# Six Degrees of Wikipedia **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 25, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707 "2008-03-25T20:07:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/21 "2008-03-26T01:26:11Z")
Jesus: [Jesus - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus) Marriage at Cana (Turning Water into Wine): [Wedding at Cana - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_water_into_wine) Wine: [Wine - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine) Beer: [Beer - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer) Soft Drinks: [Soft drink - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink) Energy Drink: [Energy drink - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_drink) Sorry in advance if this isn’t possible, or too long - I can’t tell if it is: Eyeshield 21 to the Battle of Hastings ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/22 "2008-03-26T01:34:03Z")
Eyeshield 21 English language England Norman conquest of England Battle of Hastings OK, I got the next one by hitting “random article” twice. It might be too hard. But here goes, in case anyone wants to give it a whirl: Nito Gomez to Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/23 "2008-03-26T01:43:20Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] Eyeshield 21 English language England Norman conquest of England Battle of Hastings [/QUOTE] You can go straight from _English language_ to _Norman Conquest of England_ without having to go _England_. Well done! ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/24 "2008-03-26T01:53:50Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] OK, I got the next one by hitting “random article” twice. It might be too hard. But here goes, in case anyone wants to give it a whirl: Nito Gomez to Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School. [/QUOTE] Tough to narrow down. **[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nito\_Gomez](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nito_Gomez)** [California - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California) [Inland Empire - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Empire_%28California%29) [Ontario, California - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario%2C_California) [Ontario - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario) [Greater Sudbury - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Sudbury) [Sudbury Catholic District School Board - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_Catholic_District_School_Board) **[Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_Alexander_Carter_Catholic_Secondary_School)** Challenge: > **[Bra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassiere)** > > A bra, short for brassiere or brassière (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}US: /brəˈzɪər/, UK: /ˈbræsɪər, ˈbræz-/), is a type of form-fitting underwear that is primarily used to support and cover a woman's breasts. A typical bra consists of a chest band that wraps around the torso, supporting two breast cups that are held in place b... to > **[Boston Terrier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_terrier)** > > The Boston Terrier is a breed of dog originating in the United States of America. It was accepted in 1893 by the American Kennel Club as a non-sporting breed. The dogs are small and compact, with a short tail and erect ears. > The Boston Terrier ranked as the 23rd-most registered breed with the American Kennel Club in 2024. > The Boston terrier breed originated around 1870, when Robert C. Hooper of Boston purchased from a man named William O'Brien a dog named Judge (known later as Hooper's Judge), ... 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/25 "2008-03-26T02:06:10Z")
Aha! Nito Gomez [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nito\_Gomez](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nito_Gomez) WWE [WWE - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment) Rio de Janeiro [Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro) Catholic [Catholic Church - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic) Catholicism [Catholic Church - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism) Criticism of Christianity [Criticism of Christianity - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Christianity) Religion and Science [Relationship between religion and science - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_science#Non-fundamentalist_religious_views) Pope John Paul II [Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II) (I probably could’ve cut out three of those and gotten more easily from Catholic to this guy but whatever) Poland [Poland - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland) United States [United States - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) Parochial School [Parochial school - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parochial_school) Catholic School [Catholic school - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_school) Category: Roman Catholic Schools [Category:Roman Catholic schools - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Roman_Catholic_schools) Category: Toman Catholic Secondary Schools [Category:Roman Catholic secondary schools - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Roman_Catholic_secondary_schools) Category: Roman Catholic Secondary Schools in Canada [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Roman\_Catholic\_secondary\_schools\_in\_Canada](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Roman_Catholic_secondary_schools_in_Canada) Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School [Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_Alexander_Carter_Catholic_Secondary_School) Winnie the Pooh -\> USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642) ---
