X-Word 5-Minute Mystery



THE LISTRESS
BY AMY WALLACE

Test your knowledge
of greater and lesser arcana
against Salon's Listress.

The first person to e-mail
us with the correct answers
will win a $25 gift
certificate from Borders
Books & Music.

"I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member..."

1. Which of the following fan clubs or organizations do not exist?

1. The National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Mushrooms
2. The Jewish Amputee Society
3. The American Guild of English Handbell Ringers
4. Flying Funeral Directors of America
5. The International Petula Clark Society
6. The Witches Anti-Discrimination Lobby

2. All of the below are real laws except one. Which is not a law?

IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO:
1. lay eggs before 8 in the morning or after 4 in the afternoon if you're a chicken in Norfolk, Va.
2. put tomatoes in clam chowder in Massachusetts
3. fill a cookie jar with cake in Joliet, Ill.
4. eat in a place that's on fire in Chicago
5. use canned corn as bait in Oregon
6. serve eggs at a restaurant advertised as "vegetarian" in Ojai, Calif.
7. be responsible for the intoxication of a fish in Oklahoma

3. Match the following dishes with the cultures in which they are eaten:

1. Baked Armadillo
2. Lamb Brain Tacos
3. Grilled Rat
4. Pig's Face With Cabbage
5. Broiled Sparrows
6. Coconut-Cream Marinated Dog

A. Japanese

B. French

C. American

D. Irish

E. Indonesian

F. Mexican

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April 18, 1997


The winner of the last Listress was David Gavisk, who was the first to answer the following questions correctly:

1. Match the following locales with their anti-sex laws:

1. Peru
2. Krakow, Poland
3. Lebanon
4. Middle Eastern countries
5. Bangkok, Thailand

A. Any male who rapes a dog is charged with cruelty to animals.
B. It is against the law for males to copulate with a female alpaca.
C. It is a crime for humans to have sex with animals. Three-time offenders are shot in the head.
D. It is a sin and a crime to eat any lamb you've had sex with.
E. It is a sin and a crime to have sex with any male animal. Sex with female animals is allowed.

Answers: 1. B 2. C 3. E 4. D 5. A


2. What do the following books have in common?

1. "Kon-Tiki" by Thor Heyerdahl
2. "Valley of the Dolls" by Jacqueline Susann
3. "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" by John Le Carré
4. "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" by Julia Child
5. "The Clan of the Cave Bear" by Jean Auel

A. They were all rejected by at least one publisher before acceptance.
B. They were all banned in at least one country.
C. They were all secretly co-authored.

Answer: A


3. Name five black foods.

Answers: Any of the below:

1. Truffle
2. Caviar
3. Ripe olive
4. Black pepper
5. Black raspberry
6. Black radish
7. Licorice
8. Black currant
9. Blackberry


Amy Wallace is the co-author of many books, including "The People's Almanac," and the author of "The Prodigy," a biography, and "Desire," a novel. She lives in Los Angeles.

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