# 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\
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**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:** [January 23, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7402 "2025-01-23T13:27:19Z")

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**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:** [January 23, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7403 "2025-01-23T18:01:35Z")

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Anne Hathaway  
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Charles Coburn  
Dustin Hoffman  
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George Raft  
Helen Hayes  
Itzhak Perlman  
Jackie Kennedy Onassis  
Katy Perry  
Larry Hagman  
Marilyn Monroe  
Natasha Richardson  
Oscar Wilde  
Penny Marshall  
Quincy Jones  
Robert Redford  
Steve McQueen  
Thomas Jefferson / Terry-Thomas  
Ursula Andress  
Victor Borge

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**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7404 "2025-01-23T18:05:38Z")

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Anne Hathaway  
Barbara Eden  
Charles Coburn  
Dustin Hoffman  
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George Raft  
Helen Hayes  
Itzhak Perlman  
Jackie Kennedy Onassis  
Katy Perry  
Larry Hagman  
Marilyn Monroe  
Natasha Richardson  
Oscar Wilde  
Penny Marshall  
Quincy Jones  
Robert Redford  
Steve McQueen  
Thomas Jefferson / Terry-Thomas  
Ursula Andress  
Victor Borge  
Wayne Newton

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**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:** [January 23, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7405 "2025-01-23T18:07:58Z")

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**Celebrities of Today and Yesteryear**

Anne Hathaway  
Barbara Eden  
Charles Coburn  
Dustin Hoffman  
Ernest Hemingway  
Frank Sinatra  
George Raft  
Helen Hayes  
Itzhak Perlman  
Jackie Kennedy Onassis  
Katy Perry  
Larry Hagman  
Marilyn Monroe  
Natasha Richardson  
Oscar Wilde  
Penny Marshall  
Quincy Jones  
Robert Redford  
Steve McQueen  
Thomas Jefferson / Terry-Thomas  
Ursula Andress  
Victor Borge  
Wayne Newton  
Xavier Cugat

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**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7406 "2025-01-23T18:08:35Z")

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Anne Hathaway  
Barbara Eden  
Charles Coburn  
Dustin Hoffman  
Ernest Hemingway  
Frank Sinatra  
George Raft  
Helen Hayes  
Itzhak Perlman  
Jackie Kennedy Onassis  
Katy Perry  
Larry Hagman  
Marilyn Monroe  
Natasha Richardson  
Oscar Wilde  
Penny Marshall  
Quincy Jones  
Robert Redford  
Steve McQueen  
Thomas Jefferson / Terry-Thomas  
Ursula Andress  
Victor Borge  
Wayne Newton  
Xaviera Hollander

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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:** [January 23, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7407 "2025-01-23T18:57:15Z")

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**Celebrities of Today and Yesteryear**

Anne Hathaway  
Barbara Eden  
Charles Coburn  
Dustin Hoffman  
Ernest Hemingway  
Frank Sinatra  
George Raft  
Helen Hayes  
Itzhak Perlman  
Jackie Kennedy Onassis  
Katy Perry  
Larry Hagman  
Marilyn Monroe  
Natasha Richardson  
Oscar Wilde  
Penny Marshall  
Quincy Jones  
Robert Redford  
Steve McQueen  
Thomas Jefferson / Terry-Thomas  
Ursula Andress  
Victor Borge  
Wayne Newton  
Xavier Cugat  
Yvonne De Carlo

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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:** [January 23, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7408 "2025-01-23T20:20:03Z")

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**Celebrities of Today and Yesteryear**

Anne Hathaway  
Barbara Eden  
Charles Coburn  
Dustin Hoffman  
Ernest Hemingway  
Frank Sinatra  
George Raft  
Helen Hayes  
Itzhak Perlman  
Jackie Kennedy Onassis  
Katy Perry  
Larry Hagman  
Marilyn Monroe  
Natasha Richardson  
Oscar Wilde  
Penny Marshall  
Quincy Jones  
Robert Redford  
Steve McQueen  
Thomas Jefferson / Terry-Thomas  
Ursula Andress  
Victor Borge  
Wayne Newton  
Xavier Cugat  
Yvonne De Carlo  
Zsa Zsa Gabor

