Ok here's the game. I will list a Wikipedia article. The next person to post will have to go to Wikipedia and click "Random Article" and from that point has 5 clicks to try and get to my article.

Post results so we can follow. You can then pick your own article for the next person. So for example, let's start with the article on Finland.

I will hit random article...

Tillandsia tortilis, apparently a species of plant in Mexico. Now I have 5 clicks to get back to Finland.

1. Mexico
2. Lebanese people
3. Canada
4. National Hockey League
5. FINLAND

Whew, barely made that one. In retrospect I could have gone straight from Mexico to the US to NHL but I thought Lebanon would get me to Europe faster. I was wrong and had to backtrack. Luckily I found Canada in the Lebanese people article.

Now as a winner I would be able to pick a new article for the next person.

Let's go with "Dragon" for the next example.

My random article is: Luigi Pieroni, apparently a Belgian soccer player. Should be easy enough, I'm already starting in Europe lol

1. Belgium
2. Germanic Language
3. Middle High German
4. Nibelungenlied
5. DRAGON

Again barely made it. Lucky I did my college thesis on Germanic linguistics and happened to have read the Nibelungenlied (The legend of Siegfried the Dragonslayer - you all should read it if you get a chance btw.)

So see, it's possible. Sometimes hard, but possible as long as the destination article isn't something completely isolated.

Now that you have the hang of it there are two rules:

1. No editing wikipedia to make a link to a word that wasn't there before you got to the article! That's cheating!

2. No choosing Adolf Hitler as the destination article, it's well known that every article on Wikipedia is (usually less than) 5 clicks from Hitler.

Remember you ARE allowed to read the destination article to do a bit of research, especially if you are stuck.

The biggest tip is to try to get to a country or major city. They are typically huge articles with tons of links.

I'll start with what should be an easy one:

Beef.

Remember to tell us your random article!

Edit: I just made it to Beef in 5 clicks starting from a random small villiage in Poland as my random article.

Started out here, Villeseneux is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France, apparently. So let's roll.

1. France 2. Beef Bourguignon 3. Beef
Yay for food.

Someone try to get themselves Snowglobe.

Syncrotaula, a moth

1. Insecta
2. Ant
3. A Bug's Life
4. Knick Knack (in the Pixar box at the bottom)
5. SNOWGLOBE

Good lord that was far too difficult than it should have been. Lucky the article gave so many "references in pop culture." I almost had something from Citizen Kane, but needed a 6th click to get it.

Lets try Caffine.

Mind if I have a go? Let's see...Caffiene, huh...?

Random Article: Cenovis
A yeast extract, similar to Marmite and Vegemite...Hmm...I think I can do this.

1. Switzerland
2. Nestle (Or "Nestle'", I don't know how to add accents into letters)
3. Coffee
4. CAFFEINE

Whew. I'm quite proud of myself. Lucky I noticed the Nestle' company in the Switzerland page.

Okay, how about something different, such as...

Chemical Substance.

Random Article:

Cardiac Stress Test - a test used in medicine and cardiology to measure the heart's ability to respond to external stress in a controlled clinical environment.

This seems too easy...

1. Drug
2. CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE

.......

I tried to reach five by rerouting through Medicine, Medicine Man, and so forth, but... I am too fatigued to piece those together.

My determination here shall be...

Cosmonaut

Cosmonaut redirects to Astronaut.

Starting from Finn Salomonsen, a Danish scientist.

1. Danes
2. United States
3. Russia
4. COSMONAUT

Let's try Citrus

confuses me.. are we clicking at random here? Or is there a starting point I'm missing?

I’m putting this up anyway, dang it, even though Admiral posted before me. So whoever is next has to search for his citrus. PS~ I did it with less pages
I started with Gorditas Doña Tota
1.Mexico 2. Rodolfo Neri Vela 3.Cosmonaut
What a fun, slightly frustrating game!

Well umm I tried but when I clicked on random article it informed me that This article is an orphan, as few or no other articles link to it.

Go figure huh.

You should still be able to link out of it, right?

Whew! What a dosey! I thought I wasn’t going to make it in 5!
I started off with Kaltungo, which is a Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria (and let me tell you, that’s all they have on it).
1.Nigeria 2.Chili Pepper 3.Vitamin C 4.Citric Acid 5.Citrus
Because I can’t stop thinking about it: Kevin Bacon. And what the heck, I’d be impressed if you did it in 7 or less. ^_^

Starting in Sorihuela del Guadalimar, a city in Spain. Did it in 5

1. 2005 (the census lol)
2. United States
3. Apollo 11
4. Apollo 13
5. KEVIN BACON

Let's try Jurassic Park

Well… I was working on the Kevin Bacon one but while I was doing that Admiral beat me to it…

David Evans (Yale Professor)

Harvard University

John F. Kennedy

JFK (Film)

Kevin Bacon


So on Admirals I got this one….



Skandal um Eva - a 1930 German Drama film

Drama film

Schindler’s List

Stephen Spielberg

Jurassic Park



So lets try Nergal (Babylonian Deity)

Nergal? That's not going to be easy...

Well, Random Article threw me...

Gloriosa (genus)

A plant...ach...let's see what I can do, I suppose.

1. Zimbabwe
2. Africa
3. Judaism
4. Hebrew Bible
5. ? (FAIL)

1. Zimbabwe
2. Africa
3. Ancient Greece
4. Babylonia
5. ? (FAIL)

Okay...I tried twice from the same location, even getting to Babylonia in four steps, but I was unable to find any direct link or even mention of Nergal.

Ah well, seems I lose. I assume we have to pass, rather than try another Random Article? Good luck for the next person, as the Babylonian God "Nergal" still stands as the target.

Well, I got there, but it wasn’t easy. And it certainly took me more than 5 steps.
I started with the random article Gimili, Manitoba (hooray ~ Canada. Quite a ways away from where I need to go.)
1.Iceland
2.Member States of NATO
3.Turkey
4.Byzantine Empire
5.Assyrian Church of the East
6.Babylonia
7.Mesopotamian Religion
8.Nergal

Yeeeahhhh…. Nice one YeOlde. Good luck to the next person.