# 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:** 30
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/582 "2022-10-14T15:43:08Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/583 "2022-10-14T15:55:17Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/584 "2022-10-14T16:32:01Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 in the pleasure dome outside fusion reactor #2 ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/585 "2022-10-14T16:43:22Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD For the first meeting of the Althing, one of the first parliaments in the world. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/586 "2022-10-15T16:55:19Z")
> [@](#): > > **Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE ---
**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:** [October 16, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/587 "2022-10-16T00:24:35Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Pirate Central! ---
**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 16, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/588 "2022-10-16T00:37:18Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Lawrence, Kansas, 1856 Specifically, for the Sacking of Lawrence, in May of 1856. It was an event that led to “Bleeding Kansas,” the prelude to the US Civil War. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/589 "2022-10-16T00:48:04Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Lawrence, Kansas, 1856 Marathon, Greece, 490 BC Site of a key battle between the Greeks and the Persians ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/590 "2022-10-16T01:03:08Z")
> [@](#): > > **Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Lawrence, Kansas, 1856 Marathon, Greece, 490 BC New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am So I could pull some fire alarms in the Twin Towers, and get people to evacuate before they were hit. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/591 "2022-10-16T01:35:59Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Lawrence, Kansas, 1856 Marathon, Greece, 490 BC New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am Osaka, Japan, 640 AD The year of its establishment as capital of Japan ---
**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:** [October 16, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/592 "2022-10-16T03:24:14Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Lawrence, Kansas, 1856 Marathon, Greece, 490 BC New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am Osaka, Japan, 640 AD Philadelphia, 1787 Assuming I could sneak in to the Constitutional convention and listen in on the debates. ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/593 "2022-10-16T13:27:47Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Lawrence, Kansas, 1856 Marathon, Greece, 490 BC New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am Osaka, Japan, 640 AD Philadelphia, 1787 Quebec City, 1775 Battle of Quebec Rivkah, did you mean Jerusalem, 30 CE? I don’t recall much happening there in 30 BCE. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/594 "2022-10-16T14:26:54Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Lawrence, Kansas, 1856 Marathon, Greece, 490 BC New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am Osaka, Japan, 640 AD Philadelphia, 1787 Quebec City, 1775 Rome, 160 AD The imperial city during its best period ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/595 "2022-10-16T15:44:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Rivkah, did you mean Jerusalem, 30 CE? I don’t recall much happening there in 30 BCE. No, I did not. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/596 "2022-10-16T16:33:24Z")
What was there to see in 30 BCE? **Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Lawrence, Kansas, 1856 Marathon, Greece, 490 BC New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am Osaka, Japan, 640 AD Philadelphia, 1787 Quebec City, 1775 Rome, 160 AD Sumer, 3500 BCE Uruk was one happenin’ place when writing was introduced! ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/597 "2022-10-16T23:07:02Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Lawrence, Kansas, 1856 Marathon, Greece, 490 BC New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am Osaka, Japan, 640 AD Philadelphia, 1787 Quebec City, 1775 Rome, 160 AD Sumer, 3500 BCE Teotihuacan, Mexico 500 CE Major cultural and religious center; 6th largest city in the world at the time ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/598 "2022-10-17T12:46:29Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Lawrence, Kansas, 1856 Marathon, Greece, 490 BC New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am Osaka, Japan, 640 AD Philadelphia, 1787 Quebec City, 1775 Rome, 160 AD Sumer, 3500 BCE Teotihuacan, Mexico 500 CE U.K., Nov. 23, 1963 Stop off and get some advice from the Doctor at the start of his recorded travels. ---
**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 17, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/599 "2022-10-17T15:50:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > U.K., Nov. 23, 1963 > > Stop off and get some advice from the Doctor at the start of his recorded travels Good one. That’s the first time I’ve found someone to mention that date without referring to the events at Dealey Plaza. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/600 "2022-10-19T18:18:11Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Lawrence, Kansas, 1856 Marathon, Greece, 490 BC New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am Osaka, Japan, 640 AD Philadelphia, 1787 Quebec City, 1775 Rome, 160 AD Sumer, 3500 BCE Teotihuacan, Mexico 500 CE U.K., Nov. 23, 1963 Victoria Falls, Africa, Nov. 1855 David Livingstone is the first European to see and name the massive falls. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/601 "2022-10-19T18:54:36Z")
**Favorite time-travel destinations** Athens, 5th century BCE Baghdad, 1000 AD Constantinople, 6th century AD Damascus Edwardian England Florence, Italy during the Renaissance Galilee, 30 AD Houston, TX 2230 Iceland, 930 AD Jerusalem, 30 BCE Kingston, Jamaica, 1660 Lawrence, Kansas, 1856 Marathon, Greece, 490 BC New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am Osaka, Japan, 640 AD Philadelphia, 1787 Quebec City, 1775 Rome, 160 AD Sumer, 3500 BCE Teotihuacan, Mexico 500 CE U.K., Nov. 23, 1963 Victoria Falls, Africa, Nov. 1855 Washington, D.C. 2122 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=31)