# 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\
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**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 28, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3242 "2023-09-28T18:18:02Z")

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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  
Professor Plum

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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, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3243 "2023-09-28T22:20:26Z")

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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  
Kimball, Sally  
Lew Archer  
Mycroft Holmes  
Nero Wolfe  
O’Leary, Ptl. Daniel  
Professor Plum  
Quin, The Mysterious Mr.

by Agatha Christie

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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 29, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3244 "2023-09-29T02:32:35Z")

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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  
Professor Plum  
Quin, The Mysterious Mr.  
Red-Headed League, The

A Holmes story.

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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 29, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3245 "2023-09-29T02:51:47Z")

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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  
O’Leary, Ptl. Daniel  
Professor Plum  
Quin, The Mysterious Mr.  
Red-Headed League, The  
Silence of the Lambs, The

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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 29, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3246 "2023-09-29T03:10:00Z")

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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  
Professor Plum  
Quin, The Mysterious Mr.  
Red-Headed League, The  
Silence of the Lambs, The  
Tey, Josephine

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**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:** [September 29, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3247 "2023-09-29T10:58:15Z")

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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  
Professor Plum  
Quin, The Mysterious Mr.  
Red-Headed League, The  
Silence of the Lambs, The  
Tey, Josephine  
Umberto Eco

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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 29, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3248 "2023-09-29T14:14:00Z")

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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  
Professor Plum  
Quin, The Mysterious Mr.  
Red-Headed League, The  
Silence of the Lambs, The  
Tey, Josephine  
Umberto Eco  
_Vincent_

British crime drama

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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 29, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3249 "2023-09-29T15:02:36Z")

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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  
Professor Plum  
Quin, The Mysterious Mr.  
Red-Headed League, The  
Silence of the Lambs, The  
Tey, Josephine  
Umberto Eco  
_Vincent_  
Watson, Dr. John H.

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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 29, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3250 "2023-09-29T15:34:19Z")

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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  
Professor Plum  
Quin, The Mysterious Mr.  
Red-Headed League, The  
Silence of the Lambs, The  
Tey, Josephine  
Umberto Eco  
_Vincent_  
Watson, Dr. John H.  
X marks the spot… of _murder!_

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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:** [October 1, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3251 "2023-10-01T03:26:27Z")

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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  
Professor Plum  
Quin, The Mysterious Mr.  
Red-Headed League, The  
Silence of the Lambs, The  
Tey, Josephine  
Umberto Eco  
_Vincent_  
Watson, Dr. John H.  
X marks the spot… of _murder!_  
Yellow Face, The

A Sherlock Holmes story, unusual in that Holmes makes a wrong deduction  
[Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 1894 Burt/The Yellow Face - Wikisource, the free online library](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_Sherlock_Holmes_1894_Burt/The_Yellow_Face)

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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:** [October 1, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3252 "2023-10-01T17:59:09Z")

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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  
Professor Plum  
Quin, The Mysterious Mr.  
Red-Headed League, The  
Silence of the Lambs, The  
Tey, Josephine  
Umberto Eco  
_Vincent_  
Watson, Dr. John H.  
X marks the spot… of _murder!_  
Yellow Face, The  
“Zoiks!”

Frequently exclaimed by Norville “Shaggy” Rogers, a member of Scooby Doo’s gang of Meddling Kids who often solve mysteries together.

pass

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**Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3253 "2023-10-01T22:52:28Z")

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**Categories for The Atoz Game**

Automobile Makes or Models

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**Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3254 "2023-10-01T22:54:17Z")

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**Categories for The Atoz Game**

Automobile Makes or Models  
Baseball

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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:** [October 2, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3255 "2023-10-02T00:35:04Z")

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**Categories for The Atoz Game**

Automobile Makes or Models  
Baseball  
Comic Strip Characters

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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:** [October 2, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3256 "2023-10-02T03:39:24Z")

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**Categories for The Atoz Game**

Automobile Makes or Models  
Baseball  
Comic Strip Characters  
Desserts

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**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:** [October 2, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3257 "2023-10-02T03:51:43Z")

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**Categories for The Atoz Game**

Automobile Makes or Models  
Baseball  
Comic Strip Characters  
Desserts  
Entertainers

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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:** [October 2, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3258 "2023-10-02T03:54:12Z")

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**Categories for The Atoz Game**

Automobile Makes or Models  
Baseball  
Comic Strip Characters  
Desserts  
Entertainers  
Food

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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:** [October 2, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3259 "2023-10-02T04:08:41Z")

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**Categories for The Atoz Game**

Automobile Makes or Models  
Baseball  
Comic Strip Characters  
Desserts  
Entertainers  
Food  
Geographic places

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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:** [October 2, 2023, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3260 "2023-10-02T06:13:02Z")

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**Categories for The Atoz Game**

Automobile Makes or Models  
Baseball  
Comic Strip Characters  
Desserts  
Entertainers  
Food  
Geographic places  
Hall of Fame basketball players

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**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:** [October 2, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3261 "2023-10-02T10:42:02Z")

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**Categories for The Atoz Game**

Automobile Makes or Models  
Baseball  
Comic Strip Characters  
Desserts  
Entertainers  
Food  
Geographic places  
Hall of Fame basketball players  
Insects

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