# 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:** 67

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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 19, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1321 "2020-03-19T12:42:04Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
K  
Little Jimmy Dickens

Inserted Elton. Next person: K

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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 19, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1322 "2020-03-19T12:49:29Z")

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K is next after Igor and Jimmy. John was the second J. They’re all L for Little.

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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 19, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1323 "2020-03-19T13:43:10Z")

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Hey, I bolded the J in Jimmy.

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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:** [March 19, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1324 "2020-03-19T18:28:12Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens

Inserted Kristin Chenoweth  
One song she’s performed is Evie’s “Four Feet Eleven”

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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 19, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1325 "2020-03-19T19:38:34Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela

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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 19, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1326 "2020-03-19T19:40:53Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”

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**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 19, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1327 "2020-03-19T19:52:55Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut

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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 19, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1328 "2020-03-19T19:55:33Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut  
Pablo Picasso

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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 19, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1329 "2020-03-19T19:57:19Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut  
Pablo Picasso  
Quatro, Suzi

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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 19, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1330 "2020-03-19T21:48:59Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut  
Pablo Picasso  
Quatro, Suzi  
Rand, Ayn

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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 19, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1331 "2020-03-19T21:59:22Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut  
Pablo Picasso  
Quatro, Suzi  
Rand, Ayn  
Sandy Hawley

Award-winning jockey, and member of the Canadian and US Racing Halls of Fame.

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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 19, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1332 "2020-03-19T22:07:09Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut  
Pablo Picasso  
Quatro, Suzi  
Rand, Ayn  
Sandy Hawley  
Trejo, Danny

Okay, he’s not incredibly short. But he always seems to be huge on screen and he’s actually only 5’6".

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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 20, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1333 "2020-03-20T01:32:51Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut  
Pablo Picasso  
Quatro, Suzi  
Rand, Ayn  
Sandy Hawley  
Trejo, Danny  
Ustinov, Peter

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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 20, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1334 "2020-03-20T02:07:10Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut  
Pablo Picasso  
Quatro, Suzi  
Rand, Ayn  
Sandy Hawley  
Trejo, Danny  
Ustinov, Peter  
Villechaize, Hervé

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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 20, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1335 "2020-03-20T02:29:47Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut  
Pablo Picasso  
Quatro, Suzi  
Rand, Ayn  
Sandy Hawley  
Trejo, Danny  
Ustinov, Peter  
Villechaize, Hervé  
Winston Churchill

5’6"

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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 20, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1336 "2020-03-20T03:44:42Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut  
Pablo Picasso  
Quatro, Suzi  
Rand, Ayn  
Sandy Hawley  
Trejo, Danny  
Ustinov, Peter  
Villechaize, Hervé  
Winston Churchill  
Xu

A unit of Vietnamese currency, trading today at 2,321,200 to the USD, which sounds pretty short to me. I believe that is the lowest value of any fractional currency in the world.

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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 20, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1337 "2020-03-20T05:39:34Z")

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> [@jtur88](#):
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> A unit of Vietnamese currency, trading today at 2,321,200 to the USD, which sounds pretty short to me. I believe that is the lowest value of any fractional currency in the world.

I would say a unit of currency does not qualify as a person.

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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:** [March 20, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1338 "2020-03-20T08:13:20Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I would say a unit of currency does not qualify as a person.

:D:D

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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut  
Pablo Picasso  
Quatro, Suzi  
Rand, Ayn  
Sandy Hawley  
Trejo, Danny  
Ustinov, Peter  
Villechaize, Hervé  
Winston Churchill  
Deng Xiaoping

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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 20, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1339 "2020-03-20T09:35:12Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut  
Pablo Picasso  
Quatro, Suzi  
Rand, Ayn  
Sandy Hawley  
Trejo, Danny  
Ustinov, Peter  
Villechaize, Hervé  
Winston Churchill  
Deng Xiaoping  
Yuri Gagarin

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1340 "2020-03-20T12:19:17Z")

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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  
John, Elton  
Kristin Chenoweth  
Little Jimmy Dickens  
Merkel, Angela  
Nelson, George “Baby Face”  
Olga Korbut  
Pablo Picasso  
Quatro, Suzi  
Rand, Ayn  
Sandy Hawley  
Trejo, Danny  
Ustinov, Peter  
Villechaize, Hervé  
Winston Churchill  
Deng Xiaoping  
Yuri Gagarin  
Zacchaeus

pass

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