# 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:** 475

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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:** [September 3, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9482 "2025-09-03T23:32:03Z")

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**Places Where You’ve Lived**

Allouez, Wisconsin  
Bloomington, Indiana  
Çakmaklı, Turkey  
Dannemora, New York  
Elwood, Indiana  
Florida  
Gresham, Oregon  
Hollywood  
Indianapolis, Indiana  
(San) Jose, California  
Katy, Texas  
Liberal, Kansas  
Manila, Philippines  
North York, Ontario  
Oregon City, Oregon  
Polanco, CDMX, Mexico  
Quiet country road  
Ross Avenue  
Suffolk, Virginia  
Toronto, Ontario

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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:** [September 4, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9483 "2025-09-04T00:08:26Z")

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**Places Where You’ve Lived**

Allouez, Wisconsin  
Bloomington, Indiana  
Çakmaklı, Turkey  
Dannemora, New York  
Elwood, Indiana  
Florida  
Gresham, Oregon  
Hollywood  
Indianapolis, Indiana  
(San) Jose, California  
Katy, Texas  
Liberal, Kansas  
Manila, Philippines  
North York, Ontario  
Oregon City, Oregon  
Polanco, CDMX, Mexico  
Quiet country road  
Ross Avenue  
Suffolk, Virginia  
Toronto, Ontario  
Upper West Side, NYC

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**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9484 "2025-09-04T00:25:48Z")

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**Places Where You’ve Lived**

Allouez, Wisconsin  
Bloomington, Indiana  
Çakmaklı, Turkey  
Dannemora, New York  
Elwood, Indiana  
Florida  
Gresham, Oregon  
Hollywood  
Indianapolis, Indiana  
(San) Jose, California  
Katy, Texas  
Liberal, Kansas  
Manila, Philippines  
North York, Ontario  
Oregon City, Oregon  
Polanco, CDMX, Mexico  
Quiet country road  
Ross Avenue  
Suffolk, Virginia  
Toronto, Ontario  
Upper West Side, NYC  
Valley Junction, Oregon

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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:** [September 4, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9485 "2025-09-04T19:24:07Z")

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**Places Where You’ve Lived**

Allouez, Wisconsin  
Bloomington, Indiana  
Çakmaklı, Turkey  
Dannemora, New York  
Elwood, Indiana  
Florida  
Gresham, Oregon  
Hollywood  
Indianapolis, Indiana  
(San) Jose, California  
Katy, Texas  
Liberal, Kansas  
Manila, Philippines  
North York, Ontario  
Oregon City, Oregon  
Polanco, CDMX, Mexico  
Quiet country road  
Ross Avenue  
Suffolk, Virginia  
Toronto, Ontario  
Upper West Side, NYC  
Valley Junction, Oregon  
Willowdale, Ontario

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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:** [September 11, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9486 "2025-09-11T19:25:50Z")

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Looks like we’ve been stuck for a week..Paging any poster who’s lived in a location starting with X?

Or are we willing to accept a location with an X in its name just to get us unstuck?

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**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:** [September 11, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9487 "2025-09-11T19:37:13Z")

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> [@gkster](#):
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> Looks like we’ve been stuck for a week..Paging any poster who’s lived in a location starting with X?

Lacking anyone here who lived in Xenia, Ohio, I’ll get it restarted, since it was my topic:

**Places Where You’ve Lived**

Allouez, Wisconsin  
Bloomington, Indiana  
Çakmaklı, Turkey  
Dannemora, New York  
Elwood, Indiana  
Florida  
Gresham, Oregon  
Hollywood  
Indianapolis, Indiana  
(San) Jose, California  
Katy, Texas  
Liberal, Kansas  
Manila, Philippines  
North York, Ontario  
Oregon City, Oregon  
Polanco, CDMX, Mexico  
Quiet country road  
Ross Avenue  
Suffolk, Virginia  
Toronto, Ontario  
Upper West Side, NYC  
Valley Junction, Oregon  
Willowdale, Ontario  
X marks the spot where I used to live

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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:** [September 11, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9488 "2025-09-11T19:54:57Z")

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**Places Where You’ve Lived**

Allouez, Wisconsin  
Bloomington, Indiana  
Çakmaklı, Turkey  
Dannemora, New York  
Elwood, Indiana  
Florida  
Gresham, Oregon  
Hollywood  
Indianapolis, Indiana  
(San) Jose, California  
Katy, Texas  
Liberal, Kansas  
Manila, Philippines  
North York, Ontario  
Oregon City, Oregon  
Polanco, CDMX, Mexico  
Quiet country road  
Ross Avenue  
Suffolk, Virginia  
Toronto, Ontario  
Upper West Side, NYC  
Valley Junction, Oregon  
Willowdale, Ontario  
X marks the spot where I used to live  
Youngstown, Ohio

Just to move things along… I didn’t live within city limits, but grew up not too far to the south.

