# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/141 "2013-07-25T22:27:59Z")
Nice, the route I found went throught “List of Comedic Science Fiction Movies”, which feels like cheating. Here goes: [John Candy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Candy) -\>[Space Balls](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceballs) -\> [Star Wars](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars) -\> Could go direct to Christopher Lee via the cast table, but that’s cheating so…-\>[Episode II: Attack of the Clones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_II:_Attack_of_the_Clones)-\>[Christopher Lee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee) -\> [CStJ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venerable_Order_of_Saint_John) -\> [St. John Eye Hospital Group](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_Eye_Hospital_Group) Next challenge: [St. John Eye Hospital Group](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_Eye_Hospital_Group) to [Eye of the Tiger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_the_Tiger) ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/142 "2013-07-27T20:21:35Z")
[St\_John\_Eye\_Hospital\_Group](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_Eye_Hospital_Group) -\> [Venerable\_Order\_of\_St\_John](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venerable_Order_of_St_John) -\> [United\_States](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) -\> [Philadelphia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia) -\>[Rocky](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky) -\> [Rocky\_III](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_III) -\> [Eye\_of\_the\_Tiger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_the_Tiger) Feeling lucky?: [Eye\_of\_the\_Tiger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_the_Tiger) -\> [Tiger’s Eye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_eye) ---
**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/143 "2013-07-27T21:38:45Z")
Eye\_of\_the\_Tiger-\>MTV-\>Cell\_phone-\>Conflict\_minerals-\>Wolframite-\>Quartz-\>Tiger’s\_eye [Tiger’s\_eye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger's_eye) to [Goliath tigerfish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tigerfish) ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/144 "2013-07-27T22:52:13Z")
[Tiger’s eye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger's_eye) -\> [Namibia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia) -\> [Zambia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambia) -\> [Lake Tanganyika](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tanganyika) -\> [Tanganyika sardine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_sardine) -\> [Tigerfish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigerfish) -\> [Goliath tigerfish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocynus_goliath) Let’s make a movie: [Goliath tigerfish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocynus_goliath) -\> [David and Goliath (2013 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_and_Goliath_(2013_film)) ---
**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/145 "2013-07-28T23:52:29Z")
Goliath\_tigerfish-\>River\_Monsters-\>Gharial-\>India-\>Malayalam\_cinema-\>Jayasurya-\>David\_and\_Goliath\_(2013\_film) [David & Goliath (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_and_Goliath_%282013_film%29) to [Acer davidii](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_davidii) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/146 "2013-08-05T19:27:38Z")
David & Goliath (film) \> Malayalam cinema \> Kerala \> India \> Empress of India \> Queen Victoria \> Victoria Medal of Honor \> Charles Maries \> Acer davidii Next round: Acer davidii \> Stroker Ace ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/147 "2013-08-05T19:58:03Z")
Probably ridiculously overcomplicated, but: [Acer davidii](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_davidii) -\> [Maple](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple) -\> [Canada](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada) -\> [Sports in Canada](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_in_Canada) -\> [NASCAR](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR) -\> [Charlotte Motor Speedway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Motor_Speedway) -\> [Speedway Motorsports](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedway_Motorsports) -\> [Atlanta Motor Speedway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Motor_Speedway) -\> [Stroker Ace](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroker_Ace). Whew! [Stroker Ace](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroker_Ace)-\>[Manfred von Richthofen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen) ---
**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:** [August 8, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/148 "2013-08-08T18:53:52Z")
No, that looked pretty straightforward to me. Nicely done. Stroker Ace \> Jack Nicholson \> Academy Award \> Academy Award for Best Picture \> Wings (film) \> The Red Baron in popular culture \> Manfred von Richthofen Manfred von Richthofen \> Manfred Mann’s Earth Band ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/149 "2013-08-29T05:52:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Manfred von Richthofen \> Manfred Mann’s Earth Band No nations or cities were used in this. Using the Category Feature (7 steps) [Manfred von Richthofen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen) [The Red Baron in popular culture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Baron_in_popular_culture) [Tori Amos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Amos) [Atlantic Records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Records) [Warner Bros Records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records) [Category: Warner Bros Records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Warner_Bros._Records) [Category: Warner Bros Records Artists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Warner_Bros._Records_artists) [Manfred Mann’s Earth Band](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann%27s_Earth_Band) Not using the Category Feature (8 steps) [Manfred von Richthofen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen) [The Red Baron in popular culture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Baron_in_popular_culture) [Tori Amos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Amos) [Atlantic Records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Records) [Columbia Records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records) [List of Columbia Records Artists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Columbia_Records_artists) [Bruce Springsteen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen) [Spirit in the Night](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_in_the_Night) [Manfred Mann’s Earth Band](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann%27s_Earth_Band) Next up: [Manfred Mann’s Earth Band](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann%27s_Earth_Band) ----\> [Eriodictyon crassifolium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriodictyon_crassifolium) It can be done in 4 steps. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/150 "2016-12-21T19:35:34Z")
