# Anyone up for Wikipedia Leapfrog? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 25, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346 "2010-10-25T22:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/61 "2010-10-27T00:58:59Z")
Here’s an interesting variation. Go to the main page: [Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) On the left, click on random. Note the page it sent you to. Now click random again. Find your way back to the page you noted. Here’s what I got. The first random page was [Adams Central High School - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_Central_High_School). The second random page was [Hector Calma - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Calma) So I had to find my way from Hector Calma to Adam Central High School. [spoiler][ol] [li][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector\_Calma](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Calma%5B)[/li][li][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamson\_Soaring\_Falcons[/li][li]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamson\_University[/li][li]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis,\_California[/li][li]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States[/li][li]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.\_state[/li][li]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana[/li][li]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams\_County,\_Indiana[/li][li][“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams\_Central\_Community\_Schools”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams\_Central\_Community\_Schools)[/li][li]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams\_Central\_High\_School[/li][/ol][/spoiler]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamson_Soaring_Falcons%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5Dhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamson_University%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5Dhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis,_California%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5Dhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5Dhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5Dhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5Dhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County,_Indiana%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5D%5B%22http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_Central_Community_Schools%22%5D(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_Central_Community_Schools)%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5Dhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_Central_High_School%5B/li%5D%5B/ol%5D%5B/spoiler%5D) ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/62 "2010-10-27T01:03:23Z")
(Both Generated Randomly) > **[Regiomontanus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiomontanus)** > > Johannes Müller von Königsberg (6 June 1436 – 6 July 1476), better known as Regiomontanus (/ˌriːdʒioʊmɒnˈteɪnəs/), was a mathematician, astrologer and astronomer of the German Renaissance, active in Vienna, Buda and Nuremberg. His contributions were instrumental in the development of Copernican heliocentrism in the decades following his death. > Regiomontanus wrote under the Latinized name of Ioannes de Monteregio (or Monte Regio; Regio Monte); the toponym Regiomontanus was first used by Philipp... to > **[Fantasy in the Sky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_in_the_Sky)** > > Fantasy in the Sky was the first fireworks performance at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, beginning in 1958 and running until 1996 (with short engagements in 2004 and early 2015). The show also appeared at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida from 1971 until 2003, at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan from 1983 until 1988 (with engagements from 1995 until 1997, and again from 2001 until 2003) and at Disneyland Paris from 1993 to 2005 in Marne-la-Vallee, France. > Walt Disney ... ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/63 "2010-10-27T01:19:44Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > (Both Generated Randomly) > > [Regiomontanus - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiomontanus) > > to > > [Fantasy in the Sky - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_in_the_Sky) [spoiler][ol] [li][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiomontanus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiomontanus)[/li][li][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer)[/li][li][“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American\_Astronomical\_Society”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Astronomical_Society)[/li][li][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)[/li][li][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.\_S.\_state](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U._S._state)[/li][li][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida)[/li][li][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt\_Disney\_World\_Resort](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_World_Resort)[/li][li][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella\_Castle[/li][li][“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishes:\_A\_Magical\_Gathering\_of\_Disney\_Dreams”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishes:\_A\_Magical\_Gathering\_of\_Disney\_Dreams)[/li][li][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy\_in\_the\_Sky](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy\_in\_the\_Sky)[/li][/ol][/spoiler]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_Castle%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5D%5B%22http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishes:_A_Magical_Gathering_of_Disney_Dreams%22%5D(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishes:_A_Magical_Gathering_of_Disney_Dreams)%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5D%5Bhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_in_the_Sky%5D(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_in_the_Sky)%5B/li%5D%5B/ol%5D%5B/spoiler%5D) ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/64 "2010-10-27T05:49:42Z")
