# The Wikipedia Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 14, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167 "2012-07-14T01:23:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/61 "2013-05-17T03:13:18Z")
That one can’t be done without using lists as the only pages that link there are the [List of endemic species in Taiwan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_endemic_species_of_Taiwan) and [Hemimyzon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemimyzon). And the Hemimyzon route relies on going through an info bax as well… [Freon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freon)\>[Ozone depletion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_depletion) \>[Plankton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankton)\>[Fish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish)\>[Actinopterygii](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinopterygii)\>[Loach (fish)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loach_(fish))\>[Hillstream loach](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillstream_loach)\>[Hemimyzon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemimyzon)\>[Hemimyzon sheni](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemimyzon_sheni) New challenge [Hemimyzon sheni](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemimyzon_sheni) to [Harmonix Music Systems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonix_Music_Systems) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/62 "2013-05-17T03:56:49Z")
Takes more than a few steps. [Hemimyzon sheni](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemimyzon_sheni) -\> [Fish Measurement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_length) -\> [Shark](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark) -\> [Hearing (Sense)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_%28sense%29) -\> [Sound](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound) -\> [Musical Instrument](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_instrument) -\> [Guitar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar) -\> [Rock Music](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music) -\> [The Beatles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles) -\> [The Beatles: Rock Band](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles:_Rock_Band) -\> [Harmonix Music Systems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonix_Music_Systems) Whew! [Harmonix Music Systems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonix_Music_Systems) -\> … -\> [Ngorongoro Conservation Area](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngorongoro_Conservation_Area) ---
**Author:** ![Mithras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/63 "2013-05-17T10:29:44Z")
[Harmonix Music Sytems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonix_Music_Systems) -\> [United States](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) -\> [African-American cultere](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_culture) -\> [Sub-Saharan Africa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa) -\> [Tanzania](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania)-\>[Ngorongoro Conservation Area](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngorongoro_Conservation_Area) I accidentally initially posted before picking the new challenge, so the choice was rushed. Eventually I’ll do this without screwing up first. [Ngorongoro Conservation Area](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngorongoro_Conservation_Area) -\> [Interstate 175 (Kentucky–Tennessee)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_175_(Kentucky%E2%80%93Tennessee)) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/64 "2013-05-17T12:10:02Z")
Ngorongoro Conservation Area -\> WWI - United States -\> Interstate Highway System -\> List of Interstate Highways -\> Interstate 75 -\> Interstate 175 (Kentucky-Tennessee) Next up: [Interstate 175 (Kentucky-Tennessee)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_175_%28Kentucky%E2%80%93Tennessee%29) -\> [Aglet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglet) ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/65 "2013-05-17T16:33:34Z")
[Interstate\_175\_(Kentucky–Tennessee)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_175_(Kentucky%E2%80%93Tennessee)) \>\> [Interstate\_75](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_75) \>\> [Tampa,\_Florida](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa,_Florida) \>\> [Stageworks\_Theatre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stageworks_Theatre) \>\> [Twelfth\_Night](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Night) \>\> [The\_Taming\_of\_the\_Shrew](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew) \>\> [Aglet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglet) (Didn’t expect that last jump, did you?) Next: [Aglet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglet) to [Reflexive monism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive_monism) ---
**Author:** ![Mithras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/66 "2013-05-17T23:19:59Z")
The Shakespeare connection that led to aglet in the first place was the most obvious start: [Aglet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglet) -\> [William\_Shakespeare](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare)-\> [Hamlet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet)-\> [Unconscious\_mind](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconscious_mind) -\> [Conscious\_mind](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscious_mind)-\> [Max\_Velmans](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Velmans) -\> [Reflexive\_monism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive_monism) Then: [Reflexive\_monism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive_monism) to [Mark\_Mothersbaugh](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mothersbaugh) ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/67 "2013-05-18T00:21:43Z")
