Alphabet Game

[MarsOlson]

Alphabet Game

How to play
Choose words in order of the alphabet.
The first letter of each new word has to start with the next letter of the alphabet.
There is also a theme and the words must all go with the theme.

Example:
Theme - Boy's names
Alexander > Brian > Christopher

When we get to Z the next poster picks a new theme.

First theme: Animals
First word: Antelope

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Themes we have used

Animals - Mars
Restaurants names - nafeesa
DSP page kits - evergreen
Plants of any type - idtwinmom
Book titles - MurlieMac
Cities - MurlieMac
SOLO music artists - nafeesa
Famous people known by 1 name - nafeesa
Desserts - Barbara Greene
DSP membernames - Mars
Ships! Military or otherwise - idtwinmom
TV Shows - jennilynn10
Favorite Candy - debilou
Sports Teams - MurlieMac
Countries - sirenswillow
Word to describe you - Mars
Movie Quotes - nekobus
Page Kits by DSP designers - Marriedin79
World Capitals - nafeesa
Something you find in your kitchen - evergreen
Song names - ReneT
candy - Marriedin79
something you wear - Mars
city names with a link - Marriedin79
what you find in a garage - Sanra
vehicle names - MurlieMac
hunky male actors - ReneT
Flowers - GrandmaCrys
names of fonts - Mars
Games - Mars
Things you find in the grocery store - Mars
fun things you like to do - ReneT
Vacation places - MurlieMac
Movie Titles - Swag
things you major in at college - ReneT
Musicals - jemtred
Dog names - sanra
Shoe Categories - MyPinkFlipFlops
household items - sands_healy
Phrases - MurlieMac
Titles of Books - Swag
Dolls - sanra
Words you shout - Mars
marine life - sands_healy
Song titles - sands_healy
things that scare you/phobias - MurlieMac
Birds - scamptx
things you do with your kids - Rene T
things you would find in a school room or school - sanra
terms of endearment - Mars
Girl's Names - Mars
Items found in a refrigerator - AliceAMattison
inventions or discoveries of the last 100 years - sanra
things that feel soft - Rene T
"lovey" words or verbs - kay
things you dress up as for Halloween - ReneT
Old cartoon characters - MurlieMac
Pizza toppings - Mars
things on your "bucket list" - Rene T
things on your Christmas list! - GrandmaCrys
Exotic second honeymoon vacation spots - JaeDee
Words associated with Autumn/Fall - GrandmaCrys
comments used to describe a layout - Mars
Halloween costume ideas - Marriedin79
Ways to say goodbye - Mars
Things to photograph - Sanra
Active DSP Members - scamptx
Favorite kit names - GrandmaCrys
Favourite LO's from DSP Gallery - Sands
Something you can do to make a layout interesting - JaeDee
things to do with Autumn or Halloween - Abby
Words you would use in a *Love Letter* - GrandmaCrys
Words for colours - Mars
Nicknames for sweethearts - Marriedin79
names for boys - Mars
Items to take on a picnic - GrandmaCrys
things found in a hospital - Rene T
things found on a campus - Abby
TV sitcoms - Rene T
things you could see out your window - Mars
Town Names - Sands
Things you would store in your attic - GrandmaCrys
Things in a school room - AliceAMattison
Scrapbook layout titles - Mars
Television Mothers or Fathers - Marriedin79


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[Abby]

Second word - bat
(this is going to be way harder :))

[nafeesa]

chinchilla

[Leslie]

donkey

[MarsOlson]

Elephant

[jemtred]

fox (and that took a lot of thinking!!)

[scamptx]

gazelle

[evergreen100]

horse

[janetklm]

Impala

[Penny M]

jack rabbit

[AliceAMattison]

Kangaroo

[jennilynn10]

Lion

[jemtred]

monkey

[lmilgram]

Newt

[lizzanne]

Ostrich

[jennilynn10]

Penguin

[MizLiz]

quail

[janetklm]

rabbit

[scamptx]

stork

[Penny M]

tiger

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Unicorn !

[nekobus]

Vole

[janetklm]

whale

[janetklm]

xenops...love this game lol...

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Yak !

[nafeesa]

zebra!!!


next category: restaurants names

[sammawow]

Amighetti's -- It has Italian Sandwiches and Salads, Soup and Pasta. My father-in-law bought us the Amighetti Special to take into watch the Cardinals baseball games. It had ham, roast beef, Genoa salami, brick cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion, pepperoncini and a special dressing on fresh baked Amighetti bread. Yum, I want one now! :)

[Penny M]

Benningan's

[nafeesa]

Cinzetti's (it's an Italian buffet place in Denver. I miss it!)

[MarsOlson]

Dairy Queen

[idtwinmom]

Eugenes (don't know if it's any good, but it is a real restaurant here in Alaska!)