I dunno… I think it’s cool seeing the evil/ brilliant/ obscure challenges my fellow Dopers come up with. Kinda gives you some insight into what makes them tic. (pun intended.) (and she said, I never knew – _that you liked pina coladas_) \ P.S.: \*\*HardlySanguine, \*\* I’m not sure. I got swamped somewhere around “Frida Kahlo.” ---
**Author:** ![HardlySanguine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/65 "2010-10-27T06:47:03Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > [Cotyledon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotyledon) to [All your base are belong to us](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base) I was only able to do it using the “See Also” on one section and a “List of” page ☹ ## Cotyledon [Embryo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo#Induced_abortion) [Education](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education#Adult_education) [Internet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet#Social_impact) [First-person shooter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter#Early_first_person_shooters:_1970s.2C_1980s_and_early_1990s) [Video arcade](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_arcade#See_also) [List of arcade games](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_arcade_games#Z) [Zero Wing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Wing) All your base Here’s another short one, if trickier: Boring ol’ [Gums](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingiva)to [Secret passage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_passage)s! ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/66 "2010-10-27T07:29:38Z")
> [@HardlySanguine](#): > > Here’s another short one, if trickier: > Boring ol’ [Gums](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingiva)to [Secret passage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_passage)s! Not so tricky. > **[Gums](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingiva)** > > The gums or gingiva (pl.: gingivae) consist of the mucosal tissue that lies over the mandible and maxilla inside the mouth. Gum health and disease can have an effect on general health. > The gums are part of the soft tissue lining of the mouth. They surround the teeth and provide a seal around them. Unlike the soft tissue linings of the lips and cheeks, most of the gums are tightly bound to the underlying bone which helps resist the friction of food passing over them. Thus when healthy, it presen... > **[Anabolic steroid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabolic_steroid)** > > Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS), are a class of drugs that are structurally related to testosterone, the main male sex hormone, and produce effects by binding to and activating the androgen receptor (AR). The term "anabolic steroid" is essentially synonymous with "steroidal androgen" or "steroidal androgen receptor agonist". Anabolic steroids have a number of medical uses, but are also used by athletes to increase muscle size, strength, and performance Health... > **[Smuggling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smuggling)** > > Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations. More broadly, social scientists define smuggling as the purposeful movement across a border in contravention to the relevant legal frameworks. > There are various motivations to smuggle. These include the participation in illegal trade, such as in the drug trade/drug cartel... > **[Smuggling tunnel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smuggling_tunnel)** > > Smuggling tunnels are secret passages used for the smuggling of goods and people. The term is also used where the tunnels are built in response to a siege. > The Sarajevo Tunnel operated during the Siege of Sarajevo as a passage underneath the no-man's land of the city's (closed) airport, providing a vital smuggling link for the beleaguered city residents. Guns were smuggled into the city and people were smuggled out. After the Bosnian War, the Sarajevo Tunnel Museum was built onto the historic pr... > **[Secret passage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_passage)** > > Secret passages, also commonly referred to as hidden passages or secret tunnels, are hidden routes used for stealthy travel, escape, or movement of people and goods. They are sometimes inside buildings leading to secret rooms. > Others allow people to enter or exit buildings without being seen. Hidden passages and secret rooms have been built in castles and houses owned by heads of state, the wealthy, criminals, and abolitionists associated with the American Underground Railroad. They have helped... ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/67 "2010-10-27T07:44:34Z")
Three Parter. [The Yada Yada](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yada_Yada) to [Higgs Boson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson) to [Smurfit-Stone Building](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smurfit-Stone_Building) ---
**Author:** ![HardlySanguine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/68 "2010-10-27T08:26:00Z")
For the Gums I just posted, it can be done with two intermediate pages: Gums -\> [Mountain pass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_pass)(col) -\> [Tunnel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel)-\> Secret passage ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/69 "2010-10-27T17:52:00Z")
Hee hee! I think the route from "gums’ to “secret passages” is **so** cool! What a weird succession of topics! Like when you’re in line at the supermarket behind someone, and they’re buying corn syrup, cheesecloth and fish food. I have to go to work pretty soon, but maybe I can find time for the Higgs boson. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/70 "2010-10-27T18:11:57Z")
