# The Atoz Game (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097 "2022-08-04T15:42:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 108

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 12, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2142 "2023-05-12T20:14:36Z")

</div>

**Old-time Hollywood**

Arbuckle, Fatty  
Bette Davis  
Cary Grant  
Douglas Fairbanks  
Emil Jannings  
Fitzgerald, Barry  
Griffth, D.W.  
Henreid, Paul  
Irving Thalberg  
Jane Russell  
Katharine Hepburn  
Lionel Barrymore  
Merle Oberon  
Norma Shearer  
_Oz, Wizard of_  
Pangborn, Francis  
Quinn, Anthony  
Rudolph Valentino  
Spencer Tracy

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 12, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2143 "2023-05-12T20:34:58Z")

</div>

**Old-time Hollywood**

Arbuckle, Fatty  
Bette Davis  
Cary Grant  
Douglas Fairbanks  
Emil Jannings  
Fitzgerald, Barry  
Griffth, D.W.  
Henreid, Paul  
Irving Thalberg  
Jane Russell  
Katharine Hepburn  
Lionel Barrymore  
Merle Oberon  
Norma Shearer  
_Oz, Wizard of_  
Pangborn, Francis  
Quinn, Anthony  
Rudolph Valentino  
Spencer Tracy  
Teresa Wright

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2144 "2023-05-13T02:49:08Z")

</div>

**Old-time Hollywood**

Arbuckle, Fatty  
Bette Davis  
Cary Grant  
Douglas Fairbanks  
Emil Jannings  
Fitzgerald, Barry  
Griffth, D.W.  
Henreid, Paul  
Irving Thalberg  
Jane Russell  
Katharine Hepburn  
Lionel Barrymore  
Merle Oberon  
Norma Shearer  
_Oz, Wizard of_  
Pangborn, Francis  
Quinn, Anthony  
Rudolph Valentino  
Spencer Tracy  
Teresa Wright  
Ustinov, Peter

_ **-“BB”-** _

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 13, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2145 "2023-05-13T03:28:54Z")

</div>

**Old-time Hollywood**

Arbuckle, Fatty  
Bette Davis  
Cary Grant  
Douglas Fairbanks  
Emil Jannings  
Fitzgerald, Barry  
Griffth, D.W.  
Henreid, Paul  
Irving Thalberg  
Jane Russell  
Katharine Hepburn  
Lionel Barrymore  
Merle Oberon  
Norma Shearer  
_Oz, Wizard of_  
Pangborn, Francis  
Quinn, Anthony  
Rudolph Valentino  
Spencer Tracy  
Teresa Wright  
Ustinov, Peter  
Vivian Leigh

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 13, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2146 "2023-05-13T13:47:14Z")

</div>

**Old-time Hollywood**

Arbuckle, Fatty  
Bette Davis  
Cary Grant  
Douglas Fairbanks  
Emil Jannings  
Fitzgerald, Barry  
Griffth, D.W.  
Henreid, Paul  
Irving Thalberg  
Jane Russell  
Katharine Hepburn  
Lionel Barrymore  
Merle Oberon  
Norma Shearer  
_Oz, Wizard of_  
Pangborn, Francis  
Quinn, Anthony  
Rudolph Valentino  
Spencer Tracy  
Teresa Wright  
Ustinov, Peter  
Vivian Leigh  
W. C. Fields

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 13, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2147 "2023-05-13T18:28:35Z")

</div>

**Old-time Hollywood**

Arbuckle, Fatty  
Bette Davis  
Cary Grant  
Douglas Fairbanks  
Emil Jannings  
Fitzgerald, Barry  
Griffth, D.W.  
Henreid, Paul  
Irving Thalberg  
Jane Russell  
Katharine Hepburn  
Lionel Barrymore  
Merle Oberon  
Norma Shearer  
_Oz, Wizard of_  
Pangborn, Francis  
Quinn, Anthony  
Rudolph Valentino  
Spencer Tracy  
Teresa Wright  
Ustinov, Peter  
Vivian Leigh  
W. C. Fields  
Francis **X**. Bushman

