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.

Food for thought

Can you match these foods with the botanical families they belong to?

1. Cauliflower
2. Onion
3. Endive
4. Apricot
5. Celery

A. Lily family

B. Rose family

C. Carrot family

D. Mustard family

E. Thistle family

2. What are these names for?

1. Biggest and Best
2. Sugar Cream
3. Four-In-Hand
4. Licorice Lulu
5. American Flag

A. Magic tricks
B. Prostitutes' sexual techniques
C. Early chewing gum flavors

3. Columbus brought six of the following items to the new world. List them by number.

1. Turkey
2. Tomato
3. Olive oil
4. Pineapple
5. Artichoke
6. Turtle meat
7. Pumpkin
8. Rutabaga
9. Avocado

Answers:


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Aug. 8, 1997


Answers to the last Listress.

1. Match the following actresses with their measurements:

1. Marilyn Monroe
2. Jane Russell
3. Raquel Welch
4. Bo Derek
5. Jayne Mansfield

A. 39-26-37
B. 37-23-37
C. 35-23-35
D. 36-24-36
E. 39-23-36

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

2. Match these famous people with their original names:

1. Michael Caine
2. Chubby Checker
3. Rodney Dangerfield
4. Boris Karloff
5. John Le Carré
6. Harry Houdini
7. Mickey Spillane

A. Ernest Evans
B. David John Moore Carnwell
C. Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
D. Ehrich Weiss
E. William Henry Pratt
F. Frank Morrison
G. John Cohen

Answers: 1-C, 2-A, 3-G, 4-E, 5-B, 6-D, 7-F

3. In which films did Mae West speak the following immortal lines?

1. "Goodness had nothing to do with it."

Answer: Night After Night, 1932

2. "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?"

Answer: She Done Him Wrong, 1933

3. "It's not the men in my life, but the life in my men that counts."

Answer: Sextette, 1978

4. "Between two evils, I always pick the one I haven't tried before."

Answer: Klondike Annie, 1936

5. "Give a man a free hand, and he'll put it all over you."

Answer: Klondike Annie, 1936


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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