> **[The Yada Yada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yada_Yada)** > > "The Yada Yada" is the 153rd episode of the American NBC sitcom Seinfeld. The 19th episode of the eighth season, it aired on April 24, 1997. Peter Mehlman and Jill Franklyn were nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series in 1997. > Jerry's dentist, Tim Whatley, has just converted to Judaism and is already making Jewish-themed jokes. Jerry, who is Jewish, tells a priest that he thinks Tim only converted for the jokes, and that Tim has also been telling Catholic-themed jokes, s... > **[New York City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City)** > > New York, often called New York City\[a\] or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km2), New York City is the most densely populated major city in the United States. The city is more than twice as populous as Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest city. New York City is situated at the southern tip of the State of New York. Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City compr... > **[Biotechnology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology)** > > Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. > The term biotechnology was first used by Károly Ereky in 1919, to refer to the production of products from raw materials with the aid of living organisms. The core principle of biotechnology involves harnessing biological systems and organisms, such as bact... > **[Engineering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering)** > > Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve problems, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems. Modern engineering comprises many subfields which include designing and creating infrastructure, machinery, vehicles, electronics, materials, and energy. > The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more specialized fields of engineering, each with a more specific emphasis on particular areas of appl... > **[Physics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics)** > > Physics is the natural science of matter, involving the study of matter,\[a\] its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. Physics is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, with its main goal being to understand how the universe behaves.\[b\] A scientist who specializes in the field of physics is called a physicist. > Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines and, through its inclusion of astronomy, p... > **[Higgs boson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson)** > > The Higgs boson, sometimes called the Higgs particle, is an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics produced by the quantum excitation of the Higgs field, one of the fields in particle physics theory. In the Standard Model, the Higgs particle is a massive scalar boson with zero spin, even (positive) parity, no electric charge, and no colour charge that couples to (interacts with) mass. It is also very unstable, decaying into other particles almost imme The Higgs field i... > **[Fermilab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermilab)** > > Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics. Since 2007, Fermilab has been operated by the Fermi Research Alliance (FRA), a joint venture of the University of Chicago, and the Universities Research Association (URA); although in 2023, the Department of Energy (DOE) opened bidding for a new contractor due to concerns about the FRA perf... > **[Chicago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago)** > > Chicago (/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ (listen) shih-KAH-goh, locally also /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/ shih-KAW-goh; Miami-Illinois: Shikaakwa; Ojibwe: Zhigaagong) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the third-most populous in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is also the most populous city in the Midwest. As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan > **[List of tallest buildings in Chicago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Chicago)** > > Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States, is home to 1,397 completed high-rises, 56 of which stand taller than 600 feet (183 m). The tallest building in the city is the 110-story Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), which rises 1,451 feet (442 m) in the Chicago Loop and was completed in 1974. Sears Tower was the tallest building in the world upon its completion, and remained the tallest building in the United States until May 10, 2013. The second, third, and fourth-tal Chicago i... > **[Crain Communications Building](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smurfit-Stone_Building)** > > The Crain Communications Building is a 39-story, 582 foot (177 m) skyscraper located at 150 North Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It was also known as the Smurfit–Stone Building and the Stone Container Building. While the building was originally going to be called "One Park Place," it opened as The Associates Center, named after the initial tenant of the building, the Associates Commercial Corp. > Construction of the building began in 1983 and was completed in 1984. The building... Whew! Give me a minute to come up with the next. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/71 "2010-10-27T18:17:01Z")
Okay, [Shell Grotto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_grotto) to [Dark City.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_%281998_film%29) off to work I go. ---
**Author:** ![Puff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@Puff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puff)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/72 "2010-10-27T18:43:11Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > Okay, [Shell Grotto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_grotto) to [Dark City.