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.

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.


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.


3. Name five black foods.

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4.
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April 4, 1997


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

1. Which of the following people was not one of Johnny Carson's first guests on "The Tonight Show," Oct. 1, 1962?

1. Mel Brooks
2. Joan Crawford
3. Tony Bennett
4. Judy Garland
5. Groucho Marx
6. Rudy Vallee

Answer: 4. Judy Garland

2. Which one of the following people did not appear in a movie as himself?

1. Moshe Dayan
2. André Previn
3. Buffalo Bill Cody
4. Lech Walesa
5. Nikita Khrushchev

Answer: 5. Nikita Khrushchev
Moshe Dayan appeared in "Operation Thunderbolt" (1977), Buffalo Bill Cody appeared in "The Life of Buffalo Bill" (1909), Lech Walesa appeared in "Man of Iron" (1980), André Previn appeared in "Pepe" (1960).

3. What do the following celebrities have in common?

1. Faye Dunaway
2. John Denver
3. James Woods
4. Victoria Principal
5. Jim Morrison

1. They are all children of military men.
2. They have all followed macrobiotic diets.
3. They were all expelled from high school.

Answer: 1. They are all children of military men (Faye Dunaway, Army sergeant; John Denver, Air Force lieutenant; James Woods, Army; Victoria Principal, Air Force master sergeant; Jim Morrison,Navy rear admiral).


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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