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Pi-Sudoku
04-07-06, 12:10 PM
As most of you will know. Wikipedia contains articles, which themselves contain links to other articles. itr is possible to continue following these hyperlinks until you arrive at a totaly different page.

For Example.

I set a challeng of finding links between: Led Zeppelin and Pakistan

Zephyr
04-07-06, 12:36 PM
Led Zeppelin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin):
They proved to be consistent innovators while remaining popular and accessible, fusing disparate elements from an eclectic spectrum of popular music, including rockabilly, soul, funk, Celtic, Indian, Arabic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_music), and even Latin.

Arab music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_music):
Arab religious music includes Christian and Islamic music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_music).

Islamic music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_music):
Islamic music is Muslim religious music, as sung or played in public services or private devotions. The classic heartland of Islam is Arabia and the Middle East, North Africa and Egypt, Iran, Central Asia, and northern India and Pakistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan).

Like that?

Blue_UK
04-07-06, 12:41 PM
New challenge: find a link between 'Christian Science (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science[/url)' and 'Bollocks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollocks)'

Zephyr
04-07-06, 12:54 PM
Six degrees of Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Six_degrees_of_Wikipedia)

The Weasel Way (http://tools.wikimedia.de/sixdeg/index.jsp) gives:

Christian Science
1866
January 31
Sex Pistols
Bollocks

alexb123
04-07-06, 01:06 PM
New challenge: find a link between 'Christian Science (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science[/url)' and 'Bollocks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollocks)'

Is this allowed? I thought they were in the small category to start with?

Zarklephaser
04-07-06, 01:56 PM
Well, I already know Led Zeppelin sucks, and it is conceivable that Pakistan sucks, too, although I have never been to Pakistan, so I cannot say for sure. Anyway, both really suck. Does that count? Am I playing correctly?

I don't know
04-10-06, 02:13 PM
Okay, difficult:

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithe

to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butters

:D

Communist Hamster
04-10-06, 02:39 PM
I hope this beats Word Association, just to wipe that horrible smile off Nuttyfishes face, whom I know in RL and who gloats over everyone for having the most popular thread ever on sciforums. All I have is the longest Cesspool "Flame thread".

Possumking
04-10-06, 09:24 PM
Okay, difficult:

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithe

to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butters

:D


Well it was hard, but I did it.

Tithe
Jewish
United States
Pop Culture
Television
Comedy
Cable Television
South Park
Leopold "Butters" Stotch ---> Butters.


--That's right!!! I'm Awesome!!!

Possumking
04-10-06, 09:27 PM
I dare someone to get from <B> Time Dilation</b> to <b>Hard-core pornography</b>

Thats -->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Dilation
To-->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography

Killjoy
04-10-06, 10:23 PM
`
heh...

Time dilation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Dilation)
Planet of the Apes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes)
Sequel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequel)
Film director (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_director)
Film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film)
Types of flm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film#Basic_types_of_film)
Cinematic genres (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cinematic_genres)
Pornographic movie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornographic_film)
Pornography (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography)


Now...

What about...
German Type XXIII Submarine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_XXIII_U-boat

to...

breastfeeding:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_feeding

;)

RubiksMaster
04-10-06, 11:34 PM
Done!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_XXIII_U-boat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_19
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_of_Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breastfeed


Ok, here's mine:

go from this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars
to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange

Pete
04-11-06, 12:11 AM
Three steps!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Global_Surveyor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange

Try this:
Violet Beauregarde (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Beauregarde) to Tom Jones (singer) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_%28singer%29)

(random articles!)

Communist Hamster
04-11-06, 01:41 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Beauregarde
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_character
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_male_singers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_%28singer%29

Aha! (or are lists not allowed?)

And now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_park to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operad_theory

Roman
04-11-06, 01:42 AM
Done.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Beauregarde
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_and_the_Chocolate_Factory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1940_births
(http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:1940_births&from=J)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_%28singer%29

Not very creative.

