# The Wikipedia Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/121 "2013-06-21T18:12:46Z")

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> [@lisiate](#):
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> Cryogenian pnly appears in a table and a list though.

You could have gone through: Precambrian-\>Lantian\_formation-\>Marinoan\_glaciation since Precambrian gives you oodles of links.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> I think your proposed rules are unduly restrictive, and I would vote against them.

Duly noted. If no one seconds (give it a week), the motions are dropped and we can continue on our merry way.

Avoiding a list of links (would have been a bit shorter otherwise):

> **[Medina Mosque](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madina_Mosque)**
>
> Medina Mosque or Madina Mosque may refer to:

> **[Cresset](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cresset)**
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> A cresset is a metal cup or basket, often mounted to or suspended from a pole, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin or something flammable. They are burned as a light or beacon.
> Cressets mounted on the walls of Renaissance palaces in Italy were the first form of street lighting.
> The term can also refer to a lamp where the wick burns in a cup or cavity, which can be of ceramic or stone.
> An account of the monastical church of Durham, written in 1593, says " Also there is standinge in t...

> **[Rosin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosin)**
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> Rosin (/ˈrɒzɪn/), also known as colophony or Greek pitch (Latin: pix graeca), is a resinous material obtained from pine trees and other plants, mostly conifers. The primary components of rosin are diterpenoids, i.e., C20 carboxylic acids. Rosin consists mainly of resin acids, especially abietic acid. Rosin often appears as a semi-transparent, brittle substance that ranges in color from yellow to black and melts at stove-top temperatures. 
> In addition to industrial applications such as in varnis...

> **[Pitcher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_pitcher)**
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> In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spect...

> **[Golfer's elbow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfer's_elbow)**
>
> Golfer's elbow, or medial epicondylitis, is tendinosis (or more precisely enthesopathy) of the medial common flexor tendon on the inside of the elbow. It is similar to tennis elbow, which affects the outside of the elbow at the lateral epicondyle. The tendinopathy results from overload or repetitive use of the arm, causing an injury similar to ulnar collateral ligament injury of the elbow in "pitcher's elbow".
> The anterior-medial forearm contains several muscles that flex the wrist and pronate t...

> **[Tennis elbow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_elbow)**
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> Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis is an enthesopathy (attachment point disease) of the origin of the extensor carpi radialis brevis on the lateral epicondyle.  It causes pain and tenderness over the bony part of the lateral epicondyle. Symptoms range from mild tenderness to severe, persistent pain. The pain may also extend into the back of the forearm. It usually has a gradual onset, but it can seem sudden and be misinterpreted as an injury.
> Tennis elbow is often idiopathic. Its ...

> **[Tennis ball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_balls)**
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> This is an accepted version of this page 
> A tennis ball is a small, hollow ball used in games of tennis and real tennis. Tennis balls are fluorescent yellow in professional competitions, but in recreational play other colors are also used. Tennis balls are covered in a fibrous felt, which modifies their aerodynamic properties, and each has a white curvilinear oval covering it.
> Modern tennis balls must conform to certain size, weight, deformation, and bounce criteria to be approved for regulatio...

> **[Tennis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis)**
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> Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a point.
> Playabl...

> **[Grand Slam (tennis)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis))**
>
> The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles, a Grand Slam may be achieved as a team or as an individual with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam".
> The term Grand Slam is also at...

> **[2011 Wimbledon Championships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Wimbledon_Championships)**
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> The 2011 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 125th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year and was part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior Tour, the NEC Tour and the London Prepares series of test events for the following year's London Olympics. Th...

> **[Eugenie Bouchard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenie_Bouchard)**
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> Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (/buːˈʃɑːrd/; French: Eugénie Bouchard, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced \[øʒeni buʃaʁ\]; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian professional tennis and pickleball player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada\[a\] to reach the final o Boucha...

> **[Challenger de Saguenay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bank_Challenger_Saguenay)**
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> The Challenger de Saguenay, currently sponsored as Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay, is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. The event is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament and has been held in Saguenay, Quebec since 2006.

[National\_Bank\_Challenger\_Saguenay](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bank_Challenger_Saguenay) to [It Was Warm and Sunny When We First Set Out](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Was_Warm_and_Sunny_When_We_First_Set_Out) (see if you can avoid link lists – it is possible).

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**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:** [July 2, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/122 "2013-07-02T15:08:42Z")

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Ouch. Tough one - even the link lists were no help to me. I’ve now added a link to one pertinent article that should help. If no one else figures it out in the next day or two, I’ll show you.

