# 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:** 55

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1081 "2020-03-09T23:46:43Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly

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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:** [March 10, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1082 "2020-03-10T00:28:44Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly  
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1083 "2020-03-10T02:01:37Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly  
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy  
Peron. Eva  
Was gonna say Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

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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:** [March 10, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1084 "2020-03-10T02:08:24Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly  
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy  
Peron. Eva  
Queen Elizabeth I

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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:** [March 10, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1085 "2020-03-10T02:39:55Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly  
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy  
Peron. Eva  
Queen Elizabeth I  
Rosa Parks

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1086 "2020-03-10T04:59:17Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly  
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy  
Peron. Eva  
Queen Elizabeth I  
Rosa Parks  
Sacagawea

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1087 "2020-03-10T07:25:42Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly  
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy  
Peron. Eva  
Queen Elizabeth I  
Rosa Parks  
Sacagawea  
Tubman, Harriet

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1088 "2020-03-10T08:44:27Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly  
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy  
Peron. Eva  
Queen Elizabeth I  
Rosa Parks  
Sacagawea  
Tubman, Harriet  
Umm Salama

One of Muhammad’s wives

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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:** [March 10, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1089 "2020-03-10T10:38:01Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly  
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy  
Peron. Eva  
Queen Elizabeth I  
Rosa Parks  
Sacagawea  
Tubman, Harriet  
Umm Salama  
Victoria

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1090 "2020-03-10T11:51:05Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly  
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy  
Peron. Eva  
Queen Elizabeth I  
Rosa Parks  
Sacagawea  
Tubman, Harriet  
Umm Salama  
Victoria  
Wollstonecraft, Mary

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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:** [March 10, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1091 "2020-03-10T12:13:45Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly  
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy  
Peron. Eva  
Queen Elizabeth I  
Rosa Parks  
Sacagawea  
Tubman, Harriet  
Umm Salama  
Victoria  
Wollstonecraft, Mary  
Xun Guan

> [@](#):
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> Like a little Arya Stark, Xun Guan was a child warrior who went into battle at age 13 and saved her father’s city from invasion. She lived during the Western Jin Dynasty, shortly after the Three Kingdoms Period. Xun was the daughter of the governor of Xiangyang. When she was 13, one of Xiangyang’s officials attempted a coup. He surrounded the city with troops, blocking in the governor and the loyalists. Xun Guan was the only person brave enough to breach the enemy lines, which she did successfully, helping save Xiangyang from the traitors.

- The Culture Trip

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1092 "2020-03-10T12:20:22Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly  
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy  
Peron. Eva  
Queen Elizabeth I  
Rosa Parks  
Sacagawea  
Tubman, Harriet  
Umm Salama  
Victoria  
Wollstonecraft, Mary  
Xun Guan  
Yao Lee

Great Chinese singer of the 40’s. died last year at 96

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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:** [March 10, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1093 "2020-03-10T12:27:30Z")

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Historic Women

Annie Oakley  
Betsy Ross  
Carrie Nation  
Dolores Huerta  
Earhart, Amelia  
Frida Kahlo  
Grace / Gráinne O’Malley  
Harriet Tubman  
Isadora Duncan  
Jane Goodall  
Kogyoku  
Louisa May Alcott  
Mary Wollstonecraft  
Nellie Bly  
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy  
Peron. Eva  
Queen Elizabeth I  
Rosa Parks  
Sacagawea  
Tubman, Harriet  
Umm Salama  
Victoria  
Wollstonecraft, Mary  
Xun Guan  
Yao Lee  
Zenobia, Queen of Syria

Wizards, Witches & Magic

Abracadabra

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1094 "2020-03-10T13:15:33Z")

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Wizards, Witches & Magic

Abracadabra  
Belgarath the Sorcerer

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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:** [March 10, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1095 "2020-03-10T13:19:37Z")

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Wizards, Witches & Magic

Abracadabra  
Belgarath the Sorcerer  
Clairvoyance

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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:** [March 10, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1096 "2020-03-10T13:29:20Z")

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Wizards, Witches & Magic

Abracadabra  
Belgarath the Sorcerer  
Clairvoyance  
Druid

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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:** [March 10, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1097 "2020-03-10T13:30:02Z")

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Wizards, Witches & Magic

Abracadabra  
Belgarath the Sorcerer  
Clairvoyance  
Druid  
Endora

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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:** [March 10, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1098 "2020-03-10T13:49:20Z")

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Wizards, Witches & Magic

Abracadabra  
Belgarath the Sorcerer  
Clairvoyance  
Druid  
Endora  
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

The main characters in Fritz Leiber’s series of sword-and-sorcery stories

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1099 "2020-03-10T14:00:42Z")

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Wizards, Witches & Magic

Abracadabra  
Belgarath the Sorcerer  
Clairvoyance  
Druid  
Endora  
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser  
Glinda

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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:** [March 10, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1100 "2020-03-10T15:09:26Z")

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“Queen” is a title, not a name; I would’ve gone with, say, Queenie Ashton: [Queenie Ashton - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenie_Ashton)

Wizards, Witches & Magic

Abracadabra  
Belgarath the Sorcerer  
Clairvoyance  
Druid  
Endora  
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser  
Glinda  
Harry Potter

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