Daily challenge #4 · 12 September 2026 · English Wikipedia
Digital elevation model → Newsmax, Finns
On 12 September 2026 WikiParty players started on Digital elevation model and had to find Newsmax and Finns in any order using only Wikipedia links. 7 players played it and 6 found every target. The fastest route took 2:28 with 17 clicks.
The articles
- Start
Digital elevation modelA digital elevation model (DEM) or digital surface model (DSM) is a 3D computer graphics representation of elevation data to represent terrain or overlaying objects, commonly of a planet, moon, or asteroid. A "global DEM" refers to a discrete global grid. DEMs are used often in geographic information systems (GIS), and are the most common basis for digitally produced relief maps. A digital terrain model (DTM) represents specifically the ground surface while DEM and DSM may represent tree top canopy or building roofs. While a DSM may be useful for landscape modeling, city modeling and visualization applications, a DTM is often required for flood or drainage modeling, land-use studies, geological applications, and other applications, and in planetary science. - Target
NewsmaxNewsmax, Inc. is an American cable news, political opinion commentary, and digital media company founded by Christopher Ruddy in 1998. It has been variously described as conservative, right-wing, and far-right. Newsmax Media divisions include its cable and broadcast channel Newsmax TV; its website Newsmax.com, which includes Newsmax Health and Newsmax Finance; and Newsmax magazine, its monthly print publication. The company went public in March 2025. Newsmax launched Newsmax TV in June 2014 to 35 million satellite subscribers through DirecTV and Dish Network. As of 2019, the network claimed to reach about 70 million households via cable television. The average weekly audience for Newsmax TV is about 319,000 people, as of April 2025. The channel primarily broadcasts from Newsmax's New York studio on Manhattan's East Side, with two headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida, and Washington, D.C. Newsmax began broadcasting in the United Kingdom in October 2023, via Freeview Connect. The website has been described by The New York Times as a "potent force in conservative politics". Ruddy has positioned the network as a competitor to Fox News, including by hiring former Fox News hosts Rob Schmitt, Greg Kelly, Bob Sellers, and Heather Childers. The Washington Post described Newsmax as "a landing spot for cable news personalities in need of a new home", citing the network's airing of Mark Halperin and Bill O'Reilly following their resignations from other networks due to sexual harassment allegations. After the 2020 United States presidential election, Newsmax broadcast numerous conspiracy theories made by President Donald Trump, the Trump campaign, and a Newsmax host, which alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election. When asked about Newsmax's support of former President Trump, Ruddy stated, "We have an editorial policy of being supportive of the president and his policies." A month after the election, Newsmax began recognizing Joe Biden as a duly elected president. In 2021, Newsmax issued an apology and retracted its voter fraud conspiracy allegations. In 2021, Newsmax was sued by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic for promoting false claims that the companies had engaged in election fraud during the 2020 presidential election. Newsmax settled Smartmatic's lawsuit in September 2024 by agreeing to pay Smartmatic $40 million. A judge ruled in April 2025 that Newsmax broadcast false and defamatory statements against Dominion about the election, and four months later, Newsmax settled Dominion's lawsuit by agreeing to pay Dominion $67 million. - Target
FinnsFinns or Finnish people are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to Finland. Finns are traditionally divided into smaller regional groups that span several countries adjacent to Finland, both those who are native to these countries as well as those who have resettled. Some of these may be classified as separate ethnic groups, rather than subgroups of Finns. These include the Kvens and Forest Finns in Norway, the Tornedalians in Sweden, and the Ingrian Finns in Russia. Finnish, the language spoken by Finns, is closely related to other Balto-Finnic languages such as Estonian and Karelian. The Finnic languages are a subgroup of the larger Uralic family of languages, which also includes Hungarian. These languages are markedly different from most other languages spoken in Europe, which belong to the Indo-European family of languages. Native Finns can also be divided according to dialect into subgroups sometimes called heimo, although such divisions have become less important due to internal migration. Today, there are approximately 6–7 million ethnic Finns and their descendants worldwide, with the majority of them living in their native Finland and the surrounding countries, namely Sweden, Russia and Norway. An overseas Finnish diaspora has long been established in the countries of the Americas and Oceania, with the population of primarily immigrant background, namely Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Brazil, and the United States.
Results
7players
6found every target
13:28median finish time
27.2average clicks
Solutions
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Fastest route: 2:28 by MouseWithBeer
- Digital elevation model
- United States Geological Survey
- United States Department of the Interior
- Federal government of the United States
- Constitution of the United States
- United States
- Television in the United States
- Cable television in the United States
- Cable news in the United States
- Newsmax TV
- Newsmax
- Christopher Ruddy
- Mineola, New York
- Long Island
- Atlantic Ocean
- Europe
- Finland
- Finns
Fewest clicks: 14 by Shadow_Dragon
- Digital elevation model
- U.S. territorial sovereignty
- New York (state)
- Mass media in New York City
- Television broadcaster
- Big Three (American television)
- Cable news in the United States
- Newsmax TV
- Newsmax
- Washington, D.C.
- Capital city
- Lists of capital cities
- List of national capitals
- Finland
- Finns
Most used stepping stones
Articles between the start and the targets that the most players passed through:
- Finland (7 players)
- Cable news in the United States (4 players)
- Newsmax TV (4 players)
- United States (4 players)
- Europe (3 players)
- Christopher Ruddy (2 players)
Most popular first click
- U.S. territorial sovereignty (2 players)
Leaderboard
| # | Player | Targets | Time | Clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MouseWithBeer | 2/2 | 2:28 | 17 |
| 2 | Plato8888 | 2/2 | 3:49 | 20 |
| 3 | Ultra_Python | 2/2 | 13:19 | 15 |
| 4 | Shadow_Dragon | 2/2 | 13:28 | 14 |
| 5 | Shadow_Fox | 2/2 | 14:25 | 26 |
| 6 | Shadow_Panda | 2/2 | 18:27 | 71 |
| 7 | Ancient_Cheetah | 1/2 | 3:11 | 7 |