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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:** [September 12, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9489 "2025-09-12T00:54:18Z")

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**Places Where You’ve Lived**

Allouez, Wisconsin  
Bloomington, Indiana  
Çakmaklı, Turkey  
Dannemora, New York  
Elwood, Indiana  
Florida  
Gresham, Oregon  
Hollywood  
Indianapolis, Indiana  
(San) Jose, California  
Katy, Texas  
Liberal, Kansas  
Manila, Philippines  
North York, Ontario  
Oregon City, Oregon  
Polanco, CDMX, Mexico  
Quiet country road  
Ross Avenue  
Suffolk, Virginia  
Toronto, Ontario  
Upper West Side, NYC  
Valley Junction, Oregon  
Willowdale, Ontario  
X marks the spot where I used to live  
Youngstown, Ohio  
Zunderburg, Whelm

A city in a fantasy campaign I DM’d for decades.

**Mammals**

Aardvark

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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:** [September 12, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9490 "2025-09-12T01:02:42Z")

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**Mammals**

Aardvark  
Bear

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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:** [September 12, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9491 "2025-09-12T01:15:56Z")

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**Mammals**

Aardvark  
Bear  
Capybara

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**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 12, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9492 "2025-09-12T01:20:26Z")

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**Mammals**

Aardvark  
Bear  
Capybara  
Dolphin

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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:** [September 12, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9493 "2025-09-12T01:35:04Z")

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**Mammals**

Aardvark  
Bear  
Capybara  
Dolphin  
Elephant

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**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:** [September 12, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9494 "2025-09-12T01:58:40Z")

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**Mammals**

Aardvark  
Bear  
Capybara  
Dolphin  
Elephant  
Fennec fox

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**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 12, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9495 "2025-09-12T02:02:01Z")

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**Mammals**

Aardvark  
Bear  
Capybara  
Dolphin  
Elephant  
Fennec fox  
Giraffe

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**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9496 "2025-09-12T02:33:50Z")

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**Mammals**

Aardvark  
Bear  
Capybara  
Dolphin  
Elephant  
Fennec fox  
Giraffe  
Hippopotamus

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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:** [September 12, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9497 "2025-09-12T05:04:19Z")

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**Mammals**

Aardvark  
Bear  
Capybara  
Dolphin  
Elephant  
Fennec fox  
Giraffe  
Hippopotamus  
Ibis

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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:** [September 12, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9498 "2025-09-12T05:06:44Z")

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**Mammals**

Aardvark  
Bear  
Capybara  
Dolphin  
Elephant  
Fennec fox  
Giraffe  
Hippopotamus  
Ibis  
Jaguar

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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:** [September 12, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9499 "2025-09-12T05:23:33Z")

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**Mammals**

Aardvark  
Bear  
Capybara  
Dolphin  
Elephant  
Fennec fox  
Giraffe  
Hippopotamus  
Ibis/impala  
Jaguar  
Koala

And, nitpick, ibis as a mammal? How about subbing impala?

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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:** [September 12, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9500 "2025-09-12T07:32:10Z")

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**Mammals**

Aardvark  
Bear  
Capybara  
Dolphin  
Elephant  
Fennec fox  
Giraffe  
Hippopotamus  
Impala  
Jaguar  
Koala

Llama

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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:** [September 12, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/9501 "2025-09-12T11:41:36Z")

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> [@gkster](#):
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> And, nitpick, ibis as a mammal? How about subbing impala?

I meant to add “ibex.”

In play:

**Mammals**

Aardvark  
Bear  
Capybara  
Dolphin  
Elephant  
Fennec fox  
Giraffe  
Hippopotamus  
Impala  
Jaguar  
Koala  
Llama  
Mink

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