Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Association/No.2

Introduction

Hello and welcome to Word Association 2 (or should this be called Last Word?). This spinoff is designed to be only a slightly bit more of a challenge. As with the main association page, try finding something randomly interesting by clicking on the random article link. It may help.

How to Play

Basically, nearly all the same rules apply as the main Word Association game.

As usual, the main game word count is limited to up to 400 words, although this can be less if people want. For the main game minimum word count is 200 words.

Branches are allowed with 100 words or less. However the minimum word count allowed is 50 words. In addition, do not do branches of branches, as this renders the game confusing and quite unplayable.

Add one word only at a time which is linked to the word before. For example, Pig, Bacon, tomatoes, ...

If you are stuck on this, read Wikipedia:Sandbox/Word Association#How to play for clarity on how to link but the original word count does not apply. Only the above does.

The main difference in this is that when you reach the last word, it must link with the first word of the game (if it is really hard you can be creative as to how the last word links in with the first). Use <!--blah--> to show the link. For example: Elephant, Animal, Animalia, ... Living room, Piano <!--Link to first: Piano keys are made of ivory, which come from elephant tusks-->.

However <!--blah--> can also be used to link to the word before except for the last word.

As usual in spirit of the game, please only type one word consecutively. Then, another person can respond to your word, and the game continues!. Finally, do not change the upper and lower word limits when they have been set.

Game #1: "Botany"

Main Game

Botany, Botany Bay, Buzzards Bay, Bridgwater Bay, Old Bay, Old Spice, Ginger Spice, Capsicum, Seeds, Lightning Seeds, White Lightning, Cider, Hangover, Headache, Ibuprofen, The Cure, Common Cold, Sneeze, Blink, Clarice Ferguson, Joe Ferguson, Craig Ferguson, Ruby Wax, Ruby Tuesday, Tuesdays With Morrie, TFI Friday, TGI Fridays, Chili's, Chili con queso, Chilli con carne, Carnival, Mardi Gras, Hurricane Katrina, Carolina Hurricanes, Seattle Storm, Snow storm, Snow globe, Harlem Globetrotters, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Bob, Psychopath, Sociopath, Pathology, Homeopathy, Complementary medicine, St John's wort, Depression, Storm, Halle Berry, Blueberry, Boo Berry, Betty Boop, Sex symbol, Sextant, Isaac Newton, Concussion, Headache, Abstinence, Temperance, Bones (TV series), Bones (The Killers song), Skeleton, Key, Keyhole surgery, Pinhole camera, camera obscura, Let's Get Out of This Country, Illegal immigration, Border Patrol, Schießbefehl, Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Checkmate, Checker Taxi, Automobile, Autobahn, Speed limit, CSI, Jerry Bruckheimer, The Amazing Race, Reality TV, Boredom, Death, Murder, Poirot, Miss Marple, Maple Syrup, Golden syrup, Matilda, The BFG, Jack and the Beanstalk, Beans, bean bag, Billy Bean, Billycan, Water bottle, Waterboy, Aquaman, Atlantis, Mythology, Artemis, Apollo 13, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Wet Dream, REM, "It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)", Beatles, Yoko Ono, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Airport (movie), Airplane!, Plain Jane, Sarah, Plain and Tall, Great Plains, Great White Way, Great White Shark, Jaws, Jawbreaker, Everlasting Gobstoppers, Clockstoppers, Gobstopper, Candy, Candy Candy, Hello Kitty, KitKat, Nestlé, Nescafé, Coffee, Juan Valdez, Basil Valdez, Basil Brush, Lamb Chop, Pork Chop, Doug, Doug's 1st Movie, A Goofy Movie, Not Another Teen Movie, Another Gay Movie, Brokeback Mountain, Rocky Mountains, Black Mountains, The Black Keys, Piano, Let It Be, Let It Be...Naked, Nudism, Streaking, Ray Stevens, Country music, Kenny Rogers, The Gambler, Gamble, Indian Casino, Casino, Roulette, Wheel, Wheel of Fortune, Kay Starr, Ringo Starr, Ringo, John Lennon, The U.S. vs. John Lennon, "Power to the People", National Grid, Kingston Communications, Kingston, New Hampshire, The Hotel New Hampshire, Westermarck effect, Psychology, Psychopharmacology, Psychedelic, "I Am the Walrus", Marine Biology, Sealab 2021, Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, Pink Ranger, Pink 5, Cannes Film Festival, Mr Bean's Holiday, Mr. Bean, Love Actually, Colin Firth, Firth of Forth, Fourth of July, Born on the Fourth of July, "The Remedy", Jason Mraz, Wordplay, Scrabble, Paw, Kangaroo, Wallaby, Finding Nemo, Humpback Whale, The Partridge Family, The Addams Family, The Simpsons, Ashlee Simpson, Jessica Simpson, Paris Hilton, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis Hogg, The Dukes of Hazzard, moonshine, mooning, streaking, bacon, Eggs, Ova, Fertilization, Manure, Compost, Garbage, Trash, Trashcan Man, Dilbert, Office Space, The Office, Steve Carrell, Steve Stiffler, American Pie, Don McClean, How Clean Is Your House?, Sell This House, Relocation, Relocation, Trading Places, Trading Spaces, The Space Between, Dave Matthews Band, David Miliband, Milpool, Milhouse, Amy Winehouse, Rehab, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawaii Five-O, Jack Lord, Jack Bauer, Baud, Bud, Budweiser frogs, Coors, The Corrs, The Cars, Drive, "Drive My Car", Dude, Where's My Car?, Car 54, Where Are You?, Cars, M1, US 1, D.C., AC/DC, Current, Currant, Raisin, Fresno (TV miniseries), CBS, CBS Kids, Saturday, Saturn, Jupiter, Galileo Galilei, Bohemian Rhapsody, Wayne's World, Dana Carvey, Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, Comedy, Lucille Ball, The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979), The Police, Sting, Newcastle, New South Wales, New Zealand, John Key, Francis Scott Key, Key, Rob Key, Cricket, Grasshopper, Grasshopper chess, Chess, Queen, Elizabeth, Name, Rank, General, Specific, Species, On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin, Evolution, Creationism, Falsifiability, Counterfeit, Counterfeit Money, Forgery, Intellectual dishonesty, Plagiarism, Copyright law, Freedom of panorama, Panasonic, Sonic boom, Hypersonic speed, Speed of sound, Bell X-1, US Air Force, Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, Spirit gum, Wig, Dolly Parton, Dolly (sheep), Clone, CloneCD, Digital Rights Management, SecuROM, Sony, Pony, Laminitis, Horseshoe, Horseshoe orbit, 54509 YORP, Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research, White Sands Missile Range, STS-3,

