# 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:** 500
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9984 "2022-08-01T14:51:24Z")
**Antiquity** Ancient civilizations Babylon Cuneiform tablets Dynastic houses Egyptian tombs Fossilized bones Greco Roman architecture Huns Imperium / Incas Jupiter Statue Knossos labyrinth Lydian Empire Minoan civilization Naiads Old stuff Phoenicians Qijia culture Romulus Sarcophagi Temple prostitutes Ugarit ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9985 "2022-08-01T19:43:15Z")
**Antiquity** Ancient civilizations Babylon Cuneiform tablets Dynastic houses Egyptian tombs Fossilized bones Greco Roman architecture Huns Imperium / Incas Jupiter Statue Knossos labyrinth Lydian Empire Minoan civilization Naiads Old stuff / Ozymandias Phoenicians Qijia culture Romulus Sarcophagi Temple prostitutes Ugarit Vercingetorix I added a bit more specific an “O” entry. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9986 "2022-08-03T17:29:12Z")
**Antiquity** Ancient civilizations Babylon Cuneiform tablets Dynastic houses Egyptian tombs Fossilized bones Greco Roman architecture Huns Imperium / Incas Jupiter Statue Knossos labyrinth Lydian Empire Minoan civilization Naiads Old stuff / Ozymandias Phoenicians Qijia culture Romulus Sarcophagi Temple prostitutes Ugarit Vercingetorix Wax seals ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9987 "2022-08-03T17:37:02Z")
**Antiquity** Ancient civilizations Babylon Cuneiform tablets Dynastic houses Egyptian tombs Fossilized bones Greco Roman architecture Huns Imperium / Incas Jupiter Statue Knossos labyrinth Lydian Empire Minoan civilization Naiads Old stuff / Ozymandias Phoenicians Qijia culture Romulus Sarcophagi Temple prostitutes Ugarit Vercingetorix Wax seals Xerxes I, “The Great” ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9988 "2022-08-03T18:02:42Z")
**Antiquity** Ancient civilizations Babylon Cuneiform tablets Dynastic houses Egyptian tombs Fossilized bones Greco Roman architecture Huns Imperium / Incas Jupiter Statue Knossos labyrinth Lydian Empire Minoan civilization Naiads Old stuff / Ozymandias Phoenicians Qijia culture Romulus Sarcophagi Temple prostitutes Ugarit Vercingetorix Wax seals Xerxes I, “The Great” Yapese Empire ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9989 "2022-08-03T22:44:00Z")
**Antiquity** Ancient civilizations Babylon Cuneiform tablets Dynastic houses Egyptian tombs Fossilized bones Greco Roman architecture Huns Imperium / Incas Jupiter Statue Knossos labyrinth Lydian Empire Minoan civilization Naiads Old stuff / Ozymandias Phoenicians Qijia culture Romulus Sarcophagi Temple prostitutes Ugarit Vercingetorix Wax seals Xerxes I, “The Great” Yapese Empire Ziggurat of Ur Next **Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9990 "2022-08-03T23:01:41Z")
**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9991 "2022-08-04T01:02:31Z")
**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire Camera ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9992 "2022-08-04T01:25:45Z")
**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire Camera Daguerrotype ---
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**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire Camera Daguerrotype Elevator ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9994 "2022-08-04T02:47:08Z")
**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire Camera Daguerrotype Elevator Frozen food ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9995 "2022-08-04T02:55:04Z")
**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire Camera Daguerrotype Elevator Frozen food Gatling gun ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/9996 "2022-08-04T11:17:27Z")
**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire Camera Daguerrotype Elevator Frozen food Gatling gun Holography ---
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**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire Camera Daguerrotype Elevator Frozen food Gatling gun Holography Ice machine ---
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**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire Camera Daguerrotype Elevator Frozen food Gatling gun Holography Ice machine Jockstrap From Wikipedia: The jockstrap was invented in 1874 by C. F. Bennett of a Chicago sporting goods company, Sharp & Smith, to provide comfort and support for bicycle jockeys working the cobblestone streets of Boston. In 1897 Bennett’s newly formed Bike Web Company patented and began mass-producing the Bike Jockey Strap. ---
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**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire Camera Daguerrotype Elevator Frozen food Gatling gun Holography Ice machine Jockstrap [Kazoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazoo#:~:text=The%20first%20documented%20appearance%20of,issued%20on%20January%209%2C%201883.) ---
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**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire Camera Daguerrotype Elevator Frozen food Gatling gun Holography Ice machine Jockstrap Kazoo Lincoln Logs Invented by a son of Frank Lloyd Wright: [Lincoln Logs - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Logs) ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/10001 "2022-08-04T14:46:27Z")
**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire Camera Daguerrotype Elevator Frozen food Gatling gun Holography Ice machine Jockstrap Kazoo Lincoln Logs Mailbox The street letter drop mailbox with a hinged door that closed to protect the mail was invented by [Philip B. Downing](https://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexd.shtml#philip_downing). Downing, an African-American inventor, patented his new device on October 27, 1891 (US Patent # 462,093). ---
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**Inventions, 1800s to the present** Air conditioning Barbed wire Camera Daguerrotype Elevator Frozen food Gatling gun Holography Ice machine Jockstrap Kazoo Lincoln Logs Mailbox Navigational radar ---
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