What is Qwikipedia?
Qwikipedia is a game that tries to quench our curiosity. The objective is to get to a particular wiki page, starting from a specific article, using minimal clicks. There is no single correct answer, so we might surprise ourselves by finding new routes each time!
Friday’s Free rider
Koala
The koala also known as koala bear is a native to Australia. These bears have stout, tailless body, round, fluffy ears, and large, spoon-shaped nose. The koala has a body length of 60–85 cm and weighs 4–15 kg. Its fur colour ranges from silver grey to chocolate brown.
Koalas are one among the near extinct animals.They were likely driven to extinction in these areas by environmental changes and hunting by indigenous Australians.
Hunting
Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping any living organism, or pursuing it with the intent of doing so. Hunting has a long history. Hunting was a crucial component of hunter-gatherer societies before the civilisations ever came into existence.
Hindu scriptures describe hunting as an acceptable occupation, as well as a sport of the kingly. Safari, an overland journey, popular in Africa is also a distinctive way of hinting.
Safari hunting was popularised by US author Ernest Hemmingway.
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations.
He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. Many of his works are considered classics of American literature.
He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 like other authors which includes Mario Vargas Llosa.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian writer who won Nobel prize for literature in 2010. Some of his pupular works include, The Time of the Hero, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Conversation in the Cathedral and The Green House.
Mario Vargas Llosa is considered a major Latin American writer who was also involved in the Latin American Boom.
So the path that we have traversed today is:
Koala —> Hunting —> Ernest Hemingway —> Mario Vargas Llosa
Three clicks!
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Monday’s Marauder
Send in your paths for the above to school@thehindu.co.in with the subject “Qwikipedia”. Do include your name, class and school!
(Archana Raghavan is an intern with The Hindu In School.)
