# 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:** 66
**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 18, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1301 "2020-03-18T18:29:48Z")
smart people. Real or not. Albert Einstein Bertrand Russell Carl Sagan Descartes Euler Franklin, Rosalind Galileo Galilei Hedy Lamarr Isaac Newton Johnson, Katherine Kant, Immanuel Leonardo da Vinci Maxwell, James Nemo, Captain Otto Octavius Pierre Curie Quest, Benton Rothschild, Mayer Amschel Sagan, Carl ---
**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 18, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1302 "2020-03-18T18:28:12Z")
smart people. Real or not. Albert Einstein Bertrand Russell Carl Sagan Descartes Euler Franklin, Rosalind Galileo Galilei Hedy Lamarr Isaac Newton Johnson, Katherine Kant, Immanuel Leonardo da Vinci Maxwell, James Nemo, Captain Otto Octavius Pierre Curie Quest, Benton Rothschild, Mayer Amschel Sagan, Carl ---
**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 18, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1303 "2020-03-18T19:25:21Z")
smart people. Real or not. Albert Einstein Bertrand Russell Carl Sagan Descartes Euler Franklin, Rosalind Galileo Galilei Hedy Lamarr Isaac Newton Johnson, Katherine Kant, Immanuel Leonardo da Vinci Maxwell, James Nemo, Captain Otto Octavius Pierre Curie Quest, Benton Rothschild, Mayer Amschel Sagan, Carl Terence Tao ---
**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 18, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1304 "2020-03-18T19:42:34Z")
smart people. Real or not. Albert Einstein Bertrand Russell Carl Sagan Descartes Euler Franklin, Rosalind Galileo Galilei Hedy Lamarr Isaac Newton Johnson, Katherine Kant, Immanuel Leonardo da Vinci Maxwell, James Nemo, Captain Otto Octavius Pierre Curie Quest, Benton Rothschild, Mayer Amschel Sagan, Carl Terence Tao Umberto Eco ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1305 "2020-03-18T19:46:35Z")
smart people. Real or not. Albert Einstein Bertrand Russell Carl Sagan Descartes Euler Franklin, Rosalind Galileo Galilei Hedy Lamarr Isaac Newton Johnson, Katherine Kant, Immanuel Leonardo da Vinci Maxwell, James Nemo, Captain Otto Octavius Pierre Curie Quest, Benton Rothschild, Mayer Amschel Sagan, Carl Terence Tao Umberto Eco Varys (Game of Thrones) ---
**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 18, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1306 "2020-03-18T23:10:39Z")
smart people. Real or not. Albert Einstein Bertrand Russell Carl Sagan Descartes Euler Franklin, Rosalind Galileo Galilei Hedy Lamarr Isaac Newton Johnson, Katherine Kant, Immanuel Leonardo da Vinci Maxwell, James Nemo, Captain Otto Octavius Pierre Curie Quest, Benton Rothschild, Mayer Amschel Sagan, Carl Terence Tao Umberto Eco Varys (Game of Thrones) Wittgenstein, Ludwig Do we really need to have Carl Sagan listed twice? ---
**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 18, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1307 "2020-03-18T23:37:03Z")
smart people. Real or not. Albert Einstein Bertrand Russell Carl Sagan Descartes Euler Franklin, Rosalind Galileo Galilei Hedy Lamarr Isaac Newton Johnson, Katherine Kant, Immanuel Leonardo da Vinci Maxwell, James Nemo, Captain Otto Octavius Pierre Curie Quest, Benton Rothschild, Mayer Amschel Sacks, Oliver Terence Tao Umberto Eco Varys (Game of Thrones) Wittgenstein, Ludwig Xerxes I of Persia Fixed the second Carl Sagan. ---
**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 18, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1308 "2020-03-18T23:41:49Z")
smart people. Real or not. Albert Einstein Bertrand Russell Carl Sagan Descartes Euler Franklin, Rosalind Galileo Galilei Hedy Lamarr Isaac Newton Johnson, Katherine Kant, Immanuel Leonardo da Vinci Maxwell, James Nemo, Captain Otto Octavius Pierre Curie Quest, Benton Rothschild, Mayer Amschel Sacks, Oliver Terence Tao Umberto Eco Varys (Game of Thrones) Wittgenstein, Ludwig Xerxes I of Persia Yogi Bear He’s smarter than the average bear. ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1309 "2020-03-19T01:22:21Z")
smart people. Real or not. Albert Einstein Bertrand Russell Carl Sagan Descartes Euler Franklin, Rosalind Galileo Galilei Hedy Lamarr Isaac Newton Johnson, Katherine Kant, Immanuel Leonardo da Vinci Maxwell, James Nemo, Captain Otto Octavius Pierre Curie Quest, Benton Rothschild, Mayer Amschel Sacks, Oliver Terence Tao Umberto Eco Varys (Game of Thrones) Wittgenstein, Ludwig Xerxes I of Persia Yogi Bear Zola, Emile Pass ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1310 "2020-03-19T01:30:27Z")
Short people – well-known for something besides being short Altuve, Jose There were lots of A’s — June Allyson, Alan Ladd ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1311 "2020-03-19T01:36:31Z")
What’s considered short? And can they be fictional? If so… Billy Quizboy (Venture Brothers) ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1312 "2020-03-19T01:39:24Z")
Short people – well-known for something besides being short Altuve, Jose Bogues, Muggsy ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1313 "2020-03-19T01:53:22Z")
Short people – well-known for something besides being short Altuve, Jose Bogues, Muggsy Coleman, Gary ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1314 "2020-03-19T01:59:57Z")
Short people – well-known for something besides being short Altuve, Jose Bogues, Muggsy Coleman, Gary DeVito, Danny We should save Billy Quizboy for Q. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1315 "2020-03-19T03:08:05Z")
Short people – well-known for something besides being short Altuve, Jose Bogues, Muggsy Coleman, Gary DeVito, Danny Eddie Arcaro ---
**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 19, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1316 "2020-03-19T03:57:46Z")
Short people – well-known for something besides being short Altuve, Jose Bogues, Muggsy Coleman, Gary DeVito, Danny Eddie Arcaro Fuller, Buckminster ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1317 "2020-03-19T05:26:06Z")
Short people – well-known for something besides being short Altuve, Jose Bogues, Muggsy Coleman, Gary DeVito, Danny Eddie Arcaro Fuller, Buckminster Gilden, Michael ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1318 "2020-03-19T05:37:04Z")
Short people – well-known for something besides being short Altuve, Jose Bogues, Muggsy Coleman, Gary DeVito, Danny Eddie Arcaro Fuller, Buckminster Gilden, Michael Hayek, Salma ---
**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 19, 2020, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1319 "2020-03-19T09:05:50Z")
Short people – well-known for something besides being short Altuve, Jose Bogues, Muggsy Coleman, Gary DeVito, Danny Eddie Arcaro Fuller, Buckminster Gilden, Michael Hayek, Salma Igor Stravinsky ---
**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 19, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1320 "2020-03-19T12:21:41Z")
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