**European Cities**

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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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:** [January 23, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7409 "2025-01-23T20:37:29Z")

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**European Cities**

Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Berlin, Germany

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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:** [January 23, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7410 "2025-01-23T21:20:14Z")

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Catania, Sicily, Italy

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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:** [January 23, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7411 "2025-01-23T21:58:59Z")

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Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Berlin, Germany  
Catania, Sicily, Italy  
Dublin, Ireland

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**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7412 "2025-01-24T01:48:48Z")

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Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Berlin, Germany  
Catania, Sicily, Italy  
Dublin, Ireland  
Erding, Germany

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**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7413 "2025-01-24T04:31:22Z")

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Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Berlin, Germany  
Catania, Sicily, Italy  
Dublin, Ireland  
Erding, Germany  
Florence, Italy

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**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7414 "2025-01-24T04:34:09Z")

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Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Berlin, Germany  
Catania, Sicily, Italy  
Dublin, Ireland  
Erding, Germany  
Florence, Italy  
Grenoble, France

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**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7415 "2025-01-24T04:49:45Z")

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**European Cities**

Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Berlin, Germany  
Catania, Sicily, Italy  
Dublin, Ireland  
Erding, Germany  
Florence, Italy  
Grenoble, France  
Hamburg, Germany

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**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7416 "2025-01-24T05:05:04Z")

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Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Berlin, Germany  
Catania, Sicily, Italy  
Dublin, Ireland  
Erding, Germany  
Florence, Italy  
Grenoble, France  
Hamburg, Germany  
Inverness, Scotland

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**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7417 "2025-01-24T08:10:00Z")

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Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Berlin, Germany  
Catania, Sicily, Italy  
Dublin, Ireland  
Erding, Germany  
Florence, Italy  
Grenoble, France  
Hamburg, Germany  
Inverness, Scotland  
Jaroměř, Czech Republic

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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:** [January 24, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7418 "2025-01-24T12:42:49Z")

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Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Berlin, Germany  
Catania, Sicily, Italy  
Dublin, Ireland  
Erding, Germany  
Florence, Italy  
Grenoble, France  
Hamburg, Germany  
Inverness, Scotland  
Jaroměř, Czech Republic  
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland

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**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:** [January 24, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7419 "2025-01-24T13:32:33Z")

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**European Cities**

Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Berlin, Germany  
Catania, Sicily, Italy  
Dublin, Ireland  
Erding, Germany  
Florence, Italy  
Grenoble, France  
Hamburg, Germany  
Inverness, Scotland  
Jaroměř, Czech Republic  
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland  
Limerick, Ireland

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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:** [January 24, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7420 "2025-01-24T13:37:14Z")

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**European Cities**

Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Berlin, Germany  
Catania, Sicily, Italy  
Dublin, Ireland  
Erding, Germany  
Florence, Italy  
Grenoble, France  
Hamburg, Germany  
Inverness, Scotland  
Jaroměř, Czech Republic  
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland  
Limerick, Ireland  
Metz, France

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**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:** [January 24, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7421 "2025-01-24T14:02:22Z")

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[quote=“Cardigan, post:7420, topic:969097, full:true”]  
**European Cities**

Amsterdam, Netherlands  
Berlin, Germany  
Catania, Sicily, Italy  
Dublin, Ireland  
Erding, Germany  
Florence, Italy  
Grenoble, France  
Hamburg, Germany  
Inverness, Scotland  
Jaroměř, Czech Republic  
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland  
Limerick, Ireland  
Metz, France  
Newcastle-upon-Tyme, United Kingdom

this is the Newcastle referred to in the idiom, _‘like carrying coals to Newcastle’_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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