If this cupboard's rockin',
don't come a-knockin'



Illustration by Jack DesRocher

SALON is proud to introduce a new column by Amy Wallace, a.k.a. The Listress. Each issue Ms. Wallace, whose mind has been variously likened to an infinite museum and an attic from hell, will test the knowledge of SALON readers with three posers. The first person to e-mail us with the correct answers will win a $25 gift certificate from Borders Books & Music.


1. Match the following people with the places they made love:

1. Clark Gable

2. John F. Kennedy

3. La Belle Otero

4. Benito Mussolini

5. Jack London

a. in a cupboard
b. on a staircase
c. in a duckblind (& a telephone booth)
d. on a train
e. in a hot air balloon


2. Which of the following people did not acknowledge having a homosexual experience?

Richard Burton

Winston Churchill

Joan Baez

Voltaire

Jean Harlow

Leo Tolstoi


3. Match the following books with their original titles:

1. Pride and Prejudice

2. War and Peace

3. The Postman Always Rings Twice

4. Gone With the Wind

5. The Great Gatsby

6. Peyton Place

7. The Sun Also Rises

a. The Lost Generation
b. Ba! Ba! Black Sheep
c. First Impressions
d. Bar B-Q
e. The High-bounding Lover
f. The Tree and the Blossom
g. All's Well That Ends Well

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