Six Degrees Of Wikipedia

I have a new game, based on an old one.

I'm sure my readers are familiar with Wikipedia, the web encyclopedia anyone can contribute to. Every entry has links to other entries.

So the game is choosing a start and finish, and seeing how many links it takes to get there. There are no guarantees it can be done and it doesn't necessarily work in both directions. Also, since Wikipedia is constantly being revised, what once worked may not work later.

One way to play is to figure out what can be done, then see if others can do it, and in how many clicks.

I'll give you a few examples (answers at bottom).

1) Anton Chekhov to Stalin in two clicks
2) Bill Clinton to There's Something About Mary in three clicks
3) Albert Einstein to The Republic in three clicks
4) Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase to Kevin Bacon in three clicks

Spread it around. Let's get this game going.

My answers (there might be others)

1) "Anton Chekhov" to "Yalta" to "Stalin"
2) "Bill Clinton" to "Monica Lewinsky" to "semen" to "There's Something About Mary"
3) "Albert Einstein" to "Euclid" to "Plato" to "The Republic"
4) "Salmon P. Chase" to "Dartmouth College" to "National Lampoon's Animal House" to "Kevin Bacon."

PS Before I posted, I figured I'd check to see if anyone had thought of the idea already. Sure enough, there's a search engine which actually connects one item on Wikipedia with another.