# Remember this \[Wikipedia\] SDMB game? Let's try it again! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 7, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694 "2009-11-07T05:30:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [November 19, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/121 "2009-11-19T14:59:24Z")
> [@Blake](#): > > … > [Bob Burns (drummer) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Burns_%28drummer%29) > > [Taro the Space Alien - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_the_Space_Alien) Did it: Bob Burns (drummer) United States of America Japan Manga Shogakukan Manga Award Taro the Space Alien Go ahead and do **brujaja** ’s alternate next. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/122 "2009-11-19T15:06:39Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > [Impossible world - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_world) > to > [Private Idaho - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Idaho) Long, but I think amusing: > **[Impossible world](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_world)** > > In philosophical logic, the concept of an impossible world (sometimes called a non-normal world) > is used to model certain > phenomena that cannot be adequately handled using ordinary possible worlds. An > impossible world, > > > > i > > > {\\displaystyle i} > > , is the same sort of thing as a possible world > > > > w > > > {\\displaystyle w} > > (whatever that may be), > except that it is in some sense "impossible." Depending on the context, this may me... > **[Philosophical logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_logic)** > > Understood in a narrow sense, philosophical logic is the area of logic that studies the application of logical methods to philosophical problems, often in the form of extended logical systems like modal logic. Some theorists conceive philosophical logic in a wider sense as the study of the scope and nature of logic in general. In this sense, philosophical logic can be seen as identical to the philosophy of logic, which includes additional topics like how to define logic or a discussion of the fun... > **[Probability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability)** > > Probability is a branch of mathematics and statistics concerning events and numerical descriptions of how likely they are to occur. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and 1; the larger the probability, the more likely an event is to occur.\[note 1\] This number is often expressed as a percentage (%), ranging from 0% to 100%. A simple example is the tossing of a fair (unbiased) coin. Since the coin is fair, the two outcomes ("heads" and "tails") are both equally probable; the p Th... > **[Randomness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomness)** > > In common usage, randomness is the apparent or actual lack of definite patterns or predictability in information. A random sequence of events, symbols or steps often has no order and does not follow an intelligible pattern or combination. Individual random events are, by definition, unpredictable, but if there is a known probability distribution, the frequency of different outcomes over repeated events (or "trials") is predictable.\[note 1\] For example, when throwing two dice, the outcome of Th... > **[Chaos theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory)** > > Chaos theory is an interdisciplinary area of scientific study and branch of mathematics. It focuses on underlying patterns and deterministic laws of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions. These were once thought to have completely random states of disorder and irregularities. Chaos theory states that within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems, there are underlying patterns, interconnection, constant feedback loops, repetition, self-similarity, fractal Sm... > **[Benoit Mandelbrot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Mandelbrot)** > > Benoit B. Mandelbrot\[a\]\[b\] (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding what he labeled as "the art of roughness" of physical phenomena and "the uncontrolled element in life". He referred to himself as a "fractalist" and is recognized for his contribution to the field of fractal geometry, which included coining the word "fractal", as well as developing a theory of In 1936, ... > **[Jonathan Coulton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Coulton)** > > Jonathan William Coulton (born December 1, 1970), often called "JoCo" by fans, is an American folk/comedy singer-songwriter, known for his songs about geek culture and his use of the Internet to draw fans. Among his most popular songs are "Code Monkey", "Re: Your Brains", "Still Alive", and "Want You Gone" (the last three being featured in games developed by Valve: Left 4 Dead 2, Portal, and Portal 2 respectively). He was the house musician for NPR weekly puzzle quiz show Ask Me Another from ... > **[Rock music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music)** > > Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the African-American musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz a... > **[Punk rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock)** > > Punk rock (or simply punk) is a subgenre of rock music that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the overproduction and corporate nature of mainstream rock music. Typically producing short, fast-paced songs with rough stripped-down vocals and instrumentation and an anti-establishment theme, artists embrace a DIY ethic with many bands self-producing and distributing recordings through independent labels. > During the early 1970s, the t... > **[New wave music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave_music)** > > New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles that emerged in the mid- to late 1970s as a lighter and more melodic "broadening of punk culture". The term new wave initially held distinct regional differences between the United States and United Kingdom. In the US, "new wave" had originally been used by music critics to label New York punk bands during the early-to mid 1970s. The term was later adopted by Sire Records founder Seymour Stein, who launched the "Don't Call It Punk"... > **[List of new wave artists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Wave_bands_and_artists)** > > The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the new wave music genre during the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s. The list does not include acts associated with the resurgences and revivals of the genre that have occurred from the 1990s onward. Acts associated with these revivals are found in the list of post-punk revival bands article. > Groups and artists with aliases are listed by the first letter in their name, and individuals are listed by their surname. > Note: ± indicates... > **[The B-52s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B-52%27s)** > > The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with a plural apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion), Ricky Wilson (guitar, vocals), and Keith Strickland (drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals). Ricky Wilson died of AIDS-related illness in 1985, and Strickland permanently switched from drums to lead gu The... > **[Private Idaho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Idaho_(song))** > > "Private Idaho" is a single released by American band the B-52's from their second studio album Wild Planet (1980). > The B-52's are from Athens, Georgia, and never played a concert in Idaho until September 13, 2011, when