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**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:** [July 2, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/123 "2013-07-02T20:46:00Z")

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National\_Bank\_Challenger\_Saguenay –\> Canada –\> 1988\_Winter\_Olympics –\> Vancouver –\> In\_Medias\_Res\_(band) [is this the link you added?] –\> It\_Was\_Warm\_and\_Sunny\_When\_We\_First\_Set\_Out

Next up:  
[It\_Was\_Warm\_and\_Sunny\_When\_We\_First\_Set\_Out](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Was_Warm_and_Sunny_When_We_First_Set_Out) –\> … –\> [Diamond\_hoax\_of\_1872](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_hoax_of_1872)

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Ouch. Tough one - even the link lists were no help to me. I’ve now added a link to one pertinent article that should help. If no one else figures it out in the next day or two, I’ll show you.

Maybe we do need a separate thread for the rules. If adding links is allowed, can we subtract links also? :dubious:

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**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:** [July 4, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/124 "2013-07-04T05:54:06Z")

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Yes, that was the link I added. I didn’t play it because I knew, of course, that was against the rules. But the band really should’ve been mentioned there anyway. Here we go:

It Was Warm and Sunny When We First Set Out \> Indie rock \> New York City \> Manhattan \> Art Deco \> Art Nouveau \> Tiffany & Co. \> Charles Lewis Tiffany \> Philip Arnold \> Diamond hoax of 1872

Next:

Diamond hoax of 1872 \> Vittilapuram

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**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/125 "2013-07-04T07:35:09Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Yes, that was the link I added. I didn’t play it because I knew, of course, that was against the rules.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. No need to break the rules:

National\_Bank\_Challenger\_Saguenay-\>Canada-\>Culture\_of\_Canada-\>Canadian\_Radio-Television\_and\_Telecommunications\_Commission-\>Canadian\_hip\_hop-\>Dragon\_Fli\_Empire-\>Sled\_Island-\>In\_Medias\_Res\_(band)-\>It\_Was\_Warm\_and\_Sunny\_When\_We\_First\_Set\_Out

But now you’re broken the game:

> **[Pages that link to "Vittilapuram"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Vittilapuram)**
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> The following pages link to Vittilapuram 
> Showing 3 items.

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**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:** [July 4, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/126 "2013-07-04T21:35:05Z")

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Sorry. That was what the Wiki “random article” button gave me. Take 2, again random:

Diamond hoax of 1872 \> [PRL Museum - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_PRL)

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**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/127 "2013-07-06T07:40:44Z")

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[PRL Museum - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_PRL) can only be gotten to by breaking the rules. The only thing that links to it is: [Museum of Polish History - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Polish_History), and that link only appears in the “Museums in Warsaw” list in any page that contains this link. (If we were allowed to use any links on a page, then I could get there: Diamond\_hoax\_of\_1872-\>Undertaker-\>Funeral-\>Pope\_John\_Paul\_II-\>Museum\_of\_Polish\_History-\>Museum\_of\_PRL).

If your next one is a third strike, we’ll have to call the game.

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**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:** [July 7, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/128 "2013-07-07T02:17:20Z")

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Well. Rather than take the random-article route, I’ll use the last thing I looked up on Wiki:

Diamond hoax of 1872 \>Rain Man

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**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/129 "2013-07-09T12:11:48Z")

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Nobody else want to try this? I didn’t want to be a ball hog.

Diamond\_hoax\_of\_1872-\>Philip\_Arnold-\>The\_Great\_Adventure\_(TV\_series)-\>Ron\_Howard-\>Far\_and\_Away-\>Tom\_Cruise-\>Rain\_Man

[Rain Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Man) to [Theory of Phoenician discovery of the Americas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Phoenician_discovery_of_the_Americas)

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**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:** [July 9, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/130 "2013-07-09T15:01:43Z")

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Rain Man \> Palm Springs, California \> Cahuilla people \> Native American \> Mississippian Culture \> Mound builder (people) \> Newark Holy Stones \> Los Lunas Decalogue Stone\> Bat Creek inscription \> Theory of Phoenician discovery of the Americas

Whew! Next up:

Theory of Phoenician discovery of the Americas \> William Ward Burrows I

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**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/131 "2013-07-10T11:21:19Z")

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I’m an idiot. Next post is correct.

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**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/132 "2013-07-10T11:29:20Z")

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So many interesting ways to get there. How about:

Theory\_of\_Phoenician\_discovery\_of\_the\_Americas-\>Ezra\_Stiles-\>Oliver\_Wendell\_Holmes,\_Sr.-\>USS\_Constitution-\>First\_Barbary\_War-\>United\_States\_Marine\_Corps-\>Commandant\_of\_the\_Marine\_Corps-\>William\_Ward\_Burrows\_I

[William\_Ward\_Burrows\_I](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ward_Burrows_I) to [CMB\_cold\_spot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMB_cold_spot)

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**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:** [July 15, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/133 "2013-07-15T04:23:55Z")

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William Ward Burrows I \> United States of America \> Barack Obama \> Nobel Prize \> William Shockley \> Comstock Prize in Physics \> Charles L. Bennett \> Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe \> CMB cold spot

Next up:

CMB cold spot \> Son Nagar railway station

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**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/134 "2013-07-16T15:26:36Z")

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C’mon people. Playing the game is fun and not that difficult. I’ll show you how I work it out and you’ll see how easy it can be.