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_%281998_film%29) > off to work I go. > **[Shell grotto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_grotto)** > > A shell grotto is a type of folly, a grotto decorated with sea shells. The shell grotto was a popular feature of many British country houses in the 17th and 18th centuries. It suited the Baroque and Rococo styles (which used swirling motifs similar to sea shells) and often represented the mimicry of architectural features from the Italian Renaissance (themselves copies from Classical times). The idea of a grotto was originally a means to enhance a dank undercroft, or provide an antechamber Ea... > **[Owl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl)** > > Strigidae > Tytonidae > †Ogygoptyngidae (fossil) > †Palaeoglaucidae (fossil) > †Protostrigidae (fossil) > †Sophiornithidae (fossil) > Strigidae sensu Sibley & Ahlquist > Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes (/ˈstrɪdʒəfɔːrmiːz/), which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and ... > **[Athena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena)** > > Athena\[b\] or Athene,\[c\] often given the epithet Pallas,\[d\] is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of various cities across Greece, particularly the city of Athens, from which she most likely received her name. The Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens is dedicated to her. Her major symbols include owls, olive trees, snakes, and the Gorgoneion. In Fro... > **[Wisdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom)** > > Wisdom, also known as sapience, is the ability to apply knowledge, experience, and good judgment to navigate life's complexities. It is often associated with insight, discernment, and ethics in decision-making. Throughout history, wisdom has been regarded as a key virtue in philosophy, religion, and psychology, representing the ability to understand and respond to reality in a balanced and thoughtful manner. Unlike intelligence, which primarily concerns problem-solving and reasoning, wisdom inv... > **[Intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence)** > > Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. It can be described as the ability to perceive or infer information and to retain it as knowledge to be applied to adaptive behaviors within an environment or context. > The term rose to prominence during the early 1900s.\[vague\] Most psychologists believe that intelligence can be div... > **[Artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence)** > > Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of research in computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to perceive their environment and use learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals. > High-profile applications of AI in... > **[The Matrix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix)** > > The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis.\[a\] It is the first installment in the Matrix film series, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. It depicts a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside the Matrix, a simulated reality created by intelligent machines. Believing computer hacker Neo to be "the One" prophesied to defeat them, Morpheus recruits him into a rebellion a... > **[Dark City (1998 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film))** > > Dark City is a 1998 neo-noir science fiction film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Alex Proyas. It stars Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, and Ian Richardson. The screenplay was written by Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer. In the film, Sewell plays an amnesiac man who, finding himself suspected of murder, attempts to discover his true identity and clear his name while on the run from the police and a mysterious group known as the "St... let’s go with this next… > **[Catweazle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catweazle)** > > Catweazle is a British children's fantasy television series, starring Geoffrey Bayldon in the title role, and created by Richard Carpenter for London Weekend Television. The first series, produced and directed in 1969 by Quentin Lawrence, was screened in the UK on ITV in 1970. The second series, produced and directed in 1970 by David Reid and David Lane, was shown in 1971. Both series had thirteen episodes, most written by Carpenter, who also published a book for each series based on the scrip... to > **[Aglet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugelbinder)** > > An aglet (/ˈæɡlət/ AG-lət) or aiglet is a small sheath, often made of plastic or metal, attached at each end of a shoelace, a cord, or a drawstring. An aglet keeps the fibers of the lace or cord from unraveling; its firmness and narrow profile make it easier to hold and easier to feed through eyelets, lugs, or other lacing guides. > The word aglet and its variant aiglet come from the Middle French and Old French word aguillette, the diminutive of aguille, meaning "needle, pin", which in turn com... ---
**Author:** ![HardlySanguine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/73 "2010-10-27T22:35:22Z")
Ha! A couple of cool leaps in here: Catweazle [recalling that Shakespeare performed in Surrey] [Surrey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey,_England)(England) [Shakespeare](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare#Plays) [aglet-babies] [The Taming of the Shrew](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew) Aglet * * * How 'bout: [Writhe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writhe)to [Spring (device)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_%28device%29) ---
**Author:** ![badlyburnttoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@badlyburnttoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badlyburnttoast)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/74 "2010-10-28T02:56:12Z")
I remember this game! (fun fact, the article for energy mentions spring 6 times but never links to it) > **[Writhe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writhe)** > > In knot theory, there are several competing notions of the quantity writhe, or > > > > Wr > > > {\\displaystyle \\operatorname {Wr} } > > . In one sense, it is purely a property of an oriented link diagram and assumes integer values. In another sense, it is a quantity that describes the amount of "coiling" of a mathematical knot (or any closed simple curve) in three-dimensional space and assumes real numbers as values. In both cases, writhe is a geometric quantity, meaning ... > **[Linking number](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linking_number)** > > In mathematics, the linking number is a numerical invariant that describes the linking of two closed curves in three-dimensional space. Intuitively, the linking number