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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.Which of the following stars was not married eight or more times?




1. Liz Taylor


2. Mickey Rooney


3. Lana Turner


4. Gloria Swanson


5. Zsa Zsa Gabor




2.What do the following men have in common?


1. Bill Clinton

2. Jimmy Swaggart

3. Richard Nixon

4. Edmund Muskie


A. They were all voted "Least Likely to Succeed" in high school


B. They all cried in public


C. They were/are all short sleepers—five hours or less a night




3.Match the following names with the foreign products they represent:


1. Pansy 

2. Green Piles

3. Colon Plus 

4. Last Climax

5. Zit 


 A. lawn fertilizer; Japan


 B. paper tissues; Japan


 C. liquid detergent; Spain


 D. lemon-lime soft drink; Greece


 E. men's underwear; China



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The winner of the last Listress was Paula Shanks, who correctly guessed the following answers:


1. Match the following items with the year they were invented:


 1. Felt-tip pen 

2. Sony Walkman 

3. Microwave oven

4. Contact lenses 



A. 1946 

B. 1887

C. 1979

D. 1960


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



2. What do the following people have in common?


1. Charlie Chaplin

2. F. Scott Fitzgerald

3. Eva Peron

4. Pablo Casals

5. Christopher Columbus


A. They were all buried two or more times.

B. They all suffered from syphilis

C. They were all atheists


Answers: A



3.Match the following people with the pop songs that are about them:


1. "You Don't Move Me" by Keith Richards

2. "Space Monkey" by Patti Smith

3. "How Do You Sleep" by John Lennon

4. "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon

5. "Chelsea Hotel" by Leonard Cohen


A. Janis Joplin

B. Paul McCartney

C. Tom Verlaine

D. Warren Beatty

E. Mick Jagger



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










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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