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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.









1. What do these actresses have in common?


 Racquel Welch

Lauren Bacall

Sophia Loren

Debbie Reynolds

Michelle Pfeiffer



 They've all adopted children


 They were all expelled from school


 They all won beauty contests





2. Which of the following celebrities did not go into politics?


 Jack Nicholson


 Glenda Jackson


 Clint Eastwood


 Melina Mercouri


 Ilona Staller



3. Which one of the following celebrities did not write a children's book?


 Julie Andrews


 Salman Rushdie


 Whoopi Goldberg


 Madonna


 Prince Charles












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The winner of the last Listress was Laura Hulse, who correctly guessed the following answers:



1. Match the following people with their lovers:


1. Marlene Dietrich

2. Barbara Walters

3. Gloria Steinem

4. Aimee Semple McPherson 


a. Milton Berle

b. General George S. Patton

c. Jim Brown

d. Roy Cohn


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



2. Who made the following observations about marriage?


1. "I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?"

2. "My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met."

3. "Getting married's a lot like getting in a tub of hot water. After you get used to it, it ain't so hot."

4. "Married men live longer than single men. But married men are a lot more willing to die."

5. "If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married."



a. Katherine Hepburn

b. Elizabeth Taylor

c. Rodney Dangerfield

d. Minnie Pearl

e. Johnny Carson


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


3. Match the following people with the movies they've appeared in:


1. Jerzy Kozinski

2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

3. Rex Reed

4. Pablo Picasso 

5. Patricia Nixon



a. Airplane

b. The Testament of Orpheus

c. Reds

d. Myra Breckinridge

e. Becky Sharp


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











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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