Six Degrees of Wikipedia
Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:08 pm
This is a game stolen from a buddy of mine.
Someone posts two wikipedia pages and you have to find the shortest route between them using only the links that appear on those pages. Obviously they have to be somehow linked, not two pages selected at random.
eg.
Carrots - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrots
to
The Iliad - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad
The answer is
Carrots - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrots
Afghanistan - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan
Kabul - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul
Alexander The Great - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
Achilles - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles
The Iliad - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad
Now you.
The Karate Kid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karate_Kid
to
BDSM - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM
Possible in four moves.
Someone posts two wikipedia pages and you have to find the shortest route between them using only the links that appear on those pages. Obviously they have to be somehow linked, not two pages selected at random.
eg.
Carrots - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrots
to
The Iliad - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad
The answer is
Carrots - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrots
Afghanistan - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan
Kabul - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul
Alexander The Great - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
Achilles - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles
The Iliad - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad
Now you.
The Karate Kid - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karate_Kid
to
BDSM - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM
Possible in four moves.