**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/26 "2008-03-26T02:15:11Z")
[QUOTE=Brown Eyed Girl] Challenge: > **[Bra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassiere)** > > A bra, short for brassiere or brassière (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}US: /brəˈzɪər/, UK: /ˈbræsɪər, ˈbræz-/), is a type of form-fitting underwear that is primarily used to support and cover a woman's breasts. A typical bra consists of a chest band that wraps around the torso, supporting two breast cups that are held in place b... to > **[Boston Terrier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_terrier)** > > The Boston Terrier is a breed of dog originating in the United States of America. It was accepted in 1893 by the American Kennel Club as a non-sporting breed. The dogs are small and compact, with a short tail and erect ears. > The Boston Terrier ranked as the 23rd-most registered breed with the American Kennel Club in 2024. > The Boston terrier breed originated around 1870, when Robert C. Hooper of Boston purchased from a man named William O'Brien a dog named Judge (known later as Hooper's Judge), ... 😃 [/QUOTE] [brassiere](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassiere#The_bra_as_a_fashion_item) to [mammary gland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammary_gland) to [virginia oppossum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Opossum) to [canidae](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canidae) to [canis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis) to [domestic dog](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog) to [terrier](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrier) to [boston terrier](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Terrier) ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/27 "2008-03-26T02:16:14Z")
Hmph… Brassiere [Bra - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassiere) Quebec [Quebec - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec) Snowy Owl [Snowy owl - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl) Animal [Animal - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal) Mammal [Mammal - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal) Carnivora [Carnivora - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivora) Incisors [Incisor - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incisors) Canine Tooth [Canine tooth - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_tooth) Canidae [Canidae - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canidae) Dog [Dog - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog) List of Dog Breeds [List of dog breeds - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dog_breeds) Boston Terrier [Boston Terrier - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Terrier) QED Mine still stands then Winnie the Pooh ([Winnie-the-Pooh - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_the_pooh)) -\> USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642) ([USS Kamehameha - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kamehameha_%28SSBN-642%29)) ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/28 "2008-03-26T02:21:37Z")
[QUOTE=Jragon] Winnie the Pooh -\> USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642) [/QUOTE] Winnie the Pooh: [Winnie-the-Pooh - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_the_pooh) Jim Cummings: [Jim Cummings - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cummings) Anaheim, CA: [Anaheim, California - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaheim%2C_California) US States: [U.S. state - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state) Hawai`i: [Hawaii - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii) Kamehameha I: [Kamehameha I - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_I) _USS Kamehameha_: [USS Kamehameha - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kamehameha) Two random articles: Go from Tipton Township, Cass County, Indiana ([Tipton Township, Cass County, Indiana - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipton_Township%2C_Cass_County%2C_Indiana)) to Yampil ([Yampil - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yampil)). ---
**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/29 "2008-03-26T02:22:23Z")
Oh! Right! I forgot to pose one. Hmm. [Badger, Badger, Badger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger%2C_badger%2C_badger) to [Planck Length](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_length) ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/30 "2008-03-26T02:35:32Z")
Piece of cake: > **[Tipton Township, Cass County, Indiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipton_Township%2C_Cass_County%2C_Indiana)** > > Tipton Township is one of fourteen townships in Cass County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,490. > Tipton Township was organized in 1840. It was named for Indiana Senator John Tipton. > Pipe Creek Falls Resort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. > **[United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)** > > The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or simply America, is a country primarily located in North America and consisting of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, and nine Minor Outlying Islands.\[j\] It includes 326 Indian reservations. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area.\[d\] It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas... > **[History of the Soviet Union (1982–1991)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281985%E2%80%931991%29)** > > The history of the Soviet Union from 1982 through 1991 spans the period from the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's death until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Due to the years of Soviet military buildup at the expense of domestic development, and complex systemic problems in the command economy, Soviet output stagnated. Failed attempts at reform, a standstill economy, and the success of the proxies of the United States against the Soviet Union's forces in the war in Afghanistan led to a gene... > **[Ukraine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine)** > > Ukraine (/juːˈkreɪn/ ⓘ yoo-KRAYN; Ukrainian: Україна, romanized: Ukraina, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced \[ʊkrɐˈjinɐ\] ⓘ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast.