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Six Degrees of Wikipedia

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:08 pm
by Rotten Tanx_Archive
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.

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:14 pm
by alandeus_Archive
Well, shit.

Your Carrots>Iliad is possible in 2 less steps.

Carrots: Carrots - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrots
Europe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
Homer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer
Iliad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:24 pm
by btcol_Archive
Karate kid to san fernando valley
to porn industry
to bdsm

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:25 pm
by greg_Archive
Try Israel to Pajamas

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:30 pm
by dont drop bombs_Archive
Rotten Tanx wrote: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.


Oh yes. From the Karate Kid, you can go like this:
Cruel Summer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruel_Summer
Music Video: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_video
Sadomasochism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadomasochism
BDSM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:30 pm
by jayryan_Archive
rotten tanx, i can do that in one degree, via the hub of all the blandest debauchery.

in response, i challenge you to get from badgers to mark hollis.

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:46 pm
by dont drop bombs_Archive
Try Fred Durst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Durst) to Pencil Detonator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil_detonator). It can be done in four moves.

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:56 pm
by johnnyemphysema_Archive
jayryan wrote:rotten tanx, i can do that in one degree, via the hub of all the blandest debauchery.

in response, i challenge you to get from badgers to mark hollis.


Mark Hollis to Post-Rock to Sludge Metal to Bongzilla to Madison, WI to Wisconsin to Badgers.

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:56 pm
by japmn_Archive
greg wrote:Try Israel to Pajamas


Israel>India>Kashmir Dispute>Kashmir Region>Cashmere>Pajamas


I might have been able to do it in less steps but I almost got busted by the boss and had to give up.

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 4:02 pm
by japmn_Archive
Meat Loaf (the man) to Erik Estrada (THE man)