Pi-Sudoku
04-11-06, 06:58 AM
Conservation Park
Australia
English
Internet
Data
Mathematics
Abstract Algebra
Algebraic geometry
Commutative algebra
List of commutative algebra topics

Oh so close yet so far.
I surrender


Anyone want to try
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Roberts
to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodrell_Bank

jax0509
04-11-06, 01:10 PM
I think i have an interesting one, can anyone find a link between Dave Mustaine and George Bush

Possumking
04-11-06, 03:33 PM
I think i have an interesting one, can anyone find a link between Dave Mustaine and George Bush


Wayyy to easy..

Dave Mustaine
United States
George W. Bush

Possumking
04-11-06, 03:39 PM
Anyone want to try
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Roberts
to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodrell_Bank

pretttty hard... but once again I got it.

Garry Roberts
Ireland
England
Northwest England
Cheshire
Jodrell Bank

<EDIT>I challenge someone to to <B>Syphilis to Lollypop</B>

Communist Hamster
04-11-06, 03:51 PM
Hey Possumking, you are supposed to provide links to prove you got there by that route.

Neildo
04-11-06, 04:11 PM
I set a challeng of finding links between: Led Zeppelin and Pakistan

Without even looking or going to Wikipedia, lemme try this one:

Led Zeppelin -> Kashmir -> Pakistan

- N

Possumking
04-11-06, 05:11 PM
Hey Possumking, you are supposed to provide links to prove you got there by that route.


Oh, Sorry about that.

Pete
04-11-06, 06:58 PM
Without even looking or going to Wikipedia, lemme try this one:

Led Zeppelin -> Kashmir -> Pakistan

- N
Nice insight!

Although, there's an extra step required: Led Zeppelin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin) - Kashmir (song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_%28song%29) - Kashmir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir) - Pakistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan)

Pete
04-11-06, 07:18 PM
And now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_park to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operad_theory
A tough one!
Conservation Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_park)
Australia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia)
Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany)
Albert Einstein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein)
Institute for Advanced Study (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Advanced_Study)
André Weil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Weil)
Weil cohomology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weil_cohomology)
Operad theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operad)

Pete
04-11-06, 08:04 PM
I challenge someone to to <B>Syphilis to Lollypop</B>
This time I took the scenic route:

Syphilis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis)
Al Capone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone)
Tintin in America (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin_in_America)
Ticker-tape Parade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticker-tape_parade)
Paper Shredder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_shredder)
Enron Corporation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron)
Saudi Arabia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia)
Atheist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheist)
Plato (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato)
Quantum mechanics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics)
Random (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random)
Statistical Randomness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_randomness)
Pi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi)
Kate Bush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bush)
Hans Christian Andersen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen)
Masturbation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation)
Fleetwod Mac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac)
Stevie Nicks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Nicks)
Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_Bin_Laden_Has_Farty_Pants)
Lollipop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollipop)

(The last link in the chain is hard to find, but it's there!)

Possumking
04-11-06, 10:56 PM
There doesn't appear to be a link from "Osama Bin...." to "Lollipop"

are you CHEATING!!!??!!?;)

Killjoy
04-11-06, 11:10 PM
`
It's there...

one word is really 2 links...

heh...

Sneaky...

Neildo
04-12-06, 12:16 AM
Nice insight!

Although, there's an extra step required: Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (song) - Kashmir - Pakistan

Bah..

- N

jax0509
04-12-06, 05:06 AM
here is a good one, find the links from yogi bear to the shroud of turin

vslayer
04-12-06, 05:14 AM
There doesn't appear to be a link from "Osama Bin...." to "Lollipop"

are you CHEATING!!!??!!?;)

the word 'sucker' links to lollypop

vslayer
04-12-06, 05:22 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_bear
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin

easy

vslayer
04-12-06, 05:25 AM
how about: 'HE0107-5240' and '30 BC'

thedevilsreject
04-12-06, 05:46 AM
I got it
yogi bear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_bear)
catchphrase (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catchphrase)
manifest destiny (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_Destiny)
anglo saxons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon)
jutes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jutes)
denmark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark)
roman province (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_province)
itallian peninsula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_peninsula)
italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy)
turin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin)
shroud of turin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin)

daydream_believer
04-12-06, 07:34 AM
how about: 'HE0107-5240' and '30 BC'