represents the number of times that each curve winds around the other. In Euclidean space, the linking number is always an integer, but may be positive or negative depending on the orientation of the two curves (this is not true for curves in most 3-manifolds, where linking numbers can also be fractions or just not exist at all).... > **[Differentiable curve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_geometry_of_curves)** > > Differential geometry of curves is the branch of geometry that deals with smooth curves in the plane and the Euclidean space by methods of differential and integral calculus. > Many specific curves have been thoroughly investigated using the synthetic approach. Differential geometry takes another path: curves are represented in a parametrized form, and their geometric properties and various quantities associated with them, such as the curvature and the arc length, are expressed via derivatives and... > **[Action (physics)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_(physics))** > > In physics, action is a scalar quantity describing how a physical system has changed over time (its dynamics).\[clarification needed\] Action is significant because the equations of motion of the system can be derived through the principle of stationary action. > In the simple case of a single particle moving with a constant velocity (uniform linear motion), the action is the momentum of the particle times the distance it moves, added up along its path; equivalently, action is twice the particle's k... > **[Energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy)** > > In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia) 'activity') is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light. Energy is a conserved quantity—the law of conservation of energy states that energy can be converted in form, but not created or destroyed. The unit of measurement for energy in the International System of Units (SI) is the joule (J). > Common forms of energy include ... > **[Harmonic oscillator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_oscillator)** > > In classical mechanics, a harmonic oscillator is a system that, when displaced from its equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force F proportional to the displacement x: > If F is the only force acting on the system, the system is called a simple harmonic oscillator, and it undergoes simple harmonic motion: sinusoidal oscillations about the equilibrium point, with a constant amplitude and a constant frequency (which does not depend on the amplitude). > If a frictional force (damping) prop... > **[Spring (device)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(device))** > > A spring is a device consisting of an elastic but largely rigid material (typically metal) bent or molded into a form (especially a coil) that can return into shape after being compressed or extended. Springs can store energy when compressed. In everyday use the term often refers to coil springs, but there are many different spring designs. Modern springs are typically manufactured from spring steel. An example of a non-metallic spring is the bow, made traditionally of flexible yew wood, whi Wh... Seems like there should be a better way though. How about [Quark](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark) to [lyman alpha blob](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_alpha_blob) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/75 "2010-10-28T03:37:35Z")
> **[Quark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark)** > > A quark (/kwɔːrk, kwɑːrk/) is a type of elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter. Quarks combine to form composite particles called hadrons, the most stable of which are protons and neutrons, the components of atomic nuclei. All commonly observable matter is composed of up quarks, down quarks and electrons. Owing to a phenomenon known as color confinement, quarks are never found in isolation; they can be found only within hadrons, which include baryons (such as protons and ... > **[Matter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter)** > > In classical physics and general chemistry, matter is any substance with mass and takes up space by having volume. All everyday objects that can be touched are ultimately composed of atoms, which are made up of interacting subatomic particles, and in everyday as well as scientific usage, matter generally includes atoms and anything made up of them, and any particles (or combination of particles) that act as if they have both rest mass and volume. However it does not include massless particles ... > **[Galaxy formation and evolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_formation_and_evolution)** > > The study of galaxy formation and evolution is concerned with the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning, the formation of the first galaxies, the way galaxies change over time, and the processes that have generated the variety of structures observed in nearby galaxies. Galaxy formation is hypothesized to occur from structure formation theories, as a result of tiny quantum fluctuations in the aftermath of the Big Bang. The simplest model in general agreement... > **[Zeldovich pancake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeldovich_pancake)** > > A Zel'dovich pancake is a theoretical condensation of gas out of a primordial density fluctuation following the Big Bang. In 1970, Yakov B. Zel'dovich showed that for an ellipsoid of gas on a supergalactic scale, an approximation can be used that will model the collapse as occurring most rapidly along the shortest axis, resulting in a pancake form. This approximation assumes that the ellipsoid of gas is sufficiently large that the effect of pressure is negligible and only gravitational attract In... > **[Lyman-alpha blob](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_alpha_blob)** > > In astronomy, a Lyman-alpha blob (LAB) is a huge concentration of a gas emitting the Lyman-alpha emission line. LABs are some of the largest known individual objects in the Universe. Some of these gaseous structures are more than 400,000 light years across. So far they have only been found in the high-redshift universe because of the ultraviolet nature of the Lyman-alpha emission line. Since Earth's atmosphere is very effective at filtering out UV photons, the Lyman-alpha photons must be redshif... [Stacy, Virginia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy,_Virginia) to [Sarath Amunugama (politician)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarath_Amunugama_(politician)) (I play with random articles) ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/76 "2010-10-28T06:40:33Z")
