Degree of Separation: Wikipedia Edition- THE GAME

So I’ve seen several variation on this game, but here’s the general idea:

You pick a Wikipedia page, something fairly obvious, like a popular person or place.

You then choose the “Random Article” option on Wikipedia’s homepage. This will redirect you to a completely random article.

The goal then is to navigate to the original page using only the links contained within the articles, using as few pages as possible.

For example: today at work, we chose George Patton.

My first page was some Welsh actress. This is how I did it.

Wales-> England -> History of England -> Winston Churchill-> World War II -> Allied Leaders -> George Patton.

7 pages.

Hours of fun.

And knowledge is power!

Also, don’t try googling anything about Wikipedia. Because it will just suggest a page on Wikipedia about whatever else you googled.

Also, I’m three degree from Kevin Bacon. So anyone that has met me is now at most four degrees from Kevin Bacon.

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