This is the shortest I could get… There were a lot of juicy starting points, but nobody seems to do anything in Ohio! [Reflexive\_monism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive_monism) -\> [Human\_being](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_being) -\> [New\_York\_City](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City) -\> [List\_of\_United\_States\_cities\_by\_population](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population) -\> [Akron,\_Ohio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akron,_Ohio) -\> [Devo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo) -\> [Mark\_Mothersbaugh](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mothersbaugh) Then: [Mark\_Mothersbaugh](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mothersbaugh) to [Busy signal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_signal) ---
**Author:** ![President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/President_Johnny_Gentle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/68 "2013-05-18T01:48:36Z")
The fact that Mothersbaugh’s done pretty much every kid’s show on TV helped. [Mark Mothersbaugh](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mothersbaugh) -\> [Rugrats](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugrats) -\> [Mobile Phone (Link: “Cellular Phone”)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_phone) -\> [Telephone Call](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_call) -\> [Busy Signal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_signal) Let’s try [Busy Signal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_signal) to [Saint Basil’s Cathedral](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Basil's_Cathedral) ---
**Author:** ![32768](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8491ac/32.png) [@32768](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/32768)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/69 "2013-05-18T02:14:21Z")
[Busy Signal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_signal) \>\> [Signal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_%28telecommunication%29) \>\> [Telecommunication](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunication) \>\> [Russia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia) \>\> [Saint Basil’s Cathedral](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Basil%27s_Cathedral) How about [Saint Basil’s Cathedral](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Basil%27s_Cathedral) \>\> [Shepard Tone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_scale) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/70 "2013-05-18T05:01:18Z")
Not very elegant and don’t feel like doing the hyperlinks, but I finally did this one. Ugh! [Saint Basil’s Cathedral](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Basil%27s_Cathedral) -\> Joseph Stalin -\> Science and technology in the Soviet Union -\> Physics -\> Gravitation -\> n-body problem -\> n-body simulation -\> Barnes-Hut simulation -\> Piet Hut -\> Kira Institute -\> Roger Shepard -\> [Shepard Tone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_scale) I’m sure there’s a much simpler link between these two but this was really hard for me. [Shepard Tone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_scale) -\> [Pillow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillow) ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/71 "2013-05-18T08:15:06Z")
Best way to your pillow is to go through beer… [Shepard Scale](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_scale) -\> [Pitch (Music)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(music)) -\> [American National Standards Institute](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Standards_Institute) -\> [Consumer Organization](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_organization) -\> [Cask Ale](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cask_ale) -\> [Beer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer) -\> [Hops](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hops) -\> [Pillow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillow) Although why Cask Ale doesn’t have a link to Hops is beyond me. Anyway, next is [Pillow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillow) -\> [Belgariad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgariad) ---
**Author:** ![Mithras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/72 "2013-05-18T19:42:05Z")
I like how this one starts at pillow and then gets very, very dark. [Pillow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillow) -\> [Television](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television) -\> [Media\_violence\_research](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_violence_research) -\> [Moral\_panic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panic) -\> [Child\_murder](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_murder) -\>[Human\_sacrifice](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice) -\> [Belgariad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgariad) [Belgariad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgariad)to [Noid](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid) ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/73 "2013-05-18T23:52:01Z")
Belgariad -\> Chess -\> Bobby Fischer -\> Bay City, Michigan -\> Bay County, Michigan -\> Michigan -\> Ann Arbor -\> Ann Arbor Charter Township -\> Domino’s Pizza -\> The Noid Noid to Frankincense ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/74 "2013-05-19T17:24:05Z")