HE0107-5240 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HE0107-5240)
Phoenix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28constellation%29)
Constellation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation)
Ancient Greece (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece)
146 BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/146_BC)
90s BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90s_BC)
40s BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40s_BC)
30s BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30s_BC)
30 BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_BC)

Anyone got a less long-winded way?

daydream_believer
04-12-06, 07:41 AM
How about;

"You might well say that, I couldn't possibly comment" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMSTICPC)

to

Sadism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadism)

thedevilsreject
04-12-06, 09:02 AM
I got it
yogi bear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_bear)
catchphrase (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catchphrase)
manifest destiny (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_Destiny)
anglo saxons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon)
jutes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jutes)
denmark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark)
roman province (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_province)
itallian peninsula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_peninsula)
italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy)
turin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin)
shroud of turin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin)

my ways more fun

RubiksMaster
04-12-06, 11:12 AM
Too easy!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMSTICPC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivist_epistemology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadism


Here's mine:
go from the band Project 86: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_86
to kiddie porn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography

Possumking
04-12-06, 12:29 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_86
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_the_City
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia --Link says adult-child sex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography



My challenge is, Jefferson Airplane to Anal Masturbation

Communist Hamster
04-12-06, 02:00 PM
Wikipedia has a page on Anal Masturbation? We must show Happeh!

RubiksMaster
04-12-06, 03:35 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_revolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_masturbation


Now someone go from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuna_fish
to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitrification

Possumking
04-12-06, 10:57 PM
Sorry, --don't have time to post links..

Toothpaste
Ammonia
Nitrogen
Cyropreservation
Vitrification

Possumking
04-12-06, 10:58 PM
Someone do Scrotum to lightsaber

Pete
04-13-06, 12:02 AM
I supposed it's more fun than a lightsaber to the scrotum. :eek:

Anyway... 3 steps!

Scrotum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrotum)
Teabagging (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teabagging)
First person shooter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_person_shooter)
Lightsaber (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightsaber)

Try Boba Fett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boba_Fett) to Holy Grail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Grail)

RubiksMaster
04-13-06, 12:13 AM
Sorry, --don't have time to post links..

Toothpaste
Ammonia
Nitrogen
Cyropreservation
Vitrification
It was Tuna Fish! Not toothpaste!

vslayer
04-13-06, 12:25 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrotum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosphere ('surface of the sun')
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesto%2C_California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_III_Revenge_of_the_Sith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightsaber

Pete
04-13-06, 12:25 AM
It was Tuna Fish! Not toothpaste!
This is to fill the gap:

Tuna fish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuna_fish)
Oxygen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen)
Water (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water)
Water purification (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_purification)
Toothpaste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothpaste)

vslayer
04-13-06, 12:26 AM
wow, pete beat me good :p

Pete
04-13-06, 12:28 AM
It's nice to take scenic route sometimes :)

RubiksMaster
04-13-06, 12:38 AM
Try Boba Fett to Holy Grail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boba_Fett
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_hunter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_mythology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Grail


This one might be hard:
Mixolydian mode: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixolydian
to Pez candy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEZ

Possumking
04-13-06, 12:34 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixolydian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_cane
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confectionery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollipop


--I couldn't get any farther. I think I've met my match.

RubiksMaster
04-13-06, 01:42 PM
Actually, I can't even remember how I did it. I know it took me 6 or 7 jumps, depending on how it was counted, but I can't seem to get back there, even using the fact that links change colors after they've been clicked. Maybe someone edited one of the pages? Anyway, after a long search, I found my way back to PEZ, so I know how to do it the long way now if no one else can.

Possumking
04-13-06, 04:45 PM
I give up

RubiksMaster
04-14-06, 01:06 AM
Since it's been 24 hours and nobody's gotten it (not to mention that I couldn't reproduce the path!), I'll post a solution (though a different one than originally).

