# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/61 "2007-11-14T05:04:12Z")
With a lot of these, the fastest way uses years or countries. If you banned those, it would be a lot harder. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/62 "2007-11-14T22:36:09Z")
Okay, now to bump this place up: > **[Zoidberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Zoidberg)** > > Dr. John A. Zoidberg, often referred to mononymously as Zoidberg, is a fictional character from the animated series Futurama. He is a Decapodian, a crustacean-like species of alien, who works as the staff doctor for Planet Express, despite his woeful understanding of human physiology and allusions to his questionable credentials. His character parodies the supposed wealth and automatic respect of modern doctors—for example, his incompetence at human medicine makes him extremely poor despite his ... to > **[Oval](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovoid)** > > An oval (from Latin ovum 'egg') is a closed curve in a plane which resembles the outline of an egg. The term is not very specific, but in some areas (projective geometry, technical drawing, etc.) it is given a more precise definition, which may include either one or two axes of symmetry of an ellipse. In common English, the term is used in a broader sense: any shape which reminds one of an egg. The three-dimensional version of an oval is called an ovoid. > The term oval when used to describe curv... ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/63 "2007-11-15T01:44:15Z")
Ovoid redirects to Oval, so that’s what I’m using. Doctor Zoidberg \> Hermit Crab \> Caribbean Hermit Crab \> Oval ---
**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 15, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/64 "2007-11-15T01:57:48Z")
Where’s your challenge, **riker1384**? ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/65 "2007-11-15T02:03:56Z")
Looks like we’re caught up for now, so as long as we’re just making stuff up…connect [Ethel Merman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Merman) to [ethyl acetate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ethyl_acetate). I chose those two topics off the top of my head, but after a minute of poking around, it’s doable in three clicks. Can you figure it out? Ethel Merman -\> _Airplane!_ -\> Inhalants (link reads “sniffin’ glue”) -\> Ethyl acetate ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/66 "2007-11-15T02:10:53Z")
My last one is still in play: [Kazakhstan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan)–\>[Mathematical function](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_%28mathematics%29) ---
**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 15, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/67 "2007-11-15T02:14:36Z")
:smack: Can’t believe I didn’t get that. ---
**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 15, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/68 "2007-11-15T02:18:52Z")
As for the other one: Kazakhstan Magnet school Mathematics Function (mathematics) Try this on for size: [Halo: Combat Evolved - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved) to [Anders Fogh Rasmussen - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Fogh_Rasmussen) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/69 "2007-11-15T02:37:29Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] As for the other one: Kazakhstan Magnet school Mathematics Function (mathematics) Try this on for size: [Halo: Combat Evolved - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved) to [Anders Fogh Rasmussen - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Fogh_Rasmussen) [/QUOTE] Halo: Combat Evolved -\> Europe -\> Denmark -\> Anders Fogh Rasmussen [Immigration](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigrant) –\> [Ducted Fan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducted_fan) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/70 "2007-11-15T02:43:29Z")
Oh, and my path was 5 steps Immigration -\> Tourism -\> Charter Airline -\> Aircraft -\> Turbo Fan -\> Ducted Fan ---
**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 15, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/71 "2007-11-15T02:49:12Z")
The Halo page has no link to Europe. Did you go through Eurogamer, by chance? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/72 "2007-11-15T13:25:11Z")
No. On the listing of release dates, click the EU next to the European release date and you go to Europe. ---
**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 15, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-degrees-of-separation-game-come-join-the-fun/426231/73 "2007-11-15T18:17:53Z")
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