\[a\] It also borders Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hun... > **[List of cities in Ukraine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Ukraine_by_subdivision)** > > This is a complete list of cities in Ukraine. As of 1 January 2022, there are 461 cities (Ukrainian: місто, romanized: misto) in Ukraine. City status is granted by the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. The city status is only partially related to the size of a populated place in Ukraine. > Smaller settlements are urban-type settlements (comparable to towns in English-speaking countries) and villages (Ukrainian: село, romanized: selo). > Historically, there were systems of city rights, gra... > **[Yampil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yampil)** > > Yampil (Ukrainian: Ямпіль) is a common toponym (place name) in Ukraine: [soup](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup) to [Price of Tea in China](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_of_tea_in_china) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/31 "2008-03-26T03:57:57Z")
Badger, Badger, Badger Jesus Christ Italy Germany Max Planck Planck length Haldi Kumkum to Dypsis ambositrae ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/32 "2008-03-26T04:54:43Z")
Haldi Kumkum ([Haldi Kumkum - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haldi_Kumkum)) Maharashtra ([Maharashtra - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra)) India ([India - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India)) Madagascar (through "Countries and Territories bordering Indian Ocean section - [Madagascar - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar)) Category: Madagascar ([Category:Madagascar - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Madagascar)) Category: Environment of Madagascar ([Category:Environment of Madagascar - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Environment_of_Madagascar)) Category: Biota of Madagascar ([Category:Biota of Madagascar - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Biota_of_Madagascar)) Category: Flora of Madagascar ([Category:Flora of Madagascar - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Flora_of_Madagascar)) Dypsis ambositrae ([Dypsis ambositrae - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dypsis_ambositrae)) Personally, I prefer further ranging topics, even if it is easier. How about linking John Dickson Carr to video poker? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/33 "2008-03-26T05:05:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Personally, I prefer further ranging topics, even if it is easier. Hey, blame random page for it. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/34 "2008-03-26T05:07:48Z")
> **[John Dickson Carr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dickson_Carr)** > > John Dickson Carr (November 30, 1906 – February 27, 1977) was an American author of detective stories, who also published using the pseudonyms Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, and Roger Fairbairn. > He lived in England for a number of years, and is often grouped among "British-style" mystery writers. Most (though not all) of his novels had English settings, especially country villages and estates, and English characters. His two best-known fictional detectives (Dr. Gideon Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale... [United States - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) (linked from “American”) [U.S. state - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state) [Las Vegas - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas%2C_Nevada) [Gambling - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling) [Video poker - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_poker) Now in honor of the lateness of the hour: Rest (music) to Wicked (Lagoon) ---
**Author:** ![Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/35 "2008-03-26T05:08:40Z")
[QUOTE=Leaper] Personally, I prefer further ranging topics, even if it is easier. How about linking John Dickson Carr to video poker? [/QUOTE] John Dickson Carr ([John Dickson Carr - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dickson_Carr)) Crime Fiction ([Crime fiction - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_fiction)) Murder Mystery Game ([Murder mystery game - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_mystery_game)) Party Games ([Category:Party games - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Party_games)) Strip Poker ([Strip game - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_poker)) Poker ([Poker - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker)) Video Poker ([Video poker - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_poker)) ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707/36 "2008-03-26T05:32:07Z")
[QUOTE=cornflakes] [soup](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup) to [Price of Tea in China](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_of_tea_in_china) [/QUOTE] Difficult because Price of Tea is an orphaned article… > **[Soup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup)** > > Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot – though it is sometimes served chilled – made by cooking or otherwise combining meat or vegetables with stock, milk, or water. According to The Oxford Companion to Food, soup is the main generic term for liquid savoury dishes; others include broth, bisque, consommé, potage and many more. > **[Stone Soup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_soup)** > > "Stone Soup" is a European folk story in which hungry strangers convince the people of a town to each share a small amount of their food in order to make a meal. In varying traditions, the stone has been replaced with other common inedible objects, and therefore the parable is also known as axe soup, button soup, nail soup, bolt soup, and wood soup. > Various forms of the story exist; one example is: > Some travelers come to a