they played at Eagle River Pavilion in Eagle, Idaho. In preparation of the event, the Idaho Statesman interviewed Fred Schneider about the song's meaning. "Idaho is pretty mysterious to all of us," he said. "I know it's a beautiful state, but then I know there's also a lot of cra... Took longer to make the link from Impossible World to Mandelbrot, and from Coulton to the B-52s, than I would have thought. This one should be fairly easy: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut\_Me\_Own\_Throat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_Me_Own_Throat) to > **[Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_trump)** > > Timeline > Executive actions > Trips ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/123 "2009-11-19T21:31:55Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut\_Me\_Own\_Throat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_Me_Own_Throat) > > to > > [Donald Trump - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_trump) A little longer than I’d hoped, but I did it in a straight line with no backtracking, at least: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut\_Me\_Own\_Throat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_Me_Own_Throat) > **[Ankh-Morpork](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankh-Morpork)** > > Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state that is the setting for many Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. > Pratchett describes Ankh-Morpork as the biggest city in Discworld and its corrupt mercantile capital. The city's motto is Quanti Canicula Illa In Fenestra, Latatian for 'How much is that doggy in the window?' > In The Art of Discworld, Pratchett explained that the city is similar to Tallinn and central Prague, but adds that it has elements of 18th-century London, 19th-century Seattle and moder... > **[New York City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City)** > > New York, often called New York City (NYC),\[b\] is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with its respective county. It is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New Y... > **[Architecture of New York City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_New_York_City)** > > The building form most closely associated with New York City is the skyscraper, which has shifted many commercial and residential districts from low-rise to high-rise. Surrounded mostly by water, the city has amassed one of the largest and most varied collection of skyscrapers in the world. > New York has architecturally significant buildings in a wide range of styles spanning distinct historical and cultural periods. These include the Woolworth Building (1913), an early Gothic revival skyscra... > **[Trump World Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_World_Tower)** > > Trump World Tower is a residential condominium building in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. The tower is located at 845 United Nations Plaza, on First Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets. It was developed by Donald Trump and was constructed between 1999 and 2001. > Trump World Tower has 376 units. Designed by the architect Costas Kondylis, the building is 861 feet (262 m) high, but New York City Department of Buildings records give a separate f... > **[Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump)** > > Timeline > Executive actions > Trips And now, just for something a little different: > **[Sparkling violetear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkling_Violetear)** > > The sparkling violetear (Colibri coruscans) is a species of hummingbird widespread in highlands of northern and western South America, including a large part of the Andes (from Argentina and northwards), the Venezuelan Coastal Range, and the Tepuis. It occurs in a wide range of semi-open habitats, even in gardens and parks within major cities such as Quito, and is often the most common species of hummingbird in its range. It is highly vocal and territorial. > The sparkling violetear has two su... to > **[Jacob Marley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Marley)** > > Jacob Marley is a fictional character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. Marley is the former business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge, the novella's protagonist; he is seven years deceased at the story's opening. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by Marley's ghost, who wanders the Earth entwined by heavy chains and money boxes due to a lifetime of greed and selfishness. Marley informs Scrooge that he has a single chance of redemption: he will be visited by three spirits in th... (a bonus point to the first person who figures out what those two have in common) ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/124 "2009-11-20T06:12:22Z")
Tricky. The best I can do is: > **[Sparkling violetear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkling_Violetear)** > > The sparkling violetear (Colibri coruscans) is a species of hummingbird widespread in highlands of northern and western South America, including a large part of the Andes (from Argentina and northwards), the Venezuelan Coastal Range, and the Tepuis. It occurs in a wide range of semi-open habitats, even in gardens and parks within major cities such as Quito, and is often the most common species of hummingbird in its range. It is highly vocal and territorial. > The sparkling violetear has two su... > **[Argentina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina)** > > Argentina (Spanish pronunciation: \[aɾxenˈtina\] i), officially the Argentine Republic\[A\] (Spanish: República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi),\[B\] making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Para... > **[Catholic Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church)** > > God > > Schools > Relations with: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell\_in\_Christian\_belief](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_in_Christian_belief) > **[Naraka (Buddhism)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naraka_%28Buddhism%29)** > > Naraka (Sanskrit: नरक; Pali: 𑀦𑀺𑀭𑀬 Niraya) is a term in Buddhist cosmology usually referred to in English as "hell" (or "hell realm") or "purgatory". The Narakas of Buddhism are closely related to Diyu, the hell in Chinese mythology. A Naraka differs from one concept of hell in Christianity in two respects: firstly, beings are not sent to Naraka as the result of a divine judgment or punishment; and secondly, the length of a being's stay in a Naraka is not eternal, though it is usually incomp A bei... > **[Ghost Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Festival)** > > The Ghost Festival or Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism and the Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism, is a traditional festival held in certain East and Southeast Asian countries. According to the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh month (14th in parts of southern China).: 4, 6  \[note 1\] > In Chinese culture, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh mo... > **[Ghost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost)** > > Reportedly haunted locations: > A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance. Other terms associated with it are apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist,... > **[Jacob Marley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Marley)** > > Jacob Marley is a fictional character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, a former business partner of the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who has been dead for seven years. > On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited at home by Marley's ghost, who wanders the Earth entwined by heavy chains and money boxes forged during a lifetime of greed and selfishness. Marley tells Scrooge that he has a single chance to avoid the same fate: he will be visited by three spirits and must listen or be curs... > **[Timeline of the 2007 Lebanon conflict](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2007_Lebanon_conflict)** > > This is a detailed timeline of the 2007 Lebanon conflict. > Fighting began early on Sunday after a police raid on a house in Tripoli which was apparently being used by militants from Fatah al-Islam. The militant group subsequently began shooting at the Lebanese security forces who returned fire, triggering clashes in the vicinity of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli. The men reportedly resisted arrest and the violence spread to neighbouring streets. The police and the army ... > **[Alien Incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Incident)** > > Alien Incident (Finnish: Muukalaisten yö, lit. 