Thanks to Ian Argent for finding this great time waster for long car rides. Called “Six Degrees of Queen Victoria,” a game you play by going to a Wikipedia link, and then trying to get to Queen Victoria in six clicks. I’ve tried it on more than a few Wikipedia pages and have made it every time. Here are some examples:
Chick-fil-A to Southern United States (1) to American Civil War (2) to Trent Affair (3) to Queen Victoria (4) WIN!
or how about
Celebuzz to Celebrity Culture (1) to Paparazzi (2) to Europe (3) to United Kingdom (4) to Victorian Era (5) to Victoria (6) WIN!
Of course, you could find someone else who wants to waste time, and take bets on whether they can reduce your number of clicks. For instance, maybe I could have gotten there faster through France, rather than Europe.
That’s a fun game, of course previously I’d played it with Hitler.
A couple co-workers and I came up with an alternate… Two people click on ‘random page’ and then everyone has to go from one of those random pages to the other. Historical figures are pretty easy (since it’s just a matter of tracing to something which links to them). But, going from say…gene therapy to sonnets written for performances in the key of F minor…that’s a little trickier. :)
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I tried.
But used *adult* content. After 20 clicks, no go.
You do realize that you said in all seriousness that a parlor game requiring internet access can be played in the car. I love this future we live in.
I’m so good. I took the adult content & made it work. As I said to Cemetery, Score for spanking Victoria!
Spanking -> Corporal punishment in the home -> Bulgaria -> Crimean War -> British Empire -> Victoria
Anal bleaching -> Hydroquinone -> People’s Republic of China -> World Trade Organization -> John Maynard Keynes -> Victorian era -> Queen Victoria
Anal Bleaching > Hydroquinone > International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) > World War II > British Empire > Queen Victoria (5)
What do I win? :)
Tea Bag (sexual act)->Boston Tea Party->Petition to the King->George III->Queen Victoria
Three clicks here… Starting from a random article…
You’re a Star -> Ireland (1) -> United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2) -> Queen Victoria (3)
Not quite as impressive as getting there from some of the above, but still… :-)
@Newbius – your prize will be delivered in a brown paper wrapper
The rest of you, jolly good show
Okay, I’m having way too much fun with not only the naughty words, but also trying to find some of the funniest ways to get to Queen Victoria. Mixing the two goals makes the game much better.
Bondage -> Safeword -> EuroTrip -> Europe -> British Empire -> Queen Victoria
Who knew that you could connect Victoria to sexual dominance by way of bad teen comedy?
Chastity belt -> Austria -> Austrian Empire -> Queen Victoria
I don’t even know how to make a joke about this one.
I’m on a mission to find something naughty that can’t be tied to Victoria.
Try Pony Play.
I tried, but after a few trys getting me passed 15. I gave up.
Furry to.
Pony Play>American Indian Tribes>United States>English>British Empire>Queen Victoria
Furry > Science Fiction > Jules Verne > British Empire …
I can do better:
Coprophilia -> Zoophilia -> Witch trials in Early Modern Europe -> Women’s suffrage -> British Empire -> Queen Victoria
Pony Play>American Indian Tribes>United States>English>British Empire>Queen Victoria
I did Pony Play, but it got spamtrapped; and the verison I did had an extraneous step, since United States has a link to British Empire directly without having to go through English
Wow. I get up for a few minutes to take care of dinner and this is what you guys find? Man.
In the meantime, I did find this one amusing:
American Pie -> Premature ejaculation -> Wilhelm Reich -> Vienna -> Napoleonic Wars -> Duke of Wellington -> Queen Victoria
Dominatrix -> Fishnet stockings -> The Rocky Horror Picture Show -> Jim Sharman -> Australia -> Victoria -> Queen Victoria
For what it’s worth, I’ve observed that it’s very easy to get from the naughty stuff to Victoria via the Austrians. I always knew I liked their economists. ;) Obviously, I decided to take a non-European route this time. I’m trying to challenge myself a little more in this game.
I did one last night that went through the Duke of Wellington.
Back to the drawing board…these comments out-do David Livingstone being my 3-Great Uncle. Victoria Falls and such…
Two paths from the same starting point, but I find the first one to rank higher on amusement factor:
Erotic electrostimulation -> Artificial pacemaker -> Royal Prince Alfred Hospital -> Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh -> Queen Victoria
Erotic electrostimulation -> Death -> Philippe de Champaigne -> French -> Victor Hugo -> Queen Victoria
Wow really surprised.
Happen to be on Mike Muir’s wiki page and decided to give it a try. Was able to grab European right from his page and “Bob’s your Uncle”
Gauss > Napoleon > Horatio Nelson > George III > Queen Victoria = 4 clicks
Okay, I haven’t tried the dirty stuff yet, but this was my first try:
Atlas Shrugged -> World War II -> Winston Churchill -> Victoria Cross -> Queen Victoria
Funny, I really didn’t expect it to be two clicks from Churchill to Vickie.
I started down the entertainment path, but it turns out one of the first tv shows I put in was partially backed by a British company. I gave up after that.