[jennilynn10]

Fuddruckers - My son's current favorite

[Penny M]

Grandy's (fast food franchise)

[Barbara Greene]

Hardy's

[Abby]

IHOP .. International House of Pancakes :)

[MarsOlson]

Jack In The Box

[sanra]

KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken

[Abby]

Lantern House Pizza

[Barbara Greene]

McDonalds

[idtwinmom]

Newport Seafood

[sammawow]

O'Charley's

[scamptx]

Pizza Hut

[lizzanne]

Quizino's

[beryl]

Ricky's .... lol where I met and had lunch with Idtwinsmom - Lisa

[AliceAMattison]

Subway

[Barbara Greene]

Tony Romas

[beryl]

Umbertos..... fantastic restaurant in Vancouver!!

[evergreen100]

Vue de Monde...never been there but it is listed as one of the top restaurants in Aus. Its in Melbourne so maybe Daggs and Inks could vouch for its existence:D

[MarsOlson]

Wendys

[MarsOlson]

X is going to be a hard one!

[nafeesa]

Xenia Bistro in Alamo, CA
also

Xavier's Bar & Grill in San Diego, CA

[evergreen100]

Yoshii, Japanese restaurant in Sydney

[evergreen100]

Zacchary's Pizzas restaurant, Kings Cross, Sydney

NEXT TOPIC: DSP PAGE KITS (easy peasey:D)

[MarsOlson]

yay! love the new topic! :D

[nafeesa]

http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=3634

A Walk in the Woods page kit - Kim Liddiard

[jennilynn10]

Angel Dreams (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=8835) by Lauren Bavin

[jennilynn10]

Okay - I was a touch late with A.

B - Bling on the Beach Page Kit (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=2557) by Meryl Bartho

[Leslie]

Clearly Framed Overlays by Meryl Bartho. :)

http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=10796

[MarsOlson]

Distressed And Arty Stamps by Erica Belton (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=x)

[evergreen100]

Great idea to add the links ladies :tup:

[evergreen100]

http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/9/96f09dc3dfde1258463c4649e1d92b0a.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=9438)
Evergreen Memories Page Kit (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=9438) :D:D

by Suzanne C Walker

[webfrau]

http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/e/e24df7d5f9fb2a3a4c01f3571b7bf90d.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=6225) Folk Art Fancies Page Kit (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=6225) by Lauren Bavin

[jennilynn10]

Giggleland Page Kit (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=10533) by Nicole Young

[scamptx]

http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/6/6116a8c965e79302b7dbbed5790b3ccd.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=10517)


Honesty (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=10517) by Carole Harden

[Donut]

http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/4/41bc4afd60d5fc56a555072a941c983e.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=8300)I Love Paris Kit (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=8300) By Erica Belton

[lizzanne]

Jelly Babies Kit by Erica
http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=10688

[dagwood]

Kooky Ooky page kit by Nicole Young

http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=9197

[AliceAMattison]

Lil' Munchkin Page Kit by Kim Liddiard

http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=10589

[MurlieMac]

Moody Mondays (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=10725) by Heidi Kuester

[Penny M]

Noble Heart by Elizabeth Weaver

http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/6/68c697696fd88c9c1cac218d834d0940.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=9913) Noble Heart page kit (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=9913)

[MarsOlson]

Over the Rainbow Page Kit by Lauren Bavin (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2771)

[sanra]

Positively Posh by Christine Gundersen
(http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=10540)

[jemtred]

I hope its page kits starting with Q!!
http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/4/44d6fb16966a32d8d60e08fb6d6819dd.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=7117)Quirky Kind Of Christmas Page Kit (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=7117)

[Barbara Greene]

Romantic Heritage kit

[scamptx]

http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/7/72810ec406e2c73e727159b457066cbe.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=8661)

Some Kind of Wonderful (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=8661) by Christine Gundersen

[LauraLou]

http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/8/80a03b2698819838952e02307c8be589.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=8902) Trade Winds Kit (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=8902) by Erica Belton

[Penny M]

http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/2/2c77323c9e6d150e86ea57edf7c1076c.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=10622) Urban Princess Page Kit (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=10622) By Robyn Gough

[evergreen100]

V.....just going to find one:D

Here it is:
http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/d/d33bb4adf68cb0128e7e8c266302ae1c.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=10748)Viva Victoria Page Kit (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=10748)


By Heidi Kuester

[idtwinmom]

Wistful Wishes Page Kit by Tina Chambers
http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/0/0f2e158c9bdc72c4a4198d62780ac779.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=10544)

Love this category, we may just have to do it again!

[Barbara Greene]

XOXO Plopper

[Abby]

Wow - you guys are GOOD!