Resurrecting this game because I had fun with it and why not! > [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > Next up: > > [Manfred Mann’s Earth Band](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann%27s_Earth_Band) ----\> [Eriodictyon crassifolium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriodictyon_crassifolium) > > It can be done in 4 steps. But I’m stumped on this one. The articles might have changed in the mean time. Here’s a new one: [Liverpool City Council](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_City_Council) –\> [Baikushev’s pine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikushev's_pine) Can be done in 3 clicks. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/151 "2016-12-23T06:25:23Z")
[Liverpool City Council](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_City_Council) –\> [Joe Anderson (politician)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Anderson_(politician)) –\> [Bulgaria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria) –\> [Baikushev’s pine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikushev's_pine) …and using the Random article link: [Baikushev’s pine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikushev's_pine) –\> [1892–93 Rangers F.C. season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_Rangers_F.C._season) ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/152 "2016-12-23T07:15:35Z")
[Baikushev’s pine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikushev's_pine) –\> [List of oldest trees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_trees) –\> [Scotland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland) –\> [Rangers F.C.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangers_F.C.) –\> [List of Rangers F.C. seasons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rangers_F.C._seasons) –\> [1892–93 Rangers F.C. season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_Rangers_F.C._season) next: [1892–93 Rangers F.C. season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_Rangers_F.C._season) –\> [Image Channel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_Channel) ---
**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:** [December 23, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/153 "2016-12-23T08:03:56Z")
You’ll forgive me for not hyperlinking everything: 1892–93 Rangers F.C. season -\> Kinning Park -\> News UK -\> News Corp -\> Mass media -\> BBC One -\> Television channel -\> Lists of television channels -\> List of Nepali television stations -\> Image Channel Had to go through a few lists, so negative points to Johnny Bravo. Next: [Image Channel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_Channel) -\> [Look at Yourself](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_at_Yourself) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/154 "2016-12-23T09:06:12Z")
I assume that it’s not cheating to work the problem from both ends? I’ve never heard of Look at Yourself, nor its band, nor its members. But, once I saw that it was an album, I figured I could get to it geographically. Town pages often list the famous people from that place. Once I identified such an example, it wasn’t too hard to find a path through. [Image Channel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_Channel) -\> [English Language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language) -\> [English Language in England](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language_in_England) -\> [Countries of the United Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom) -\> [London](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London) -\> [Essex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex) -\> [Epping Forest District](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epping_Forest_District) -\> [Epping, Essex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epping,_Essex) -\> [David Byron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byron) -\> [Uriah Heep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriah_Heep_(band)) -\> [Look at Yourself](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_at_Yourself) I’m sure there’s a shorter path from English Language to London, but the OP doesn’t seem to require brevity. Anyways, the new one is: [Limes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes) to [Sakurai’s Object](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakurai%27s_Object) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/155 "2016-12-23T17:39:35Z")
[Limes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes) \> [Fields](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_(agriculture)) \> [Arable Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arable_land) \> [Food and Agriculture Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization) \> [Agriculture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture) \> [Fossil Fuel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel) \> [Ecosystem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem) \> [Earth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth) \> [Planetary System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_system) \> [Red Giant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_giant) \> [Sakurai’s Object](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakurai%27s_Object) Ouch my head… [Planck Constant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_constant) to [Kevin Bacon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/156 "2016-12-23T18:30:53Z")
[Planck constant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_constant) –\> [Continuous function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_function) –\> [Mathematics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics) –\> [History of mathematics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematics) –\> [Erdös number](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s_number) –\> [Kevin Bacon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon) There were a lot of paths for the latter part (I could have replaced History of Mathematics with Paul Erdös, for instance), but it was surprisingly hard to find the connection between Planck constant and mathematics. EDIT: Oh, and using one I looked up recently, [Kevin Bacon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon) to [Christmas in the Trenches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Trenches) Though there’s probably a path within the entertainment industry. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167/157 "2016-12-24T07:52:05Z")
[Kevin Bacon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon) \> [Kevin Bacon filmography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon_filmography) \> [Frost/Nixon (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost/Nixon_(film)) \> [Richard Nixon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon) \> [World War II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II) \> [Nazi Germany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany) \> [German Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire) \> [Western Front (World War I)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)) \> [Joyeux Noël](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyeux_No%C3%ABl) \> [Christmas truce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce) \> [Christmas in the Trenches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Trenches) The next one would be: [Christmas in the Trenches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Trenches) \>\>\> [Cabaret Mechanical Theatre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_Mechanical_Theatre) (I have verified that there is a couple paths through to it.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wikipedia-game/628167.md?page=7)