Here's how it goes: From one Wikipedia article, using the links supplied in the main body* of that article, hop to a different article, preferably one as unrelated to the first article as possible. Please quote the sentence that your link appears in. Hopefully, we see how long it can go, how varied it can get, and learn something along the way!
*That means no external links, pictures, or references.
For example in the first sentence on the article on Beef there's a link to an article on Bovinae.
I thought I'd start it off with the article on OSC, in honor of our host.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
I think it might be fun to try and go from one topic to another, sort of like a "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" sort of game.
Like go from Julius Caesar's entry to Orson Scott Card's in as short a link as you can.
Of course, never having tried it, it may not be very fun after all...
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Okay, here's an example:
Orson Scott Card --> New Testament --> Greek Language --> Italy --> Rome --> Roman Kingdom --> Julius Caesar.
I'll bet there are shorter links though.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
From OSC, we hop over to Greensboro, NC.
Posted by Baron Samedi (Member # 9175) on :
OSC->New Testament->Epistle to the Romans->Ancient Rome->Julius Caesar
If you want a real challenge, go from Caesar to OSC.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Hmm...Actually, I like the idea of a goal, Xavier. What say we try to hit...oh..."Dinosaur" exactly on the tenth hop. Whoever gets that one gets to choose the next goal. Sound good?
So, OSC would be #1 and Greensboro #2
Posted by Demonstrocity (Member # 9579) on :
#3: During the 19th century, with its large concentration of anti-slavery Quakers near Guilford College (now part of Greensboro), the town was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
#4 Oral History Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*blink*
I was going to post that exact link. But I decided to let someone else have a turn . . . get out of my head!!!
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
I knew I could read minds! I knew I could!
Posted by happymann (Member # 9559) on :
If we're trying to get to Dinosaur, couldn't #5 be History? Sentence: Oral history is considered by some historians to be an unreliable source for the study of history.
EDIT: to contain sentence as stated by Juxtapose
quote:Please quote the sentence that your link appears in.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
quote:If you want a real challenge, go from Caesar to OSC.
Wasn't easy.
Julius Caesar --> Masters of Rome --> Novel --> Literary genre --> Science Fiction --> Hugo Award --> Hugo Award for Best Novel --> Orson Scott Card
Can anyone do better?
Edit: I was able to get from Caesar to Mormonism pretty quickly, but went down several false leads trying to get to some sort of list of notable Mormons. I didn't find any.
Edit2: I think I will throw out another challenge, link Photophosphorylation to Ace Ventura. I'll try and resist the temptation to try and find my own link if someone gives me a different challenge
Oh and if you are annoyed that I am derailing your thread, I would gladly make a different one for these sorts of purposes.
[ July 25, 2006, 11:56 AM: Message edited by: Xavier ]
Posted by Demonstrocity (Member # 9579) on :
Thought I could save a step, but I can only match Xavier's 8.
Julius Caesar --> Pope Gregory XIII --> Protestantism --> Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints --> BYU --> List of Brigham Young University people --> Orson Scott Card
Posted by Baron Samedi (Member # 9175) on :
Nice job, Xavier & Demonstrocity. BTW, I like this version of the game better. But that's just me.
[ July 25, 2006, 12:20 PM: Message edited by: Baron Samedi ]
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Actually, I missed a link on the "novel" page which links directly to the "science fiction" page, so we can remove the "literary genre" step.
Posted by Baron Samedi (Member # 9175) on :
[ July 25, 2006, 12:29 PM: Message edited by: Baron Samedi ]
Posted by Demonstrocity (Member # 9579) on :
quote:Edit2: I think I will throw out another challenge, link Photophosphorylation to Ace Ventura. I'll try and resist the temptation to try and find my own link if someone gives me a different challenge [Smile]
Photophosphorylation --> Gibbs Free Energy --> Josiah Willard Gibbs --> United States Postal Service --> California --> Los Angeles --> Warner Bros. --> Ace Ventura
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Yikes! That is one crazy chain Baron. If I'd known it would be that cruel, I never would have assigned it .
I might sheepishly point out that the challenge was to connect Photophosphorylation, not simply Phosphorylation. I'll just go ahead and assume that you can get from the former to the latter in a couple of steps or less (though surprisingly it does not appear to be a direct link).
I'll probably try yours out now .
Edit: Wow, nice Demonstrocity.
