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By Amy Wallace

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.


Which of the following organizations does not exist?

1. Prostitutes Anonymous
2. American Association of Dental Victims
3. Messies Anonymous
4. PMS Hotline
5. Vitamin Addicts Anonymous


Which of the following people was not an orphan?

1. Barbara Stanwyck
2. Edgar Allan Poe
3. Boris Karloff
4. Ingrid Bergman
5. John Lennon


Match these children of celebrities with their parents:

1. Rain
2. God
3. Dandelion
4. Free
5. Moon Unit

A. daughter of Grace Slick
B. son of Barbara Hershey
C. daughter of Richard Pryor
D. daughter of Keith Richards
E. daughter of Frank Zappa

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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

Answer: 4

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

Answer: B

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

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



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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