Howard Petain, Philippe Quincy Gillmore Rommel, Erwin Sherman, William T. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Substituted a different P. ---
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**Generals** Ambrose Burnside (for the A) Belisarius Clark, Mark W. Douglas MacArthur Eisenhower, Dwight D. Ferdinand Foch Grenier, Count Paul Hindenburg, Paul Von Israel Putnam John J. “Black Jack” Pershing Krueger, Walter Lee, Robert E. Mills. General Mills. Nathanael Greene Oliver Otis Howard Petain, Philippe Quincy Gillmore Rommel, Erwin Sherman, William T. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson U Thant Former UN Secretary-General ---
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**Generals** Ambrose Burnside (for the A) Belisarius Clark, Mark W. Douglas MacArthur Eisenhower, Dwight D. Ferdinand Foch Grenier, Count Paul Hindenburg, Paul Von Israel Putnam John J. “Black Jack” Pershing Krueger, Walter Lee, Robert E. Mills. General Mills. Nathanael Greene Oliver Otis Howard Petain, Philippe Quincy Gillmore Rommel, Erwin Sherman, William T. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson U Thant von Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul > **[Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_von_Lettow-Vorbeck)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (20 March 1870 – 9 March 1964), also called the Lion of Africa (German: Löwe von Afrika), was a general in the Imperial German Army and the commander of its forces in the German East Africa campaign. For four years, with a force of about 14,000 (3,000 Germans and 11,000 Africans), he held in check a much larger force of 300,000 British, Indian, Belgian, and Portuguese troops. > Essentially undefeated in the field, Let... ---
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**Generals** Ambrose Burnside (for the A) Belisarius Clark, Mark W. Douglas MacArthur Eisenhower, Dwight D. Ferdinand Foch Grenier, Count Paul Hindenburg, Paul Von Israel Putnam John J. “Black Jack” Pershing Krueger, Walter Lee, Robert E. Mills. General Mills. Nathanael Greene Oliver Otis Howard Petain, Philippe Quincy Gillmore Rommel, Erwin Sherman, William T. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson U Thant von Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul Westmoreland, William ---
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[quote=“SCAdian, post:5868, topic:846920”] **Generals** Ambrose Burnside (for the A) Belisarius Clark, Mark W. Douglas MacArthur Eisenhower, Dwight D. Ferdinand Foch Grenier, Count Paul Hindenburg, Paul Von Israel Putnam John J. “Black Jack” Pershing Krueger, Walter Lee, Robert E. Mills. General Mills. Nathanael Greene Oliver Otis Howard Petain, Philippe Quincy Gillmore Rommel, Erwin Sherman, William T. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson U Thant von Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul William Henry Harrison ---
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**Generals** Ambrose Burnside (for the A) Belisarius Clark, Mark W. Douglas MacArthur Eisenhower, Dwight D. Ferdinand Foch Grenier, Count Paul Hindenburg, Paul Von Israel Putnam John J. “Black Jack” Pershing Krueger, Walter Lee, Robert E. Mills. General Mills. Nathanael Greene Oliver Otis Howard Petain, Philippe Quincy Gillmore Rommel, Erwin Sherman, William T. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson U Thant von Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul Westmoreland, William [Xavier Bout de Marnhac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Bout_de_Marnhac) ---
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**Generals** Ambrose Burnside (for the A) Belisarius Clark, Mark W. Douglas MacArthur Eisenhower, Dwight D. Ferdinand Foch Grenier, Count Paul Hindenburg, Paul Von Israel Putnam John J. “Black Jack” Pershing Krueger, Walter Lee, Robert E. Mills. General Mills. Nathanael Greene Oliver Otis Howard Petain, Philippe Quincy Gillmore Rommel, Erwin Sherman, William T. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson U Thant von Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul Westmoreland, William [Xavier Bout de Marnhac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Bout_de_Marnhac) Yamashita, Tomoyuki ---
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**Generals** Ambrose Burnside (for the A) Belisarius Clark, Mark W. Douglas MacArthur Eisenhower, Dwight D. Ferdinand Foch Grenier, Count Paul Hindenburg, Paul Von Israel Putnam John J. “Black Jack” Pershing Krueger, Walter Lee, Robert E. Mills. General Mills. Nathanael Greene Oliver Otis Howard Petain, Philippe Quincy Gillmore Rommel, Erwin Sherman, William T. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson U Thant von Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul Westmoreland, William [Xavier Bout de Marnhac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Bout_de_Marnhac) Yamashita, Tomoyuki Zais, Melvin **Wildlife** Aardvark ---
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**Wildlife** Aardvark Blackbuck Antelope The bucks with large corkscrew horns are beautiful, but they cross highways as dangerously as white-tailed deer. ---
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**Wildlife** Aardvark Blackbuck Antelope Coyote ---
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**Wildlife** Aardvark Blackbuck Antelope Coyote Dingo ---
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**Wildlife** Aardvark Blackbuck Antelope Coyote Dingo Echidna > **[Echidna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > > Genus Tachyglossus >    T. aculeatus > Genus Zaglossus >    Z. attenboroughi >    Z. bruijnii >    Z. bartoni >    †Z. robustus > Genus †Megalibgwilia >    †M. ramsayi >    †M. robusta > Genus †Murrayglossus >    †M. hacketti ---
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**Wildlife** Aardvark Blackbuck Antelope Coyote Dingo Echidna Fennec ---
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**Wildlife** Aardvark Blackbuck Antelope Coyote Dingo Echidna Fennec Giraffe ---
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**Wildlife** Aardvark Blackbuck Antelope Coyote Dingo Echidna Fennec Giraffe Hyena ---
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**Wildlife** Aardvark Blackbuck Antelope Coyote Dingo Echidna Fennec Giraffe Hyena Iguana ---
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