# 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:** 447

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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:** [April 3, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8924 "2022-04-03T12:09:18Z")

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**Philosophy and Philosophers**

Aristotle  
Burke, Edmund  
Confucius  
Descartes, Rene  
Ethics  
Fourier, Charles  
Gassendi, Pierre  
Hume, David  
Irigaray, Luce  
Justin Martyr  
Kierkegaard, Soren  
Logicism  
Mills, John Stuart  
Niccolò Machiavelli  
Ontology  
Plato  
Quiddity  
Realism  
Sartre, Jean-Paul  
Thomism  
_Utopia_  
Valid arguments  
Wang Ch’ung  
Xenophanes  
Yan Hui  
Zeno of Elea

I started this one, so Pass.

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**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 4, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8925 "2022-04-04T11:52:52Z")

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**Under the Sea**

1. Anemone

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8926 "2022-04-04T12:40:12Z")

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**Under the Sea**

1. Anemone
2. Bathysphere

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**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:** [April 4, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8927 "2022-04-04T13:25:00Z")

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**Under the Sea**

1. Anemone
2. Bathysphere
3. Coral reef

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8928 "2022-04-04T14:25:40Z")

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**Under the Sea**

1. Anemone
2. Bathysphere
3. Coral reef
4. Dolphin

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8929 "2022-04-04T15:51:03Z")

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**Under the Sea**

1. Anemone
2. Bathysphere
3. Coral reef
4. Dolphin
5. Electric eels

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8930 "2022-04-04T16:01:09Z")

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**Under the Sea**

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder

Anyone mind that I eliminated the Numbering? I don’t see the point in an alphabetical list.

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8931 "2022-04-04T16:45:17Z")

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Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8932 "2022-04-04T17:05:59Z")

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Under the sea

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar  
[Hagfish](https://media.australian.museum/media/dd/images/Some_image.width-800.e06e39f.jpg)

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8933 "2022-04-04T17:09:10Z")

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Under the sea

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar  
[Hagfish](https://media.australian.museum/media/dd/images/Some_image.width-800.e06e39f.jpg)  
Ichthyosaur

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8934 "2022-04-04T17:34:27Z")

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Under the sea

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar  
[Hagfish](https://media.australian.museum/media/dd/images/Some_image.width-800.e06e39f.jpg)  
Ichthyosaur  
Jellyfish

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8935 "2022-04-04T17:37:01Z")

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> [@Bayaker](#):
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> Anyone mind that I eliminated the Numbering? I don’t see the point in an alphabetical list.

Strongly agreed.

**Under the sea**

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar  
Hagfish  
Ichthyosaur  
Jellyfish  
Killer whale

AKA Orca, of course.

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**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:** [April 4, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8936 "2022-04-04T19:13:27Z")

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**Under the sea**

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar  
Hagfish  
Ichthyosaur  
Jellyfish  
Killer whale  
Lamprey

Henry I of England died in 1135 of food poisoning from eating “a surfeit of lampreys”, according to the chroniclers. Eating sea lampreys was a French delicacy since the middle ages.

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8937 "2022-04-04T20:38:28Z")

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**Under the sea**

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar  
Hagfish  
Ichthyosaur  
Jellyfish  
Killer whale  
Lamprey  
Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware! Beware!

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8938 "2022-04-04T21:34:41Z")

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**Under the sea**

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar  
Hagfish  
Ichthyosaur  
Jellyfish  
Killer whale  
Lamprey  
Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware! Beware!  
Narwhal

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8939 "2022-04-05T02:00:34Z")

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**Under the sea**

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar  
Hagfish  
Ichthyosaur  
Jellyfish  
Killer whale  
Lamprey  
Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware! Beware!  
Narwhal  
Octopus

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8940 "2022-04-05T10:52:15Z")

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**Under the sea**

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar  
Hagfish  
Ichthyosaur  
Jellyfish  
Killer whale  
Lamprey  
Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware! Beware!  
Narwhal  
Octopus  
Portuguese man o’ war

Yes, I know it floats on the surface, but the business end is underwater.

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8941 "2022-04-05T12:54:50Z")

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**Under the sea**

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar  
Hagfish  
Ichthyosaur  
Jellyfish  
Killer whale  
Lamprey  
Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware! Beware!  
Narwhal  
Octopus  
Portuguese man o’ war  
Quakerfish

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8942 "2022-04-05T13:20:30Z")

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**Under the sea**

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar  
Hagfish  
Ichthyosaur  
Jellyfish  
Killer whale  
Lamprey  
Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware! Beware!  
Narwhal  
Octopus  
Portuguese man o’ war  
Quakerfish  
Rudder

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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:** [April 5, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/8943 "2022-04-05T14:14:55Z")

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**Under the sea**

Anemone  
Bathysphere  
Coral reef  
Dolphin  
Electric eels  
Flounder  
Gar  
Hagfish  
Ichthyosaur  
Jellyfish  
Killer whale  
Lamprey  
Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware! Beware!  
Narwhal  
Octopus  
Portuguese man o’ war  
Quakerfish  
Rudder  
Submarine races

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