If that’s not good enough, so be it. I just wanted to keep Cugat out of yet another list.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2148 "2023-05-13T19:20:47Z")

</div>

**Old-time Hollywood**

Arbuckle, Fatty  
Bette Davis  
Cary Grant  
Douglas Fairbanks  
Emil Jannings  
Fitzgerald, Barry  
Griffth, D.W.  
Henreid, Paul  
Irving Thalberg  
Jane Russell  
Katharine Hepburn  
Lionel Barrymore  
Merle Oberon  
Norma Shearer  
_Oz, Wizard of_  
Pangborn, Francis  
Quinn, Anthony  
Rudolph Valentino  
Spencer Tracy  
Teresa Wright  
Ustinov, Peter  
Vivian Leigh  
W. C. Fields  
Francis **X**. Bushman  
Yvonne De Carlo

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2149 "2023-05-13T20:06:45Z")

</div>

**Old-time Hollywood**

Arbuckle, Fatty  
Bette Davis  
Cary Grant  
Douglas Fairbanks  
Emil Jannings  
Fitzgerald, Barry  
Griffth, D.W.  
Henreid, Paul  
Irving Thalberg  
Jane Russell  
Katharine Hepburn  
Lionel Barrymore  
Merle Oberon  
Norma Shearer  
_Oz, Wizard of_  
Pangborn, Francis  
Quinn, Anthony  
Rudolph Valentino  
Spencer Tracy  
Teresa Wright  
Ustinov, Peter  
Vivian Leigh  
W. C. Fields  
Francis **X**. Bushman  
Yvonne De Carlo  
ZaSu Pitts

pass

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 16, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2150 "2023-05-16T14:16:56Z")

</div>

**Mechanisms**

Axle

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 16, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2151 "2023-05-16T14:17:21Z")

</div>

**Mechanisms**

Axle  
Brake

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 16, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2152 "2023-05-16T14:48:21Z")

</div>

**Mechanisms**

Axle  
Brake  
Cylindrical joint

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 16, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2153 "2023-05-16T15:18:30Z")

</div>

**Mechanisms**

Axle  
Brake  
Cylindrical joint  
Dredge

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2154 "2023-05-16T20:23:12Z")

</div>

**Mechanisms**

Axle  
Brake  
Cylindrical joint  
Dredge  
Eccentric cam

_ **-“BB”-** _

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 16, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2155 "2023-05-16T20:53:46Z")

</div>

**Mechanisms**

Axle  
Brake  
Cylindrical joint  
Dredge  
Eccentric cam  
Fan

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 16, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2156 "2023-05-16T21:13:50Z")

</div>

**Mechanisms**

Axle  
Brake  
Cylindrical joint  
Dredge  
Eccentric cam  
Fan  
Gear

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 16, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2157 "2023-05-16T22:26:21Z")

</div>

**Mechanisms**

Axle  
Brake  
Cylindrical joint  
Dredge  
Eccentric cam  
Fan  
Gear  
Helicopter

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2158 "2023-05-17T00:06:16Z")

</div>

**Mechanisms**

Axle  
Brake  
Cylindrical joint  
Dredge  
Eccentric cam  
Fan  
Gear  
Helicopter  
Ignition switch

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 17, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2159 "2023-05-17T17:17:13Z")

</div>

**Mechanisms**

Axle  
Brake  
Cylindrical joint  
Dredge  
Eccentric cam  
Fan  
Gear  
Helicopter  
Ignition switch  
Jack

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 17, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2160 "2023-05-17T17:30:05Z")

</div>

**Mechanisms**

Axle  
Brake  
Cylindrical joint  
Dredge  
Eccentric cam  
Fan  
Gear  
Helicopter  
Ignition switch  
Jack  
Key

Does that qualify? I’m not sure.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 17, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/2161 "2023-05-17T17:53:28Z")

</div>

**Mechanisms**

Axle  
Brake  
Cylindrical joint  
Dredge  
Eccentric cam  
Fan  
Gear  
Helicopter  
Ignition switch  
Jack  
Key  
Latch

If “key” doesn’t work, go with “keyboard”.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=107)

[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=109)