Noid -\> St Jude’s Children’s Hospital -\> patron saint -\> Roman Catholicism -\> Blessed Virgin Mary -\> Jesus -\> Nativity of Jesus -\> Frankincense Next up: Frankincense to electrocution ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/75 "2013-05-19T20:17:14Z")
Frankincense -\> Gold -\> Electrical conductivity -\> Electricity -\> Electric shock -\> Electrocution (Equal-distance alternative: Frankincense -\> China -\> Hydroelectric power -\> Electricity -\> Electric shock -\> Electrocution) Then: [Electrocution](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocution) to [Shrinky Dinks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinky_Dinks) ---
**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:** [May 20, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/76 "2013-05-20T02:21:50Z")
Ouch. That was tough. I went down a LOT of blind alleys before finding: Electrocution \> United States \> Barack Obama \> Presidency of Barack Obama \> Category: Obama Administration initiatives \> National Export Initiative \> Category: Goods manufactured in the United States \> Shrinky Dinks Next up: [Shrinky Dinks - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinky_Dinks) \> [Kaiku - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiku) Kaiku is the Random Article link I just got. ---
**Author:** ![Mithras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/77 "2013-05-21T17:54:33Z")
Getting something that linked to Kaiku was rough, but here’s Shrinky Dinks to a Basque bicycling team that existed for less than two years: [Shrinky\_Dinks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinky_Dinks) -\> [Milton\_Bradley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Bradley) -\> [National\_Toy\_Hall\_of\_Fame](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Toy_Hall_of_Fame) -\> [Bicycle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle) -\> [Bicycle\_racing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_racing) -\> [Road\_bicycle\_racing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_bicycle_racing) -\> [UCI\_World\_Tour](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCI_World_Tour) -\> [Volta\_a\_Catalunya](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volta_a_Catalunya) -\> [2006\_Volta\_a\_Catalunya](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Volta_a_Catalunya) -\> [Kaiku](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiku) Next: [Kaiku](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiku) to [United\_States\_v.\_Forty\_Barrels\_and\_Twenty\_Kegs\_of\_Coca-Cola](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Forty_Barrels_and_Twenty_Kegs_of_Coca-Cola) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/78 "2013-05-21T18:23:29Z")
> [@Mithras](#): > > Next: > > [Kaiku](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiku) to [United\_States\_v.\_Forty\_Barrels\_and\_Twenty\_Kegs\_of\_Coca-Cola](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Forty_Barrels_and_Twenty_Kegs_of_Coca-Cola) Got it… [Kaiku](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiku)-\> [Spain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain)-\> [Americas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas)-\> [United States](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) -\> [Supreme Court of the United States](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States) -\> [History of the Supreme Court of the United States](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States) -\> [List of United States Supreme Court Cases from White Court](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases_by_the_White_Court) -\> [United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Forty_Barrels_and_Twenty_Kegs_of_Coca-Cola) Next: [United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Forty_Barrels_and_Twenty_Kegs_of_Coca-Cola) to [Warthogs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warthog). ---
**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:** [May 21, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/79 "2013-05-21T19:14:39Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > [United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Forty_Barrels_and_Twenty_Kegs_of_Coca-Cola) to [Warthogs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warthog). US vs. 40 Barrels and 20 Kegs -\> Cincinatti -\> [Cincinatti Zoo and Botanical Garden](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Zoo_and_Botanical_Garden) -\> Hippopotamus -\> Pig -\> [Suidae](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suidae) -\> Warthog [Warthog](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warthog) to [Gear Cutting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear_cutting). ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/80 "2013-05-28T04:24:43Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > [Warthog](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warthog) to [Gear Cutting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear_cutting). We’ve been stalled for a week taking Warthog to Gear Cutting. I’m not sure whether this is because it’s too easy, too hard, or too boring. But I’ll try to dazzle the kibitzers by making it appear harder than it is: Warthog –\> Ghana –\> Kofi\_Annan –\> World\_Health\_Organization –\> United\_Nations –\> Second\_Congo\_War –\> Étienne Tshisekedi –\> Carter\_Center –\> Jimmy\_Carter –\> Hoover\_Medal –\> Ralph\_Flanders –\> Gear\_cutting Next up: [Gear\_cutting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear_cutting) –\> … –\> [Confucianism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167.md?page=5)