village, carrying nothing more than an empty cooking pot. Upon their arr... > **[United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America)** > > The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States also asserts sovereignty over five major island territories and var... > **[Colorado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado)** > > This is an accepted version of this page > > Colorado\[b\] is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and part of the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, and Oklahoma to the southeast. Colorado is noted for its landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plat... > **[Pueblo, Colorado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo%2C_Colorado)** > > Pueblo (/ˈpwɛbloʊ/ PWEB-loh; Spanish for "town") is the home rule municipality that is the county seat of, and the most populous municipality in, Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 111,876 at the 2020 United States census, making Pueblo the ninth most populous city in Colorado. Pueblo is the principal city of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. > Pueblo is situated at the confluence of the Arkansas River a... > **[South Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park)** > > South Park is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick—and their adventures in and around the titular Colorado town. South Park also features many recurring characters. The series became infamous for its profanity and dark, surreal humor that satirizes a large range of subject matter. > Parker and Stone developed South Park from two animated short f... > **[Chewbacca defense](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_defense)** > > In a jury trial, the Chewbacca defense is a legal strategy in which a criminal defense lawyer tries to confuse the jury rather than refute the case of the prosecutor. It is an intentional distraction or obfuscation. As a Chewbacca defense distracts and misleads, it is an example of a red herring. It is also an example of an irrelevant conclusion, a type of informal fallacy in which one making an argument fails to address the issue in question. Often an opposing counsel can legally object to Th... > **[What's that got to do with the ...?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_of_tea_in_china)** > > "What's that got to do with the price of ...?" is a sarcastic expression denoting annoyance at the irrelevance or non sequitur of someone's comment in a broader discussion. The closing phrase (after "of" in the sentence) can be almost any common or well-known commodity, such as foods (tea, fish, eggs, bread, bacon, pork), or dry goods (cotton, rope, boots, shotguns). The commodity may also be narrowed down to a location ("price of tea in China"). > The most common form, What does that have to do w... Looks like Rest (music) to Wicked (Lagoon) Is our current one. ---
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> [@](#): > > soup to Price of Tea in China > **[Soup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup)** > > Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot – though it is sometimes served chilled – made by cooking or otherwise combining meat or vegetables with stock, milk, or water. According to The Oxford Companion to Food, soup is the main generic term for liquid savoury dishes; others include broth, bisque, consommé, potage and many more. > **[Butter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter)** > > Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 81% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread, melted as a condiment, and used as a fat in baking, sauce-making, pan frying, and other cooking procedures. > Most frequently made from cow's milk, butter can also be manufactured from the milk of other mammals, including sheep, goats, buffalo, and yaks. It is made by churning ... > **[Milk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk)** > > Milk is usually a white liquid food (but can be shades of yellow, cream, pink, or brown) produced by the mammary glands of lactating mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest solid food. Milk contains many nutrients, including calcium and protein, as well as lactose and saturated fat; the enzyme lactase is needed to break down lactose. Immune factors and immune-modulating components in milk contribute to milk immunity. The first milk, wh > **[Convenience store](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convenience_store)** > > A convenience store is a small retail store that stocks a range of everyday items such as convenience food, groceries, beverages, tobacco products, lottery tickets, over-the-counter drugs, toiletries, newspapers and magazines under one roof. > In some jurisdictions, convenience stores (such as off-licences in the UK) are licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, although many other jurisdictions limit such beverages to those with relatively low alcohol content, like beer and wine. The stores may also o... > **[Twinkie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkies)** > > The Twinkie is an American snack cake, described on its packaging as "golden sponge cake with a creamy filling". Introduced in 1930, it was previously made and distributed by Hostess Brands. The brand is currently owned by Hostess Brands, Inc., in turn currently owned by The J.M. Smucker Company and having been formerly owned by private equity firms Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos and Company as the second incarnation of Hostess Brands. During bankruptcy proceedings, Twinki Gr... > **[Twinkie defense](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie_defense)** > > "Twinkie defense" is a derisive label for an improbable legal defense. It is not a recognized legal defense in jurisprudence, but a catch-all term coined by reporters during their coverage of the trial of defendant Dan White for the murders of San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. White's defense was that he suffered diminished capacity as a result of his depression, a symptom of which was a change in diet from healthy food to Twinkies and other sugary foods. Contr... > **[Chewbacca defense](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_defense)** > > In a jury trial, the Chewbacca defense is a legal strategy in which a criminal defense lawyer tries to confuse the jury rather than refute the case of the prosecutor. It is an intentional distraction or obfuscation. As a Chewbacca defense distracts and misleads, it is an example of a red herring. It is also an example of an irrelevant conclusion, a type of informal fallacy in which one making an argument fails to address the issue in question. Often an opposing counsel can legally object to Th... > **[What's that got to do with the ...?