'Night of the Aliens') is a 1996 point-and-click graphic adventure game. It was developed by Finnish game developer Housemarque and published by GameTek for MS-DOS. > On Halloween, Benjamin Richards is at his uncle's mansion to bear witness to his newest invention, the "Worm Hole Spawner". Upon activation, a wormhole brings an alien spaceship into the Solar System. The aliens kidnap Benjamin's uncle, whom the player must rescue in addition to stopping... ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/125 "2009-11-20T14:08:21Z")
I never thought the path from a _Colibri_ hummingbird to Jacob _Marley_ would lead through Hell and Buddhism. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/126 "2009-11-20T14:48:10Z")
> [@Blake](#): > > [Timeline of the 2007 Lebanon conflict - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2007_Lebanon_conflict) > > [Alien Incident - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Incident) > **[Timeline of the 2007 Lebanon conflict](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2007_Lebanon_conflict)** > > This is a detailed timeline of the 2007 Lebanon conflict. > Fighting began early on Sunday after a police raid on a house in Tripoli which was apparently being used by militants from Fatah al-Islam. The militant group subsequently began shooting at the Lebanese security forces who returned fire, triggering clashes in the vicinity of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli. The men reportedly resisted arrest and the violence spread to neighbouring streets. The police and the army ... > **[Hezbollah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah)** > > Hezbollah\[a\] is a Shia Islamist Lebanese political party and paramilitary group. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. Its armed strength was assessed to be equivalent to that of a medium-sized army in 2016. > Hezbollah was founded in 1982 by Lebanese clerics in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Inspired by the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's model... > **[Special forces (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Force)** > > Special forces are military units trained to conduct special operations. > Special Force or Special Forces may also refer to: > **[First-person shooter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter)** > > A first-person shooter (FPS) is a video game centered on gun fighting and other weapon-based combat seen from a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action directly through the eyes of the main character. This genre shares multiple common traits with other shooter games, and in turn falls under the action games category. Since the genre's inception, advanced 3D and pseudo-3D graphics have proven fundamental to allow a reasonable level of immersion in the game world, and t > **[Video game genre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_genres)** > > A video game genre is an informal classification of a video game based on how it is played rather than visual or narrative elements. This is independent of setting, unlike works of fiction that are expressed through other media, such as films or books. For example, a shooter game is still a shooter game, regardless of where or when it takes place. A specific game's genre is open to subjective interpretation. An individual game may belong to several genres at once. > Early attempts at categorizing ... > **[Adventure game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_adventure_game)** > > Adventure games are a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story, driven by exploration and/or puzzle-solving. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media, such as literature and film, encompassing a wide variety of genres. Most adventure games (text and graphic) are designed for a single player, since the emphasis on story and character makes multiplayer design difficult. Colossal Cave Adventure i Adven... > **[List of graphic adventure games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_graphic_adventure_games)** > > proprietary engine > Annapurna Interactive (WIndows / iOS) > Unreal Engine 4 (Redux) > **[Alien Incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Incident)** > > Alien Incident (Finnish: Muukalaisten yö, lit. 'Night of the Aliens') is a 1996 point-and-click graphic adventure game. It was developed by Finnish game developer Housemarque and published by GameTek for MS-DOS. > On Halloween, Benjamin Richards is at his uncle's mansion to bear witness to his newest invention, the "Worm Hole Spawner". Upon activation, a wormhole brings an alien spaceship into the Solar System. The aliens kidnap Benjamin's uncle, whom the player must rescue in addition to stopping... > **[Old Faithful](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Faithful)** > > Old Faithful is a cone geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States. It was named in 1870 during the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in the park to be named. It is a highly predictable geothermal feature, erupting on average every 92 minutes, with the period between eruptions ranging from as short as 35 minutes to as long as 120 minutes. > The geyser and the nearby Old Faithful Inn are part of the Old Faithful Historic District. > In the afternoon of S... to > **[Old Catholic Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church)** > > The terms Old Catholic Church, Old Catholics, Old-Catholic churches, or Old Catholic movement, designate "any of the groups of Western Christians who believe themselves to maintain in complete loyalty the doctrine and traditions of the undivided church but who separated from the See of Rome after the First Vatican Council of 1869–70". > The expression Old Catholic has been used from the 1850s by communions separated from the Catholic Church over certain doctrines, primarily concerned with papal... ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/127 "2009-11-20T15:53:38Z")
