The Atoz Game (Part 2)

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1942

The American Revolution

Adams, John
Bunker Hill, the Battle of
Charles Cornwallis (general of British army)
Declaration of Independence
Ethan Allen

1943

The American Revolution

Adams, John
Bunker Hill, the Battle of
Charles Cornwallis (general of British army)
Declaration of Independence
Ethan Allen
Founding Fathers

1944

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

1945

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

1946

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

1947

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

1948

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

1949

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.

1950

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

1951

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

1952

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

1953

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

1954

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”-

1955

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

1956

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

1957

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

1958

I don’t get it.

1959

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.

1960

Thanks, Prof.

I knew about the rock-paper-scissors connection, but not the South Park um… twist.

1961

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.