# 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:** 244

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**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:** [May 1, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4862 "2024-05-01T13:48:09Z")

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**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java

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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:** [May 1, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4863 "2024-05-01T14:38:21Z")

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**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa

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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:** [May 1, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4864 "2024-05-01T14:43:32Z")

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**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island

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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:** [May 1, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4865 "2024-05-01T15:18:58Z")

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**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar

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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:** [May 1, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4866 "2024-05-01T15:20:23Z")

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**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru

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**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:** [May 1, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4867 "2024-05-01T15:21:00Z")

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**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru  
Oahu

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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:** [May 1, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4868 "2024-05-01T15:26:26Z")

</div>

**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Panay

The sixth-largest and fourth-most populous island in the Philippines (population 4.5 million)

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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:** [May 1, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4869 "2024-05-01T15:46:42Z")

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**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Panay  
Qelelevu

part of the Ringgold Isles of Fiji

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**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:** [May 1, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4870 "2024-05-01T16:54:30Z")

</div>

**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Panay  
Qelelevu  
Rikers

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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:** [May 1, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4871 "2024-05-01T19:28:31Z")

</div>

**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Panay  
Qelelevu  
Rikers  
Sicily

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4872 "2024-05-01T20:21:44Z")

</div>

**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Panay  
Qelelevu  
Rikers  
Sicily  
Taiwan

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4873 "2024-05-02T11:38:02Z")

</div>

**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Panay  
Qelelevu  
Rikers  
Sicily  
Taiwan  
Upolu

An island in Samoa.

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4874 "2024-05-02T12:54:28Z")

</div>

**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Panay  
Qelelevu  
Rikers  
Sicily  
Taiwan  
Upolu  
Vulcano Island

Small island off the north coast of Sicily - it is just what the name implies although there have been no eruptions since 1890.

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4875 "2024-05-02T15:18:03Z")

</div>

**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Panay  
Qelelevu  
Rikers  
Sicily  
Taiwan  
Upolu  
Vulcano Island  
Weepecket

among the Elizabeth Islands of Massachusetts

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**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:** [May 2, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4876 "2024-05-02T15:24:18Z")

</div>

**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Panay  
Qelelevu  
Rikers  
Sicily  
Taiwan  
Upolu  
Vulcano Island  
Weepecket  
Xiamen

Once again, the need for a geographic x sends us to China.

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4877 "2024-05-02T15:29:01Z")

</div>

**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Panay  
Qelelevu  
Rikers  
Sicily  
Taiwan  
Upolu  
Vulcano Island  
Weepecket  
Xiamen  
Yaya

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4878 "2024-05-02T19:54:41Z")

</div>

**Islands**

Australia  
Bermuda  
Cuba  
Disko Island  
Ellis Island  
Follett’s Island  
Greenland  
Hawai’i  
Ireland  
Java  
Krakatoa  
Long Island  
Madagascar  
Nauru  
Oahu  
Panay  
Qelelevu  
Rikers  
Sicily  
Taiwan  
Upolu  
Vulcano Island  
Weepecket  
Xiamen  
Yaya  
Zuiderduintjes

**Folksongs with origin**

Annie Laurie (Scotland)

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4879 "2024-05-02T20:00:54Z")

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**Folksongs with origin**

Annie Laurie (Scotland)  
[Barbara Allen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Allen_(song)) (somewhere in the UK, Scotland according to some sources)

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4880 "2024-05-02T20:25:13Z")

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**Folksongs with origin**

Annie Laurie (Scotland)  
[Barbara Allen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Allen_(song)) (somewhere in the UK, Scotland according to some sources)  
Coventry Carol (16th C. England)

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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:** [May 3, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4881 "2024-05-03T05:55:55Z")

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**Folksongs with origin**

Annie Laurie (Scotland)  
[Barbara Allen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Allen_(song)) (somewhere in the UK, Scotland according to some sources)  
Coventry Carol (16th C. England)  
Danny Boy (Ireland)

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