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Topic: Wikihopping: A (sort of) game.
Nighthawk
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posted August 01, 2006 03:09 PM
Sanshin -> Snake -> Greek Mythology -> Plato -> Aristotle Let's see... Wayne Gretzky -> Fundamentalism
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vonk
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posted August 01, 2006 03:30 PM
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. Alright, how about...Drywall > Couscous Edit: This is shorter: Wayne Gretzky > United States > Christian > Fundamentalism
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GaalDornick
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posted August 01, 2006 05:27 PM
Drywall > Fire > Cooking > Baking > Flour > Wheat> Couscous Here's a tough one (I think) Copper > The Beatles
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vonk
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posted August 01, 2006 05:36 PM
Copper > Metal > Gold > Radio > Music Radio > Top 40 > UK Single Chart > Guinness Book of British Hit Single > The Beatles I can probably make it shorter though. How about...Andrew Dice Clay > Radiometric Dating
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vonk
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posted August 02, 2006 02:19 PM
The Divine Comedy > Samuel Beckett > Pimp > United States > Endangered Species Act > US Environmental Protection Agency Really, I just wanted to use "pimp". This one is just cause it's fun, probably not terribly hard:Vagueness > Specificity
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Celaeno
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posted August 02, 2006 02:41 PM
Vagueness > Fuzzy Logic > Statisticians > Statistical Hypothesis Testing > Type I and Type II Errors > Specificity Linguistics > Cricket
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Juxtapose
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posted August 02, 2006 06:11 PM
Perfectly done, blacwolve. ------- Apocalypse > Christianity > Mortality Rate > Afghanistan > United States War in Afghanistan > George W. Bush > Dick Cheney Harder than I thought, but shouldn't it have been the other way around?Watchmen > Electricity
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Nighthawk
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posted August 02, 2006 06:50 PM
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.
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T_Smith
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posted August 03, 2006 12:36 AM
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.
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T_Smith
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posted August 04, 2006 07:22 AM
Yep, nothing like Vaginal Bleeding to kill a game.
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Juxtapose
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posted August 04, 2006 06:32 PM
ha HA! Euthanasia > Pain > Organ > Uterus > Vagina > Menstrual Cycle > Dysfunctual Uterine Bleeding > Vaginal Bleeding Try....Stem Cells > Sandwich
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rivka
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posted August 04, 2006 07:18 PM
Stem cells > Plant > Wheat > Bread > Sandwich Try Kashrut > Meme
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Solo Wing Pixy
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posted August 04, 2006 08:55 PM
Kashrut > Judiasm > Christianity > Evolution > Gene > Meme Hmm... Gnome > New World Order
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Gwen
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posted August 05, 2006 01:03 PM
Gnome>Gnomes of Zurich>Illuminati: New World Order Brat>Orson Scott Card
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Celaeno
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posted August 07, 2006 08:21 AM
This is one of those times when links would've been good. I decided to go with "Spoiled Brat." Spoiled Brat > English Language > English Literature > Science Fiction > Science Fiction Authors > Orson Scott Card Dialectic > Salvation This one shouldn't be too difficult.
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vonk
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posted August 07, 2006 04:33 PM
This one is kinda long... FpgaC > Computing > History of Computing Hardware > Census > US Census, 2000 > Midwest > Wisconsin > List of Cities in Wisconsin > Oak Creek, Wisconsin How about...Micro > Macro
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Flaming Toad on a Stick
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posted August 07, 2006 07:11 PM
Micro-Microcomputer-Computer-Malware-Computer Virus-Macro Virus-Macro. I'm not very good at this. [ August 07, 2006, 11:59 PM: Message edited by: Flaming Toad on a Stick ]
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SenojRetep
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posted August 08, 2006 09:38 AM
Since FToaS didn't post a new one: Micro-->Microcomputer-->UNIX-->Assembly Language-->MacroJuxtaposition --> Rivka
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vonk
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posted August 08, 2006 09:57 AM
Juxtaposition > Literature > Bible > Isaac > Rebekah/Rebeccah/Rivka That's right, first you have to find the man, then you can find his wife. Try:Snot > Kleenex
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SenojRetep
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posted February 09, 2007 12:49 PM
quote: Originally posted by Baron Samedi:If you want a real challenge, go from Caesar to OSC. Those who enjoyed this game might find this interesting.
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rivka
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posted February 09, 2007 07:26 PM
quote: Originally posted by SenojRetep:Juxtaposition --> Rivka quote: Originally posted by vonk: Juxtaposition > Literature > Bible > Isaac > Rebekah/Rebeccah/Rivka That's right, first you have to find the man, then you can find his wife. Totally missed this last time! quote: Originally posted by SenojRetep: Those who enjoyed this game might find this interesting. Using that, it takes an extra step: Juxtaposition > Adolf Hitler (?!?) > Evil > Glenn Danzig > Astro Boy > Rivka However, I think that's because vonk cheated. The wikiarticle on Isaac never says Rivka; it says Rebekah.
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Celaeno
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posted February 10, 2007 02:59 PM
University of Cambridge --> United States --> Public Holidays of the United States --> HalloweenNews media > Proverb
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Fusiachi
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posted February 10, 2007 03:43 PM
News media--> New African --> Africa(n) --> Arabic language --> Proverb Try: Thomas Pynchon --> Trogdor
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aragorn64
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posted February 10, 2007 05:21 PM
Hey, blame Wikipedia, not me.
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Fusiachi
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posted February 10, 2007 05:45 PM
quote: Originally posted by aragorn64: Hey, blame Wikipedia, not me. Well, now he's under a new heading, "Dragon-Men".
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Tatiana
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posted February 11, 2007 12:27 PM
Has anyone thought of just editing Wikipedia to put links in directly? That would be one (cheating) strategy for winning this game.
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Little_Doctor
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posted February 11, 2007 01:40 PM
Potatoes > Potato > Carbohydrate > DNA > Abstract Machine > Random access stored program machine > Universal Turing Machine Songebob to Joan of Arc
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