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_of_tea_in_China)** > > "What's that got to do with the price of ...?" is a sarcastic expression denoting annoyance at the irrelevance or non sequitur of someone's comment in a broader discussion. The closing phrase (after "of" in the sentence) can be almost any common or well-known commodity, such as foods (tea, fish, eggs, bread, bacon, pork), or dry goods (cotton, rope, boots, shotguns). The commodity may also be narrowed down to a location ("price of tea in China"). > The most common form, What does that have to do w... ---
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Rest (music) to Wicked (Lagoon): > **[Rest (music)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rest_%28music%29)** > > A rest is the absence of a sound for a defined period of time in music, or one of the musical notation signs used to indicate that. > The length of a rest corresponds with that of a particular note value, thus indicating how long the silence should last. Each type of rest is named for the note value it corresponds with (e.g. quarter note and quarter rest, or quaver and quaver rest), and each of them has a distinctive sign. > Rests are intervals of silence in pieces of music, marked by symbols indic... > **[Silence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence)** > > Silence is the absence of ambient audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds; this latter sense can be extended to apply to the cessation or absence of any form of communication, whether through speech or other medium. > Sometimes speakers fall silent when they hesitate in searching for a word, or interrupt themselves before correcting themselves. Discourse analysis shows that people use... > **[Sound](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound)** > > In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. > In human physiology and psychology, sound is the reception of such waves and their perception by the brain. Only acoustic waves that have frequencies lying between about 20 Hz and 20 kHz, the audio frequency range, elicit an auditory percept in humans. In air at atmospheric pressure, these represent sound waves with wavelengths of 17 meters (56 ft) to 1.7 centimet > **[Sound (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_%28disambiguation%29)** > > Sound is an audible mechanical wave propagating through matter, or the perception of such waves by the brain. > Sound or Sounds may also refer to: > **[Sound (geography)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_%28geography%29)** > > In geography, a sound is a smaller body of water usually connected to a sea or an ocean. In English usage, the word sound refers to an inlet that is deeper than a bight and wider than a fjord; and refers to a narrow sea channel or an ocean channel between two land masses, such as a strait); and also refers to the lagoon between a barrier island and the mainland. > A sound is often formed by the seas flooding a river valley. This produces a long inlet where the sloping valley hillsides descend to... > **[Lagoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon)** > > A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into coastal lagoons (or barrier lagoons) and atoll lagoons. They have also been identified as occurring on mixed-sand and gravel coastlines. There is an overlap between bodies of water classified as coastal lagoons and bodies of water classified as estuaries. Lagoons are common coastal features around many p... > **[Lagoon (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_%28disambiguation%29)** > > A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by reefs, barrier islands, or a barrier peninsula. > Lagoon may also refer to: > **[Lagoon (amusement park)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_Amusement_Park)** > > Lagoon is a privately owned amusement park in Farmington, Utah, United States, located about 18 miles north of Salt Lake City. It has eleven roller coasters, six of which are unique; Colossus the Fire Dragon, the last Schwarzkopf Double Looping coaster still in operation in the United States (Laser at Dorney Park closed at the end of the 2008 season and was moved to Germany to become the Teststrecke traveling roller coaster in 2009); Roller Coaster, one of the oldest coasters in the world operati... > **[Wicked (roller coaster)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_%28Lagoon%29)** > > Wicked is a Zierer steel launched roller coaster located at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah, United States. Designed by Werner Stengel, the ride was manufactured by Zierer at a cost of $10 million and opened to the public in 2007. It features a zero-g roll inversion and two linear synchronous motor (LSM) launches, reaching a maximum speed of 55 mph (89 km/h). > Construction of the attraction began in August 2006. Wicked was designed by Werner Stengel and manufactured by Zierer, with fa... How about Joanna Hayes [Joanna Hayes - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Hayes) to Cow magnet [Hardware disease - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_magnet) (first and last articles I edited) ---