Word count is 330/400 as of word: STS-3.

Branch: "Old Spice" (Branch closed)

Old Spice, Old Faithful, Old El Paso, El Paso, Texas, White Sands Missile Range, Tularosa Basin, Amazon Basin, Amazon Women on the Moon, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Rotten Tomatoes, Sour grapes, Grape Ape, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, List of Lepidoptera which feed on grapevines, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, California Raisins, A Raisin in the Sun, Chicago (musical), Chicago (city), Windy, "The Windy Apple", Flatulence, Mustard Gas, Nerve Gas, Bank and Monument stations, Docklands Light Railway, Société de transport de l'Outaouais, Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français, Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi, Flatulence, Whoopee cushion, Pin cushion, Starfish, Spongebob Squarepants, Gay icon, Elton John, Kiki Dee, Sandra Dee, River Dee, River Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator, Gladiators, American Gladiators, Nitro, Nitroglycerin, C4, C2, C#, CK, CK One.

Word count is 50/50 as of word: CK One. (Branch closed)

Branch: "Hurricane Katrina" (Branch closed)

Hurricane Katrina, FEMA, Femur, Ulna, Etna, Vesuvius, Eruption, Eruption (band), Pardon the Interruption, Breaking news, People Like Us, Common People, Short People, People, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Marbury vs. Madison, Supreme Court, House of Lords, House of Style, House of cards, House of Fraser, Simon Fraser, Fraser River, Frasier, Crane, Origami, Jackie Chan Adventures, Archaeology, Bones, "Fox", Super Smash Bros., Mêlée, Mêlée Island, Mele Kalikimaka, Hawaiian language, Language arts, Poetry, Iamb, Lamb, Gravy, Biscuits, Tea, Ming Tea, Ming vase, Terracotta Army, Kaolin, Clayface, Feet of Clay, Foundation, Levees.

Word count is 50/50 as of word: Levees. (Branch closed)

Branch: "Abstinence" (Branch closed)

Abstinence, Inhibition, Conscience, Consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Daniel Defoe, Willem Dafoe, Darfur, Sudan, The Lost Boys of Sudan, The Lost Boys, Lost and found, Finders Keepers, Findus Crispy Pancakes, Maple syrup, Japanese Maple, Sycamore, Tree, Christmas Tree, Fir, Fur Elise, Elysium, Lightning, Thunder, Thunderdome, Superdome, Superman, Lex Luthor, Lex Luger, Handgun, Walther PPK, PKK, Ku Klux Klan, Bad Boys 2, Will Smith, Men in Black, Alien, Mars Attacks!, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, Clueless, Confused, Dazed, Hypoperfusion, SIRS, Arthritis, Spongy bone, Bone marrow, Leukemia, Death.

