The Six Degrees of Separation Game.

[annecros]

David Bowie and Feta Cheese..

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Don't ask me now I know this, but:

The "Best of Bowie" album released on a limited basis in Greece had a longer running time and additional tracks and is a collectors item

Feta Cheese comes from Greece

Nicole Kidman and Haggis

[annecros]

I think I'm going to have to take the day off work to keep track of this. I guess if someone else comes up with a path of fewer degrees, you gotta give up your points to them?

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That's my understanding of the game as played in other applications. The shortest route wins the points.

Yep, I wasn't sure you knew what you were getting into.

I'll help. Have to retire for the day, but will be around for the morning shift. Good thing we live in different hemispheres.

Oh, and should we add a bonus point for catching the individual actually eating the food proposed, as Scottie did?

Edited January 11, 2007 by annecros (log)

[scottie]

How fun! I'll take the easy one and say

Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Australia

Australia is one of only two continents without Nutria. (The other being Antartica)

Wait - do all connections have to be food or people related?  In that case I'll need to try again.

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I'm going to have to do this one a little differently:

Queen Elizabeth II visited Belize, a former British colony, in the early '80's

They eat nutria in Belize

The Queen ordered it and ate it whilst visiting there

Ever after, Nutria is known as "the Queen's Rat" in Belize

[Daniel]

You are right Scottie thats a famous story..

[annecros]

How about:

John Dillinger and a glass of milk

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This was a really tough one, but I think I have it under six.

A band from New Jersey named the Dillinger Escape Plan was named after Dillinger himself. They have been dubbed the Most Dangerous Band by NME in honor of Dillinger

East Hanover, New Jersey is the HQ of the Nabisco Corporation

The Nabisco Corporation manufactures Oreo Cookies

A glass of milk is the necessary compliment to Oreo Cookies, and features in many commercials.

Edited January 12, 2007 by annecros (log)

[annecros]

Chavez and jellied eels:

In February 2006, Hugo Chavez told Tony Blair to "go to hell"

Tony Blair's office is in London

Jellied eels are an East London delicacy

Charles Darwin and tourtiere

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Good job on the Hugo Chavez puzzle. Impressive

Charles Darwin is the originator of the theory of evolution

Inuit tribes in Northern Quebec opposed the teachings of Darwin's Theory of Evolution to Inuit Children

Tourtiere is a meat pie originating in Quebec.

Abraham Lincoln and Daikon

[annecros]

Still in play:

Paris Hilton and botarga

Samuel Pepys and Hamburgers.

Bob Dylan and caviar

Rembrandt and chutney (any flavour!)

Martin Luther King, Jr., and lutefisk

Nicole Kidman and Haggis

Abraham Lincoln and Daikon

Have fun.

[Sunny Simmons Steincamp]

What an amazing contest (or should that be what amazing contestants)!!. Three degrees only in most of them. Keep it up. Where are the rest of you? Lurking in admiration I suspect.

That would be me... lurking in admiration. I've always been terrible at this game when we do movies, although my husband has *never* yet been stumped... I don't know how you do it so easily, especially with food! Jeepers! Very impressive!

(And a great idea!)

[Domestic Goddess]

Lurking here, too. I gotta admit that I am truly enjoying the bits of history and trivia in here.

[insomniac]

Nicole Kidman starred in Moulin Rouge with Ewan McGregor, who is Scottish, as is haggis

[annecros]

A quick tip for lukers who might want to play.

Google and Wikipedia are your friends.

Research is not cheating, the connections do not have to spring full blown from your brow! If you sort of remember something, look it up and confirm it.

[insomniac]

In Zadie Smith's book 'On Beauty', the central character is a professor called Howard Belsey who is writing a paper on Rembrandt and one of Belsey's students sends up her professor's classes by comparing them to aspects of tomatoes. 'to properly understand the tomato you first have to understand the tomato's herstory', so tomato chutney and Rembrandt......sorry a bit tenuous

[Pontormo]

Fine dining is to be had on the rooftop in the Rembrandt Hotel in Bangkok where the South Indian food proves outstanding.

Hence, chutney.

[Pontormo]

Samuel Pepys and Hamburgers.

