# 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:** 390
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7784 "2021-10-22T14:02:06Z")
Ataturk, Mustafa, President of Turkey Benjamin Franklin, President of Pennsylvania Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt David, King of Israel Edward VII, Emperor of India, King of Great Britain and Ireland Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Hirohito, Emperor of Japan Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), Grand Prince of Moscow and Tsar of all Russia Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India Khrushchev, Nikita, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Laurier, Wilfrid, Prime Minster of Canada Mackenzie-King, William Lyon, also Prime Minister of Canada Nicholas II - last Tsar of Russia Oscar, King of Sweden Phillip II, King of Spain ---
**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:** [October 22, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7785 "2021-10-22T14:25:42Z")
**Leaders** Ataturk, Mustafa, President of Turkey Benjamin Franklin, President of Pennsylvania Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt David, King of Israel Edward VII, Emperor of India, King of Great Britain and Ireland Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Hirohito, Emperor of Japan Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), Grand Prince of Moscow and Tsar of all Russia Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India Khrushchev, Nikita, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Laurier, Wilfrid, Prime Minster of Canada Mackenzie-King, William Lyon, also Prime Minister of Canada Nicholas II - last Tsar of Russia Oscar, King of Sweden Phillip II, King of Spain Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, second president of Botswana ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7786 "2021-10-22T14:29:33Z")
**Leaders** Ataturk, Mustafa, President of Turkey Benjamin Franklin, President of Pennsylvania Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt David, King of Israel Edward VII, Emperor of India, King of Great Britain and Ireland Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Hirohito, Emperor of Japan Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), Grand Prince of Moscow and Tsar of all Russia Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India Khrushchev, Nikita, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Laurier, Wilfrid, Prime Minster of Canada Mackenzie-King, William Lyon, also Prime Minister of Canada Nicholas II - last Tsar of Russia Oscar, King of Sweden Phillip II, King of Spain Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, second president of Botswana Robespierre, Maximilien - architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror ---
**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:** [October 22, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7787 "2021-10-22T14:37:50Z")
**Leaders** Ataturk, Mustafa, President of Turkey Benjamin Franklin, President of Pennsylvania Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt David, King of Israel Edward VII, Emperor of India, King of Great Britain and Ireland Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Hirohito, Emperor of Japan Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), Grand Prince of Moscow and Tsar of all Russia Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India Khrushchev, Nikita, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Laurier, Wilfrid, Prime Minster of Canada Mackenzie-King, William Lyon, also Prime Minister of Canada Nicholas II - last Tsar of Russia Oscar, King of Sweden Phillip II, King of Spain Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, second president of Botswana Robespierre, Maximilien - architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror Stephen F. Austin - the Father of Texas ---
**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:** [October 22, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7788 "2021-10-22T15:56:25Z")
**Leaders** Ataturk, Mustafa, President of Turkey Benjamin Franklin, President of Pennsylvania Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt David, King of Israel Edward VII, Emperor of India, King of Great Britain and Ireland Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Hirohito, Emperor of Japan Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), Grand Prince of Moscow and Tsar of all Russia Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India Khrushchev, Nikita, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Laurier, Wilfrid, Prime Minster of Canada Mackenzie-King, William Lyon, also Prime Minister of Canada Nicholas II - last Tsar of Russia Oscar, King of Sweden Phillip II, King of Spain Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, second president of Botswana Robespierre, Maximilien - architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror Stephen F. Austin - the Father of Texas Tutankhamen, Egyptian pharaoh ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7789 "2021-10-22T20:29:49Z")
**Leaders** Ataturk, Mustafa, President of Turkey Benjamin Franklin, President of Pennsylvania Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt David, King of Israel Edward VII, Emperor of India, King of Great Britain and Ireland Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Hirohito, Emperor of Japan Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), Grand Prince of Moscow and Tsar of all Russia Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India Khrushchev, Nikita, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Laurier, Wilfrid, Prime Minster of Canada Mackenzie-King, William Lyon, also Prime Minister of Canada Nicholas II - last Tsar of Russia Oscar, King of Sweden Phillip II, King of Spain Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, second president of Botswana Robespierre, Maximilien - architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror Stephen F. Austin - the Father of Texas Tutankhamen, Egyptian pharaoh Ursula von der Leyen - President of the European Commission (December 2019-present) ---
**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:** [October 22, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7790 "2021-10-22T20:38:01Z")
**Leaders** Ataturk, Mustafa, President of Turkey Benjamin Franklin, President of Pennsylvania Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt David, King of Israel Edward VII, Emperor of India, King of Great Britain and Ireland Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Hirohito, Emperor of Japan Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), Grand Prince of Moscow and Tsar of all Russia Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India Khrushchev, Nikita, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Laurier, Wilfrid, Prime Minster of Canada Mackenzie-King, William Lyon, also Prime Minister of Canada Nicholas II - last Tsar of Russia Oscar, King of Sweden Phillip II, King of Spain Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, second president of Botswana Robespierre, Maximilien - architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror Stephen F. Austin - the Father of Texas Tutankhamen, Egyptian pharaoh Ursula von der Leyen - President of the European Commission (December 2019-present) Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ---
**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:** [October 22, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7791 "2021-10-22T21:19:16Z")
