# The Atoz Game (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341 "2025-12-02T22:20:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 64

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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:** [June 10, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1261 "2026-06-10T19:21:01Z")

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Oops, thanks for housekeeping above @knoodler ! I’m an idjit who can’t alphabetize!

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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:** [June 11, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1262 "2026-06-11T01:24:02Z")

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No worries! If I had a nickel for each time I messed up the alphabet, I’d have… well, enough to buy a cup of coffee.

In play:

**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread

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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:** [June 11, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1263 "2026-06-11T01:25:40Z")

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**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread  
“One Word” thread games

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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:** [June 11, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1264 "2026-06-11T01:29:34Z")

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**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread  
“One Word” thread games  
Politics and Elections

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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:** [June 11, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1265 "2026-06-11T04:43:49Z")

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**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread  
“One Word” thread games  
Politics and Elections  
Quite simply some of the smartest and funniest people in the whole freakin’ world!

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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:** [June 11, 2026, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1266 "2026-06-11T04:48:03Z")

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**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread  
“One Word” thread games  
Politics and Elections  
Quite simply some of the smartest and funniest people in the whole freakin’ world!  
Reply ⬅

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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:** [June 11, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1267 "2026-06-11T04:50:38Z")

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**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread  
“One Word” thread games  
Politics and Elections  
Quite simply some of the smartest and funniest people in the whole freakin’ world!  
Reply ⬅  
Stoats, stoats and more stoats

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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:** [June 11, 2026, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1268 "2026-06-11T05:23:02Z")

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**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread  
“One Word” thread games  
Politics and Elections  
Quite simply some of the smartest and funniest people in the whole freakin’ world!  
Reply ⬅  
Stoats, stoats and more stoats  
Thread Games

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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:** [June 12, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1269 "2026-06-12T08:02:03Z")

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**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread  
“One Word” thread games  
Politics and Elections  
Quite simply some of the smartest and funniest people in the whole freakin’ world!  
Reply ⬅  
Stoats, stoats and more stoats  
Thread Games  
**Ulf\_the\_Unwashed**

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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:** [June 12, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1270 "2026-06-12T14:40:26Z")

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**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread  
“One Word” thread games  
Politics and Elections  
Quite simply some of the smartest and funniest people in the whole freakin’ world!  
Reply ⬅  
Stoats, stoats and more stoats  
Thread Games  
**Ulf\_the\_Unwashed**  
Vicarious frivolity

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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:** [June 12, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1271 "2026-06-12T16:54:51Z")

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**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread  
“One Word” thread games  
Politics and Elections  
Quite simply some of the smartest and funniest people in the whole freakin’ world!  
Reply ⬅  
Stoats, stoats and more stoats  
Thread Games  
**Ulf\_the\_Unwashed**  
Vicarious frivolity  
Why wasn’t Quarantine Zone used for Q?

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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:** [June 12, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1272 "2026-06-12T22:50:53Z")

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**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread  
“One Word” thread games  
Politics and Elections  
Quite simply some of the smartest and funniest people in the whole freakin’ world!  
Reply ⬅  
Stoats, stoats and more stoats  
Thread Games  
**Ulf\_the\_Unwashed**  
Vicarious frivolity  
Why wasn’t Quarantine Zone used for Q?  
X’d out - what should happen to the Quarantine Zone

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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:** [June 16, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1273 "2026-06-16T13:17:44Z")

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**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread  
“One Word” thread games  
Politics and Elections  
Quite simply some of the smartest and funniest people in the whole freakin’ world!  
Reply ⬅  
Stoats, stoats and more stoats  
Thread Games  
**Ulf\_the\_Unwashed**  
Vicarious frivolity  
Why wasn’t Quarantine Zone used for Q?  
X’d out - what should happen to the Quarantine Zone  
YMMV

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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:** [June 16, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1274 "2026-06-16T18:41:47Z")

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**Re: The SDMB**

Adams, Cecil  
BBQ Pit, The  
**CairoCarol**  
Dopers  
**Elendil’s Heir**  
Flouncing  
**gkster**  
Humble Opinions  
Idjits unwelcome  
**Jinx**  
**knoodler**  
**Loach**  
Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share  
NFL 2026 Offseason Thread  
“One Word” thread games  
Politics and Elections  
Quite simply some of the smartest and funniest people in the whole freakin’ world!  
Reply ⬅  
Stoats, stoats and more stoats  
Thread Games  
**Ulf\_the\_Unwashed**  
Vicarious frivolity  
Why wasn’t Quarantine Zone used for Q?  
X’d out - what should happen to the Quarantine Zone  
YMMV  
_Zero Hour!_ always comes up in discussions of _Airplane!_

Next up:

**Of or related to, however tangentially, _Airplane!_**

Airport

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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:** [June 16, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1275 "2026-06-16T19:01:01Z")

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**Of or related to, however tangentially, _Airplane!_**

Airport  
Boeing 707

Served as model for the plane

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1276 "2026-06-16T19:03:31Z")

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**Of or related to, however tangentially, _Airplane!_**

Airport  
Boeing 707  
Captain Clarence Oveur

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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:** [June 16, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1277 "2026-06-16T20:00:09Z")

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**Of or related to, however tangentially, _Airplane!_**

Airport  
Boeing 707  
Captain Clarence Oveur  
Dr. Rumack

Leslie Nielsen’s character

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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:** [June 16, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1278 "2026-06-16T20:11:07Z")

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**Of or related to, however tangentially, _Airplane!_**

Airport  
Boeing 707  
Captain Clarence Oveur  
Dr. Rumack  
Elaine Dickinson

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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:** [June 16, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1279 "2026-06-16T20:21:00Z")

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**Of or related to, however tangentially, _Airplane!_**

Airport  
Boeing 707  
Captain Clarence Oveur  
Dr. Rumack  
Elaine Dickinson  
Feliciano, Jose

He played another pilot. Cut from the film because a blind pilot just wasn’t funny enough.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1280 "2026-06-16T21:25:35Z")

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**Of or related to, however tangentially, _Airplane!_**

Airport  
Boeing 707  
Captain Clarence Oveur  
Dr. Rumack  
Elaine Dickinson  
Feliciano, Jose  
Golly!

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