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
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Books & Music.

H E E E E E E E R E'S ... Johnny!

1.Which of the following people was not one of Johnny Carson's first guests on "The Tonight Show," Oct. 1, 1962?

1. Mel Brooks
2. Joan Crawford
3. Tony Bennett
4. Judy Garland
5. Groucho Marx
6. Rudy Vallee

2.Which one of the following people did not appear in a movie as himself?

1. Moshe Dayan
2. André Previn
3. Buffalo Bill Cody
4. Lech Walesa
5. Nikita Khrushchev

3. What do the following celebrities have in common?

1. Faye Dunaway
2. John Denver
3. James Woods
4. Victoria Principal
5. Jim Morrison

1. They are all children of military men.
2. They have all followed macrobiotic diets.
3. They were all expelled from high school.

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March 21, 1997


The winner of the last Listress was Sandy Van Engelenhoven, who was the first to answer the following questions correctly:

1. The following is a list of nicknames given to royal family members by each other. Can you match them with their owners?

1. Fishface
2. Pussy
3. Duck
4. The Firm
5. Piggyface

A. Her family's nickname for Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, the Princess Royal.
B. King George VI's nickname for his family.
C. Princess Diana's nickname for Prince Charles.
D. Kaiser Wilhelm II's nickname for his grandmother, Queen Victoria.
E. The royal family's nickname for the queen when she's in a bad mood.

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

2. Match the following actresses with their nicknames:

1. Clara Bow
2. Veronica Lake
3. Brigitte Bardot
4. Jean Harlow
5. Ann Sheridan
6. Joan Crawford
7. Lana Turner
8. Betty Grable
9. Marie McDonald

A. The Sex Kitten
B. The It Girl
C. The Body
D. The Clothes Horse
E. The Pin-up Girl
F. The Sweater Girl
G. The Oomph Girl
H. The Platinum Blond
I. The Peekaboo Girl

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

3. The following actresses took their mother's last names. Can you identify them if they had used their father's surnames?

1. Marilyn Mortenson
2. Simone Kaminker
3. Shelley Schrift
4. Jean Carpentier

Answers:
1. Marilyn Monroe
2. Simone Signoret
3. Shelly Winters
4. Jean Harlow


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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