# 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:** 7
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/121 "2020-01-28T06:02:54Z")
Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) ---
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Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/123 "2020-01-28T06:50:44Z")
Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) P - Poltava (1709) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/124 "2020-01-28T08:40:35Z")
Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) P - Poltava (1709) Q - Quebec (1759) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/125 "2020-01-28T09:03:08Z")
Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) P - Poltava (1709) Q - Quebec (1759) R - Raz de Sein (1798) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/126 "2020-01-28T09:05:39Z")
Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) P - Poltava (1709) Q - Quebec (1759) R - Ramadi (2006) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/127 "2020-01-28T09:33:53Z")
A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) P - Poltava (1709) Q - Quebec (1759) R - Ramadi (2006) S - Singapore (, fall of, 1942) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/128 "2020-01-28T11:30:32Z")
Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) P - Poltava (1709) Q - Quebec (1759) R - Ramadi (2006) S - Singapore (, fall of, 1942) T - Thermopylae (480 BC) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/129 "2020-01-28T12:08:57Z")
Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) P - Poltava (1709) Q - Quebec (1759) R - Ramadi (2006) S - Singapore (, fall of, 1942) T - Thermopylae (480 BC) U - Ulundi (1879) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/130 "2020-01-28T12:28:07Z")
Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) P - Poltava (1709) Q - Quebec (1759) R - Ramadi (2006) S - Singapore (, fall of, 1942) T - Thermopylae (480 BC) U - Ulundi (1879) V - Verdun (1916) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/131 "2020-01-28T13:05:34Z")
Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) P - Poltava (1709) Q - Quebec (1759) R - Ramadi (2006) S - Singapore (, fall of, 1942) T - Thermopylae (480 BC) U - Ulundi (1879) V - Verdun (1916) W - Waterloo (1815) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/132 "2020-01-28T14:19:48Z")
Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) P - Poltava (1709) Q - Quebec (1759) R - Ramadi (2006) S - Singapore (, fall of, 1942) T - Thermopylae (480 BC) U - Ulundi (1879) V - Verdun (1916) W - Waterloo (1815) X - Battle of Xuân Lộc (1975) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/133 "2020-01-28T14:25:33Z")
Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) P - Poltava (1709) Q - Quebec (1759) R - Ramadi (2006) S - Singapore (, fall of, 1942) T - Thermopylae (480 BC) U - Ulundi (1879) V - Verdun (1916) W - Waterloo (1815) X - Battle of Xuân Lộc (1975) Y - Yorktown (1781) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/134 "2020-01-28T14:51:02Z")
Battles A - Antietam (1862) B - Bull Run (1861) C - Corregidor (recapture, 1945) D - Dien Bien Phu (1954) E - Endor (A Long Time Ago) F - Fort Sumter (1861) G - Gallipoli (1915-16) H - Hastings (1066 and all that) I - Iwo Jima (1945) J - Jutland (1916) K - King’s Mountain (1780) L - Leipzig (1813) M - Midway (1942) N - New Orleans (1815) O - Okinawa (1945) P - Poltava (1709) Q - Quebec (1759) R - Ramadi (2006) S - Singapore (, fall of, 1942) T - Thermopylae (480 BC) U - Ulundi (1879) V - Verdun (1916) W - Waterloo (1815) X - Battle of Xuân Lộc (1975) Y - Yorktown (1781) Z - Zama (202 B.C.) Movie Comedies A - Airplane! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/135 "2020-01-28T14:58:09Z")
Movie Comedies A - Airplane! B - Beetlejuice ---
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Movie Comedies A - Airplane! B - Beetlejuice C - City Slickers ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/137 "2020-01-28T15:12:03Z")
Movie Comedies A - Airplane! B - Beetlejuice C - City Slickers D - Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/138 "2020-01-28T15:32:52Z")
Movie Comedies (initial articles “a”, “an” and “the” don’t count) A - Airplane! B - Beetlejuice C - City Slickers D - Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood E - The End ---
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Movie Comedies (initial articles “a”, “an” and “the” don’t count) A - Airplane! B - Beetlejuice C - City Slickers D - Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood E - The End F - Fantastic Mr. Fox ---
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Movie Comedies (initial articles “a”, “an” and “the” don’t count) A - Airplane! B - Beetlejuice C - City Slickers D - Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood E - The End F - Fantastic Mr. Fox G - Ghostbusters [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=8)