# The celebrity alphabetical initials game (how long can it last?) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 6, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392 "2010-08-06T13:41:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/21 "2010-08-06T18:00:31Z")
Alan Thicke ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/22 "2010-08-06T18:25:27Z")
Al Unser ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/23 "2010-08-06T18:33:20Z")
Abe Vigoda ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/24 "2010-08-06T18:33:38Z")
Andy Williams (Good luck to the next guy!) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/25 "2010-08-06T18:33:43Z")
Shoot, that was fast. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/26 "2010-08-06T18:38:34Z")
**Annie-Xmas** , of course! ---
**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:** [August 6, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/27 "2010-08-06T18:39:28Z")
We’re not stuck. Good old Google reveals: [Abel Xavier](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Xavier), soccer player for the LA Galaxy and the Portuguese national team. Guess we’re on to AY… ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/28 "2010-08-06T18:45:27Z")
Al Yankovic ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/29 "2010-08-06T18:58:09Z")
Umm…Al-Zarqawi? He’s certainly infamous, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/30 "2010-08-06T18:59:10Z")
[Antonio Zimerman](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3974214/) That’s OK, I never heard of him either. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/31 "2010-08-06T19:05:28Z")
Brian Aldiss ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/32 "2010-08-06T19:11:10Z")
Bob Barker ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/33 "2010-08-06T19:23:28Z")
Bob Costas ---
**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:** [August 6, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/34 "2010-08-06T19:37:22Z")
Bob Denver ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/35 "2010-08-06T19:40:07Z")
Bob Eubanks ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/36 "2010-08-06T19:42:02Z")
Bryan Ferry ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/37 "2010-08-06T19:44:36Z")
Bobcat Goldthwait ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/38 "2010-08-06T19:45:37Z")
Too late. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/39 "2010-08-06T19:47:05Z")
Bob Hope ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/40 "2010-08-06T19:57:38Z")
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