# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/81 "2019-03-23T21:04:01Z")
[Comet Hyakutake](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hyakutake) [Deuterium](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuterium) [Ivy Mike](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Mike) ---
**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:** [March 24, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/82 "2019-03-24T04:10:21Z")
[Ivy Mike](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Mike) [Edward Teller](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Teller) [Stanley Kubrick](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick) ---
**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:** [March 24, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/83 "2019-03-24T04:34:25Z")
[Stanley Kubrick](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick) [Mount Hood](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hood) [Battle of the Chesapeake](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Chesapeake) ---
**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:** [March 24, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/84 "2019-03-24T04:42:48Z")
> **[Battle of the Chesapeake](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Chesapeake)** > > The Battle of the Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of the Virginia Capes or simply the Battle of the Capes, was a crucial naval battle in the American Revolutionary War that took place near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay on 5 September 1781. The combatants were a British fleet led by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves and a French fleet led by Rear Admiral François Joseph Paul, the Comte de Grasse. The battle was strategically decisive, in that it prevented the Royal Navy from reinforcing or... > **[Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Donatien_de_Vimeur,_comte_de_Rochambeau)** > > Seven Years' War > American Revolutionary War > French Revolutionary Wars > **[White House](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House)** > > The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers. > The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style. Hoban modelled the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a building which today h... ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/85 "2019-03-24T14:45:44Z")
[White House](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House) [Oireachtas](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oireachtas) [Poynings’ Law](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poynings%27_Law) ---
**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:** [March 24, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/86 "2019-03-24T17:43:43Z")
> **[Poynings' Law](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poynings%27_Law)** > > Poynings' Law or the Statute of Drogheda may refer to the following acts of the Parliament of Ireland: > **[Irish House of Commons](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_House_of_Commons)** > > The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive franchise, similar to the unreformed House of Commons in contemporary England and Great Britain. Catholics were disqualified from sitting in the Irish parliament from 1691, even though they comprised the vast majority of the Irish population. > The Irish execu... > **[University constituency](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_constituency)** > > A university constituency is a constituency, used in elections to a legislature, that represents the members of one or more universities rather than residents of a geographical area. These may or may not involve plural voting, in which voters are eligible to vote in or as part of this entity and their home area's geographical constituency. > When James VI inherited the English throne in 1603, the system was adopted by the Parliament of England. The system was continued in the Parliament of Grea... ---
**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:** [March 24, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/87 "2019-03-24T22:38:45Z")
[University constituency](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_constituency) [Mild and Bitter](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mild_and_Bitter) [Bitter (beer)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_(beer)) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/88 "2019-03-25T05:52:35Z")
[Bitter (beer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_(beer)) [Caramel color](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caramel_color) [Cola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cola) ---
**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:** [March 25, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/89 "2019-03-25T18:00:07Z")
> **[Cola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cola)** > > Cola is a carbonated soft drink flavored with vanilla, cinnamon, citrus oils and other flavorings. Cola became popular worldwide after the American pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invented Coca-Cola, a trademarked brand, in 1886, which was imitated by other manufacturers. Most colas contain caffeine originally from the kola nut, leading to the drink's name, though other sources have since been used. The Pemberton cola drink also contained a coca plant extract. His non-alcoholic recipe was Most ... > **[Polo Cockta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo-Cockta)** > > Polo-Cockta (sometimes written as 'Polo Cockta' or 'Polo-Cocta') is a Polish Coca-Cola-like drink introduced in the 1970s. Polo-Cockta was introduced as a substitute for the original Coca-Cola, which was unavailable in Polish shops due to limited imports from the US to soviet bloc countries. At first it was based on Cockta, a very popular drink from Slovenia (then Yugoslavia). > Polo-Cockta was discontinued during the 1980s, but has been revived for a few years by a private company Zbyszko which a... > **[Kingsajz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsajz)** > > Kingsajz is a 1988 cult Polish comedy fantasy film directed by Juliusz Machulski. The action takes place in late communist Poland and in a fictional Lilliputian kingdom called Szuflandia (Drawerland), hidden deep underground the Quaternary Research Institute. The movie is an allegory of a communist regime and thus was received very enthusiastically by anti-communist society. Kingsajz used highly oversized props and sets, supervised by production designer Janusz Sosnowski, intended to capture the ... ---
