Gems form old GAMES Magazines VI

November/December, 1979

Cherchez La Femme

Matchmakers, unite! Find the feminine mates for these masculine nouns.

1. Stallion

2. Fox

3. Maharajah

4. Peacock

5. Baron

6. Jackass

7. Gander

8. Earl

 

Answers:

 

1. Stallion - Mare

2. Fox - Vixen

3. Maharajah - Maharani

4. Peacock - Peahen

5. Baron - Baroness

6. Jackass - Jenny

7. Gander - Goose

8. Earl - Countess

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List Dept.

 

For the insatiably curious, here is the frequency of letters in a sample can of Campbell's Alphabet soup.

 

[Top four] 

 

H - 14

W - 10

X - 10

Y - 10

 

Source: The Food Lover's Book of Lists 

               Patricia Altabello and Deirdre Pierce

               1979