# 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:** 203
**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 17, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4042 "2023-12-17T04:40:15Z")
**World Media Sources** Age, The (Melbourne, Australia, newspaper) BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) CBS (Columbia Broadcast System) Doordarshan (Indian State-owned public TV broadcaster) Enquirer, The National (highly reputable news source) France24 (Paris-based TV news network) Gannett (American-based mass media conglomerate) HuffPost (American-based progressive news website, originally created as an alternative to conservative sources such as the Drudge Report) India Times (Fourth largest paper in India) Jerusalem Post (Israel’s largest and oldest English-language paper) King Features Syndicate (American animation distributor) Limerick Post (Free weekly newspaper in Limerick) MSNBC (TV news source) NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) Onion, The (America’s Finest News Source) PBS (Public Broadcasting System) Quanah Tribune-Chief (Quanah, TX newspaper since 1897 - now semiweekly) RT (formerly “Russia Today” - source of propaganda for Russia) Sacramento Bee (principal newspaper in the California capital region since 1857) The Times (of London, 1st newspaper in the world to bear that name since 1788) USA Today (daily national U.S. newspaper, published by Gannett) Vanguard (independent newspaper, Lagos, Nigeria) ---
**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:** [December 17, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4043 "2023-12-17T13:09:43Z")
**World Media Sources** Age, The (Melbourne, Australia, newspaper) BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) CBS (Columbia Broadcast System) Doordarshan (Indian State-owned public TV broadcaster) Enquirer, The National (highly reputable news source) France24 (Paris-based TV news network) Gannett (American-based mass media conglomerate) HuffPost (American-based progressive news website, originally created as an alternative to conservative sources such as the Drudge Report) India Times (Fourth largest paper in India) Jerusalem Post (Israel’s largest and oldest English-language paper) King Features Syndicate (American animation distributor) Limerick Post (Free weekly newspaper in Limerick) MSNBC (TV news source) NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) Onion, The (America’s Finest News Source) PBS (Public Broadcasting System) Quanah Tribune-Chief (Quanah, TX newspaper since 1897 - now semiweekly) RT (formerly “Russia Today” - source of propaganda for Russia) Sacramento Bee (principal newspaper in the California capital region since 1857) The Times (of London, 1st newspaper in the world to bear that name since 1788) USA Today (daily national U.S. newspaper, published by Gannett) Vanguard (independent newspaper, Lagos, Nigeria) Wall Street Journal, The (Business & Economics Focus, NYC) ---
**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:** [December 17, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4044 "2023-12-17T17:52:39Z")
**World Media Sources** Age, The (Melbourne, Australia, newspaper) BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) CBS (Columbia Broadcast System) Doordarshan (Indian State-owned public TV broadcaster) Enquirer, The National (highly reputable news source) France24 (Paris-based TV news network) Gannett (American-based mass media conglomerate) HuffPost (American-based progressive news website, originally created as an alternative to conservative sources such as the Drudge Report) India Times (Fourth largest paper in India) Jerusalem Post (Israel’s largest and oldest English-language paper) King Features Syndicate (American animation distributor) Limerick Post (Free weekly newspaper in Limerick) MSNBC (TV news source) NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) Onion, The (America’s Finest News Source) PBS (Public Broadcasting System) Quanah Tribune-Chief (Quanah, TX newspaper since 1897 - now semiweekly) RT (formerly “Russia Today” - source of propaganda for Russia) Sacramento Bee (principal newspaper in the California capital region since 1857) The Times (of London, 1st newspaper in the world to bear that name since 1788) USA Today (daily national U.S. newspaper, published by Gannett) Vanguard (independent newspaper, Lagos, Nigeria) Wall Street Journal, The (Business & Economics Focus, NYC) X (website formerly known as Twitter, leading source of misinformation, fake news, and blatant lies in the civilized world) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 17, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4045 "2023-12-17T18:42:02Z")
**World Media Sources** Age, The (Melbourne, Australia, newspaper) BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) CBS (Columbia Broadcast System) Doordarshan (Indian State-owned public TV broadcaster) Enquirer, The National (highly reputable news source) France24 (Paris-based TV news network) Gannett (American-based mass media conglomerate) HuffPost (American-based progressive news website, originally created as an alternative to conservative sources such as the Drudge Report) India Times (Fourth largest paper in India) Jerusalem Post (Israel’s largest and oldest English-language paper) King Features Syndicate (American animation distributor) Limerick Post (Free weekly newspaper in Limerick) MSNBC (TV news source) NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) Onion, The (America’s Finest News Source) PBS (Public Broadcasting System) Quanah Tribune-Chief (Quanah, TX newspaper since 1897 - now semiweekly) RT (formerly “Russia Today” - source of propaganda for Russia) Sacramento Bee (principal newspaper in the California capital region since 1857) The Times (of London, 1st newspaper in the world to bear that name since 1788) USA Today (daily national U.S. newspaper, published by Gannett) Vanguard (independent newspaper, Lagos, Nigeria) Wall Street Journal, The (Business & Economics Focus, NYC) X (website formerly known as Twitter, leading source of misinformation, fake