> **[Sarath Amunugama (politician)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarath_Amunugama_%28politician%29)** > > Sarath Leelananda Bandara Amunugama (Sinhala:සරත් ලීලානන්ද බණඩාර අමුනුගම), MP, SLAS (born July 10, 1939) is a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He was the Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning until April 2010. He is a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. > He studied at the Trinity College, Kandy and graduated from the University of Ceylon. He ... > **[UNESCO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO)** > > The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)\[a\] is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It has 194 member states and 12 associate members, as well as partners in the non-governmental, intergovernmental and private sector. Headquartered in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 national commissions UNESCO was fou... > **[United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)** > > The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America and consisting of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands,\[i\] and 326 Indian reservations. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area.\[c\] It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, C... > **[Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia)** > > Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia,\[a\] is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The state's capital is Richmond, its most populous city is Virginia Beach, and Fairfax County is the state's most populous political subdivision. Virginia's population in 2022\[update\] was over 8.68 million, with 35% living within the Greater Washington metropolitan area. The Blue Ridge Mountains cross the... > **[List of unincorporated communities in Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unincorporated_towns_in_Virginia)** > > This is a list of unincorporated communities in the Commonwealth of Virginia that are not incorporated as independent cities or towns as of 2005\[update\]. Bolded places are census-designated places; there are 362 of them as of the 2010 United States Census. > **[Stacy, Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy,_Virginia)** > > Stacy is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. > A post office was established at Stacy in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1961. The community was likely named for Benjamin Stacy, a settler. [Numinous](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numinous) to [Guy Murchie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Murchie) whoops! ---
**Author:** ![HardlySanguine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/77 "2010-10-28T06:41:36Z")
I can’t get there without going through “list of” pages and one category thingy on the bottom of the Parliament page: Stacy, Virginia [Unincorporated Community](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unincorporated_community) [Country](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country) [List of countries](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_countries_and_territories) [List of sovereign states](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states) [Sri Lanka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka) [Parliament of Sri Lanka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka) [12th Sri Lankan Parliament](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament) Sarath Amunugama ## Were both ends random pages? Can you get from [Placemat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placemat)to [Welcome mat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat)? ---
**Author:** ![Puff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@Puff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puff)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/78 "2010-10-28T14:25:59Z")
> [@HardlySanguine](#): > > Ha! A couple of cool leaps in here: > > Catweazle [recalling that Shakespeare performed in Surrey] > [Surrey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey,_England)(England) > [Shakespeare](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare#Plays) [aglet-babies] > [The Taming of the Shrew](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew) > Aglet * * * [ASIDE] I think I have my first doper-crush… or my first man-crush? Either way, I probably would for someone whos mind connects Catweazle to Shakespeare… [/ASIDE] on to mats of various varieties… ---
**Author:** ![Puff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@Puff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puff)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/79 "2010-10-28T14:58:11Z")
nice fluid connection here… > **[Numinous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numinous)** > > Numinous (/ˈnjuːmɪnəs/) is a term derived from the Latin numen, meaning "arousing spiritual or religious emotion; mysterious or awe-inspiring." The term was given its present sense by the German theologian and philosopher Rudolf Otto in his influential 1917 German book The Idea of the Holy. He also used the phrase mysterium tremendum as another description for the phenomenon. Otto's concept of the numinous influenced thinkers including Carl Jung, Mircea Eliade, and C. S. Lewis. It has been app Nu... > **[C. S. Lewis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis)** > > Clive Staples Lewis, FBA (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, but he is also noted for his other works of fiction, such as The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apo... > **[Greek mythology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology)** > > Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories concern the ancient Greek religion's view of the origin and nature of the world; the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and mythological creatures; and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars study the myths to she... > **[Gaia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_(mythology))** > > In Greek mythology, Gaia (/ˈɡeɪə, ˈɡaɪə/; Ancient Greek: Γαῖα, romanized: Gaîa, a poetical form of Γῆ (Gê), meaning 'land' or 'earth'), also spelled Gaea /ˈdʒiːə/, is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia is the ancestral mother—sometimes parthenogenic—of all life. She is the mother of Uranus (the sky), from whose sexual union she bore the Titans (themselves parents of many of the Olympian gods), the Cyclopes, and the Giants; as well as of Pont The Greek n... > **[Gaia hypothesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis)** > > The Gaia hypothesis (/ˈɡaɪ.