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Wikipedia: Seven Degrees of Mornington Crescent.

  
 
Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
17:04 / 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
17:13 / 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.
 
 
Notes from Boris-town
(prev. Now: Nolte with added Flyboy!)
17:14 / 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
17:42 / 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.
 
 
Sailor Warrior of Love&Justice
(prev. Damn, it's Pacific State again)
18:07 / 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 Drinks Your Milkshake
19:24 / 28.06.07
Oooh, you can go straight from England to London Underground? Handy that...
 
 
Sailor Warrior of Love&Justice
(prev. Damn, it's Pacific State again)
19:30 / 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
19:31 / 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
19:33 / 28.06.07
Unless this is Foxbridge-Turlington rules?
 
 
Sebastian Flyte
19:41 / 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?
 
 
Vincennes: Bringing Sassy Back
20:03 / 28.06.07
Hersh Martin -> 1980 -> Alexandra Palace -> London Underground -> Mornington Crescent.

Throughly legal in all rulesets, I believe.
 
 
gridley
06:08 / 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
14:11 / 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
14:59 / 29.06.07
vermilion box > caller id > United Kingdom> National Rail >London Underground > Mornington Crescent
 
 
Tryphena Absent
15:00 / 29.06.07
Quite frankly I disappoint myself.
 
 
My Mom Thinks I'm Cool
(prev. King of Iron Pants)
15:15 / 29.06.07
Edward Carlson->Navy->England->London Underground->Mornington Crescent.
 
 
Quantum
16:54 / 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
16:57 / 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
17:40 / 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
17:48 / 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
18:00 / 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 Drinks Your Milkshake
18:06 / 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!
 
 
The Llama Cascade
(prev. All the strange,strange Llamas)
01:02 / 30.06.07
Shortish 'n' sweet:

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

Third volume rules are applied here, I assume.
 
 
I am a bat. I am a man.
(prev. Triplets)
01:40 / 30.06.07
Welcome to Hollywood
Ewan McGregor
London
London Underground
Mornington Crescent!
 
 
Notes from Boris-town
(prev. Now: Nolte with added Flyboy!)
02:11 / 30.06.07
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 Drinks Your Milkshake
10:45 / 30.06.07
Can anyone get to Mornington Crescent without going the UK/Britain -> England -> London -> London Underground route?
 
 
Quantum
11:38 / 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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