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October 28, 2009
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Time to think laterally, it's time for the Connect The World Six Degrees challenge. All you need to do is connect two personalities in six moves.

This week we want you to link former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan to Californian first lady Maria Shriver.

Leave your submissions in the comments section below, and the team will pick the most creative connection, and we'll announce the winner on Friday's show.

Remember: you need five other people between those two: no more, no less. If you want your friends to take the challenge as well, then click the “share post” button below. To see previous challenges, click here. Happy connecting!

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Pradeeban Thamo   October 30th, 2009 2130 GMT

Maria Shriver Hosted Larry King Live and interviewed Cheryl Crow
Cheryl Crow was once the girlfriend of Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong was BBC Overseas Sports personality of the year with Jonny Wilkinson
Jonny Wilkinson played Rugby Union with Liam Boham at Newcastle Falcons
Liam Botham's Father is Ian Botham
Ian Botham and Micheal Vaughan were X English cricket captains and were together at several occasions

Vinay Prabhu   October 30th, 2009 2205 GMT

Maria Shriver is married to Arnold Schwarzenegger, who,

...in 2003, was sworn-in as the 38th Governor of California by the California Supreme Court Justice Ronald George, who ,

...was appointed on April 20, 1972,as the Los Angeles Municipal Court by the then Governor Ronald Reagan, who ,

...defeated J.Carter in the United States presidential election of 1980, who,

.... once infamously lip-kissed Queen Elizabeth-II during a state visit, who,

...awarded the OBE medal to Michael Vaghan for leading England to a monumental win over the Aussies during the 2005 Ashes campaign.

Naveed   October 30th, 2009 2317 GMT

Maria Shriver is the wife of...
Arnold Schwarzenegger who has on countless occasions met...
Former U.S President George. W. Bush who in 2006 (and other occasions) met with..
Former president of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam who honored the award of Padmashree in 2005 to...
Shahrukh Khan who has on several occasions met..
Indian cricket player and former captain Rahul Dravid has played dozens of cricket matches against Michael Vaughan.

Sebastian Alexander   October 31st, 2009 100 GMT

Michael Vaughan, the former English Cricket Captain has been interviewed by Jonathan Agnew of BBC Radio’s Test Match Special on many a occasion.

Jonathan Agnew has also interviewed Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe who is a huge cricket fan, during the ashes series (Australia v England) in 2007, also for Test Match Special.

Denial Radcliffe is has acted together with Alan Rickman for number of years in Harry Potter films.

Alan Rickman Played Hans Gruber in Die Hard where he was thrown off the Nakatomi Plaza by John McClane played by Bruce Wills.

Bruce Wills is good friends with Arnold Schwarzenegger and it is rumoured that they acted in a movie together called The Expendables in 2009.

Arnold Schwarzenegger of course is married to Maria Shriver.

Tiana   November 3rd, 2009 127 GMT

Maria Shriver hosted Women’s Conference 2009 in Los Angeles.

Lisa Niemi, Patrick Swayze's widow, was one of the most anticipated speakers at the conference.

Patrick Swayze played in West End production of Guys and Dolls opposite UK celebrity Claire Sweeney.

Claire Sweeney appeared in the first series of Britain’s TV show “Strictly Come Dancing”, alongside England’s rugby legend Martin Offiah.

Martin Offiah and Jonathan Davies were teammates in Rugby League’s Widnes club.

Jonathan Davies, another rugby star, attended first Ashes cricket test between Australia and England in Cardiff, Wales on July 8 2009.

Michael Vaughan was sitting next to Davies during that match and they were spotted sharing drinks and laughs.

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