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1. Samuel Pepys wrote his diary during a terrible outbreak of the Plague which makes you sick.

Hamburgers, when cooked to rare or medium rare, if prepared with tainted meat, contain e-coli.

E-coli makes you sick.

2. The benefactor of Pepys was Sir Edward Mountagu, the Earl of Sandwich. Hamburgers are sandwiches.

[Andrew Fenton]

Martin Luther King, Jr., and lutefisk

Vice President Hubert Humphrey attended Dr. King's funeral in place of the president;

Before becoming vice president, Humphrey was senator from Minnesota;

Minnesota is a major center of lutefisk consumption.

[Toliver]

annecros, nice connection, though different from what I came up with.

Should I spill the beans? (or milk, in this case) Or is someone else attempting to answer this?

Hint: the connections are film-related

Edited January 12, 2007 by Toliver (log)

[insomniac]

Hey Mallet,

You learn something new every day....I was thinking about Chavez selling oil to Ken Livingston, mayor of London and fondly known as 'Red Ken', ergo jellied eels

[annecros]

annecros, nice connection, though different from what I came up with.

Should I spill the beans? (or milk, in this case) Or is someone else attempting to answer this?

Hint: the connections are film-related

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Give it a little time. If someone can do better than me, then they deserve my points!

Fun.

[insomniac]

Are you talking about Pinochet and yak milk?? Spanish courts have been investigating genocide in Tibet, therefore yak milk, therefore Pinochet also investigated in Spain for crimes against humanity

[annecros]

Are you talking about Pinochet and yak milk?? Spanish courts have been investigating genocide in Tibet, therefore yak milk, therefore Pinochet also investigated in Spain for crimes against humanity

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You are obviously good at this. Have any new puzzles to throw into the mix?

I think Tolliver is referring to Dillinger and a glass of milk.

Edited January 12, 2007 by annecros (log)

[insomniac]

Thaksin Shinawatara and injera??

[annecros]

In play:

Paris Hilton and botarga (this is growing whiskers, would someone please put Paris out of her misery?)

Bob Dylan and caviar

Abraham Lincoln and Daikon

Thaksin Shinawatara and injera (good one)

New challenges to keep six in circulation:

Ghengis Kahn and Spam

Brad Pitt and Wattle Seed

Edited January 12, 2007 by annecros (log)

[Pontormo]

Paris Hilton and botarga (this is growing whiskers, would someone please put Paris out of her misery?)

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Pamela Anderson was reported to have been vacationing in Portocervo, Sardinia on one of the celebrity sites I just googled.

Botarga is a regional specialty of Sardinia.

Both Pamela Anderson and Paris Hilton have maintained their public profiles, in part, due to videos of their sexual activity on the internet.

OR

Paris Hilton appeared in Tokyo plugging her wonderful CD.

Danny Meyer is reported to be opening another Union Square Cafe in Tokyo.

Botarga is served on spaghetti at Union Square Cafe.

OR

Paris Hilton is friends with Ivana Trump's daughter.

Ivana Trump has been photographed partying in Sardinia w her Italian honey.

OR

Paris Hilton appeared briefly in Lost in Translation, a movie directed by Sofia Coppola.

Sofia's family is into wine and not just film.

Bottarga is consumed with wine, sometimes while watching film.

OR

Botarga is made from dried-up mullet roe, i.e. clusters of fresh, young eggs that have aged.

One day, we will no longer have to hear anything about Paris Hilton anymore since all we care about are fresh, young things, and thus, as she ages, her fame, too, shall dry up.

Edited January 12, 2007 by Pontormo (log)

[annecros]

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The less we must consider Paris, the better I suppose. I would have thought something close would have come out of the hotel chain, however.

Can you fill the empty slot with something more relevant?

[The Old Foodie]

Botarga is made from dried-up mullet roe, i.e. clusters of fresh, young eggs that have aged.

One day, we will no longer have to hear anything about Paris Hilton anymore since all we care about are fresh, young things, and thus, as she ages, her fame, too, shall dry up.

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This is so good I think it deserves an extra discretionary point. What do you think, Anne?

You should be able to come up with a good one to fill the vacant spot Pontormo!