Posted by Demonstrocity (Member # 9579) on :
quote:Next round: Contract Bridge --> Enver Hoxha
Contract Bridge --> Norberto Bocchi --> Italian --> European Union --> Albania --> Enver Hoxha
I'm sure someone has posted a better one by now, but:
Bipolar Disorder --> Lithium --> Copper --> Heatsinks --> Computer Cooling --> Graphics Processing Unit --> Computer Graphics --> Computer and video games --> Nintendo Entertainment System --> Konami --> List of Konami games --> ParaParaParadise
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Baileys Irish Cream --> Ireland --> England --> Culture of England --> List of English Novelists --> H. G. Wells
Posted by b boy (Member # 9587) on :
Yikes! This is starting to remind me of organic synthesis all over again! terrorrrrrr!
Hm.
Organic Synthesis > Nobel Prize in Chemistry > USA > George W. Bush > War on Terrorism > Terrorism > Fear > TERROR!!!!
Posted by Demonstrocity (Member # 9579) on :
I'm now going for as interesting as possible instead of as short as possible, as I'm noticing myself following the same path repeatedly, which is no fun.
Baileys Irish Cream --> Urban Legend --> MythBusters --> Aliens --> Unidentified Flying Objects --> UFOs in fiction --> The War of the Worlds (1953 film) --> H.G. Wells
Weird absence of cross links in places I would have expected them.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Try [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crohn's_disease]Crohn's Disease[/url] to Newburyport, MA.
-Bok
EDIT: Thanks Lisa.
[ July 25, 2006, 01:52 PM: Message edited by: Bokonon ]
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
If you would have expected a link that isn't there, put it there. That's the joy of Wikis.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Bok, if you edit that and put the apostrophe in, the link will probably work.
Posted by happymann (Member # 9559) on :
A shorter chain is Bipolar disorder --> The Simpsons --> Konami --> List of Konami games --> ParaParaParadise
Posted by happymann (Member # 9559) on :
Also Crohn's Disease --> Bone Marrow Transplant --> Nobel Prize --> Nobel Prize in Chemistry --> Walter Gilbert --> Boston, Massachusetts --> North Shore (Massachusetts) --> Newburyport, Massachusetts That's a toughie
Idaho Falls, Idaho-->laboratory-->centrifuge-->rotation around a fixed axis-->gyration-->gyroscope-->yo-yo
Posted by Baron Samedi (Member # 9175) on :
Nicely done. I've been working at that one like crazy, and haven't come up with a sufficiently elegant solution.
One thing, though. I thought we were only to use links in the main body of the article, and the "see also" section (where "gyration" was located) was off limits.
"...rotation around a fixed axis-->rotation-->gyroscope..." would solve that problem with no extra steps, though, so no harm done.
Nice work. Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Kevin Bacon> Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon> Stage Play> Reading> Graphite> 1878> Catholic> Jesus
Kevin Bacon is 6 degrees seperate from Jesus
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Chuck Noris> American> Pilgrims> eclisiastical> Worship> God
Chuck Norris is only 4 degrees from God
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Triple Post!!!
Link "Belly Button" to the "Orinoco River"
GOO!!!!
Posted by genius00345 (Member # 8206) on :
Belly Button> Umbilicus (genus)> Umbilicus rupestris> Europe> Kura River> River> Orinoco
Posted by genius00345 (Member # 8206) on :
Try...
"Missouri Scholars Academy" to "Lemon Demon"
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Missouri Scholars Academy> Japan> Agriculture> Tomato> List of Fruit> Lemon> Disambiguation> Lemon Demon
That was hard. In three pages about agriculture there was ONE lemon link. ONE.
Now do: "Segovia" to "Smile"
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Not fun - and way too long
Segovia --> Tourism --> Recreation --> Conversation --> Communication --> Body Language --> Smile
Edit to say "Okay, maybe not as long as I thought..."
Posted by genius00345 (Member # 8206) on :
quote:Originally posted by Orincoro: Missouri Scholars Academy> Japan> Agriculture> Tomato> List of Fruit> Lemon> Disambiguation> Lemon Demon
That was hard. In three pages about agriculture there was ONE lemon link. ONE.
I tried it and got one the same length: Missouri Scholars Academy> Missouri> United States> Massachusetts> List of Massachusetts Towns> Kingston> Neil Cicierega> Lemon Demon
That one requires some in-depth knowledge of Lemon Demon, however.
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
I want to play! Give us a challenge preciousss!
