Six Degrees of Sir Francis Bacon
I’d like to introduce a new game called “Six Degrees of Sir Francis Bacon.” If people like the game and want to play it, I will make it a regular feature on the blog.
You are given a famous person from the past or the present, and you have to connect that person to Sir Francis Bacon in Wikipedia in as few links as possible.
Besides the obvious reason, Francis Bacon is a particularly good choice for this game, as he was an important innovator in a great number of fields, during a time of remarkable transition. He truly is the Kevin Bacon of history. Plus, he is a contemporary of Shakespeare, so he’s relevant to the blog. Some say that he actually was Shakespeare, but that’s just silliness. Now, on to the game…
First, read the rules of the game.
This week’s challenge will be – why not – Genghis Khan.
Entries will be accepted until midnight on Friday, January 19.
Good luck!
January 13th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
here it goes (bit of a stretch though):
Sir Francis Bacon>Novum Organum (recognition of invention of gunpowder by the chinese)>Gunpowder>China>Mongol Empire>Gengis Khan.
Like I said…bit of a stretch…
January 13th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Hey, Ro. Thanks for getting the ball rolling!
Stretches are very appropriate in this game, and you made some nice connections. But a quick style note: The chain needs to begin with Genghis Khan and end with Sir Francis Bacon. Please see Rule 2. And the response should also include the titles of each of the linked pages — so “Four Great Inventions of ancient China” instead of (or at least, in addition to) its discussion of the Novum Organum.
So, your entry should look like this:
Genghis Khan > Mongol Empire > China > Gunpowder > Four Great Inventions of ancient China > Sir Francis Bacon
Five degrees. Nice work. Okay, folks, that’s the score to beat.