**Leaders** Ataturk, Mustafa, President of Turkey Benjamin Franklin, President of Pennsylvania Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt David, King of Israel Edward VII, Emperor of India, King of Great Britain and Ireland Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Hirohito, Emperor of Japan Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), Grand Prince of Moscow and Tsar of all Russia Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India Khrushchev, Nikita, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Laurier, Wilfrid, Prime Minster of Canada Mackenzie-King, William Lyon, also Prime Minister of Canada Nicholas II - last Tsar of Russia Oscar, King of Sweden Phillip II, King of Spain Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, second president of Botswana Robespierre, Maximilien - architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror Stephen F. Austin - the Father of Texas Tutankhamen, Egyptian pharaoh Ursula von der Leyen - President of the European Commission (December 2019-present) Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Winston Churchill, British PM ---
**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:** [October 23, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7792 "2021-10-23T11:34:06Z")
**Leaders** Ataturk, Mustafa, President of Turkey Benjamin Franklin, President of Pennsylvania Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt David, King of Israel Edward VII, Emperor of India, King of Great Britain and Ireland Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Hirohito, Emperor of Japan Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), Grand Prince of Moscow and Tsar of all Russia Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India Khrushchev, Nikita, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Laurier, Wilfrid, Prime Minster of Canada Mackenzie-King, William Lyon, also Prime Minister of Canada Nicholas II - last Tsar of Russia Oscar, King of Sweden Phillip II, King of Spain Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, second president of Botswana Robespierre, Maximilien - architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror Stephen F. Austin - the Father of Texas Tutankhamen, Egyptian pharaoh Ursula von der Leyen - President of the European Commission (December 2019-present) Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Winston Churchill, British PM Xerxes the Great, King of Persia This is one of the few categories with an easy and obvious X. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7793 "2021-10-23T12:16:50Z")
**Leaders** Ataturk, Mustafa, President of Turkey Benjamin Franklin, President of Pennsylvania Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt David, King of Israel Edward VII, Emperor of India, King of Great Britain and Ireland Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Hirohito, Emperor of Japan Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), Grand Prince of Moscow and Tsar of all Russia Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India Khrushchev, Nikita, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Laurier, Wilfrid, Prime Minster of Canada Mackenzie-King, William Lyon, also Prime Minister of Canada Nicholas II - last Tsar of Russia Oscar, King of Sweden Phillip II, King of Spain Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, second president of Botswana Robespierre, Maximilien - architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror Stephen F. Austin - the Father of Texas Tutankhamen, Egyptian pharaoh Ursula von der Leyen - President of the European Commission (December 2019-present) Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Winston Churchill, British PM Xerxes the Great, King of Persia Yushchenko, Viktor Andriyovych, 3rd President of Ukraine ---
**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:** [October 23, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7794 "2021-10-23T14:48:00Z")
**Leaders** Ataturk, Mustafa, President of Turkey Benjamin Franklin, President of Pennsylvania Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt David, King of Israel Edward VII, Emperor of India, King of Great Britain and Ireland Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Genghis Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Hirohito, Emperor of Japan Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV), Grand Prince of Moscow and Tsar of all Russia Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India Khrushchev, Nikita, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Laurier, Wilfrid, Prime Minster of Canada Mackenzie-King, William Lyon, also Prime Minister of Canada Nicholas II - last Tsar of Russia Oscar, King of Sweden Phillip II, King of Spain Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, second president of Botswana Robespierre, Maximilien - architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror Stephen F. Austin - the Father of Texas Tutankhamen, Egyptian pharaoh Ursula von der Leyen - President of the European Commission (December 2019-present) Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Winston Churchill, British PM Xerxes the Great, King of Persia Yushchenko, Viktor Andriyovych, 3rd President of Ukraine Zog I of Albania Prime Minister, President, and then King. The man knew how to work his way up the ladder. Pass ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7795 "2021-10-23T20:05:13Z")
**That’s Illegal, or it should be.** Arson ---
**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:** [October 23, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7796 "2021-10-23T20:05:44Z")
**That’s Illegal, or it should be.** Arson Battery ---
**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:** [October 23, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7797 "2021-10-23T20:20:08Z")
**That’s Illegal, or it should be.** Arson Battery Crimes ---
**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:** [October 23, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7798 "2021-10-23T21:24:42Z")
**That’s Illegal, or it should be.** Arson Battery Crimes Drug dealing ---
**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:** [October 23, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7799 "2021-10-23T22:52:46Z")
**That’s Illegal, or it should be.** Arson Battery Crimes Drug dealing Extortion ---
**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:** [October 24, 2021, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7800 "2021-10-24T07:38:44Z")
**That’s Illegal, or it should be.** Arson Battery Crimes Drug dealing Extortion Fraud ---
**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:** [October 24, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7801 "2021-10-24T14:01:40Z")
**That’s Illegal, or it should be.** Arson Battery Crimes Drug dealing Extortion Fraud Gerrymandering ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7802 "2021-10-24T18:35:51Z")
[5h](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game/846920/7801?u=not_what_you_d_expect) **That’s Illegal, or it should be.** Arson Battery Crimes Drug dealing Extortion Fraud Gerrymandering Hate Speech ---
**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:** [October 24, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7803 "2021-10-24T18:47:22Z")
**That’s Illegal, or it should be.** Arson Battery Crimes Drug dealing Extortion Fraud Gerrymandering Hate Speech In my way [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=389) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=391)