# 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\
**Page:** 407

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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:** [December 6, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8124 "2021-12-06T21:05:47Z")

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**Athletes & Sports Figures**

Arthur Ashe  
Bart Starr  
Chris Evert  
David Beckham  
Ernie Els  
Frank Mahovlich  
Graf, Steffi  
Honus Wagner  
Ivan Bukin  
Joe Jackson (“Shoeless Joe”)  
Keke Rosberg  
Larry Bird  
Michael Jordan  
Nadia Comăneci  
Owens, Jesse  
Pelé  
Quentin Grimes  
Robinson, Brooks  
Simone Biles  
Ty Cobb  
Usain Bolt  
Valentine, Bobby  
Wilt Chamberlain  
Xiao Lin  
Yamaguchi, Kristi

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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:** [December 7, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8125 "2021-12-07T04:55:19Z")

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**Athletes & Sports Figures**

Arthur Ashe  
Bart Starr  
Chris Evert  
David Beckham  
Ernie Els  
Frank Mahovlich  
Graf, Steffi  
Honus Wagner  
Ivan Bukin  
Joe Jackson (“Shoeless Joe”)  
Keke Rosberg  
Larry Bird  
Michael Jordan  
Nadia Comăneci  
Owens, Jesse  
Pelé  
Quentin Grimes  
Robinson, Brooks  
Simone Biles  
Ty Cobb  
Usain Bolt  
Valentine, Bobby  
Wilt Chamberlain  
Xiao Lin  
Yamaguchi, Kristi  
Za’Darius Smith

I’ll pass

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**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:** [December 7, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8126 "2021-12-07T13:46:13Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

1. Asteroid

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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:** [December 7, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8127 "2021-12-07T14:13:09Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

1. Asteroid
2. Brown dwarf

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**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:** [December 7, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8128 "2021-12-07T14:16:37Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

1. Asteroid
2. Brown dwarf
3. Comet

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**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:** [December 7, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8129 "2021-12-07T14:48:14Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

1. Asteroid
2. Brown dwarf
3. Comet
4. Dark matter

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**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:** [December 7, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8130 "2021-12-07T15:05:34Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

1. Asteroid
2. Brown dwarf
3. Comet
4. Dark matter
5. Europa

one of the 79 known moons of Jupiter

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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:** [December 7, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8131 "2021-12-07T16:19:43Z")

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Don’t need numbers in this thread, do we, really?

**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John

> **[John Flamsteed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flamsteed)**
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> Pages for logged out editors learn more
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> John Flamsteed FRS (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719)\[a\] was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. His main achievements were the preparation of a 3,000-star catalogue, Catalogus Britannicus, and a star atlas called Atlas Coelestis, both published posthumously. He also made the first recorded observations of Uranus, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a star, and he laid the foundation stone for the Royal Greenwich Observat...

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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:** [December 7, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8132 "2021-12-07T16:22:52Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John  
Geosynchronous orbit

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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:** [December 7, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8133 "2021-12-07T16:33:18Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John  
Geosynchronous orbit  
Hyperion

A moon of Saturn: [Hyperion (moon) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(moon))

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8134 "2021-12-07T17:36:09Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John  
Geosynchronous orbit  
Hyperion  
Io

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**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:** [December 7, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8135 "2021-12-07T18:35:16Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John  
Geosynchronous orbit  
Hyperion  
Io  
Jupiter

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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:** [December 7, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8136 "2021-12-07T19:28:59Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John  
Geosynchronous orbit  
Hyperion  
Io  
Jupiter  
Krypton

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8137 "2021-12-07T21:38:21Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John  
Geosynchronous orbit  
Hyperion  
Io  
Jupiter  
Krypton  
Lunar orbit

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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:** [December 7, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8138 "2021-12-07T21:44:57Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John  
Geosynchronous orbit  
Hyperion  
Io  
Jupiter  
Krypton  
Lunar orbit  
Mercury Seven

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**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:** [December 7, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8139 "2021-12-07T21:51:14Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John  
Geosynchronous orbit  
Hyperion  
Io  
Jupiter  
Krypton  
Lunar orbit  
Mercury Seven  
Neutron star

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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:** [December 8, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8140 "2021-12-08T01:17:03Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John  
Geosynchronous orbit  
Hyperion  
Io  
Jupiter  
Krypton  
Lunar orbit  
Mercury Seven  
Neutron star  
Omicron persei 8

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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:** [December 8, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8141 "2021-12-08T01:20:14Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John  
Geosynchronous orbit  
Hyperion  
Io  
Jupiter  
Krypton  
Lunar orbit  
Mercury Seven  
Neutron star  
Omicron persei 8  
Planet

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8142 "2021-12-08T02:36:36Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John  
Geosynchronous orbit  
Hyperion  
Io  
Jupiter  
Krypton  
Lunar orbit  
Mercury Seven  
Neutron star  
Omicron persei 8  
Planet  
Quasar

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**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:** [December 8, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8143 "2021-12-08T02:43:09Z")

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**Space: The Final Frontier**

Asteroid  
Brown dwarf  
Comet  
Dark matter  
Europa  
Flamsteed, John  
Geosynchronous orbit  
Hyperion  
Io  
Jupiter  
Krypton  
Lunar orbit  
Mercury Seven  
Neutron star  
Omicron persei 8  
Planet  
Quasar  
Red Dwarf

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