Surprisingly simple: > **[Old Faithful](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Faithful)** > > Old Faithful is a cone geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States. It was named in 1870 during the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in the park to be named. It is a highly predictable geothermal feature and has erupted every 44 minutes to two hours since 2000. The geyser and the nearby Old Faithful Inn are part of the Old Faithful Historic District. > In the afternoon of September 18, 1870, the members of the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition travel... > **[Calistoga, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calistoga,_California)** > > Calistoga (Wappo: Nilektsonoma) is a city in Napa County, California, United States. Located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the city had a population of 5,228 as of the 2020 census. > Calistoga was founded in 1868 when the California Pacific Railroad was built, establishing the town as a tourist destination for its Calistoga Hot Springs. Today, Calistoga continues as a popular tourist destination in Wine Country, owing to its vineyards and historic landmarks. > The Upper N... > **[Hispanic and Latino Americans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States)** > > Hispanic and Latino Americans (Spanish: Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; Portuguese: Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of Spaniard and/or Latin American ancestry. These demographics include all Americans who identify as Hispanic or Latino regardless of ancestry. As of 2020, the Census Bureau estimated that there were almost 65.3 million Hispanics and Latinos living in the United States and its territories. > "Origin" can be viewed as the ancestry, nationality group, lineage o... > **[Catholic Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church)** > > God > > Schools > Relations with: > **[Old Catholic Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church)** > > The terms Old Catholic Church, Old Catholics, Old-Catholic churches or Old Catholic movement designate "any of the groups of Western Christians who believe themselves to maintain in complete loyalty the doctrine and traditions of the undivided church but who separated from the see of Rome after the First Vatican council of 1869–70". > The expression Old Catholic has been used from the 1850s by communions separated from the Roman Catholic Church over certain doctrines, primarily concerned with pa... > **[Timothy Adams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Adams)** > > Timothy or Tim Adams may refer to: > **[Conglomerate (geology)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerate_%28geology%29)** > > Conglomerate (/kənˈɡlɒmərɪt/) is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed of a substantial fraction of rounded to subangular gravel-size clasts. A conglomerate typically contains a matrix of finer-grained sediments, such as sand, silt, or clay, which fills the interstices between the clasts. The clasts and matrix are typically cemented by calcium carbonate, iron oxide, silica, or hardened clay. > Conglomerates form by the consolidation and lithification of gravel. They can be found in sedimenta... ---
**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:** [November 20, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/128 "2009-11-20T17:45:47Z")
> [@Blake](#): > > … > > [Timothy Adams - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Adams) > > [Conglomerate (geology) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerate_%28geology%29) Hmmm. Simpler than I would’ve thought: Timothy Adams United States Appalachian Mountains Sedimentary rocks Conglomerate (geology) Next, how about: > **[Roy Horan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_horan)** > > Roy Horan III (January 1, 1950 – October 12, 2021) was an American actor and martial artist best known for his Hong Kong martial arts films. Horan played Lewis in the 1981 martial arts film Game of Death II, and Priest/Russian in the 1978 martial arts film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, opposite Jackie Chan. He was a student of Hwang Jang-lee, who appeared with Horan in several films. > Roy Horan III was born in Laurel, Maryland in January 1950, the eldest of eight children born to Roy Horan Jr. a... to > **[Order of the Norwegian Lion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Norwegian_Lion)** > > The Order of the Norwegian Lion was a Norwegian order of knighthood established by King Oscar II on 21 January 1904, "in memory of the glorious events associated with Norway’s venerable Coat of Arms". > The order was established as an equivalent in rank to the Swedish Order of the Seraphim as knights of the Norwegian Order of St. Olav ranked below the knights of the Seraphim in the shared Swedish-Norwegian royal court. However the expansion of the Norwegian honours system received mixed reactions ... ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/129 "2009-11-20T19:40:27Z")
I think this one is impossible. Gah! ---
**Author:** ![badlyburnttoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@badlyburnttoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badlyburnttoast)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/130 "2009-11-20T20:07:08Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I think this one is impossible. Gah! Nope, it’s just long. > **[Roy Horan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_horan)** > > Roy Horan III (January 1, 1950 – October 12, 2021) was an American actor and martial artist best known for his Hong Kong martial arts films. Horan played Lewis in the 1981 martial arts film Game of Death II, and Priest/Russian in the 1978 martial arts film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, opposite Jackie Chan. He was a student of Hwang Jang-lee, who appeared with Horan in several films. > Roy Horan III was born in Laurel, Maryland in January 1950, the eldest of eight children born to Roy Horan Jr. a... > **[Hong Kong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong)** > > Hong Kong\[e\] is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million residents in a 1,114-square-kilometre (430 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is the fourth-most densely populated region in the world. > Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong Island in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:English-speaking\_countries\_and\_territories](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:English-speaking_countries_and_territories) > **[United Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom)** > > The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,\[m\] is a country in northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland,\[n\] with a population of over 69 million in 2024. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering 94,354 square miles (244,376 km2... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:European\_sovereign\_states](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:European_sovereign_states) > **[Norway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway)** > > in Europe (green and dark grey) Norway,\[a\] officially the Kingdom of Norway,\[b\] is a Nordic country comprising the western and northernmost parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, the remote Arctic island Jan Mayen and the archipelago Svalbard.