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Wikipedia: Seven Degrees of Mornington Crescent.

Our Lady Has Left the Building

14:04 / 28.06.07

1. Go to the Wikipedia main page.
2. Click on the 'random article' button to get a random article.
3. From there, navigate your way via links on the page, staying in Wikipedia at all times, to the entry for Mornington Crescent. You can't use the categories at the bottom of each entry.
4. Record here how you made the journey.

OK GO!

Christian CHR Airplay panel -> Virginia -> England -> London -> London Underground (A quarter of the way down) -> Mornington Crescent!

Sebastian Flyte

14:13 / 28.06.07

Central General de Trabajadores (Dominican Republic) -> Trade union -> Labour Party (UK) -> London -> London Underground -> Mornington Crescent.

Suboptimal.... but a distinct lack of options on the first page hampered me a little.

Closed for Business Time

14:14 / 28.06.07

HARR HARR HARR! Ok, I don't have time/energy to type in the links. But doubters are invited to retrace my steps.

Start: Jungle Menace - English Language (in info box on right side) - England - London - London Underground - Mornington Crescent!

Sebastian Flyte

14:42 / 28.06.07

I just realised that the Labour Part step was redundant... I could have gone straight from Trade Union to London. Oh well.

Essential Dazzler

15:07 / 28.06.07

Bea Booze -> Baltimore -> Irish Language -> English Language -> England -> London Underground -> Mornington Crescent

Hmm, dead on Seven. I'm a little disspointed to be honest, I thought I was in for a wild ride after Bea Booze, but it all turned out fairly textbook.

Our Lady Has Left the Building

16:24 / 28.06.07

Oooh, you can go straight from England to London Underground? Handy that...

Essential Dazzler

16:30 / 28.06.07

I am an innovator, Lady.

Kool-Aid Man -> Madonna -> London et al.

That one was fun, I learned about Kool-Aid Man!

iamus

16:31 / 28.06.07

South Point High School - High School - United States - Los Angeles, California - Hollywood - Tom Hanks - Kevin Bacon

Oh, wait.... I think I did it wrong.

iamus

16:33 / 28.06.07

Unless this is Foxbridge-Turlington rules?

Sebastian Flyte

16:41 / 28.06.07

That is an excellent point.

In this case it, I believe, is not... but perhaps a more traditional game of Mornington Crescent, under the 1873 variation of said ruleset is in order?

Jack Vincennes

17:03 / 28.06.07

Hersh Martin -> 1980 -> Alexandra Palace -> London Underground -> Mornington Crescent.

Throughly legal in all rulesets, I believe.

gridley

03:08 / 29.06.07

Class automorphism > Mathematics > Turing machine > Alan Turing > London > London Underground > Mornington Crescent

I probably didn't have to take the Turing route, but it's much more that way...

Squirmelia

11:11 / 29.06.07

Paninaro > European > London > London Underground > Mornington Crescent.

But are there many Paninari at Mornington Crescent? That's what I want to know.

Tryphena Absent

11:59 / 29.06.07

vermilion box > caller id > United Kingdom> National Rail >London Underground > Mornington Crescent

Tryphena Absent

12:00 / 29.06.07

Quite frankly I disappoint myself.

My Mom Thinks I'm Cool

12:15 / 29.06.07

Edward Carlson->Navy->England->London Underground->Mornington Crescent.

Quantum

13:54 / 29.06.07

Interdental consonant -> British English -> BBC -> Radio 4 -> List of BBC Radio 4 programmes -> I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue -> Mornington Crescent (game)

Does that count?

Sebastian Flyte

13:57 / 29.06.07

Not only does that count, I think that awards you a bonus point and leaves me in knib for three rounds.

Quantum

14:40 / 29.06.07

Aha, I go again then! Thirupuvanam (bugger!) -> Thirupuvanam, Sivaganga -> 2001 (2001 Indian Census) -> Selby rail crash -> London King's Cross railway station -> London Underground -> Mornington Crescent
... phew! Narrowly avoided being in Spoon, no less, I thought I was open to Rushton's Gambit for a minute there.

Sebastian Flyte

14:48 / 29.06.07

I'm afraid your earlier crash does leave you open to said gambit, which I duly play.

My yellow tokens discarded, I politely request that you play again, sir.

Quantum

15:00 / 29.06.07

Feck. Stupid Beijing rules.

Mak Yong (traditional dance drama of Kelantan, Malaysia) -> Wayang Kulit -> Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity -> Mornington Crescent

Our Lady Has Left the Building

15:06 / 29.06.07

John Stacey -> Order of the Bath -> Spur -> English Riding -> Dressage -> Western Europe -> Winston Churchill -> Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -> London -> London Underground -> Mornington Crescent!

Lama glama

22:02 / 29.06.07

Shortish 'n' sweet:

Kami- Amakusa -> Japan -> Island Country -> United Kingdom -> London -> London Underground -> Mornington Crescent.

Third volume rules are applied here, I assume.

Triplets

22:40 / 29.06.07

Welcome to Hollywood
Ewan McGregor
London
London Underground
Mornington Crescent!

Closed for Business Time

23:11 / 29.06.07

South Bend Township, Pennsylvania - United States - Parliament of Great Britain - London - LU - MC. Apparently South Bend Township is close to the US' smallest city, Parker, pop. 799 as of 2000.

Our Lady Has Left the Building

07:45 / 30.06.07

Can anyone get to Mornington Crescent without going the UK/Britain -> England -> London -> London Underground route?

Quantum

08:38 / 30.06.07

Yes-

Interdental consonant -> British English -> BBC -> Radio 4 -> List of BBC Radio 4 programmes -> I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue -> Mornington Crescent (game)

Or you could go something to 1996 to Willie Rushton to Mornington Crescent, etc.
Hang on, I'll try it from random; Aspinall's -> London -> LU -> MC (dammit, again-)

William Stanley (Elizabethan) -> Earl of Arundel -> Arundel Castle -> Petworth House -> National Trust -> English Heritage -> Blue Plaque -> Mornington Crescent

There you go, although I expected it to be easier to get from a castle to English Heritage in less moves.

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