That one can’t be done without using lists as the only pages that link there are the List of endemic species in Taiwan and Hemimyzon. And the Hemimyzon route relies on going through an info bax as well…
Freon>Ozone depletion >Plankton>Fish>Actinopterygii>Loach (fish)>Hillstream loach>Hemimyzon>Hemimyzon sheni
New challenge
Takes more than a few steps.
Hemimyzon sheni -> Fish Measurement -> Shark -> Hearing (Sense) -> Sound -> Musical Instrument -> Guitar -> Rock Music -> The Beatles -> The Beatles: Rock Band -> Harmonix Music Systems
Whew!
Harmonix Music Sytems -> United States -> African-American cultere -> Sub-Saharan Africa -> Tanzania->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 -> Interstate 175 (Kentucky–Tennessee)
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) >> Interstate_75 >> Tampa,_Florida >> Stageworks_Theatre >> Twelfth_Night >> The_Taming_of_the_Shrew >> Aglet
(Didn’t expect that last jump, did you?)
Next:
Aglet to Reflexive monism
The Shakespeare connection that led to aglet in the first place was the most obvious start:
Aglet -> William_Shakespeare-> Hamlet-> Unconscious_mind -> Conscious_mind-> Max_Velmans -> Reflexive_monism
Then:
Reflexive_monism to Mark_Mothersbaugh
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 -> Human_being -> New_York_City -> List_of_United_States_cities_by_population -> Akron,_Ohio -> Devo -> Mark_Mothersbaugh
Then:
Mark_Mothersbaugh to Busy signal
The fact that Mothersbaugh’s done pretty much every kid’s show on TV helped. Mark Mothersbaugh -> Rugrats -> Mobile Phone (Link: “Cellular Phone”) -> Telephone Call -> Busy Signal
Let’s try
Busy Signal to Saint Basil’s Cathedral
Busy Signal >> Signal >> Telecommunication >> Russia >> Saint Basil’s Cathedral
How about Saint Basil’s Cathedral >> Shepard Tone
Not very elegant and don’t feel like doing the hyperlinks, but I finally did this one. Ugh!
Saint Basil’s 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
I’m sure there’s a much simpler link between these two but this was really hard for me.
Best way to your pillow is to go through beer…
Shepard Scale -> Pitch (Music) -> American National Standards Institute -> Consumer Organization -> Cask Ale -> Beer -> Hops -> Pillow
Although why Cask Ale doesn’t have a link to Hops is beyond me. Anyway, next is Pillow -> Belgariad
I like how this one starts at pillow and then gets very, very dark.
Pillow -> Television -> Media_violence_research -> Moral_panic -> Child_murder ->Human_sacrifice -> Belgariad
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
Noid -> St Jude’s Children’s Hospital -> patron saint -> Roman Catholicism -> Blessed Virgin Mary -> Jesus -> Nativity of Jesus -> Frankincense
Next up: Frankincense to electrocution
Frankincense -> Gold -> Electrical conductivity -> Electricity -> Electric shock -> Electrocution
(Equal-distance alternative: Frankincense -> China -> Hydroelectric power -> Electricity -> Electric shock -> Electrocution)
Then:
Electrocution to Shrinky Dinks
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 > Kaiku - Wikipedia
Kaiku is the Random Article link I just got.
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 -> Milton_Bradley -> National_Toy_Hall_of_Fame -> Bicycle -> Bicycle_racing -> Road_bicycle_racing -> UCI_World_Tour -> Volta_a_Catalunya -> 2006_Volta_a_Catalunya -> Kaiku
Next:
Kaiku to United_States_v._Forty_Barrels_and_Twenty_Kegs_of_Coca-Cola
Got it…
Kaiku-> Spain-> Americas-> United States -> Supreme Court of the United States -> History of the Supreme Court of the United States -> List of United States Supreme Court Cases from White Court -> United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola
Next:
United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola to Warthogs.
US vs. 40 Barrels and 20 Kegs -> Cincinatti -> Cincinatti Zoo and Botanical Garden -> Hippopotamus -> Pig -> Suidae -> Warthog
Warthog to 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 –> … –> Confucianism