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.

Measuring Up

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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July 11, 1997


The winner of the last Listress was Keith S. Kiyohara, who was the first to answer the following questions correctly:

1. We've all heard the expressions "a school of fish" and "a pride of lions." Can you match the following animals with their group names?

1. Wolves
2. Leopards
3. Elk
4. Bears
5. Ferrets
6. Monkeys
7. Rhino
8. Toads
9. Frogs
10. Mice
11. Seals

A. Gang
B. Leap
C. Knot
D. Business
E. Crash
F. Rout
G. Army
H. Nest
I. Pod
J. Sloth
K. Troop

Answers: 1.F, 2.B, 3.A, 4.J, 5.D, 6.K, 7.E, 8.C, 9.G, 10.H, 11.I

2. Match these unusual types of divination with their names:

1. Divination using air. Persians would breathe over a vase filled with water. Bubbles in the water meant their wishes would come true.
2. Divination using barley. Barley was given to people suspected of crimes, and whoever got sick after eating it was guilty.
3. A person suspected of being a sorcerer or wizard was weighed. If he weighed less than the local church's Bible, he was innocent.
4. Fortune-tellers would hear voices emanating from a person's belly, which would answer questions.
5. Divination using the sun. A person would interpret the sun's reflections in a person's fingernails.

A. Bibliomancy
B. Eromancy
C. Alhitomancy
D. Onychomancy
E. Gastromancy

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

3. Which of the following is not a euphemism for the penis?

1. Milkman
2. Jammy
3. Peacemaker
4. Star-Spangled Banner
5. Burrito
6. St. Peter
7. Crimson Chitterling
8. Gravy Maker
9. Zubrick
10. Pioneer of nature

Answer: 4


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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