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Sizing things up

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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. Match the average erect penis length with the species:

1. Bull
2. Pig
3. Cat
4. Man
5. Stallion
6. Elephant
7. Gorilla
8. Rhinoceros

a. 3/4 inch
b. 2 ft.
c. 6 inches
d. 5 to 6 ft.
e. 3 ft.
f. 2 inches
g. 2 ft. 6 inches
h. 18 to 20 inches

2. What do the following people have in common?

Bing Crosby
Zane Grey
Theodore Roethke
Nico

1. They all died while exercising
2. They all suffered from drug addiction
3. They were all dyslexic

3. Only one of these people was not expelled or suspended from school. Which one?

1. Leon Trotsky
2. Humphrey Bogart
3. Lucille Ball
4. Sarah Bernhardt
5. Edward Kennedy
6. Salvador Dali

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Answers to the last Listress:

1. Match these famous people with their hobbies:

1. Rosey Grier
2. Lillian Hellman
3. J. Edgar Hoover
4. Sigmund Freud
5. Richard Nixon

a. Needlepoint
b. Mushroom collecting
c. Poker
d. Fishing
e. Going to the races

Answers: 1.a 2.d 3.e 4.b 5.c

2. What do the following people have in common?

1. Debbie Harry
2. Art Linkletter
3. James Michener
4. Ted Danson

a. They all gained and lost more than 30 pounds
b. They were/are all vegetarians
c. They were all adopted

Answer: a

3. Which one of these people did not work for an insurance company?:

1. Spiro Agnew
2. Col. Harland Sanders
3. Erik Satie
4. Franz Kafka
5. Medgar Evers

Answer: 3

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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