Word count is 50/50 as of word: Death. (Branch closed)

Branch: "Checkpoint Charlie" (Branch closed)

Checkpoint Charlie, Autobahn, Germany, Adolph Hitler, Holocaust, Jew, Borat!, Kazakhstan, USSR, "Back in the U.S.S.R.", The Beatles, Penny Lane, Daria, Darius, Colour Blind, In Living Color, color wheel, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Press Your Luck, Press Play, Printing, Guttenburg, German, The Good German, Good Will Hunting, Minnie Driver, Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Corporate logo, Golden Arches, McDonald's, Ronald McDonald, Funeral home, Black, Baby's In Black, Back In Black, The Black Album, The (Other) Black Album, The White Album, "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill", The Story of O, The 120 Days of Sodom, Sodom and Gomorrah, Salt, Pepper, Cinnamon, Hot Cross Bun, Easter, It's Happy Bunny, Sick, Happy Tree Friends, Cartoon, Cartoon Network, Turner Broadcasting, TNT, Dynamite, Alfred Nobel, Nobel Prize, Peace, War, U2, World War 2, Germany, German Reunification.

Word count is 65/65 as of word: German Reunification. (Branch closed)

Branch: "Airport (movie)" (Branch closed)

Airport (movie), Airplane!, Spoof, Saturday Night Live, Live with Regis and Kelly, Treacle, Tart, Slut, Whore, Nevada, Gambling, Poker, Casino Royale, James Bond, M, L, Q, Star Trek, Star Wars, Mace Windu, Samuel L. Jackson, Snakes On A Plane, Premature ejaculation, Impotence, Viagra, Nitroglycerin, Nitrous oxide, Anaesthesia, Anastasia, Czar Nicholas II, Drug Czar, Cocaine, Eric Clapton, Layla, Pattie Boyd, George Harrison, All Things Must Pass, "My Sweet Lord", Hinduism, Ganesh, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Rama, Lama, Tibet, Plateau, Atherton Tablelands, The Badlands, Springfield, USA, Fear of Flying (The Simpsons episode).

Word count is 50/50 as of word: Fear of Flying (The Simpsons episode). (Branch closed)

Branch: Ray Stevens (Branch closed)

Ray Stevens, Yukon, Mojave Desert, Desert, Banana split, Ice cream, Frozen, Winter, Summer, Summer holiday, Cliff Richard, Richard Simmons, David Letterman, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, Joan Rivers, Ruby Wax, Ear wax, Carnauba wax, Amazon Rainforest. Amazon.com Amazon_Mechanical_Turk Mechanical bull, Red Bull, Caffeine, Tea, Chai, Assam, Dispur, India, Bangladesh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Road tax, Taxman, Tax collector, IRS, Kansas City (Missouri), The Wizard of Oz, Tornado, Dust devil, Sandstorm, Desert, Dessert, Dissertation, Thesis, Academic degree, Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Divinity, Religion, Church, Sufjan Stevens.

Word count is 50/50 as of word: Sufjan Stevens. (Branch closed)

Branch: "I Am the Walrus" (Branch closed)

"I Am the Walrus", David Attenborough, North Attleborough, Massachusetts, New England Patriots, Bill Simmons, Richard Simmons, Jazzercise, Shopping channel, Suzanne Somers, Suzanne Vega, Vega, Lyra, Lycra, Spandex, Crow's foot, River delta, Louisiana, New Orleans, The Big Easy, Speakeasy, Roaring Twenties, Jazz, Saxophone, Bill Clinton, Arkansas, Little Rock, Big Rock, Illinois, Chicago, Richard Gere, Lake Michigan, Lake Tahoe, Chevrolet Tahoe, Gas guzzler, Sports car, NASCAR, Fast, Furious, Tokyo Drift, Teriyaki Boyz, J-pop, Ring Pop, Ringo, Marge Simpson, Homer Simpson, The Be Sharps, Songs In A Minor, Minor key, Morris Minor, Asia Minor, The Walrus.

Word count is 50/50 as of word: The Walrus. (Branch closed)

Branch: "The Office" (Branch closed)

The Office, Slough Trading Estate, John Betjeman, Betelgeuse, Beetle, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Golf, Hatchback, Hunchback, Notre Dame, Dame Edna Everidge, Glasses, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Mellow Yellow, Donovan, Sunshine Superman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry, Fell In Love With A Girl, A Girl Like You, Edwyn Collins, Music, Muzak, Elevator, Escalator, Moving walkway, People mover, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Disneyworld, Orlando, Orlando Bloom, Wilde, Wildflower, Wildfire, We Didn't Start the Fire, Firefighter, Street Fighter, Arcade, Stadium Arcadium, Arcadia, Cascadia, Cascada, Germany, Deutschlandlied, Joseph Hayden, Hayden Planetarium, New York City, Empire State Building, Daleks, X-Men, Magneto, "Magneto and Titanium Man", Paul McCartney, John Lennon, "Working Class Hero", Working class, Proletariat, Marxist philosophy, Karl Marx, Awesome, Awesometown, Erehwon, Utopia, Dystopia, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Russia, Moscow Kremlin.

Word count is 70/70 as of word: Moscow Kremlin. (Branch closed)

Branch: "Horseshoe orbit"

Horseshoe orbit, (419624) 2010 SO16, Apollo asteroid, Apollo 13, Free-return trajectory, Earth,Planet

Word count is 6/70 as of word: Earth.