# 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:** 372
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7422 "2025-01-24T14:43:20Z")
**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 Odesa, Ukraine ---
**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, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7423 "2025-01-24T14:53:38Z")
**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 Odesa, Ukraine Peenemünde, Germany ---
**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 24, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7424 "2025-01-24T19:39:43Z")
**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 Odesa, Ukraine Peenemünde, Germany Quimper, France The only Q-city in Europe I could find. ---
**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, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7425 "2025-01-24T20:18:41Z")
**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 Odesa, Ukraine Peenemünde, Germany Quimper, France Reykjavík, Iceland ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7426 "2025-01-24T20:54:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Quimper, France > > The only Q-city in Europe I could find. DAMNIT !!! THAT’S THE TOPONYM I WAS LOOKING FOR EARLIER! 😄 **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 Odesa, Ukraine Peenemünde, Germany Quimper, France Reykjavík, Iceland Saint Petersburg, Russia ---
**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 24, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7427 "2025-01-24T21:12:46Z")
**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 Odesa, Ukraine Peenemünde, Germany Quimper, France Reykjavík, Iceland Saint Petersburg, Russia Toledo, Spain ---
**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 24, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7428 "2025-01-24T21:40:42Z")
Glad to help, **themapleleaf**! 😉 **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 Odesa, Ukraine Peenemünde, Germany Quimper, France Reykjavík, Iceland Saint Petersburg, Russia Toledo, Spain Ushant, France ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7429 "2025-01-24T21:49:11Z")
**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 Odesa, Ukraine Peenemünde, Germany Quimper, France Reykjavík, Iceland Saint Petersburg, Russia Toledo, Spain Ushant, France Vienna, Austria ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7430 "2025-01-24T22:24:54Z")
**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-Tyne, United Kingdom Odesa, Ukraine Peenemünde, Germany Quimper, France Reykjavík, Iceland Saint Petersburg, Russia Toledo, Spain Ushant, France Vienna, Austria Winterthur, Switzerland nitpick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, not Tyme ---
**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 24, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7431 "2025-01-24T22:31:05Z")
Parsley, sage, rosemary and… **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-Tyne, United Kingdom Odesa, Ukraine Peenemünde, Germany Quimper, France Reykjavík, Iceland Saint Petersburg, Russia Toledo, Spain Ushant, France Vienna, Austria Winterthur, Switzerland Xerta, Spain Yes, I had to look it up. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7432 "2025-01-24T22:54:33Z")
**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-Tyne, United Kingdom Odesa, Ukraine Peenemünde, Germany Quimper, France Reykjavík, Iceland Saint Petersburg, Russia Toledo, Spain Ushant, France Vienna, Austria Winterthur, Switzerland Xerta, Spain York, England ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7433 "2025-01-25T16:51:17Z")
**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-Tyne, United Kingdom Odesa, Ukraine Peenemünde, Germany Quimper, France Reykjavík, Iceland Saint Petersburg, Russia Toledo, Spain Ushant, France Vienna, Austria Winterthur, Switzerland Xerta, Spain York, England Zurich, Switzerland pass ---
**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 25, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7434 "2025-01-25T17:12:09Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ ---
**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 25, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7435 "2025-01-25T18:49:00Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ ---
**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 25, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7436 "2025-01-25T19:40:39Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ ---
**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 25, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7437 "2025-01-25T22:06:08Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ ---
**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 26, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7438 "2025-01-26T01:16:09Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ ---
**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:** [January 26, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7439 "2025-01-26T01:18:30Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7440 "2025-01-26T02:06:26Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ ---
**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 26, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7441 "2025-01-26T04:53:42Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=371) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=373)