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Daily challenge #23 · 1 October 2026 · English Wikipedia

AbbVie → Invention, Zadar, Caló language

On 1 October 2026 WikiParty players started on AbbVie and had to find Invention, Zadar and Caló language in any order using only Wikipedia links. 9 players played it and 8 found every target. The fastest route took 3:35 with 16 clicks.

The articles

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    AbbVieAbbVie Inc., also known as AbbVie, is an American pharmaceutical company headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois. AbbVie produces drugs to treat a wide range of medical issues. The company is ranked sixth on the list of largest biomedical companies by revenue. It is ranked 77th on the Fortune 500 and 108th on the Forbes Global 2000. The name "AbbVie" is derived from a combination of "Abbott", the name of its former parent company, with "vie", intended as a reference to a Latin root meaning 'life'.
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    InventionAn invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea, or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing efficiency or lowering cost. It may also be an entirely new concept. If an idea is unique enough either as a stand-alone invention or as a significant improvement over the work of others, it can be patented. A patent, if granted, gives the inventor a proprietary interest in the patent over a specific period of time, which can be licensed for financial gain. An inventor creates or discovers an invention. The word inventor comes from the Latin verb invenire, invent-, to find. Although inventing is closely associated with science and engineering, inventors are not necessarily engineers or scientists. Due to advances in artificial intelligence, the term "inventor" no longer exclusively applies to an occupation. Some inventions can be patented. The system of patents was established to encourage inventors by granting limited-term, limited monopoly on inventions determined to be sufficiently novel, non-obvious, and useful or with industrial applicability. A patent is jurisdictional, meaning that a patent only provides rights to the patent owner within the jurisdiction in which the patent was obtained. A patent provides the patent owner the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling an invention or importing it into the jurisdiction. The rules and requirements for patenting an invention vary by country and the process of obtaining a patent is often expensive. Another meaning of invention is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social behaviours adopted by people and passed on to others. The Institute for Social Inventions collected many such ideas in magazines and books. Invention is also an important component of artistic and design creativity. Inventions often extend the boundaries of human knowledge, experience or capability.
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    ZadarZadar, historically known as Zara, is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Croatia. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar serves as the seat of Zadar County and of the wider northern Dalmatian region. The city proper covers 25 km⁲ (9.7 sq mi) with a population of 75,082 in 2011, making it the second-largest city in Dalmatia and the fifth-largest in the country. Zadar traces its origins to the 9th century BC as a settlement of the Illyrian tribe of the Liburnians, called Iader. In 59 BC, it was renamed Iadera (Jadera) when it became a Roman municipium. In 48 BC, it became a Roman colony. During Roman rule, Zadar acquired the characteristics of a traditional ancient Roman city, with a regular street grid, a public square (forum), and an elevated capitolium with a temple. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, Zadar became the capital of the Byzantine Theme of Dalmatia. At the beginning of the 9th century, Zadar briefly came under Frankish rule. In 998, the city swore allegiance to Doge Pietro II Orseolo and became a vassal of the Republic of Venice. In 1186, it placed itself under the protection of the Hungarian King Béla III. In the Middle Ages, Zadar's population was predominantly Romance and the Dalmatian language was spoken, later largely replaced with related Venetian, which would remain the principal language spoken in the city until the 20th century. In 1202, during the Fourth Crusade, the Venetians, with the help of the Crusaders, reconquered and plundered Zadar. The Kingdom of Hungary gained control of the city following the Treaty of Zadar in 1358, when it was taken by King Louis I of Anjou. In 1409, King Ladislaus of Naples sold Dalmatia back to Venice, and Zadar became the de facto capital of Venetian Dalmatia. When the Ottoman Empire conquered the Dalmatian Hinterland in the early 16th century, the city became an important stronghold safeguarding Venetian trade in the Adriatic, as well as the administrative and cultural center of Venetian possessions in Dalmatia. This fostered an environment in which art and literature could flourish, and between the 15th and 17th centuries Zadar came under the influence of the Renaissance, producing many important Italian Renaissance figures such as Giorgio Ventura and Giovanni Francesco Fortunio, who wrote the first Italian grammar, as well as many Croatian writers, including Petar Zoranić, Brne Krnarutić, Juraj Baraković, and Šime Budinić, who wrote in the Croatian language. After the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797, Zadar briefly came under French administration as part of the Illyrian Provinces. From 1815 to 1918 it served as the capital of the Kingdom of Dalmatia, a crown land of the Austrian Empire. Throughout the 19th century, the city became one of the centres of the Illyrian movement amid the growing polarisation and politicisation of ethnic identities between Croats and Dalmatian Italians, the latter forming a majority of Zadar's citizens. Under the Treaty of Rapallo in 1920, Zadar became part of the Kingdom of Italy. During World War II, it was bombed by the Allies and witnessed the evacuation of its ethnic Italian population. The Partisans captured the city on 1 November 1944, and in 1947 it officially became part of the Socialist Republic of Croatia. It was then repopulated by new settlers, mainly from the surrounding islands and from the hinterland. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, in 1991 Zadar became part of the Republic of Croatia. Today, Zadar is a historical center of Dalmatia, Zadar County's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, educational, and transportation centre. Zadar is also the episcopal see of the Archdiocese of Zadar. Because of its rich history and cultural heritage, Zadar is today one of the most popular tourist destinations in Croatia, named the "entertainment center of the Adriatic" by The Times and "Croatia's new capital of cool" by The Guardian. UNESCO's World Heritage Site list included the fortified city of Zadar as part of the Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar in 2017.
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    Caló languageCaló is a mixed language spoken by the gitanos of Spain and the ciganos of Portugal. In Romani linguistics, it is considered a Para-Romani language based on Romance grammar, with an adstratum of Romani lexical items, through language shift by the Romani community. Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish caló are closely related varieties that share a common root. Spanish caló, or Spanish Romani, was originally known as zincaló. Portuguese caló, or Portuguese Romani, also goes by the term lusitano-romani; it used to be referred to as calão, but this word has since acquired the general sense of jargon or slang, often with a negative undertone. The language is also spoken in Brazil, France, Venezuela, Portugal and Colombia. Some Caló expressions have been borrowed into modern Spanish jerga (slang), such as camelar, currar and dar lache.

