Foam → Unicorn
Foam → Unicorn ⏰ 02:23 🦶9
(Foam → Baby_seat → Bike_child_seat → Bicycle_saddle → Saddle → Domestication_of_the_horse → Horse → List_of_historical_horses → List_of_fictional_horses → Unicorn)
This was a weird one. There were much fewer common concepts in the foam article than I had expected. I was able to get to my destination though through a pathway that became obvious when I saw the word saddle.
I actually played this one as an icebreaker, warm-up activity with my master’s cohort and I got to see all of their thinking as well. This is why I love The Wiki Game. This peek into another person’s thought process is endlessly fascinating to me. Here are their paths.
(Foam → Old_High_German → Frisian_languages → Frisians → Friesland → Friesian_horse → Horse_breed → List_of_horse_breeds → Unicorn)
(Foam → Old_High_German → Old_High_German_literature → Merseburg_Charms → Folklore → Childlore → Fantasy → Mythical_creature → Unicorn)
(Foam → Materials_science → Electron → Lightning → Earth → Planetary_habitability → Bacteria → Predation → Herbivory → Animal → Mythology → Fable → Legendary_creature → Unicorn)
(Foam → Dispersed_media → Fog → Mist → Refraction → Rainbow → Rainbows_in_mythology → Leprechaun → Mushroom → Morphology_(biology) → Ancient_Greek → Netherlands → Castles → Water_well → Spring_(hydrology) → Narcissus_(mythology) → Eros → Cupid_and_Psyche → Fairy_tale → Unicorn)
(Foam → Foam_party → Carnival → Cirque_du_Soleil → Equestrian_vaulting → Horse → Unicorn)
(Foam → Soap → Soap_plant → Chlorogalum_pomeridianum → Petal → Flora → Fauna → Extraterrestrial_life → Extraterrestrial_intelligence → Life_origination_beyond_planets → Science_fiction → Lists_of_fictional_species → Lists_of_fictional_animals → List_of_fictional_horses → Winged_unicorn → Unicorn)
(Foam → Old_High_German → French_language → Crusades → Holy_Land → Belief → Omnipotence → God → Greek_mythology → List_of_Greek_mythological_creatures → Unicorn)
(Foam → Bread → List_of_bread_dishes → Fairy_bread → Nonpareils → Dessert → Cake → Icing_(food) → Sprinkles → Gingerbread → Gingerbread_man → Fairy_tale → Unicorn)