Posted by genius00345 (Member # 8206) on :
Um...since Carrie didn't post one, here's one:
"Pac Man" to "Bottled Water"
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Pac Man > Midway Games > Franklin Park, Illinois > Poverty Threshold > Public Services > Water > Bottled Water
"Raphael" to "Body Piercing"
EDIT - yeah, this model of the game is better.
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
Raphael > Leonardo Da Vinci > Art > Performance Art > Body Art > Body Piercing
Ironically enough, Raphael doesn't link to art.
"Dominic Deegan" to "Stargate".
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Dominic Deegan -> fantasy -> fantasy tv -> science fiction on television -> Stargate SG1 (-> Stargate, if you meant the movie).
Edit: to fix my cheating:
Dominic Deegan -> fantasy -> science fiction -> science fiction on television -> Stargate SG1 (-> Stargate, if you meant the movie).
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Ooh, I think I cheated inadvertently.
And a new one... Australia -> cannibalism.
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
Australia > New Zealand > History of New Zealand > Cannibalism
Lightscribe -> Aardvark.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Lighscribe > Dye > Animal > Mammal > Aardvark
Chad (paper) > Jhonen Vasquez
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
Chad(paper)-->Florida-->U.S. state-->California-->San Jose, California-->East Side Union High School District-->Mount Pleasant High School-->Jhonen Vasquez
Knitting ---> Water slide
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Knitting > Paris > United States > Midwest > Wisconsin > Wisconsin Dells > water park > water slide
Barry Simon --> debtor's prison
Posted by blackfyre (Member # 9611) on :
Barry Simon > Caltech > Pasadena > California > Georgia > HMS Anne > James Oglethorpe > Debtor's Prison.
Trailer Park Boys --> Shanghai ghetto
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I'll bite!
Trailer Park Boys --> United States --> People's Republic of China --> Shanghai --> Shanghai Ghetto
Try Aunt Jemima --> Uncle Tom
(edit -- I did it in 2 steps)
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Aunt Jemima --> Uncle Tom (theres a link for Uncle Tom right by the pancake picture)
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Try Pinky and the Brain --> Alexander The Great
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
I've got one, but I'm hoping there's another, more interesting way.
Pinky and the Brain --> Termite Terrace --> Warner Bros. --> Alexander --> Alexander the Great
HA! I found a more interesting one! Same length, sure, but a different path
Pinky and the Brain --> Jeopardy! --> History --> Hellenism --> Alexander the Great
I'll try throwing one out there... um...
Paper Clip --> Pantheon (the Roman one, not a generic one)
[edit to say "Bummer. That's easy. I'll get you next time!]
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
Paper clip--> Byzantines--> Roman Empire --> Rome --> Pantheon
How's abouuut...
Turnip --> Adam Baldwin
This one's a bit longish, (8-10 entries for me) but I'm sure somebody could probably find a more direct route. Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Alright, let's count:
Turnip --> North America --> Washington, D.C. --> FBI --> FBI Portrayal in the Media --> X-Files --> Adam Baldwin
Do you count arrows or total links? I'm never sure how to count appropriately.
For my next trick...
Sharpie (marker) --> Dario Gradi Posted by Avin (Member # 7751) on :
Ok, this is going a while back but I just saw this thread.
quote:If you want a real challenge, go from Caesar to OSC.
Two links!
Julius Caesar -> Veni Vidi Vici -> Orson Scott Card
Beat that!
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Wow, Avin wins the thread.
Posted by Avin (Member # 7751) on :
Here's a slightly better one for Pinky and the Brain -> Alexander the Great:
Pinky and the Brain -> Bill Gates -> June 13th -> Alexander the Great
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
This is pretty long, but my answers always seem to be long:
Sharpie (marker)-->United Kingdom-->Football in the United Kingdom-->The Football League-->Football League Championship-->Crewe Alexandra F.C.-->Dario Gradi
John Forbes Nash (mathematician) -> 1959 -> "Weird Al" Yankovic -> Ogden Nash
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Wow, Avin is good at this game!
Hey, can you come up with a shorter path for my dad to debtor's prison? Posted by Avin (Member # 7751) on :
Ok, here's one from me:
Indefinite and fictitious large numbers --> Liar paradox
I have the optimal solution although there may be more than one that takes the same amount of links.