\[note 5\] Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of approximately 5.6 million... > **[Coat of arms of Norway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Norway)** > > The coat of arms of Norway is the arms of dominion of King Harald V of Norway, and as such represents both the monarch and the kingdom (nation and the state). It depicts a standing golden lion on a red background, bearing a golden crown and axe with silver blade (blazoned Gules, a lion rampant Or, crowned Or, holding an axe Or with a blade argent). > The coat of arms is used by the King (including the King's Council), the Parliament, and the Supreme Court, which are the three powers according to... > **[Order of St. Olav](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Order_of_St._Olav)** > > The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (Norwegian: Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or Sanct Olafs Orden, the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. > Just before the union with Sweden was dissolved in 1905, the Order of the Norwegian Lion was instituted in 1904 by King Oscar II, but no appointments were awarded by his successor, King Haakon VII. The Order of St. Olav... > **[Order of the Norwegian Lion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Norwegian_Lion)** > > The Order of the Norwegian Lion was a Norwegian order of knighthood established by King Oscar II on 21 January 1904, "in memory of the glorious events associated with Norway’s venerable Coat of Arms". > The order was established as an equivalent in rank to the Swedish Order of the Seraphim as knights of the Norwegian Order of St. Olav ranked below the knights of the Seraphim in the shared Swedish-Norwegian royal court. However the expansion of the Norwegian honours system received mixed reactions ... How about > **[Battle of Cold Harbor order of battle: Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Harbor_Union_order_of_battle)** > > The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cold Harbor (May 31–June 12, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 31, 1864, army organization May 26-June 3, 1864, the casualty returns and the reports. > LTG Ulysses S. Grant > Escort: > MG George Meade to > **[Zanclus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanclus)** > > Zanclus (Ancient Greek: Ζάγκλος) is the legendary first king of the Sicilian city of Messina. He is mentioned in an etiological passage by Diodorus of Sicily, and has become a symbol of Messina. In modern Italian, the form is given as Zanclo. > Gegenus is recorded as the father of Zanclus. Diodorus writes of Zanclus as the supposed eponym of "Zancle" (Ancient Greek: Ζάγκλη, romanized: Zágklē) (the ancient name for Messina). The giant Orion is said to have helped Zanclus in building the city and th... ---
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Crap! I was doing that. I went from Hong Kong to Europe to Norway, then I ended up on some page about Norweigan royalty. What’s funny is I ended up on a page that had a link to the Royal Norweigan Order of St. Olav next to some other Royal Norweigan Order, clicked that one, but not the one that I should have! Gah! I know for sure I ended up on [this page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_knighthood) and then I quit. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/132 "2009-11-20T22:53:14Z")
> [@badlyburnttoast](#): > > [Battle of Cold Harbor order of battle: Union - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Harbor_Union_order_of_battle) > > to > > [Zanclus - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanclus) That was tough. I had to give up and abandon my path twice. I ended up with this: > **[Battle of Cold Harbor order of battle: Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Harbor_Union_order_of_battle)** > > The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cold Harbor (May 31–June 12, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 31, 1864, army organization May 26-June 3, 1864, the casualty returns and the reports. > LTG Ulysses S. Grant > Escort: > MG George Meade > **[General officer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General)** > > A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air and space forces, marines or naval infantry.\[a\] > In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel. > The adjective general had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. > The various grades of general officer are at the top of the military rank structure. Lower-ranking officers in are typically known as... > **[Greece](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece)** > > – in Europe (light green & dark grey)– in the European Union (light green) Greece,\[c\] officially the Hellenic Republic,\[d\] is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coast... > **[Thomas Bulfinch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bulfinch)** > > Thomas Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 – May 27, 1867) was an American author born in Newton, Massachusetts, known best for Bulfinch's Mythology, a posthumous combination of his three volumes of mythologies. > Bulfinch belonged to a well-educated merchant family of modest means. His father was Charles Bulfinch, the architect of the Massachusetts State House in Boston and parts of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. > Bulfinch attended Boston Latin School, Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College, from ... > **[Bulfinch's Mythology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulfinch%27s_Mythology)** > > Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of tales from myth and legend rewritten for a general readership by the American Latinist and banker Thomas Bulfinch, published after his death in 1867. The work was a successful popularization of Greek mythology for English-speaking readers. > Carl J. Richard comments (with John Talbot of Brigham Young University concurring) that it was "one of the most popular books ever published in the United States and the standard work on classical mythology for nearly a ... > **[Orion (mythology)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28mythology%29)** > > In Greek mythology, Orion (/əˈraɪən/; Ancient Greek: Ὠρίων or Ὠαρίων; Latin: Orion) was a giant huntsman whom Zeus or Artemis placed among the stars as a constellation. He was venerated as a hero in the region of Boeotia, and there is one etiological passage which says that Orion was responsible for the present shape of the Strait of Sicily. > Ancient sources tell several, often conflicting, stories about Orion. Two major versions describe his birth, and several accounts relate his death. Other ... > **[Zanclus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanclus)** > > Zanclus (Ancient Greek: Ζάγκλος) is the legendary first king of the Sicilian city of Messina. He is mentioned in an etiological passage by Diodorus of Sicily, and has become a symbol of Messina. In modern Italian, the form is given as Zanclo. > Gegenus is recorded as the father of Zanclus. Diodorus writes of Zanclus as the supposed eponym of "Zancle" (Ancient Greek: Ζάγκλη, romanized: Zágklē) (the ancient name for Messina). The giant Orion is said to have helped Zanclus in building the city and th... So how about this: > **[Velveteen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velveteen)** > > Velveteen (or velveret) is a type of woven fabric with a dense, even, short pile. It has less sheen than velvet because the pile in velveteen is cut from weft threads, while that of velvet is cut from warp threads. Velveteen also has a shorter pile than velvet and is stiffer, with less drape, and is usually made of cotton or a cotton-silk blend. > Velveteen is typically used for upholstery, or in fashion for garments that need stiffness, structure, or durability. Some velveteens are a kind of fust... to > **[SMOF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMOF)** > > SMOF (also spelled smof) is an acronym which stands for "Secret Master(s) Of Fandom" and is a term used within the science fiction fan community. Its coining is generally attributed to long-time science fiction fan and author Jack L. Chalker. > The capitalised form of the term (SMOF) is used jokingly to refer to a clandestine cabal of top science fiction fans who, by their unseen influence, are controlling the actions of fandom. It is the SMOFs who are responsible for the trends and changes in the... ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/133 "2009-11-20T23:42:51Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > [Velveteen - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velveteen) > > to > > [SMOF - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMOF) > **[Velveteen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velveteen)** > > Velveteen (or velveret) is a type of woven fabric with a dense, even, short pile. It has less sheen than velvet because the pile in velveteen is cut from weft threads, while that of velvet is cut from warp threads. Velveteen also has a shorter pile than velvet and is stiffer, with less drape, and is usually made of cotton or a cotton-silk blend. > Velveteen is typically used for upholstery, or in fashion for garments that need stiffness, structure, or durability. Some velveteens are a kind of fust... > **[The Velveteen Rabbit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velveteen_Rabbit)** > > The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real) is a British children's book written by Margery Williams (also known as Margery Williams Bianco) and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of his owner. The story was first published in Harper's Bazaar in 1921 featuring illustrations from Williams' daughter Pamela Bianco. It was published as a book in 1922 and has been republished many times since. > The Velveteen Rabbi... > **[Mystery Science Theater 3000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theatre_3000)** > > Mystery Science Theater 3000 (abbreviated as MST3K) is an American science fiction comedy television series created by Joel Hodgson. The show premiered on KTMA-TV (now WUCW) in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. It then moved to nationwide broadcast, first on The Comedy Channel for two seasons, then Comedy Central for five seasons until its cancellation in 1996. Thereafter, it was picked up by The Sci-Fi Channel and aired for three more seasons until another cancellation in August 19... > **[Cult following](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_television#Cult_television)** > > A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium. The latter is often called a cult classic. A film, book, musical artist, television series, or video game, among other things, is said to have a cult following when it has a very passionate fanbase. > A common component of cult followings is the emotional attachment the fans have to the object of the cult follow... > **[Fan (person)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_%28person%29)** > > A fan or fanatic, sometimes also termed an aficionado or enthusiast, is a person who exhibits strong interest or admiration for something or somebody, such as a celebrity, a sport, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a television show, a movie, a video game or an entertainer. Collectively, the fans of a particular object or person constitute its fanbase or fandom. They may show their enthusiasm in a variety of ways, such as by promoting the object of their interest, being members of ... > **[Science fiction fandom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_fandom)** > > Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community or fandom of people interested in science fiction in contact with one another based upon that interest. SF fandom has a life of its own, but not much in the way of formal organization (although formal clubs such as the Futurians (1937–1945) and the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (1934–present) are recognized examples of organized fandom). > Most often called simply "fandom" within the community, it can be viewed as a distinct subculture, wi... > **[SMOF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMOF)** > > SMOF (also spelled smof) is an acronym which stands for "Secret Master(s) Of Fandom" and is a term used within the science fiction fan community. Its coining is generally attributed to long-time science fiction fan and author Jack L. Chalker. > The capitalised form of the term (SMOF) is used jokingly to refer to a clandestine cabal of top science fiction fans who, by their unseen influence, are controlling the actions of fandom. It is the SMOFs who are responsible for the trends and changes in the... > **[Ars Magica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars_Magica)** > > Ars Magica is a role-playing game set in 'Mythic Europe' – a historically grounded version of Europe and the Levant around AD 1200, with the added conceit that conceptions of the world prevalent in folklore and institutions of the High Middle Ages are factual reality (a situation known informally as the "medieval paradigm"). The players' involvement revolves around an organization of magi and their allies and foes both mundane and supernatural. The game was originally developed by Jonathan T... to > **[Twinkie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie)** > > The Twinkie is an American snack cake, described on its packaging as "golden sponge cake with a creamy filling". It was formerly made and distributed by Hostess Brands. The brand is currently owned by Hostess Brands, Inc., in turn currently owned by The J.M. Smucker Company and having been formerly owned by private equity firms Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos and Company as the second incarnation of Hostess Brands. During bankruptcy proceedings, Twinkie production was suspe Gru... (2 things that, believe it or not, are NOT on my desk). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/134 "2009-11-21T00:04:08Z")
> **[Ars Magica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars_Magica)** > > Ars Magica is a role-playing game set in 'Mythic Europe' – a historically grounded version of Europe and the Levant around AD 1200, with the added conceit that conceptions of the world prevalent in folklore and institutions of the High Middle Ages are factual reality (a situation known informally as the "medieval paradigm"). The players' involvement revolves around an organization of magi and their allies and foes both mundane and supernatural. The game was originally developed by Jonathan T Th... > **[Europe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe)** > > Europe is a continent\[a\] comprising the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia, located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe is commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Cas Eur... > **[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 informally as 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 ... > **[McDonald's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's)** > > McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from th... > **[List of McDonald's products](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_products)** > > McDonald's is one of the world's largest fast food chains, founded in 1940 in San Bernardino, California, and incorporated in Des Plaines, Illinois, in 1955. Since then, McDonald's has become a household name in America, known for selling a variety of convenience food items at thousands of locations worldwide. Throughout its history, McDonald's has experimented with a number of different offerings on the menu. In 2007, McDonald's had 85 items on its menu;\[where?\] by 2013 this number had ris M... > **[Ice cream](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream)** > > Ice cream is a frozen dessert typically made from milk or cream that has been flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit, such as strawberries or peaches. Food colouring is sometimes added in addition to stabilizers. The mixture is cooled below the freezing point of water and stirred to incorporate air spaces and prevent detectable ice crystals from forming. It can also be made by whisking a flavoured cream base and liquid ... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:) Desserts\* [Category:American desserts - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_desserts) [Twinkie - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie) That was _really_ hard. \*Had to add a space between : and Desserts because it kept making the Big Grin smiley. How about… [WCW vs. nWo: World Tour - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_vs._nWo:_World_Tour) to [Powerslave - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerslave) ---
