# A stroll through Wikipedia **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 7, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660 "2019-03-07T00:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/181 "2019-04-09T14:19:45Z")
> **[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Gniezno)** > > The Archdiocese of Gniezno (Latin: Archidioecesis Gnesnensis, Polish: Archidiecezja Gnieźnieńska) is the oldest Latin Catholic archdiocese in Poland, located in the city of Gniezno. The ecclesiastical province comprises the suffragan dioceses of Bydgoszcz and Włocławek. > The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno was established in 1000 AD on the initiative of the Polish duke Bolesław I the Brave. He had the relics of the missionary and martyr Adalbert of Prague (Wojciech) transferred to Gniezno Cat... > **[Pope John Paul II](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II)** > > Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła \[ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa\];\[a\] 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was later canonised as Pope Saint John Paul II. > Cardinal Wojtyła was elected pope on the third day of the second papal conclave of 1978, which was called after John Paul I, who had been elected in the first p... > **[Catholic Church sexual abuse cases](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases)** > > God > > Schools > Relations with: ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/182 "2019-04-09T16:58:24Z")
[Catholic Church sexual abuse cases](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases) [Cincinnati](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati) [Cincinnati riots of 1884](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_riots_of_1884) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/183 "2019-04-09T16:59:54Z")
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**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:** [April 9, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/184 "2019-04-09T20:43:39Z")
> **[Cincinnati riots of 1884](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_riots_of_1884)** > > The Cincinnati riots of 1884, also known as the Cincinnati Courthouse riots, were caused by public outrage over the decision of a jury to return a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder. A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, attempted to find and lynch the perpetrator. In the violence that followed over the next few days, more than 50 people died and the courthouse was destroyed. It was one of the most destructive riots in American history. > Cincinnati in the 1880s... > **[Victor Hugo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo)** > > Victor-Marie Hugo (French: \[viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo\] (listen); 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the greatest French writers of all time. > His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations (The Cont... > **[Graphomania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphomania)** > > Graphomania (from Ancient Greek: γρᾰ́φειν, gráphein, lit. 'to write'; and μᾰνῐ́ᾱ, maníā, lit. 'madness, frenzy'), also known as scribomania, is an obsessive impulse to write. When used in a specific psychiatric context, it labels a morbid mental condition which results in writing rambling and confused statements, often degenerating into a meaningless succession of words or even nonsense then called graphorrhea (see hypergraphia). The term "graphomania" was used in the early 19th ce Outside the ps... ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/185 "2019-04-09T20:54:32Z")
[Cincinnati riots of 1884](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_riots_of_1884) [William Howard Taft](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft) [International Harvester](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Harvester) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/186 "2019-04-09T21:03:03Z")
[International Harvester](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Harvester) [Navistar International](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navistar_International) [S&P 500 Index](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%26P_500_Index) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/187 "2019-04-10T04:44:08Z")
[S&P 500 Index](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%26P_500_Index) [New York Stock Exchange](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYSE) [New York City](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City) +++++ This also works to bridge the gap from the missed **gkster** post above which gives us: [Graphomania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphomania) [Mark Z. Danielewski](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Z._Danielewski) [New York City](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City) +++++ That was a tough gap to bridge. Let’s try and not let that happen again! ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/188 "2019-04-10T09:55:26Z")
[New York City](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City) [King Charles II of England](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England) [Rye House Plot](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye_House_Plot) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/189 "2019-04-10T13:57:23Z")
> **[Rye House Plot](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye_House_Plot)** > > The Rye House Plot of 1683 was a plan to assassinate King Charles II of England and his brother (and heir to the throne) James, Duke of York. The royal party went from Westminster to Newmarket to see horse races and were expected to make the return journey on 1 April 1683, but because there was a major fire in Newmarket on 22 March (which destroyed half the town), the races were cancelled, and the King and the Duke returned to London early. As a result, the planned attack never took place. > Hi... > **[City of London](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London)** > > The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district\[note 1\] that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the modern area named London has since grown far beyond the City of London boundary. The City is now only a small part of the metropolis of Greater London, though it The C... > **[Augustine of Canterbury](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Canterbury)** > > Augustine of Canterbury (early 6th century – probably 26 May 604) was a monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English" and a founder of the English Church. > Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory the Great chose him in 595 to lead a mission, usually known as the Gregorian mission, to Britain to Christianize King Æthelberht and his Kingdom of Kent from Anglo-Saxon paganism. Kent was probably chosen be... ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/190 "2019-04-10T14:17:10Z")
