# The Atoz Game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **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:** 158
**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:** [September 22, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3142 "2023-09-22T13:12:55Z")
**Art and artistic concepts** Aestheticism Byzantine Cubism Dadaism Economy Florentine School Gothic Hieroglyphs Impressionism Jazz Kitsch Louvre Museum Mannerism Nouveau Origami Pablo Picasso Quattrocento Renaissance ---
**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:** [September 22, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3143 "2023-09-22T14:55:18Z")
**Art and artistic concepts** Aestheticism Byzantine Cubism Dadaism Economy Florentine School Gothic Hieroglyphs Impressionism Jazz Kitsch Louvre Museum Mannerism Nouveau Origami Pablo Picasso Quattrocento Renaissance Sculpture ---
**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:** [September 22, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3144 "2023-09-22T15:44:44Z")
**Art and artistic concepts** Aestheticism Byzantine Cubism Dadaism Economy Florentine School Gothic Hieroglyphs Impressionism Jazz Kitsch Louvre Museum Mannerism Nouveau Origami Pablo Picasso Quattrocento Renaissance Sculpture Tachisme ---
**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:** [September 22, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3145 "2023-09-22T23:23:11Z")
**Art and artistic concepts** Aestheticism Byzantine Cubism Dadaism Economy Florentine School Gothic Hieroglyphs Impressionism Jazz Kitsch Louvre Museum Mannerism Nouveau Origami Pablo Picasso Quattrocento Renaissance Sculpture Tachisme Utilitarian ---
**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:** [September 22, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3146 "2023-09-22T23:43:55Z")
**Art and artistic concepts** Aestheticism Byzantine Cubism Dadaism Economy Florentine School Gothic Hieroglyphs Impressionism Jazz Kitsch Louvre Museum Mannerism Nouveau Origami Pablo Picasso Quattrocento Renaissance Sculpture Tachisme Utilitarian Vanishing Point ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3147 "2023-09-23T00:03:17Z")
**Art and artistic concepts** Aestheticism Byzantine Cubism Dadaism Economy Florentine School Gothic Hieroglyphs Impressionism Jazz Kitsch Louvre Museum Mannerism Nouveau Origami Pablo Picasso Quattrocento Renaissance Sculpture Tachisme Utilitarian Vanishing Point Wyeth, N.C. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3148 "2023-09-23T13:08:36Z")
**Art and artistic concepts** Aestheticism Byzantine Cubism Dadaism Economy Florentine School Gothic Hieroglyphs Impressionism Jazz Kitsch Louvre Museum Mannerism Nouveau Origami Pablo Picasso Quattrocento Renaissance Sculpture Tachisme Utilitarian Vanishing Point Wyeth, N. C. X-raying old paintings to discover underpaintings ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3149 "2023-09-23T15:10:00Z")
**Art and artistic concepts** Aestheticism Byzantine Cubism Dadaism Economy Florentine School Gothic Hieroglyphs Impressionism Jazz Kitsch Louvre Museum Mannerism Nouveau Origami Pablo Picasso Quattrocento Renaissance Sculpture Tachisme Utilitarian Vanishing Point Wyeth, N. C. X-raying old paintings to discover underpaintings Yellowing A serious problem that happens when the clear varnish ages and turns yellow. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3150 "2023-09-23T20:48:41Z")
**Art and artistic concepts** Aestheticism Byzantine Cubism Dadaism Economy Florentine School Gothic Hieroglyphs Impressionism Jazz Kitsch Louvre Museum Mannerism Nouveau Origami Pablo Picasso Quattrocento Renaissance Sculpture Tachisme Utilitarian Vanishing Point Wyeth, N. C. X-raying old paintings to discover underpaintings Yellowing Zero bids at Christie’s auction Next up: **Space exploration** Apollo 11 ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3151 "2023-09-23T21:00:45Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran The USSR’s space shuttle program, which only yielded one, unmanned flight, in 1988, before being suspended, and then cancelled. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3152 "2023-09-24T00:21:21Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3153 "2023-09-24T00:36:01Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3154 "2023-09-24T01:39:46Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project An early passive communications satellite, it was basically a 100-foot weather balloon with an aluminum skin. A microwave signal would be transmitted to it, and the signal would bounce back to a receiving station. A total of two were placed into orbit. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3155 "2023-09-24T01:48:13Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom The original name for what would end up becoming the International Space Station. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3156 "2023-09-24T03:18:20Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3157 "2023-09-24T03:38:56Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet ---
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**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io ---
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**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Okay, so the Juno probe was sent out to check on Jupiter and all its moons. Jupiter’s moons are named after the god’s mistresses. Juno was named after his wife. His wife is checking in on him and his mistresses. I love it. Fucking NASA is brilliant. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3160 "2023-09-24T13:53:49Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena first woman to make a long-distance space flight ---
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**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika First animal in space, Laika was a stray picked up on the streets of Moscow, and was on Sputnik 2 in 1957. Probably the first animal to _die_ in space too. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=157) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=159)