**Author:** ![Zenja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/47e85d/32.png) [@Zenja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenja)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/135 "2009-11-21T00:25:28Z")
I didn’t read the whole thread, so this might be against the rules. > **[WCW vs. nWo: World Tour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_vs._nWo:_World_Tour)** > > WCW vs. nWo: World Tour is a professional wrestling video game released in 1997 for the Nintendo 64 game console. Released at the peak of World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) dominance in the Monday Night Wars, World Tour was THQ's first foray into the N64 wrestling scene and is a semi-sequel to the lesser known WCW vs. the World for the PlayStation. It is the second best-selling wrestling game for the N64 console. > Asmik Ace Entertainment and AKI approached the title by producing a wrestling g... > **[1997](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997)** > > 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade. > **[1980s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s)** > > The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was a decade that began January 1, 1980, and ended December 31, 1989. > The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s. As economic deconstruction increased in the developed world, multiple multinational corporations associated... > **[1984](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984)** > > 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 984th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1980s decade. > **[1984 in heavy metal music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_in_metal)** > > This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1984. > **[Powerslave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerslave)** > > Powerslave is the fifth studio album by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 3 September 1984 through EMI Records in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in North America. It was re-released by Sanctuary and Columbia Records in the United States in 2002. > The album's cover artwork is notable for its Ancient Egypt theme. That theme, taken from the title track, was carried over to the album's supporting tour, the World Slavery Tour. This began in Warsaw, Poland, on 9 Augu... It’s quite easy that way. ---
**Author:** ![Zenja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/47e85d/32.png) [@Zenja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenja)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/136 "2009-11-21T00:36:40Z")
Whoops, I forgot to ask one. Also, another way to do the last one is to go to copyright-\>…-\>record labels-\>EMI-\>musicians signed to EMI-\>iron maiden-\>powerslave > **[Safeway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeway)** > > Safeway, Inc. is an American supermarket chain founded by Marion Barton Skaggs in April 1915 in American Falls, Idaho. The chain provides grocery items, food and general merchandise and features a variety of specialty departments, such as bakery, delicatessen, floral and pharmacy, as well as Starbucks coffee shops and fuel centers. It is a subsidiary of Albertsons after being acquired by private equity investors led by Cerberus Capital Management in January 2015. Safeway's primary base of oper > **[Quartz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz)** > > Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO2. Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in Earth's continental crust, behind feldspar. > Quartz exists in two forms, the normal α-quartz and the high-temperature β-quartz, both of which are chiral. The transformation from α-quartz to β-quar... ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/137 "2009-11-21T00:44:32Z")
> [@Zenja](#): > > Whoops, I forgot to ask one. Also, another way to do the last one is to go to copyright-\>…-\>record labels-\>EMI-\>musicians signed to EMI-\>iron maiden-\>powerslave > [Safeway - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeway) > > [Quartz - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz) Using hazy knowledge of the geography of North America… > **[Safeway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeway)** > > Safeway, Inc. is an American supermarket chain that provides grocery items and general merchandise along with various specialty departments such as bakery, delicatessen, floral, and pharmacy, as well as Starbucks coffee shops and vehicle fuel centers. Safeway's primary base of operations is in the Western United States, with some stores located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern Seaboard. > It is a subsidiary of Albertsons after being acquired by private equity investors led by Cerberus ... [Safeway - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeway_Inc). [Alberta - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta) [History of Canada - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Canada) [Geography of Canada - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Canada) [Great Lakes - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes) [Lake Michigan - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Michigan) [Quartz - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz) Ok; > **[Morris Marina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Marina)** > > The Morris Marina is a small family car that was manufactured by the Austin-Morris division of British Leyland (BL) from 1971 until 1980. It served to replace the Morris Minor in the Morris product line, which had first been built in 1948. The Marina was also sold in some markets as the Austin Marina, the Leyland Marina and the Morris 1700. It has a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and was produced with saloon car, estate car, coupé, pickup truck, and van body styles. > It was a popular ca... to > **[Srivijaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srivijaya)** > > Thailand portal > Srivijaya (Indonesian: Sriwijaya),: 131  also spelled Sri Vijaya or Sriwijaya, was a Malay thalassocratic empire based on the island of Sumatra (in modern-day Indonesia) that influenced much of Southeast Asia. Srivijaya was an important centre for the expansion of Buddhism from the 7th to 11th century. Srivijaya was the first polity to dominate much of western Maritime Southeast Asia. Due to its location, Srivijaya developed complex technology using maritime resources. In a... ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/138 "2009-11-21T04:57:36Z")
