# 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:** 197
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3922 "2023-12-01T13:34:11Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3923 "2023-12-01T13:34:44Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3924 "2023-12-01T13:48:19Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3925 "2023-12-01T14:35:17Z")
Kicking myself that I wasn’t here in time to post “Blawnox (Penna.)”! The ugliest placename I know, and something of a SDMB meme. **More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) > **[George, Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George,_Washington)** > > George is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 809 at the 2020 census. The "humorous homage" to President George Washington has landed George, Washington on lists of unusual place names. > The city is known for being near The Gorge Amphitheatre, sometimes called "The Gorge at George". The Gorge Amphitheatre was the location of the annual Sasquatch! Music Festival. > The city also celebrates national holidays such as the Fourth of July, and Washington's Birthday, w... ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3926 "2023-12-01T14:37:05Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) [Hell (Michigan)](https://www.gotohellmi.com/) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3927 "2023-12-01T14:38:20Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3928 "2023-12-01T14:44:30Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3929 "2023-12-01T17:17:02Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas The K is _not_ silent. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3930 "2023-12-01T19:06:09Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas Liverpool (England) I was there last year and it was a much more pleasant city than I expected. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3931 "2023-12-02T01:41:10Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas Liverpool (England) Mashpee (Massachusetts) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3932 "2023-12-02T11:06:50Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas Liverpool (England) Mashpee (Massachusetts) Neepawa (Manitoba) Birthplace of Canadian fiction wirter Margaret Laurence. Served as the basis for the “Manawaka” in several of her novels. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3933 "2023-12-02T15:25:20Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas Liverpool (England) Mashpee (Massachusetts) Neepawa (Manitoba) Oughterard (Ireland) Named as the birthplace and burial place of Michael Furey, by James Joyce in his great short story “The Dead”. Joyce was fictionalizing Michael Bodkin, a young man from Oughterard in Galway, who had been the first love of Nora Barnacle, Joyce’s wife. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3934 "2023-12-02T16:34:13Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas Liverpool (England) Mashpee (Massachusetts) Neepawa (Manitoba) Oughterard (Ireland) Poughkeepsie (New York) This popped into my head for no reasons other than (a) it’s funny to say, and (b) I just watched _The French Connection_ last night and remembered the line, “Do you pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?” ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3935 "2023-12-02T16:57:22Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas Liverpool (England) Mashpee (Massachusetts) Neepawa (Manitoba) Oughterard (Ireland) Poughkeepsie (New York) Quincy (Massachusetts) ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3936 "2023-12-03T01:56:26Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas Liverpool (England) Mashpee (Massachusetts) Neepawa (Manitoba) Oughterard (Ireland) Poughkeepsie (New York) Quincy (Massachusetts) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) It’s the capital of its state but not of the country ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3937 "2023-12-03T13:13:54Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas Liverpool (England) Mashpee (Massachusetts) Neepawa (Manitoba) Oughterard (Ireland) Poughkeepsie (New York) Quincy (Massachusetts) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Saint-Pie (Quebec) Named for the patron saint of the SDMB? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3938 "2023-12-03T16:35:42Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas Liverpool (England) Mashpee (Massachusetts) Neepawa (Manitoba) Oughterard (Ireland) Poughkeepsie (New York) Quincy (Massachusetts) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Saint-Pie (Quebec) Trenčín (Slovakia) ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3939 "2023-12-03T17:36:47Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas Liverpool (England) Mashpee (Massachusetts) Neepawa (Manitoba) Oughterard (Ireland) Poughkeepsie (New York) Quincy (Massachusetts) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Saint-Pie (Quebec) Trenčín (Slovakia) Uxbridge (Massachusetts) (Named for the Earl of Uxbridge) ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3940 "2023-12-03T17:52:27Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas Liverpool (England) Mashpee (Massachusetts) Neepawa (Manitoba) Oughterard (Ireland) Poughkeepsie (New York) Quincy (Massachusetts) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Saint-Pie (Quebec) Trenčín (Slovakia) Uxbridge (Massachusetts) Versailles (France) Not _currently_ a national capital, anyway. 😉 ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3941 "2023-12-03T19:14:57Z")
**More miscellaneous towns that are not national capitals** Arvada (Colorado) Benešov (Czech Republic) Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Des Plaines (Illinois) Essex (UK) Franklin (Virginia) George (Washington) Hell (Michigan) Itasca, (Texas) Jalisco (Mexico) Knippa, Texas Liverpool (England) Mashpee (Massachusetts) Neepawa (Manitoba) Oughterard (Ireland) Poughkeepsie (New York) Quincy (Massachusetts) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Saint-Pie (Quebec) Trenčín (Slovakia) Uxbridge (Massachusetts) Versailles (France) Williamsburg (Virginia) Former colonial and state capital. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=196) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=198)