First off, a fairly straightforward solution:

CMB\_cold\_spot-\>Dark\_energy-\>Albert\_Einstein-\>Satyendra\_Nath\_Bose-\>India-\>Ganges-\>Son\_River-\>Dehri-\>Son\_Nagar\_railway\_station

I always start with the destination article and the “What links here” link in the leftmost column (under the “Toolbox”). In the list, I first click the “500” in the “View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)” command to see if there’s a lot of back links to choose from. In this case, for “[Son\_Nagar\_railway\_station](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Nagar_railway_station),” there’s [less than 50](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Son_Nagar_railway_station).

The next thing I do is look through the back link list for any wide-ranging topic that itself will have a lot of back links. “Son\_Nagar\_railway\_station” does not have many links to it, so now I have to go through the list and see if the back link has an actual link in the article body and not a link in a picture caption or a link in the additional “Topics” at the bottom of most Wikipedia pages. The first article with an actual link to “Son\_Nagar\_railway\_station” in the article body is “[Dehri](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehri)” (the eighth back link in the list).

So now I repeat the above technique. This time the [fifth back link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Dehri), “[Son\_River](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_River),” is an article with [extensive, wide-ranging topics on the back links](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Son_River). The fun part is finding a back link that may offer a shorter path between the source and destination articles, but for here I want to show how easy playing this game is, so I pick something with lots of back links: “Ganges” which is linked from “[India](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India).”

Now that I have a really huge topic with many possible paths to it (“[India](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India)”), I can go forward from the source article. Using the general knowledge banging around in my noggin, I know that the “[Bose–Einstein condensate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensation)” in physics was a theoretical proposal by an Indian physicist and Albert Einstein. So now I look in the “[CMB\_cold\_spot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMB_cold_spot)” article text for a link that will get me to Einstein. There are several, but I chose “[Dark\_energy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_energy).” That has a direct link to “[Albert\_Einstein](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein)” which has a link to “[Bose–Einstein\_condensation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensation)” which has a link to “[Satyendra\_Nath\_Bose](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose)” which then links to “[India](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India).”

Viola! I’ve solved the challenge using a single piece of knowledge in my head to link the source and destination. I didn’t have to do an exhaustive search, nor a boring iteration through all possible links.

Now that you have a bit of a guide, give it a whirl:

[Son\_Nagar\_railway\_station](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Nagar_railway_station) to [Paraceratherium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraceratherium)

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**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:** [July 16, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/135 "2013-07-16T16:05:22Z")

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Thanks. Who’s Viola, anyway?

Son Nagar railway station \> India \> Emperor of India \> Monarchy of the United Kingdom \> Royal Society \> Challenger expedition \> Percy Sladen \> Clive Forster Cooper \> Paraceratherium

Paraceratherium \> Candy Rain (film)

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**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/136 "2013-07-16T19:23:11Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Thanks. Who’s Viola, anyway?

[Viola!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=682143&highlight=viola)

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**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:** [July 16, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/137 "2013-07-16T20:50:07Z")

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Thnaks!

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**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/138 "2013-07-23T19:28:44Z")

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\<Sigh\> I waited a week, hoping more Dopers would participate, but it twas in vain.

Paraceratherium-\>Nei\_Monggol-\>China-\>Taipei-\>Candy\_Rain\_(film)

Now do: [Candy\_Rain\_(film)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Rain_%28film%29) to [Rocket\_candy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_candy) (see what I did there?)

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**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/139 "2013-07-24T18:58:56Z")

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[Candy Rain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Rain_%28film%29)-\>[Taiwan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan)-\>[People’s Republic of China](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China)-\>[ICBM](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICBM)-\>[Solid Rocket](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_rocket)-\>  
[Rocket Candy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_candy)

[Rocket Candy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_candy) to [John Candy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Candy)

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**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/140 "2013-07-25T21:12:39Z")

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Rocket\_candy-\>Rocket\_Boys-\>October\_Sky-\>Joe\_Johnston-\>Honey,\_I\_Shrunk\_the\_Kids-\>Rick\_Moranis-\>Second\_City\_Television-\>John\_Candy

[John\_Candy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Candy) to [St\_John\_Eye\_Hospital\_Group](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_Eye_Hospital_Group)

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