Poobahs' Pastimes









Illustration by Jack DesRocher








Test your knowledge of greater and lesser arcana against SALON's Listress, Amy Wallace. The first person to e-mail us with the correct answers will win a $25 gift certificate from Borders Books & Music. 








1. Match these famous people with their hobbies:




1. Rosey Grier


2. Lillian Hellman


3. J. Edgar Hoover  


4. Sigmund Freud


5. Richard Nixon 


a. Needlepoint

b. Mushroom collecting

c. Poker

d. Fishing

e. Going to the races




2.  What do the following people have in common?




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1. Debbie Harry

2. Art Linkletter

3. James Michener

4. Ted Danson



a. They all gained and lost more than 30 pounds

b. They were/are all vegetarians

c. They were all adopted




3.  Which one of these people did not work for an insurance company?


 1. Spiro Agnew


 2. Col. Harland Sanders


 3. Erik Satie 


 4. Franz Kafka 


 5. Medgar Evers 



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