Results

9players
8found every target
9:42median finish time
26.0average clicks

Solutions

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Fastest route: 3:35 by jmshgs
  1. AbbVie
  2. Memantine
  3. Patent
  4. Invention
  5. NASA
  6. List of government space agencies
  7. Czech Republic
  8. Slovakia
  9. Hungary
  10. Croatia
  11. List of cities and towns in Croatia
  12. Zadar
  13. Venetian language
  14. Romance languages
  15. Portugal
  16. Languages of Portugal
  17. Caló language
Fewest clicks: 13 by Shadow_Dragon
  1. AbbVie
  2. Research and development
  3. Innovation
  4. Invention
  5. List of Croatian inventions and discoveries
  6. Croatia
  7. Zadar
  8. Mediterranean climate
  9. Portugal
  10. Portuguese language
  11. Western Romance languages
  12. Romance languages
  13. Spain
  14. Caló language
Most used stepping stones

Articles between the start and the targets that the most players passed through:

  1. Croatia (9 players)
  2. Spain (7 players)
  3. Europe (5 players)
  4. France (3 players)
  5. Innovation (3 players)
  6. Medication (3 players)
Most popular first click
  1. Medication (3 players)
  2. Research and development (2 players)

Leaderboard

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3MouseWithBeer3/35:3417
4xroads423/38:5823
5devin3/39:4249
6Shadow_Dragon3/313:1313
7Cosmic_Rhino3/314:1635
8Epic_Shark3/322:2036
9Plato88882/31:3147