# 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:** 316
**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:** [September 26, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6302 "2024-09-26T23:55:46Z")
**Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ ---
**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 27, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6303 "2024-09-27T01:40:03Z")
**Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Othello (_Othello_) / Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ Prospero (_The Tempest_) ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6304 "2024-09-27T02:16:17Z")
**Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Othello (_Othello_) / Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ Prospero (_The Tempest_) Quince, Peter (_A Midsummer Night’s Dream_) One of the Rude Mechanicals. My friend Gary played him in our prep school’s production of the play (I played Oberon). ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6305 "2024-09-27T03:08:47Z")
**Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Othello (_Othello_) / Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ Prospero (_The Tempest_) Quince, Peter (_A Midsummer Night’s Dream_) Rosalind _(As You Like It)_ ---
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**Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Othello (_Othello_) / Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ Prospero (_The Tempest_) Quince, Peter (_A Midsummer Night’s Dream_) Rosalind _(As You Like It)_ Sir Toby Belch (_Twelfth Night_) ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6307 "2024-09-27T04:37:15Z")
“Sir” is a style, an honorific, not a name. **Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Othello (_Othello_) / Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ Prospero (_The Tempest_) Quince, Peter (_A Midsummer Night’s Dream_) Rosalind _(As You Like It)_ Scrope, Lord (_Henry V_) ---
**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:** [September 27, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6308 "2024-09-27T07:01:14Z")
**Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Othello (_Othello_) / Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ Prospero (_The Tempest_) Quince, Peter (_A Midsummer Night’s Dream_) Rosalind _(As You Like It)_ Scrope, Lord (_Henry V_) Trinculo _(The Tempest)_ ---
**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 27, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6309 "2024-09-27T07:25:30Z")
**Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Othello (_Othello_) / Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ Prospero (_The Tempest_) Quince, Peter (_A Midsummer Night’s Dream_) Rosalind _(As You Like It)_ Scrope, Lord (_Henry V_) Trinculo _(The Tempest)_ Ulysses _(Troilus and Cressida)_ Toby Belch, above, would have been another good T entry ---
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**Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Othello (_Othello_) / Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ Prospero (_The Tempest_) Quince, Peter (_A Midsummer Night’s Dream_) Rosalind _(As You Like It)_ Scrope, Lord (_Henry V_) Trinculo _(The Tempest)_ Ulysses _(Troilus and Cressida)_ Vincentio _(The Taming of the Shrew)_ ---
**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:** [September 27, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6311 "2024-09-27T13:04:23Z")
**Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Othello (_Othello_) / Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ Prospero (_The Tempest_) Quince, Peter (_A Midsummer Night’s Dream_) Rosalind _(As You Like It)_ Scrope, Lord (_Henry V_) Trinculo _(The Tempest)_ Ulysses _(Troilus and Cressida)_ Vincentio _(The Taming of the Shrew)_ Walter Whitmore _(Henry VI, Part 2)_ ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6312 "2024-09-27T17:18:01Z")
**Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Othello (_Othello_) / Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ Prospero (_The Tempest_) Quince, Peter (_A Midsummer Night’s Dream_) Rosalind _(As You Like It)_ Scrope, Lord (_Henry V_) Trinculo _(The Tempest)_ Ulysses _(Troilus and Cressida)_ Vincentio _(The Taming of the Shrew)_ Walter Whitmore _(Henry VI, Part 2)_ X, which stands for the Christ, in paintings by William Shakespeare Burton (1824-1916) ---
**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:** [September 27, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6313 "2024-09-27T17:19:28Z")
**Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Othello (_Othello_) / Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ Prospero (_The Tempest_) Quince, Peter (_A Midsummer Night’s Dream_) Rosalind _(As You Like It)_ Scrope, Lord (_Henry V_) Trinculo _(The Tempest)_ Ulysses _(Troilus and Cressida)_ Vincentio _(The Taming of the Shrew)_ Walter Whitmore _(Henry VI, Part 2)_ X, which stands for the Christ, in paintings by William Shakespeare Burton (1824-1916) Yorik _(Hamlet)_ At least his skull showed up. ---
**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 27, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6314 "2024-09-27T20:20:18Z")
**Characters from Shakespeare** … _(please also cite the work)_ Antonio _(the eponymous ‘Merchant of Venice’)_ Benvolio _(Romeo & Juliet)_ Claudius _(Hamlet)_ Desdemona _(Othello)_ Elbow (_Measure For Measure_) Falstaff _(Henry IV, parts I and II; The Merry Wives of Windsor)_ Goneril _(King Lear)_ Horatio _(Hamlet)_ Iago _(Othello)_ Juliet (_Romeo & Juliet_) Katherina (_The Taming of the Shrew_ ) Laertes (_Hamlet_ ) Macbeth (_Macbeth_ ) Nerissa (_The Merchant of Venice_) Othello (_Othello_) / Orsino _(Twelfth Night)_ Prospero (_The Tempest_) Quince, Peter (_A Midsummer Night’s Dream_) Rosalind _(As You Like It)_ Scrope, Lord (_Henry V_) Trinculo _(The Tempest)_ Ulysses _(Troilus and Cressida)_ Vincentio _(The Taming of the Shrew)_ Walter Whitmore _(Henry VI, Part 2)_ X, which stands for the Christ, in paintings by William Shakespeare Burton (1824-1916) Yorik _(Hamlet)_ Zelda (from the unwritten, never-performed Shakespeare drama _As You Hate It_) TIL there are no Z characters in the Shakespeare canon. 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:** [September 27, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6315 "2024-09-27T21:22:25Z")
Well, the closest I get is Zeffirelli, Franco, who directed a lot of stage plays and a movie version of _Romeo & Juliet_. ---
**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 27, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6316 "2024-09-27T21:22:55Z")
There’s one possible Z character: Zed, Whoreson (King Lear) It’s what Kent calls Oswald: Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter! ---
**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, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6317 "2024-09-29T03:32:24Z")
I prefer Zelda. ---
**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, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6318 "2024-09-29T07:46:53Z")
**Characters in animation** Asmodeus - Helluva Boss ---
**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:** [September 29, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6319 "2024-09-29T09:14:23Z")
**Characters in animation** Asmodeus - Helluva Boss Bumblebee - Transformers ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6320 "2024-09-29T13:50:47Z")
**Characters in animation** Asmodeus - Helluva Boss Bumblebee - Transformers Chucky - Rugrats ---
**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, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6321 "2024-09-29T14:57:56Z")
**Characters in animation** Asmodeus - Helluva Boss Bumblebee - Transformers Chucky - Rugrats Donald Duck - Disney [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=315) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=317)