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[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] Two random articles: Go from Tipton Township, Cass County, Indiana ([Tipton Township, Cass County, Indiana - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipton_Township%2C_Cass_County%2C_Indiana)) to Yampil ([Yampil - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yampil)). [/QUOTE] Saw this one still orphaned up there. It’s easy: > **[Tipton Township, Cass County, Indiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipton_Township%2C_Cass_County%2C_Indiana)** > > Tipton Township is one of fourteen townships in Cass County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,304 (down from 2,490 at 2010) and contained 1,011 housing units. > Tipton Township was organized in 1840. It was named for Indiana Senator John Tipton. > Pipe Creek Falls Resort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. > **[United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)** > > The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States also asserts sovereignty over five major island territories and var... > **[Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia)** > > Russia,\[b\] or the Russian Federation,\[c\]\[d\] is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries.\[e\] With a population of over 140 million, Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous in the world. It is a highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the most populous metropolitan area in Europe... > **[Ukraine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine)** > > Ukraine\[a\] is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast.\[b\] Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova\[c\] to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast.\[d\] Kyiv is Ukraine's capital and largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. The official language of the country is Ukrainian. Ukraine covers an ar... > **[Vinnytsia Oblast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnytsia_Oblast)** > > Vinnytsia Oblast (Ukrainian: Вінницька область, romanized: Vinnytska oblast, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}IPA: \[ˈwinːɪtsʲkɐ ˈɔblɐsʲtʲ\]), also referred to as Vinnychchyna (Ukrainian: Вінниччина), is an oblast in central Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia. The oblast has a population of 1,509,515 (2022 estimate). > Vinny... > **[Yampil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yampil)** > > Yampil (Ukrainian: Ямпіль) is a common toponym (place name) in Ukraine: ---
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[QUOTE=aktep] How about Joanna Hayes [Joanna Hayes - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Hayes) to Cow magnet [Hardware disease - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_magnet) (first and last articles I edited) [/QUOTE] > **[Joanna Hayes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Hayes)** > > Joanna Dove Hayes (born December 23, 1976, Williamsport, Pennsylvania) is an American hurdler, who won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics. > She originally specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. She won the silver medal at the 1999 Summer Universiade in a career best time of 54.57 seconds, and the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. She competed at the 1999 World Championships and 2003 World Championships without reaching the final. > From 2004 she competed ... > **[Athens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens)** > > This is an accepted version of this page > > > Athens\[a\] is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban a... > **[Chicago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago)** > > Chicago\[a\] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census. The Chicago metropolitan area has 9.41 million residents and is the third-largest metropolitan area in the country. Chicago is the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S. > Chicago was incorporated as a city in ... > **[Union Stock Yards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Stock_Yards)** > > The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was formed by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a vast centralized processing area. By the 1890s, the railroad capital behind the Union Stockyards was Vanderbilt money. The Union Stockyards operated in the South Side's New City community area for 106 years, helping Chicago become known as the "hog butcher for Th... > **[Steer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steer)** > > Steer(s) or steering may refer to: > **[Cattle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle)** > > Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows, immature females are called heifers, mature intact males are called bulls, castrated males are called steers or oxen, and young animals of either sex are called calves. > Taurine cattle are widely distributed across Europe and temperate areas of Asia, the Ameri... > **[Hardware disease](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_disease)** > > Hardware disease in livestock is traumatic puncture of the gastrointestinal tract with resultant spread of infection, caused by ingestion of a sharp, hard object, usually a piece of hardware (hence the name). These pieces of metal settle in the reticulum and can irritate or penetrate the lining. It is most common in dairy cattle, but is occasionally seen in beef cattle. It is very rarely reported in any other ruminants. It can be difficult to conclusively diagnose, but can be prevented by Cattl... > **[Hardware disease](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_magnet)** > > Hardware disease in livestock is traumatic puncture of the gastrointestinal tract with resultant spread of infection, caused by ingestion of a sharp, hard object, usually a piece of hardware (hence the name). These pieces of metal settle in the reticulum and can irritate or penetrate the lining. It is most common in dairy cattle, but is occasionally seen in beef cattle. It is very rarely reported in any other ruminants. It can be difficult to conclusively diagnose, but can be prevented by Cattl... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-wikipedia/442707.md?page=3)