# 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:** 162

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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:** [September 27, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3222 "2023-09-27T20:49:02Z")

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**Science-fiction characters**

Ahsoka Tano  
Ben Reich  
C-3PO  
Duke Leto Atreides  
Ed Mercer  
Flash Gordon  
Goodchild, Trevor  
Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd  
Inhumans  
James T. Kirk  
Krulls  
Lazarus Long  
Mad Max  
Nestor  
Odo  
Powell, Gregory  
Quatermass, Prof. Bernard  
Rogers, Buck  
Sarek of Vulcan  
The Terminator  
Uhura

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3223 "2023-09-27T20:51:27Z")

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**Science-fiction characters**

Ahsoka Tano  
Ben Reich  
C-3PO  
Duke Leto Atreides  
Ed Mercer  
Flash Gordon  
Goodchild, Trevor  
Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd  
Inhumans  
James T. Kirk  
Krulls  
Lazarus Long  
Mad Max  
Nestor  
Odo  
Powell, Gregory  
Quatermass, Prof. Bernard  
Rogers, Buck  
Sarek of Vulcan  
The Terminator  
Uhura  
Vogons

Resistance is futile!

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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:** [September 27, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3224 "2023-09-27T21:26:48Z")

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**Science-fiction characters**

Ahsoka Tano  
Ben Reich  
C-3PO  
Duke Leto Atreides  
Ed Mercer  
Flash Gordon  
Goodchild, Trevor  
Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd  
Inhumans  
James T. Kirk  
Krulls  
Lazarus Long  
Mad Max  
Nestor  
Odo  
Powell, Gregory  
Quatermass, Prof. Bernard  
Rogers, Buck  
Sarek of Vulcan  
The Terminator  
Uhura  
Vogons  
Windu, Mace

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**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 27, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3225 "2023-09-27T21:32:36Z")

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**Science-fiction characters**

Ahsoka Tano  
Ben Reich  
C-3PO  
Duke Leto Atreides  
Ed Mercer  
Flash Gordon  
Goodchild, Trevor  
Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd  
Inhumans  
James T. Kirk  
Krulls  
Lazarus Long  
Mad Max  
Nestor  
Odo  
Powell, Gregory  
Quatermass, Prof. Bernard  
Rogers, Buck  
Sarek of Vulcan  
The Terminator  
Uhura  
Vogons  
Windu, Mace  
X-Men

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3226 "2023-09-27T22:43:33Z")

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**Science-fiction characters**

Ahsoka Tano  
Ben Reich  
C-3PO  
Duke Leto Atreides  
Ed Mercer  
Flash Gordon  
Goodchild, Trevor  
Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd  
Inhumans  
James T. Kirk  
Krulls  
Lazarus Long  
Mad Max  
Nestor  
Odo  
Powell, Gregory  
Quatermass, Prof. Bernard  
Rogers, Buck  
Sarek of Vulcan  
The Terminator  
Uhura  
Vogons  
Windu, Mace  
X-Men  
Yog-Sothoth

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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:** [September 27, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3227 "2023-09-27T22:55:58Z")

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**Science-fiction characters**

Ahsoka Tano  
Ben Reich  
C-3PO  
Duke Leto Atreides  
Ed Mercer  
Flash Gordon  
Goodchild, Trevor  
Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd  
Inhumans  
James T. Kirk  
Krulls  
Lazarus Long  
Mad Max  
Nestor  
Odo  
Powell, Gregory  
Quatermass, Prof. Bernard  
Rogers, Buck  
Sarek of Vulcan  
The Terminator  
Uhura  
Vogons  
Windu, Mace  
X-Men  
Yog-Sothoth  
Zardoz

Next up:

**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3228 "2023-09-27T23:03:17Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_

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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:** [September 27, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3229 "2023-09-27T23:06:31Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the

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**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 27, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3230 "2023-09-27T23:57:52Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the  
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

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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:** [September 28, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3231 "2023-09-28T00:47:55Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the  
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan  
Ellery Queen

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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:** [September 28, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3232 "2023-09-28T00:50:04Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the  
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan  
Ellery Queen  
Fair, A.A.

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**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 28, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3233 "2023-09-28T01:00:32Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the  
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan  
Ellery Queen  
Fair, A.A.  
Gardner, Erle Stanley

As I recall, A.A. Fair was one of his pseudonyms, of which he had at least a half-dozen

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3234 "2023-09-28T01:52:10Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the  
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan  
Ellery Queen  
Fair, A.A.  
Gardner, Erle Stanley  
Hammett, Dashiell

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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:** [September 28, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3235 "2023-09-28T03:30:06Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the  
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan  
Ellery Queen  
Fair, A.A.  
Gardner, Erle Stanley  
Hammett, Dashiell  
Inspector G. Lestrade

Conan Doyle only ever told us his first initial and last name.

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**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:** [September 28, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3236 "2023-09-28T11:33:26Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the  
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan  
Ellery Queen  
Fair, A.A.  
Gardner, Erle Stanley  
Hammett, Dashiell  
Inspector G. Lestrade  
John Grisham

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3237 "2023-09-28T13:58:31Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the  
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan  
Ellery Queen  
Fair, A.A.  
Gardner, Erle Stanley  
Hammett, Dashiell  
Inspector G. Lestrade  
John Grisham  
Kimball, Sally

Associate (and muscle) to Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown

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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:** [September 28, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3238 "2023-09-28T14:56:03Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the  
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan  
Ellery Queen  
Fair, A.A.  
Gardner, Erle Stanley  
Hammett, Dashiell  
Inspector G. Lestrade  
John Grisham  
Kimball, Sally  
Lew Archer

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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:** [September 28, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3239 "2023-09-28T17:53:11Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the  
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan  
Ellery Queen  
Fair, A.A.  
Gardner, Erle Stanley  
Hammett, Dashiell  
Inspector G. Lestrade  
John Grisham  
Kimball, Sally  
Lew Archer  
Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock’s older, smarter but larger and more lethargic brother.

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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:** [September 28, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3240 "2023-09-28T17:53:47Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the  
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan  
Ellery Queen  
Fair, A.A.  
Gardner, Erle Stanley  
Hammett, Dashiell  
Inspector G. Lestrade  
John Grisham  
Kimball, Sally  
Lew Archer  
Mycroft Holmes  
Nero Wolfe

satisfactory.

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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:** [September 28, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3241 "2023-09-28T18:06:38Z")

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**Mystery and crime fiction**

Agatha Christie  
_Black Mass_  
Continental Op, the  
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan  
Ellery Queen  
Fair, A.A.  
Gardner, Erle Stanley  
Hammett, Dashiell  
Inspector G. Lestrade  
John Grisham  
Kimball, Sally  
Lew Archer  
Mycroft Holmes  
Nero Wolfe  
O’Leary, Ptl. Daniel

From _Cold Case_.

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