[Augustine of Canterbury](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Canterbury) [Relic](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relic) [Holy Nail](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Nail) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/191 "2019-04-10T19:11:14Z")
> **[Holy Nail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Nail)** > > Relics that are claimed to be the Holy Nails with which Jesus was crucified are objects of veneration among some Christians, particularly Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox. In Christian symbolism and art, they figure among the Arma Christi or Instruments of the Passion, the objects associated with the Passion of Jesus. Like the other Instruments, the Holy Nails have become an object of veneration among many Christians and have been pictured in paintings. > The authenticity of these relics... > **[Iron Crown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Crown_of_Lombardy)** > > The Iron Crown (Lombard: Corona Ferrea de Lombardia; Italian: Corona Ferrea; Latin: Corona Ferrea; German: Eiserne Krone) is a relic and may be one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. It was made in the Early Middle Ages, consisting of a circlet of gold and jewels fitted around a central silver band, which tradition held to be made of iron beaten out of a nail of the True Cross. In the medieval Kingdom of Italy, the crown came to be seen as a relic from the Kingdom of the Lombards and wa... > **[Radiocarbon dating](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating)** > > Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon. > The method was developed in the late 1940s at the University of Chicago by Willard Libby. It is based on the fact that radiocarbon (14C) is constantly being created in the Earth's atmosphere by the interaction of cosmic rays with atmospheric nitrogen. The resulting 14C co... ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/192 "2019-04-10T23:03:05Z")
[Radiocarbon dating](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating) [Isotope separation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotope_separation) [Helikon vortex separation process](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helikon_vortex_separation_process) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/193 "2019-04-11T00:55:32Z")
[Helikon vortex separation process](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helikon_vortex_separation_process) [Criticality accident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticality_accident) [1000 Ways to Die](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_Ways_to_Die) ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/194 "2019-04-11T02:09:46Z")
[1000 Ways to Die](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_Ways_to_Die) [Onesie (jumpsuit)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onesie_(jumpsuit)) [Siren suit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren_suit) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/195 "2019-04-11T04:08:06Z")
[Siren suit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren_suit) [Dwight Eisenhower](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Eisenhower) [Carlisle Indians football](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle_Indians_football) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/196 "2019-04-11T14:42:09Z")
> **[Carlisle Indians football](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle_Indians_football)** > > The Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in intercollegiate football competition. The program was active from 1893 until 1917, when it was discontinued. During the program's 25 years, the Indians compiled a 167–88–13 record and 0.647 winning percentage, which makes it the most successful defunct major college football program. During the early 20th century, Carlisle was a national football powerhouse, and regularly competed against other major progra Th... > **[Cavalry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry)** > > Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry in the roles of reconnaissance, screening, and skirmishing in many armies, or as heavy cavalry for decisive shock attacks in other armies. An individual soldier in the cavalry is known by a number of designations depending on era and tactics, such as cavalryman, hors... > **[Alexander the Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great)** > > Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great,\[a\] was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.\[a\] He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20, and spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia and Egypt. By the age of 30, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to n... ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/197 "2019-04-11T14:58:30Z")
[Alexander the Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great) [The New England Journal of Medicine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_England_Journal_of_Medicine) [Food and Drug Administration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/198 "2019-04-11T17:29:13Z")
> **[Food and Drug Administration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration)** > > The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, caffeine products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cos... > **[Ebola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_disease)** > > Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after becoming infected with the virus. The first symptoms are usually fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. These are usually followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash and decreased liver and kidney function, at which point, some people begin to blee The vir... > **[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedros_Adhanom)** > > Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Tigrinya: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelt ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ;\[a\] born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, and Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017. Tedros is the first African to become WHO Director-General, receiving an endorsement for the role by the African Union. He played a role in the response to the Ebola virus epidemic, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the ongoing 2022 monkeypox Prior to serving as D... ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/199 "2019-04-11T20:51:26Z")
[Tedros\_Adhanom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedros_Adhanom) [Derg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derg) [Geʽez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge%CA%BDez) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/200 "2019-04-12T00:57:11Z")
[Geʽez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge%CA%BDez) [King Solomon](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Solomon) [Death (personification)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(personification)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=11)