news, and blatant lies in the civilized world) Youngstown Vindicator (Ohio newspaper; operations drastically scaled back in recent years) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4046 "2023-12-17T20:33:51Z")
**World Media Sources** Age, The (Melbourne, Australia, newspaper) BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) CBS (Columbia Broadcast System) Doordarshan (Indian State-owned public TV broadcaster) Enquirer, The National (highly reputable news source) France24 (Paris-based TV news network) Gannett (American-based mass media conglomerate) HuffPost (American-based progressive news website, originally created as an alternative to conservative sources such as the Drudge Report) India Times (Fourth largest paper in India) Jerusalem Post (Israel’s largest and oldest English-language paper) King Features Syndicate (American animation distributor) Limerick Post (Free weekly newspaper in Limerick) MSNBC (TV news source) NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) Onion, The (America’s Finest News Source) PBS (Public Broadcasting System) Quanah Tribune-Chief (Quanah, TX newspaper since 1897 - now semiweekly) RT (formerly “Russia Today” - source of propaganda for Russia) Sacramento Bee (principal newspaper in the California capital region since 1857) The Times (of London, 1st newspaper in the world to bear that name since 1788) USA Today (daily national U.S. newspaper, published by Gannett) Vanguard (independent newspaper, Lagos, Nigeria) Wall Street Journal, The (Business & Economics Focus, NYC) X (website formerly known as Twitter, leading source of misinformation, fake news, and blatant lies in the civilized world) Youngstown Vindicator (Ohio newspaper; operations drastically scaled back in recent years) ZEE Entertainment Enterprise (multi-media conglomerate based in India) pass ---
**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:** [December 17, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4047 "2023-12-17T20:44:37Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4048 "2023-12-17T20:46:55Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day ---
**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:** [December 17, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4049 "2023-12-17T21:19:17Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day Christmas Somebody had to say it ---
**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 17, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4050 "2023-12-17T22:21:58Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day Christmas Decoration Day Now Memorial Day. ---
**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 17, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4051 "2023-12-17T22:24:03Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day Christmas Decoration Day Easter ---
**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:** [December 17, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4052 "2023-12-17T23:39:00Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day Christmas Decoration Day Easter Father’s Day ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4053 "2023-12-17T23:52:40Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day Christmas Decoration Day Easter Father’s Day Groundhog Day ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4054 "2023-12-18T00:24:05Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day Christmas Decoration Day Easter Father’s Day Groundhog Day Holi. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4055 "2023-12-18T02:02:02Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day Christmas Decoration Day Easter Father’s Day Groundhog Day Holi. Independence Day ---
**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:** [December 18, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4056 "2023-12-18T09:21:49Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day Christmas Decoration Day Easter Father’s Day Groundhog Day Holi. Independence Day Jefferson Davis’s Birthday _(June 5th)_ Alabama is the only state that still closes state offices and gives state workers a paid day off for it, but it is the focus of smaller local observances throughout the Deep South _ **-“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:** [December 18, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4057 "2023-12-18T15:44:10Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day Christmas Decoration Day Easter Father’s Day Groundhog Day Holi. Independence Day Jefferson Davis’s Birthday _(June 5th)_ Kamehameha Day ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4058 "2023-12-18T15:49:25Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day Christmas Decoration Day Easter Father’s Day Groundhog Day Holi. Independence Day Jefferson Davis’s Birthday _(June 5th)_ Kamehameha Day Labor Day ---
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**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day Christmas Decoration Day Easter Father’s Day Groundhog Day Holi. Independence Day Jefferson Davis’s Birthday _(June 5th)_ Kamehameha Day Labor Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4060 "2023-12-18T19:19:06Z")
**Happy Holidays** Armistice Day Bastille Day Christmas Decoration Day Easter Father’s Day Groundhog Day Holi Independence Day Jefferson Davis’s Birthday _(June 5th)_ Kamehameha Day Labor Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Navy Day > **[Navy Day | United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Day#United_States)** > > In the United States, the Navy League of the United States organized the first Navy Day in 1922, holding it on October 27 because it was the birthday of 26th President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919, served 1901–1909), who was a naval enthusiast/promoter of sea power and former assistant Secretary of the Navy just before the Spanish–American War of 1898. Although meeting with mixed reviews the first year, in 1923 over 50 major cities participated, and the United States Navy sent a number of its sh... ---
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