Surprisingly easy. > **[Morris Marina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Marina)** > > The Morris Marina is a front-engined, rear-wheel-drive small family car that was manufactured by the Austin-Morris division of British Leyland from 1971 until 1980. It served to replace the Morris Minor in the Morris product line, which had first been built in 1948. The Marina was also sold in some markets as the Austin Marina, the Leyland Marina and the Morris 1700. > It was a popular car in Britain throughout its production life, beating its main rival, the Ford Escort, to second place in UK ... > **[United Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom)** > > in Europe (dark grey) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,\[k\] is an island country in Northwestern Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.\[l\] It includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of the smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the... > **[Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia)** > > Asia (/ˈeɪʒə/ i, UK also /ˈeɪʃə/) is the largest continent\[a\] in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometers,\[b\] about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. Its 4.7 billion people constitute roughly 60% of the world's population, having more people than all ot Asia shares the ... > **[Southeast Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia)** > > Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and north-west of mainland Australia which is part of Oceania. Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of Bengal, to the east by Oceania and the Pacific Ocean, and > **[Srivijaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srivijaya)** > > Srivijaya (Indonesian: Sriwijaya): 131  was a Buddhist thalassocratic empire based on the island of Sumatra (in modern-day Indonesia), which influenced much of Southeast Asia. Srivijaya was an important centre for the expansion of Buddhism from the 7th to the 11th century AD. Srivijaya was the first polity to dominate much of western Maritime Southeast Asia. Due to its location, the Srivijaya developed complex technology utilizing maritime resources. In addition, its economy became progr The... I was expecting to have to go through Malaysia first, at least. > **[Arnis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pananjakman)** > > Arnis, also known as kali or eskrima/escrima, is the national martial art of the Philippines. The three are roughly interchangeable umbrella terms for the traditional martial arts of the Philippines ("Filipino Martial Arts", or FMA), which emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives, bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons, as well as "open hand" techniques without weapons. > There have been campaigns for arnis to be nominated in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists, alo... > **[ACME Comedy Theatre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACME_Comedy_Theatre)** > > The ACME Comedy Theatre is an American sketch comedy and improvisational theater located near Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, on La Brea near Wilshire's "Miracle Mile". > ACME was started by M.D. Sweeney as "The Two Roads Theater" in Studio City in 1989 with Cynthia Szigeti. The players known as the Two Roads Players and later the Tujunga Group. Sweeney changed the name to Acme a few years later, a reference to Warner Brothers cartoons (Sweeney assisted with some Tiny Toons scripts to help h... ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/139 "2009-11-21T07:39:43Z")
This one made my head hurt: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pananjakman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pananjakman) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western\_world](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient\_Greece](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek\_comedy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_comedy) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday\_Night\_Live](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry\_Shearer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Shearer) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Simpsons](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan\_Castellaneta](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACME\_Comedy\_Theatre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACME_Comedy_Theatre) I imagine you may have had something shorter in mind but this was the best I could manage this late at night. So, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter) to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John\_Cage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694/140 "2009-11-21T20:35:48Z")
> **[Butter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter)** > > Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 80% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread, melted as a condiment, and used as a fat in baking, sauce-making, pan frying, and other cooking procedures. > Most frequently made from cow's milk, butter can also be manufactured from the milk of other mammals, including sheep, goats, buffalo, and yaks. It is made by churning ... > **[United Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom)** > > in Europe (dark grey) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,\[k\] is an island country in Northwestern Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.\[l\] It includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of the smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the... > **[The Beatles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles)** > > The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular music as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat, and 1950s rock 'n' roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways. The band also explored music styles ra > **[The Beatles (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_%28album%29)** > > The Beatles, also referred to colloquially as the White Album, is the ninth studio album and only double album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968. Featuring a plain white sleeve, the cover contains no graphics or text other than the band's name embossed.\[a\] This was intended as a direct contrast to the vivid cover artwork of the band's previous LP Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Beatles is recognised for its fragmentary style and diverse range of gen... > **[John Cage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage)** > > John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance, mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham, Cage's t... How about a fairly easy one: > **[Candy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy)** > > Candy, also called sweets (BrE) or lollies (AuE, NZE),\[a\] is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, called sugar confectionery, encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy. Vegetables, fruit, or nuts which have been glazed and coated with sugar are said to be candied. > Physically, candy is characterized by the use of a significant amount of sugar or sugar substitutes. Unlike a cake or loaf of bread that would be shared... to > **[Jesus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus)** > > Jesus\[d\] (c. 6 to 4 BC – AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ,\[e\] Jesus of Nazareth, and several other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion. Most Christians believe Jesus to be the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited messiah, the Christ that is prophesied in the Hebrew Bible. > Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically.\[f\] Accou... (I did it in four) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-wikipedia-sdmb-game-lets-try-it-again/516694.md?page=8)