ə/), also known as the Gaia theory, Gaia paradigm, or the Gaia principle, proposes that living organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a synergistic and self-regulating, complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet. > The Gaia hypothesis was formulated by the chemist James Lovelock and co-developed by the microbiologist Lynn Margulis in the 1970s. Following the suggestion by his neighbour, noveli... > **[Guy Murchie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Murchie)** > > Guy Murchie (Jr.) (25 January 1907 – 8 July 1997) was an American writer about science and philosophy: aviation, astronomy, biology, and the meaning of life. He was, successively, a world traveler; a war correspondent; a photographer, staff artist, and reporter for the Chicago Tribune; a pilot and flight instructor; a teacher; a lecturer; an aerial navigator; a building contractor; and founder and director of a summer camp for children. He was a practising member of the Baháʼí Faith. His books... go with > **[Congee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congee)** > > Congee or conjee (/ˈkɒndʒiː/ KON-jee) is a type of mostly savoury rice porridge or gruel of Asian origin. It can be eaten plain, where it is typically served with side dishes, or it can be served with ingredients such as meat, fish, seasonings and flavourings, most often savory, but sometimes sweet. It is typically served as a meal on its own, especially for breakfast or people who are ill. Names for congee are as varied as the style of its preparation, but all are made with rice cooked as a so... to > **[Dust explosion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_explosion)** > > A dust explosion is the rapid combustion of fine particles suspended in the air within an enclosed location. Dust explosions can occur where any dispersed powdered combustible material is present in high-enough concentrations in the atmosphere or other oxidizing gaseous medium, such as pure oxygen. In cases when fuel plays the role of a combustible material, the explosion is known as a fuel-air explosion. > Dust explosions are a frequent hazard in coal mines, grain elevators, and other industrial ... ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346/80 "2010-10-28T15:10:45Z")
> [@HardlySanguine](#): > > Can you get from [Placemat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placemat)to [Welcome mat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat)? Hope I’m doing this right! > **[Placemat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placemat)** > > A placemat or table mat is a covering or pad designating an individual place setting, unlike the larger tablecloth that covers the entire surface. Placemats are made from many different materials, depending on their purpose: to protect, decorate, entertain or advertise. Materials and production methods range from mass-produced and commercial, to local and traditional. > Their primary function is to protect the dinner table from water marks, food stains or heat damage. They also serve as decoration... > **[Lace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace)** > > Lace is a delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern, made by machine or by hand. Generally, lace is split into two main categories, needlelace and bobbin lace,: 122  although there are other types of lace, such as knitted or crocheted lace. Other laces such as these are considered as a category of their specific craft. Knitted lace, therefore, is an example of knitting. This article considers both needle lace and bobbin lace. > While some experts say both needle lace and... > **[Textile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabric)** > > Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fibre-based materials, including fibres, yarns, filaments, threads, and different types of fabric. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the only manufacturing method, and many other methods were later developed to form textile structures based on their intended use. Knitting and non-woven are other popular types of fabric manufacturing. In the contemporary world, textiles satisfy the mat Textiles... > **[Carpet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpet)** > > A carpet or rug is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but since the 20th century synthetic fibres such as polypropylene, nylon, and polyester have often been used, as these fibres are less expensive than wool. The pile usually consists of twisted tufts that are typically heat-treated to maintain their structure. The terms carpet and rug are sometimes interchangeable, though carpet generally r... > **[Mat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat)** > > A mat is a hard or soft floor covering that generally is placed on a floor or other flat surface. Mats serve a range of purposes including: > A car mat is designed to help protect a vehicle's carpeted floors. One major use of a car mat is to keep mud, sand and snow from contacting the carpeted floors. Some require fixation points to ensure they remain fixed in position. > Carpet mats and rubber mats differ in a number of ways. Carpet mats are generally tufted and have a rubberised anti-slip backi... Puff already has a new one going. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-wikipedia-leapfrog/558346.md?page=5)