[debilou]

(a) Young Mans Fancy by Erica Belton (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_18&products_id=10712)

[idtwinmom]

Year Squared QuickClick by Laurin Bavin
http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/f/f41ed2d59c0eefe902793ef67de745d8.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_137_136_139&products_id=9543)

[debilou]

Year Squared QuickClick by Laurin Bavin
http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/f/f41ed2d59c0eefe902793ef67de745d8.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_137_136_139&products_id=9543)

oops, I already posted Y... Z is next up Lisa..

[idtwinmom]

Oops! 2 playing at once

Z*Liteful Quick Click
http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/bmz_cache/6/6e737069460ff2a153a62fc7f2b82516.image.150x150.jpg (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_137_136_139&products_id=6303)

Now I get to pick!
plants of any type

[debilou]

A = azalea

[evergreen100]

B=Buttercup

[debilou]

c = carnations

[Abby]

daffodils

[debilou]

e = Eidelweiss

[nafeesa]

fern

[debilou]

Grass

[MurlieMac]

hosta

[Abby]

Iris

[Christine]

holy cow how did you get thru the kits one already!

ok how about Jalapeno peppers

[MarsOlson]

kale

[Abby]

lavendar

[MurlieMac]

milkweed

[evergreen100]

n=nasturtiums

[idtwinmom]

Oleander

[jennilynn10]

Pansies

[MarsOlson]

Queen Annes Lace

[nafeesa]

RED ROSES (in honor of the lyrical challenge)

[Leslie]

Snapdragons

[dagwood]

Tulips

[GrandmaCrys]

U = Umbrella plant (Schefflera)

[scamptx]

V = Violet

[debilou]

W - Water Lilies

[MurlieMac]

X - Xanthorhiza = yellowroot

[Christine]

y=yew (as in what Voldermort's wand was made out of and yay Harry Potter 6 is almost here!) :D

[MurlieMac]

Zinnia

Next catagory: Book Titles

[idtwinmom]

A = Almanac

[sammawow]

B = Barbecue! Bible by Steve Raichlen

[idtwinmom]

Clan of the Cave Bear

[debilou]

Doctor Zhivago

[nafeesa]

Emile Zola by William Dean Howells

[GrandmaCrys]

F = For Whom the Bell Tolls

[debilou]

G = Gone with the Wind

[nafeesa]

Harbingers by F. Paul Wilson

[AliceAMattison]

Iliad by Homer

[Barbara Greene]

Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling???

[scamptx]

K is for Killer -- Sue Grafton

(we could have done the whole alphabet almost with hers!)

[Abby]

Mathew Flinder's Cat .. Bryce Courtenay

[idtwinmom]

Looks like we missed L!

[idtwinmom]

Love in a cold climate - Nancy Mitford

(supplied by Leslie!)

[Leslie]

Madame De Pompadour by Nancy Mitford

[Leslie]

N is for Noose - Sue Grafton

[idtwinmom]

O by Omari Grandberry

[Abby]

Good gracious, you can't expect me to know book titles AND the alphabet all at the same time! Sorry!!! :)

[lizzanne]

Queen of Babble Gets Hitched by Meg Cabot

[lizzanne]

Oooops...thought Abby posted P

[Barbara Greene]

P is for Peril by Sue Grafton
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton

[Abby]

S ... Space by James Michener

[nafeesa]

Tale of Two Cities (my fave!)

[Abby]

U .. Ulysses - by James Joyce

[MarsOlson]

Vanity Fair - Thackeray

[sammawow]

Wealth 101 - didn't work :)

[idtwinmom]

Xanth by Piers Anthony

[GrandmaCrys]

Year In A Bottle by Sally Wilse

[MurlieMac]

Okay, I guess I'll be last again

Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien

Next category:

Cities

[MarsOlson]

Amsterdam

[Barbara Greene]

Bowlingreen

[idtwinmom]

Calgary

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Durban !

[Abby]

E .. Edmonton, Alberta

[MurlieMac]

Fall Creek, WI

[debilou]

Georgetown, TX

[Barbara Greene]

Houston. Tx.

[debilou]

Ingleside, TX

[MurlieMac]

Juneau, Alaska

[AliceAMattison]

Kansas City, Kansas

[idtwinmom]

Darn, I just thought of a much better (because few know it exists) town for C = Chicken, Alaska :lol:

K = Kenai, Alaska

[idtwinmom]

Oops, posted at the same time almost!

L = Louisville, Kentucky

[idtwinmom]

Oops, posted at the same time almost!

L = Louisville, Kentucky

[sammawow]

Mt. Clemens, Michigan - I was born there :)

[MarsOlson]

New York!