From World War II we have:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_Viennese // I had to add a name to this list to make it work! (don't worry, it's valid info)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Haas_III
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEZ

I think that one pretty much holds the record for most impossible path.


Try an easier one:
From Pez: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEZ
to Computer Aided Design: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_design

Communist Hamster
04-14-06, 03:11 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEZ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_on_the_patentability_of_computer-implemented_inventions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computing_topics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_design

Now, go from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarmo_Wasama_memorial_trophy to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Media_Player

RubiksMaster
04-15-06, 01:41 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarmo_Wasama_memorial_trophy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Media_Player


Now do this one:
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320 to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_ensemble

Tyler N.
04-15-06, 07:14 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace_engineering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_Science
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_engineering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomechanics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_mechanics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_ensemble

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_Sinharat to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer in 4 steps. Let's see if you guys can do it with limits :eek:

Communist Hamster
04-16-06, 07:16 AM
I think limits are against the spirit of this game. Unless you check it yourself, first.

Pete
04-16-06, 09:18 AM
Since it's been 24 hours and nobody's gotten it (not to mention that I couldn't reproduce the path!), I'll post a solution (though a different one than originally).

From World War II we have:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_Viennese // I had to add a name to this list to make it work! (don't worry, it's valid info)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Haas_III
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEZ

I think that one pretty much holds the record for most impossible path.
What's this? I go away for a day or two and things become "impossible"?!?

Four steps! EDIT - No, it's five. Clearly, I can't count :).

Mixolydian mode (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixolydian)
Sappho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappho)
Rennaissance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennaissance)
Michelangelo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo_Buonarroti)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles)
PEZ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEZ)

Pete
04-16-06, 09:34 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_Sinharat to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer in 4 steps. Let's see if you guys can do it with limits :eek:

The Secret of Sinharat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_Sinharat)
Science fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction)
Dracula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula)
Fred Saberhagen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Saberhagen)
Prostate cancer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer)

A sad last step.

Tyler N.
04-16-06, 06:45 PM
@ red hamster, I did it in four steps first. Is that what you mean by check?

Pete, that is amazing. There is no way I could have done that if someone else came up with it ;)

Possumking
04-17-06, 05:39 PM
Go from ----Cream Soda------to defenestration------------back to Cream Soda

Pete
04-17-06, 08:06 PM
@ red hamster, I did it in four steps first. Is that what you mean by check?

Pete, that is amazing. There is no way I could have done that if someone else came up with it ;)
I was really hoping I could do it in three steps, but I couldn't :(.A search for science fiction authors with prostate cancer was the key. Poul Anderson was the most likely candidate, but his Wikipedia page doesn't mention his condition.

The "What links here" option in each Wikipedia page is very useful for going backwards.

RubiksMaster
04-17-06, 09:22 PM
The "What links here" option in each Wikipedia page is very useful for going backwards.
Wow. I didn't even know there was that option until now. I always did it the regular way.

Tyler N.
04-17-06, 09:24 PM
Do you wan't me to post the solution?

I personally use the back arrow button myself

Tyler N.
04-17-06, 09:31 PM
Neverminf, I see what you are talking about now

Tyler N.
04-17-06, 09:32 PM
I just found out that hitler was a vegetarian. I love wikipedia,

Pete
04-17-06, 11:55 PM
Go from ----Cream Soda------to defenestration------------back to Cream Soda

This was tricky. Five steps each way.

Cream Soda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_soda)
England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England)
Wars of Scottish Independence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_Scottish_Independence)
Robert the Bruce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_I_of_Scotland)
Braveheart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braveheart)
Defenestration (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestration)
Toy Story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story)
Hasbro, Inc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro)
Strawberry Shortcake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Shortcake)
Sherbet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbet)
Cream soda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_soda)

How about Simple Network Management Protocol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_network_management_protocol) to Pressed flower craft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressed_flower_craft) and back again?

I haven't tried it, but I think it's pretty evil.