# The Atoz Game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **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:** 87
**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 29, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1721 "2026-09-29T04:19:53Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1722 "2026-09-29T14:35:38Z")
I keep getting provinces confused with territories. Apologies to Canadians. **Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1723 "2026-09-30T12:52:28Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City ---
**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:** [September 30, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1724 "2026-09-30T14:06:57Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1725 "2026-09-30T18:04:49Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1726 "2026-09-30T18:26:12Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Pronounced Hoo-hooy, the name comes from an Inca title ---
**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 30, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1727 "2026-09-30T19:07:14Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) One of the world’s largest single-drop waterfalls, with a 226m-high, 100m-wide plunge ---
**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 30, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1728 "2026-09-30T21:13:48Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) ---
**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 30, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1729 "2026-09-30T21:31:29Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) Mexico ---
**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:** [October 2, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1730 "2026-10-02T11:29:01Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) Mexico Nuevo Leon (northeastern Mexican state) It’s also among the most common out-of-state license plates that I see on the road. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1731 "2026-10-02T14:40:02Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) Mexico Nuevo Leon (northeastern Mexican state) Oaxaca (capital city of the Mexican state of the same name) ---
**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:** [October 2, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1732 "2026-10-02T16:16:02Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) Mexico Nuevo Leon (northeastern Mexican state) Oaxaca (capital city of the Mexican state of the same name) Panama ---
**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:** [October 2, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1733 "2026-10-02T17:39:56Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) Mexico Nuevo Leon (northeastern Mexican state) Oaxaca (capital city of the Mexican state of the same name) Panama Quito (capital city of Ecuador) ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1734 "2026-10-03T03:23:56Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) Mexico Nuevo Leon (northeastern Mexican state) Oaxaca (capital city of the Mexican state of the same name) Panama Quito (capital city of Ecuador) Rio Grande do Sul (southernmost province of Brazil) ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1735 "2026-10-03T03:25:54Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) Mexico Nuevo Leon (northeastern Mexican state) Oaxaca (capital city of the Mexican state of the same name) Panama Quito (capital city of Ecuador) Rio Grande do Sul (southernmost province of Brazil) Suriname (country on the northeastern coast of South America) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1736 "2026-10-03T03:48:03Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) Mexico Nuevo Leon (northeastern Mexican state) Oaxaca (capital city of the Mexican state of the same name) Panama Quito (capital city of Ecuador) Rio Grande do Sul (southernmost province of Brazil) Suriname (country on the northeastern coast of South America) Tierra del Fuego (at the southernmost tip of the continent) ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1737 "2026-10-03T09:37:05Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) Mexico Nuevo Leon (northeastern Mexican state) Oaxaca (capital city of the Mexican state of the same name) Panama Quito (capital city of Ecuador) Rio Grande do Sul (southernmost province of Brazil) Suriname (country on the northeastern coast of South America) Tierra del Fuego (at the southernmost tip of the continent) Uruguay ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1738 "2026-10-03T13:40:11Z")
[quote=“themapleleaf, post:1737, topic:1025341, full:true”] **Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) Mexico Nuevo Leon (northeastern Mexican state) Oaxaca (capital city of the Mexican state of the same name) Panama Quito (capital city of Ecuador) Rio Grande do Sul (southernmost province of Brazil) Suriname (country on the northeastern coast of South America) Tierra del Fuego (at the southernmost tip of the continent) Uruguay Venezuela ---
**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:** [October 4, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1739 "2026-10-04T03:44:50Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) Mexico Nuevo Leon (northeastern Mexican state) Oaxaca (capital city of the Mexican state of the same name) Panama Quito (capital city of Ecuador) Rio Grande do Sul (southernmost province of Brazil) Suriname (country on the northeastern coast of South America) Tierra del Fuego (at the southernmost tip of the continent) Uruguay Venezuela William C. Morris (a town in Argentina) No, I’d never heard of it before, either. For more: [William C. Morris, Buenos Aires - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Morris,_Buenos_Aires) ---
**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:** [October 4, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1740 "2026-10-04T03:53:26Z")
**Latin American Toponyms** Acapulco (a city in Mexico) Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) Cusco (city in Peru) Darién Gap (swampy rainforest between Panama and Colombia) Ecuador (country in South America) Funza (a town in Colombia) Guatemala City Havana [Inca Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu) Jujuy (province in northwest Argentina) Kaieteur Falls (located in Kaieteur National Park in Guyana) Lima (capital and largest city of Peru) Mexico Nuevo Leon (northeastern Mexican state) Oaxaca (capital city of the Mexican state of the same name) Panama Quito (capital city of Ecuador) Rio Grande do Sul (southernmost province of Brazil) Suriname (country on the northeastern coast of South America) Tierra del Fuego (at the southernmost tip of the continent) Uruguay Venezuela William C. Morris (a town in Argentina) Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon in Brazil [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341.md?page=88)