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The six degrees of separation game

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,213
    Going back to Elvis, I used to frequent a chip shop on New Cross Road (next to The Walpole pub) which had been visited by Paul McCartney and Heather Mills a couple of times on their way home from a night out (they now do a McCartney Special - gherkin and chips(!) - in tribute to him). McCartney met Elvis. I make that 3 steps - do I win £5?
    Yes, you do.  If you give you bank account details and passwords I will transfer it over
    I've met Prof Robert Winston and he's met Stephen Hawking. Henry has met me so it works for us both.
    Nice one.

    I've met Brian Kinsey so I can get back to the founding team in 1905 in 4 steps (I think)
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608


    Moore Marriot was in The History of Mr Polly with John Mills, who was in Bright Young Things with Michael Sheen, who was in Frost/Nixon with Kevin Bacon.
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    Here's a Six Degrees of Separation on a cricket theme that was doing the rounds recently in the City. More of a quiz. So come on all you cricket buffs,

     

     The idea is to get from an England team in 1931 to the current England Test team in just 6 moves by way of mutual Test colleagues.


    Your starting point then is former England captain Freddie Brown, who made his debut in 1931, and later played in the same team as “A”    in 1949.
    “A” in his final Test in 1976 played in the same team as   “B”.
    “B” in his final Test in 1984/5 played in the same team as   “C”
    “C” in his final Test in 1994/5   played in the same team as   “D”
    “D” in his final Test in 2005 played in the same team as   “E” and “F”.
    “E” and “F” Both played at Lords this week and will play at Trent Bridge.
     
     So who are A, B, C, D, E, & F?

    working backwards are E and F strauss and bell?
  • richie8
    richie8 Posts: 1,205

    D Graham Thorpe?


  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    B Bob Willis?
  • richie8
    richie8 Posts: 1,205
    B Pat Pocock? C Mike Gatting?
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    E&F are indeed Strauss and Bell. D is Graham Thorpe but B is not Bob Willis. Willis never played a Test with Close and also played his last Test in 1984.
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    Well done richie8.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345

    a) Brian Close

    b) Pat Pocock

    c) Mike Gatting

    d) Graham Thorpe

    e) Andrew Strauss

    f) Ian Bell

  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    what a waste of a sunny morning !!! .. well, an hour anyway
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  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    Well Lincs just a couple of things. Firstly the answers have already been given correctly and secondly, E= Bell and F= Strauss......
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    It may have become a bit lost, Chirpy, but I got from Moore Marriot to Kevin Bacon in three.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    Well Lincs just a couple of things. Firstly the answers have already been given correctly and secondly, E= Bell and F= Strauss......
    Oh sorry, i saw a mass of attempts but no coherent list ...  why e) Bell and f) Strauss, why not visa versa? .. is this an alphabetical thing?
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    It may have become a bit lost, Chirpy, but I got from Moore Marriot to Kevin Bacon in three.
    I saw and was most impressed.
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
     ...  why e) Bell and f) Strauss, why not visa versa? .. is this an alphabetical thing?
    No. It was a joke!
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
     ...  why e) Bell and f) Strauss, why not visa versa? .. is this an alphabetical thing?
    No. It was a joke!
    well, i was quite upset (lol lol), I carefully checked for age, batting order, seniority, height (vip nowadays) and shoe size .. Strauss  was first in each category, hence he's E) and Belly a F) .. but each to his own. Brian Close, a test career spanning 27 years, remarkable
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,914
    True but who wants to meet someone from a slum in Rio? : - )

    And since I've met Nadou I can do Elvis in three and Dylan in two!

    OK Stephen Hawking
    My mum works with Steven Hawkins sister
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,213
    OK, Hawking was easy

    Arthur Conan-Doyle
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587

    DB Close - 27 year Test career but only 22 Tests.

    PI Pocock - 17 year span and only 28 Tests.

  • sygonrima
    sygonrima Posts: 236

    Ok

    Arthur conan doyle was god father to Anna Lee.

    Anna Lee was mother of Jeff Byron

    Jeff Byron appeared in the 2009 remake of Star Trek with Simon Pegg

    I was an extra in Run Fat Boy Run with Pegg.

     

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,213

    Ok

    Arthur conan doyle was god father to Anna Lee.

    Anna Lee was mother of Jeff Byron

    Jeff Byron appeared in the 2009 remake of Star Trek with Simon Pegg

    I was an extra in Run Fat Boy Run with Pegg.

     

    That is impressive.   Who's Jeff Byron?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021

    Ok

    Arthur conan doyle was god father to Anna Lee.

    Anna Lee was mother of Jeff Byron

    Jeff Byron appeared in the 2009 remake of Star Trek with Simon Pegg

    I was an extra in Run Fat Boy Run with Pegg.

     

    Are you the guy that was reported in Valley Review as wearing a Charlton shirt?
  • sygonrima
    sygonrima Posts: 236
    No idea (some american actor). I  just did a wiki run through Doyles reletives to get closer to something in this century.
  • sygonrima
    sygonrima Posts: 236
    No stig. Not me.
  • Marriott110
    Marriott110 Posts: 1,528
    messi me- powell - curbs- sir alex- tevez- messi. 
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    Hawksmoor, can you get from William Roache (Ken Barlow) to Kevin Bacon?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    No stig. Not me.
    So there's more than one Charlton fan in that film then. 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    ive bumped into mcartney pissed (i was) in harvey nicolls 5th floor bar 15 years ago and i had a curry in a restaurant in brockenhurst, new forest and stephen hawkins was in there so one of the waiters i met met him


  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    Hawksmoor, can you get from William Roache (Ken Barlow) to Kevin Bacon?
    I reckon I could. Bear with me...
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    OK, creepyaddick, did it in five...


    William Roach was in Coronation Street with Linus Roach, who was in Priest with Robert Carlyle, who was in 51st State with Samuel L Jackson, who was in Jackie Brown with Robert De Niro, who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon.