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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.


Which of the following celebrities did not serve time in jail?

Sophia Loren
Chuck Berry
Mike Tyson
Mae West
Sean Penn
Otis Redding

2. What did the following people have in common?

1. Cher
2. Lee Harvey Oswald
3. Greg Louganis
4. Richard Chamberlain
5. General George S. Patton
6. Tom Cruise

a. They are all Geminis
b. They are all dyslexics
c. They were all arrested for income tax evasion

3. Match the following words with the phobia they describe:

1. Ailurophobia
2. Triskadekaphobia
3. Orinthophobia
4. Tonsurphobia

a. Fear of cats
b. Fear of birds
c. Fear of haircuts
d. Fear of the number 13

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The winner of the last Listress Challenge was Jonathan Pickett, who correctly matched the answers in Odd Couples.




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 Berkeley, California.



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