Remember this [Wikipedia] SDMB game? Let's try it again!

Yay, I kind of stumped somebody. I’ve got a path for the one above, but it’s too many clicks, and I’m hoping someone can do better.

Edit: It occurs to me I could have just gone from Bridge on the River Kwai straight to Japanese Empire to Japan with one less step.

Blackbeard - Wikipedia to Angry Video Game Nerd - Wikipedia

Unless someone has already, I hereby dub this game… Six Degrees of Wiki Separation!

Hey, you went backwards! I’ll have to jump back into this when I’m at home and can fiddle around longer.

Oh shit, I did. Where’s the actual embarrassed emoticon? This little fella doesn’t work: :o

Let’s just stick with this guy: :smack:

That’s actually pretty close to what I wanted. But it’s the second link that is special. April 13 was listed as the “ides of April.” And the only time I’ve ever heard the word used is in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. So I went from April 13 -> Ides -> Julius Caesar -> Shakespeare.

I’m too sleep deprived to deal with the last challenge, so…

My Goodness, all y’all are really good at this!

I am so impressed.

I’ll suggest the next two:

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P.S. Thanks,** Ellen Cherry.**

Yikes, that was a toughie:

The Mutants (band)
New Wave music
Ohio
Trillium grandiflorum
Plant
Trees
List of trees
List of tree genera
Sapotaceae
Shea butter

Now, drawing on an old English expression, try:

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So, how is a

like a

Writing desk - Wikipedia?

6 clicks, probably could be better, got to the page with the actual riddle on it and writing desk wasn’t linked :frowning:

Next up:

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ETA: Got it in 5.

That’s got to be some kind of record, no?

How about Tears for Fears - Wikipedia to Chicken tikka - Wikipedia

Maybe a mod knows this one:

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We seem to have skipped over Captain Amazing, BTW. Just to do his:

SDMB
United States
Yellowstone National Park
Mountain goat
Genus capra
Goat

No additional, since this was a skip-over.

So can you look at the target page first? Pretty hard if not.

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Another toughie:

The Eyes of the Overworld
English
England
Rugby League
Rugby league in Australia
National Rugby League
National Rugby League teams
Canterbury Bulldogs
History of the Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club
New South Wales Football League season 1942
Tony Nash (rugby league)

Try this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchies_in_Antarctica

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Six clicks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchies_in_Antarctica

How about:

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(wow 7 clicks, thats terrible).

from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LALR_Parser_Generator

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My best yet!

LALR Parser Generator
Java programming language
Sun Microsystems
Moscow
Stalin

Try this:

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Poor, I suspect someone could do better.

Şurtan
Kalbajar Rayon
Armenians
List of Armenians
Spiru Haret
Mathematics
Order theory
Partial Order (Partially ordered set)

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