# Wikipedia degrees of separation game - come join the fun! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231 "2007-11-13T12:37:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/41 "2007-11-13T21:05:26Z")
[QUOTE=Baffle] That town \> United States \> John F. Kennedy \> NASA \> Skylab [/QUOTE] Damn, I thought that was going to be harder. Very slick. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/42 "2007-11-13T21:17:23Z")
Diwali \> United States \> American-style lager \> Corona (beer) \> Grenadine \> Shirley temple cocktail [Postal 2 - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal%C2%B2:_Share_the_Pain) to [Gebre Hanna - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebre_Hanna) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/43 "2007-11-13T21:26:59Z")
[QUOTE=Baffle] Diwali \> United States \> American-style lager \> Corona (beer) \> Grenadine \> Shirley temple cocktail [Postal 2 - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal%C2%B2:_Share_the_Pain) to [Gebre Hanna - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebre_Hanna) [/QUOTE] Postal2 \> grenades \> WW2 \> Mussolini \> Ethiopia \> Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church \> Gebre\_Hanna [The Straight Dope](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Dope) to [celibacy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celibacy) ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/44 "2007-11-13T21:28:01Z")
Dardenne Prairie, Missour -\> United State -\> Space race -\> Skylab [Gil’s All Fright Diner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil%27s_All_Fright_Diner) to [Oedipus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/45 "2007-11-13T21:34:02Z")
[QUOTE=Baffle] [Postal 2 - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal%C2%B2:_Share_the_Pain) to [Gebre Hanna - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebre_Hanna) [/QUOTE] Postal -\> Grenade -\> WWI -\> Africa -\> Ethiopia -\> Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church -\> Hanna [Sherri Martel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Martel) to [Brane Theory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brane) ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/46 "2007-11-13T21:34:50Z")
The Straight Dope -\> Old wives’ tale -\> Sexual Intercourse -\> Asexuality -\> Celibacy ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/47 "2007-11-13T21:36:09Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] Postal2 \> grenades \> WW2 \> Mussolini \> Ethiopia \> Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church \> Gebre\_Hanna [The Straight Dope](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Dope) to [celibacy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celibacy) [/QUOTE] Straight Dope \> Science \> Human Behavior \> Human Sexual Behavior \> Chastity \> Celibacy There must be a quicker way… [Pickles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickled_cucumber) \> [Book of Revelation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation) ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/48 "2007-11-13T21:44:51Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] Pickles \> Book of Revelation [/QUOTE] Pickles–\>kashrut–\>Torah–\>Bible–\>Book of Revelation [Richard Wagner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner) to [trolleybus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus). ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/49 "2007-11-13T21:51:09Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] [Pickles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickled_cucumber) \> [Book of Revelation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation) [/QUOTE] Pickles \> Mesopotamia \> Babylon \> Bible \> Book of Revelation ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/50 "2007-11-13T21:55:54Z")
[QUOTE=Strinka] Dardenne Prairie, Missour -\> United State -\> Space race -\> Skylab [Gil’s All Fright Diner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil%27s_All_Fright_Diner) to [Oedipus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus) [/QUOTE] Gil’s–\>Zombie–\>Norse Mythology–\>Greek Mythology–\>Oedipus ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/51 "2007-11-13T22:10:53Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] [Sherri Martel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Martel) to [Brane Theory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brane) [/QUOTE] I’m sure there’s a better way, but here’s what I’ve got. Sherri Martel–\>Oxycodone–\>Kilogram–\>Physical Science–\>Physics–\>Theoretical Physics–\>String Theory–\>Brane Theory. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/52 "2007-11-13T22:35:52Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] Pickles–\>kashrut–\>Torah–\>Bible–\>Book of Revelation [Richard Wagner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner) to [trolleybus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus). [/QUOTE] I can get to a page that uses the word “trolleybus” about 10 times without linking to it, but I can’t make the last jump. Curses! ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/53 "2007-11-13T22:38:10Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] [Richard Wagner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner) to [trolleybus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus). [/QUOTE] Tried to go in one direction to get there (that’s why I ended up in Baltimore but found another way. Richard Wagner –\> [Germany](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany) –\> [United States](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) –\> [Maryland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland) –\> [Baltimore](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore) –\> [Bus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus) –\> [Electric Bus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bus) –\> Trolleybus. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/54 "2007-11-13T22:46:33Z")
Try This: [Jesus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus) \> [Max Webber](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Weber) I have it in 4 ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/55 "2007-11-13T23:13:37Z")
Suggestion: people show the path for their particular challenge, spoilerboxed. Like so: Richard Wagner–\>London–\>Public Transport–\>Trolleybus It’ll be interesting to see if anyone can get there in a shorter time than the challenger. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/56 "2007-11-13T23:20:25Z")
Jesus \> Ahmadiyya \> Jihad \> Maxime Rodinson \> Max Weber Like this? ---
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/57 "2007-11-13T23:20:35Z")
The following link is to a Youtube video of a drawing version of this game – the hand doing the drawing is my nephew. [Link to youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkaoqpfMG6Q) ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/58 "2007-11-14T04:45:35Z")
Sherri Martel drug abuse brain membrane Membrane (M-Theory) pwned. Here’s one that should have us all banging our heads againts the wall: [Cocaine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine) to [Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Sistine_Chapel_frescoes). ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/59 "2007-11-14T05:01:34Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Sherri Martel drug abuse brain membrane Membrane (M-Theory) pwned. Here’s one that should have us all banging our heads againts the wall: [Cocaine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine) to [Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Sistine_Chapel_frescoes). [/QUOTE] Cocaine to Sigmund Frued to Michaelangelo to Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/60 "2007-11-14T05:02:46Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Here’s one that should have us all banging our heads againts the wall: [Cocaine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine) to [Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Sistine_Chapel_frescoes). [/QUOTE] Cocaine–\>Freud–\>Leonardo da Vinci–\>Apostolic Palace–\>Sistine Chapel–\>Restoration of frescoes. [Kazakhstan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan)–\>[Mathematical function](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_%28mathematics%29). Answer: Kazakhstan–\>famine–\>war–\>deterministic algorithm–\>mathematical function On preview: beaten on time and number. Oh well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231.md?page=4)