**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:** [March 25, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/90 "2019-03-25T21:34:50Z")
[Kingsajz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsajz) [Adam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam) [Paradise Lost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/91 "2019-03-26T00:27:15Z")
> **[Paradise Lost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost)** > > Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout. It is considered to be Milton's masterpiece, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of all time. The poem concerns the bibli In hi... > **[William Blake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake)** > > William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led 21st-century critic Jonathan Jones to proclaim h... > **[English Civil War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War)** > > Royalists > Parliamentarians > 1643 ---
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[English Civil War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War) [Virginia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia) [Blizzard of 1996](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_of_1996) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/93 "2019-03-26T05:22:11Z")
[Blizzard of 1996](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_1996) [Shenandoah Valley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley) [Roanoke, Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/94 "2019-03-26T15:00:27Z")
I love this game, and am learning a fair bit as I click through the links. Thanks, **Saint Cad** , for starting it! > **[Roanoke, Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia)** > > Roanoke (/ˈroʊ.əˌnoʊk/ ROH-ə-nohk) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 100,011, making it the 8th most populous city in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the largest city in Virginia west of Richmond. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. > Roanoke is the largest municipality in Southwest Virginia, and is the principal municipality of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had a 2020 populati... > **[Slash Coleman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_Coleman)** > > Slash Coleman (born August 13, 1967) is an American storyteller, producer, and writer who lives in Richmond, Virginia. The author of "The Bohemian Love Diaries," a personal perspectives blogger for Psychology Today, and a laughter yoga teacher, he is best known for his one-man performance-based storytelling shows which combine clever wordplay, music, and poetic observations about family, spirituality, romantic relationships, and struggles to find a sense of home common with Generation X artists... > **[David Sedaris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sedaris)** > > David Raymond Sedaris (/sɪˈdɛərɪs/; born December 26, 1956) is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He was publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "Santaland Diaries.” He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994. His next book, Naked (1997), became his first of a series of New York Times Bestsellers, and his 2000 collection Me Talk Pretty One Day won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. > Much ... ---
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[David Sedaris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sedaris) [The New Republic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Republic) [Henry A. Wallace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/96 "2019-03-26T15:21:00Z")
N/m ---
**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:** [March 26, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/97 "2019-03-26T15:22:10Z")
> **[Henry A. Wallace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace)** > > Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, farmer, and businessman who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and the 10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was the nominee of the new Progressive Party in the 1948 presidential election. > The oldest son of Henry C. Wallace, who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Hen... > **[Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt)** > > Franklin Delano Roosevelt (/ˈdɛlənoʊ ˈroʊzəvɛlt, -vəlt/ DEL-ə-noh ROH-zə-velt, -⁠vəlt; January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the leader of the Democratic Party, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt directed the federal Born i... > **[Black Cabinet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cabinet)** > > The Black Cabinet, or Federal Council of Negro Affairs or Black Brain Trust, was the informal term for a group of African Americans who served as public policy advisors to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in his terms in office from 1933 to 1945. Despite its name, it was not an official organization. The term was coined in 1936 by Mary McLeod Bethune and was occasionally used in the press. By mid-1935, there were 45 African Americans working in federal executive de... ---
**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:** [March 26, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/98 "2019-03-26T15:29:14Z")
[Black Cabinet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cabinet) [Mary McLeod Bethune](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McLeod_Bethune) [White Sewing Machine Company](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sewing_Machine_Company) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/99 "2019-03-26T17:19:45Z")
[White Sewing Machine Company](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sewing_Machine_Company) [Templeton, Massachusetts](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templeton,_Massachusetts) [Finns](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finns) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/100 "2019-03-26T19:39:19Z")
[Finns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finns) [Finnish\_paganism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_paganism) [Bear worship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_worship) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=6)