# 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:** 159
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3162 "2023-09-24T14:21:41Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks ---
**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, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3163 "2023-09-24T14:41:07Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula ---
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**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula Orbit ---
**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, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3165 "2023-09-24T15:41:01Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula Orbit Pioneer series of probes launched to gather information on Venus; later probes conducted fly-bys of Saturn and Jupiter before their trajectory took them outside the solar system into interstellar space. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3166 "2023-09-24T18:15:08Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula Orbit Pioneer Quasar ---
**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, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3167 "2023-09-24T20:18:47Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula Orbit Pioneer Quasar Rusty Schweikart Apollo 9’s Lunar Module Pilot ---
**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, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3168 "2023-09-24T21:52:35Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula Orbit Pioneer Quasar Rusty Schweikart Shepard, Alan ---
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3169 "2023-09-24T22:36:49Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula Orbit Pioneer Quasar Rusty Schweikart Shepard, Alan Tycho Crater on the Moon. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3170 "2023-09-25T02:18:38Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula Orbit Pioneer Quasar Rusty Schweikart Shepard, Alan Tycho Uranus Making adolescent boys giggle for over one hundred years. ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3171 "2023-09-25T02:45:58Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula Orbit Pioneer Quasar Rusty Schweikart Shepard, Alan Tycho Uranus Voyager Project Two probes launched in 1977 to investigate the outer planets of Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune before exiting the solar system into uncharted inter-stellar space. Best known for carrying the '“Golden Records” – a pair of gold-plated copper discs engraved with markings, sounds, and other examples of human technology so that if any sentient space being comes across these they may be able to learn something about human culture. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula Orbit Pioneer Quasar Rusty Schweikart Shepard, Alan Tycho Uranus Voyager Project Wow! signal A strong narrowband radio signal discovered by the Big Ear telescope in 1977 that came from the direction of the Sagittarius constellation and bore the expected hallmarks of extraterrestrial origin. ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3173 "2023-09-25T14:16:33Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula Orbit Pioneer Quasar Rusty Schweikart Shepard, Alan Tycho Uranus Voyager Project Wow! signal X-ray binary ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3174 "2023-09-25T14:42:57Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula Orbit Pioneer Quasar Rusty Schweikart Shepard, Alan Tycho Uranus Voyager Project Wow! signal X-ray binary Yuri Gagarin ---
**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 25, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3175 "2023-09-25T19:34:21Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Buran Challenger Discovery ‘Echo’ Project Freedom Gemini Halley’s Comet Io Juno probe Kondakova, Yelena Laika Moon rocks Nebula Orbit Pioneer Quasar Rusty Schweikart Shepard, Alan Tycho Uranus Voyager Project Wow! signal X-ray binary Yuri Gagarin Zeta Reticuli An actual binary star system, mentioned in the movie _Alien_. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3176 "2023-09-25T19:47:48Z")
**Folk and non-orchestral musical instruments** Accordion ---
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**Folk and non-orchestral musical instruments** Accordion Banjo ---
**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 25, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3178 "2023-09-25T20:05:36Z")
**Folk and non-orchestral musical instruments** Accordion Banjo Cornet ---
**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 25, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3179 "2023-09-25T20:22:17Z")
**Folk and non-orchestral musical instruments** Accordion Banjo Cornet Daf ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3180 "2023-09-25T23:19:39Z")
**Folk and non-orchestral musical instruments** Accordion Banjo Cornet Daf Erhu > [@Bayaker](#): > > 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. Are there other contenders? ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3181 "2023-09-25T23:27:33Z")
**Folk and non-orchestral musical instruments** Accordion Banjo Cornet Daf Erhu Fipple flute An end-blown type of flute. Tin whistles (penny whistles), recorders, and flageolets are all examples of this. _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=160)