# 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:** 98
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam John Adams ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam John Adams King George III ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam John Paul Jones King George III Lafayette, Marquis de also changed J because we already had Adams, John. ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam John Paul Jones King George III Lafayette, Marquis de Minutemen ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam John Paul Jones King George III Lafayette, Marquis de Minutemen Nathan Hale ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam John Paul Jones King George III Lafayette, Marquis de Minutemen Nathan Hale Oriskany, Battle of ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam John Paul Jones King George III Lafayette, Marquis de Minutemen Nathan Hale Oriskany, Battle of Patrick Henry ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam John Paul Jones King George III Lafayette, Marquis de Minutemen Nathan Hale Oriskany, Battle of Patrick Henry Quebec, Battle of _On December 31, 1775, during the American Revolutionary War, Patriot forces under Colonel Benedict Arnold and General Richard Montgomery attempted to capture the British-occupied city of Quebec and with it win support for the American cause in Canada. The attack failed, and Montgomery was killed during the action. This was the first major defeat of the Revolutionary War for the Americans._ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam John Paul Jones King George III Lafayette, Marquis de Minutemen Nathan Hale Oriskany, Battle of Patrick Henry Quebec, Battle of Rochambeau, Comte de Commanded French troops at Yorktown ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam John Paul Jones King George III Lafayette, Marquis de Minutemen Nathan Hale Oriskany, Battle of Patrick Henry Quebec, Battle of Rochambeau, Comte de Samuel Adams ---
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> [@Bayaker](#): > > Rochambeau, Comte de > > Commanded French troops at Yorktown Ain’t that a kick in the nuts! (In play) **The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam John Paul Jones King George III Lafayette, Marquis de Minutemen Nathan Hale Oriskany, Battle of Patrick Henry Quebec, Battle of Rochambeau, Comte de Samuel Adams Treaty of Paris ---
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> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Bayaker](#): > > > > Rochambeau, Comte de > > > > Commanded French troops at Yorktown > > Ain’t that a kick in the nuts! I don’t get it. ---
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Rochambeau is another name for the game Rock-Paper-Scissors. It got that name because, legendarily, that’s how Washington, Cornwallis & Rochambeau decided who would be the last to leave the tent where the decision to end the war was made. (Rochambeau supposedly won.) In current Urban slang (thanks largely to _South Park_), the name has transmogrified over to a game where two people kick each other in the nuts and the last one standing wins. ---
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Thanks, Prof. I knew about the rock-paper-scissors connection, but not the South Park um… twist. ---
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**The American Revolution** Adams, John Bunker Hill, the Battle of Charles Cornwallis (general of British army) Declaration of Independence Ethan Allen Founding Fathers General Gadsden Hancock, John Israel Putnam John Paul Jones King George III Lafayette, Marquis de Minutemen Nathan Hale Oriskany, Battle of Patrick Henry Quebec, Battle of Rochambeau, Comte de Samuel Adams Treaty of Paris United States Hmmm. I’ve read a lot about the Revolution, and have never heard that rock-paper-scissors story. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=99)