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Indefinite and fictitious large numbers > Futurama > Fox > Family Guy > List of Family Guy Episodes > Time Travel > Paradox > List of Paradoxes > Liar Paradox
Edit: I found a shorter way: Indefinite and fictitious large numbers > Futurama > Big Bang > Physical Paradox > Paradox > Liar Paradox
[ July 28, 2006, 11:31 PM: Message edited by: Hamson ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You know, my dad was not at all impressed that it only takes seven wikihops to get from him to debtor's prison. Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Duma> 1993> Lillian Gish> American> Culture of the United States> Celebrities> actors> Shakespeare> Shakespearean Comedies....
I can't find a way OUT!!!!
Posted by Leroy (Member # 9533) on :
Duma> Russian Language> United Nations> New York City (under media)>Comedy Cnetral> Premium Blend> Dane Cook
Are you allowed to use any link in the article or only in the summary?
Edit to add:
Children> Ninjas
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
I really wanted to make this one work, so I did
Children --> Tiger Woods --> Vietnam War --> Empire of Japan --> Meiji Period --> Samurai --> Ninja
I just liked the idea of Tiger Woods, ninja. Hehehe.
Okay. How about...
Seabee --> Tendon
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
I interpret it as any link in the article.
children > toy > japan > samuri > ninja
Go for: Earthworm > Earthworm Jim
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Dang I be slow. Ignore mine for the time being.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Go for: Earthworm > Earthworm Jim
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
quote:Originally posted by Avin: Here's a slightly better one for Pinky and the Brain -> Alexander the Great:
Pinky and the Brain -> Bill Gates -> June 13th -> Alexander the Great
I found one even better later on.
Pinky and the Brain > Global Domination > Alexander the Great.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
This is so much harder than it looks. I'm still stuck on the Earthworm challenge.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Holy Cow, I made it. Be kind, I know it took forever and I'm sure there's an easier way to get there than by way of the Beatles.
Earthworm > Climate > Weather > Hurricane Katrina > August 29 > The Beatles > popular music > video and computer games > Console game > List of gaming topics > List of computer and video games > Earthworm Jim
Now, go for: Pee Wee Herman > Tai Chi Chuan
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
Pee Wee Herman > CBS > Leslie Moonves > Julie Chen > Chinese American > Chinese > Chinese art > Martial art > Tai Chi Chuan
Try: Old Spice > Emmy Awards
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
Old Spice -> Deodorant -> Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends -> Emmy Awards
That was too easy.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
The "Indefinite and fictitious large numbers --> Liar paradox" that I suggested can be done MUCH faster, by the way. Good job on the Pinky and the Brain one though T_Smith, I can't believe I missed that.
Posted by Angiomorphism (Member # 8184) on :
Carmen Rasmusen -> Bountiful, Utah -> United States -> Native Americans -> Cherokees -> Chuck Norris
EDIT: try going from Quantum Suicide to The Cars (an old new wave band)
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
Quantum Suicide -> 1987 -> U2 -> Live Aid -> The Cars
Wayne Gretzky -> Fundamentalism
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Wayne Gretzky > United States > St. Augustine, FL > Florida > Pensacola, FL > Pensacola Christian College > Fundamentalist Christianity > Fundamentalsim.
That was kinda long, I'll try to get a shorter one.
quote:Originally posted by Juxtapose: Apocalypse > Christianity > Mortality Rate > Afghanistan > United States War in Afghanistan > George W. Bush > Dick Cheney
I bet that's good conversation/fodder material for several other threads around here.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Leetspeak > Extreme> Extremism > Ethics is Politics and Economics > Declaration of Universal Human Rights > Right to life > Capitol Punishment Aka Death Penalty
Lets go with:
Euthenasia > Vaginal Bleeding.
Have fun. Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Yep, nothing like Vaginal Bleeding to kill a game.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
FpgaC > Computing > History of Computing Hardware > Census > US Census, 2000 > Midwest > Wisconsin > List of Cities in Wisconsin > Oak Creek, Wisconsin
How about...
Micro > Macro Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
But Trogdor was a Dragon-man...
Posted by aragorn64 (Member # 4204) on :
Hey, blame Wikipedia, not me.
Posted by Fusiachi (Member # 7376) on :
quote:Originally posted by aragorn64: Hey, blame Wikipedia, not me.
Well, now he's under a new heading, "Dragon-Men".
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Has anyone thought of just editing Wikipedia to put links in directly? That would be one (cheating) strategy for winning this game. Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Potatoes > Potato > Carbohydrate > DNA > Abstract Machine > Random access stored program machine > Universal Turing Machine
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