[sammawow]

Okefenokee, Georgia

[AliceAMattison]

Parsons, Tennessee

[debilou]

Quebec

[nafeesa]

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

[idtwinmom]

Sitka, Alaska

[Marriedin79]

Tampa, Florida

[idtwinmom]

Unalaska, Alaska (yep, it's in the Aleutians)

[nafeesa]

Vancouver, Wa

[Abby]

Washington, DC

[scamptx]

Zanesville, Ohio!

Solo Singers (not groups!)

[nafeesa]

where's X and Y scamp?

[scamptx]

Oh waaaah! It's been a hard day at the office...

Xenia, Ohio

[scamptx]

:o :o :o Never could do the alphabet without singing it...

[nafeesa]

hehe. Yreka, CA

and scamp did Z... so we can go on to her next category of SOLO music artists

[MurlieMac]

Alan Jackson

[idtwinmom]

Britney Spears (although I hate that she is the first one that came to mind!)

[nafeesa]

Carly Simon

[sammawow]

David Bowie

[evergreen100]

I cant believe Ive missed at least two categories:eek:!!!

[MurlieMac]

Elton John

[nafeesa]

Fergie

[idtwinmom]

Gordon Lightfoot (now that's dating myself isn't it!)

[nafeesa]

Harry Connick Jr

[Barbara Greene]

Isaac Hayes

[webfrau]

John Denver

[Vallie]

Keith Urban.

[Barbara Greene]

Loretta Lynn

[webfrau]

Michael Jackson

[nafeesa]

Nina Simone

[MarsOlson]

Olivia Newton John

[nafeesa]

Perry Como

[webfrau]

Queen Latifah

[nafeesa]

Ray Charles

[webfrau]

Seal

[sammawow]

Tom Petty

[scamptx]

Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (I have to throw in some classical here...!)

And just in case the technicality of first/last name arises:

Samuel Raney

[nafeesa]

we are on "U" scamp :)

here's some classical for you

Ustvolskaya, Galina

[scamptx]

I need to learn how to refresh...:rolleyes:

[GrandmaCrys]

Veronica - let's get a little jazz in here! :D

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Wendy Starland !

[MurlieMac]

Xavier Rudd (had to do a bit of searching on the internet to find)

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Yvonne Chaka Chaka !

[MarsOlson]

good one muriel! X was hard!

[nafeesa]

Zarzycki, Daniel (he's polish)

let's do famous people known by 1 name!

[nafeesa]

like, Aristotle!

[Barbara Greene]

Beethoven

[nafeesa]

Cleopatra

[idtwinmom]

David (of David and Goliath)

and if that can be called on a technicality, then:
DaVinci

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Einstein !

[nafeesa]

Flea

[honeymoon]

Goliath

[MarsOlson]

Hercules

[honeymoon]

Icarus

[nafeesa]

Jesus

[honeymoon]

Kane

[webfrau]

Liberace

[MarsOlson]

Mars

[nafeesa]

Madonna

edit. hah! Mars got M first ok...

N....

Napoleon

[MarsOlson]

btw I meant the god of mythology :)

[webfrau]

btw I meant the god of mythology :)

yeah right!;)

[nafeesa]

yeah right!;)

That's what I was coming to say lol

[honeymoon]

Odysseus

I knew Mars would get a mention!

[webfrau]

Poseidon

[honeymoon]

Does the Queen count?

[nafeesa]

Queen is a title, not a name.

[honeymoon]

Quasimodo

[nafeesa]

Rembrandt

[honeymoon]

Stalin

[nafeesa]

Thucydides

[honeymoon]

Ulysses

[nafeesa]

Voltaire

[honeymoon]

Wellington

[nafeesa]

Xerxes

[dagwood]

Yuri

[nafeesa]

dags - go ahead and take credit for your Zoroaster too - excellent choice! And choose the new topic. I just chose one I wouldn't feel right choosing again.

[Barbara Greene]

, Zeus, Zacharia desserts

[Barbara Greene]

apple pie

[MurlieMac]

Baked alaska

[honeymoon]

Chocolate Cake

[MarsOlson]

Dirt cake... the ones kids like with crushed chocolate cookies for the dirt, choc pudding and gummy worms sticking out :)

[honeymoon]

Eclairs

[Barbara Greene]

fudge

[GrandmaCrys]

Gingerbread

[Barbara Greene]

honeybuns

[MurlieMac]

ice cream

[MarsOlson]

Jelly Donuts

[debilou]

Key Lime pie

[ReneT]

lemon meringue pie

[MurlieMac]

macaroons

[Marriedin79]

Nutrolls (if you are Slovak it is also referred to as Kolache)

[debilou]

Oreo's

[ReneT]

pumpkin pie

[MarsOlson]

quince compote

[MurlieMac]

rommegrot ( Norwegian Cream Pudding, Yum!!!)