I Occupied a Toilet Stall Next to This Famous Person!

My Celebrity Quiz

Whether you are opening a nail salon or running for public office, it helps to have famous friends. I have 10. See if you can guess who they are. (Answers will be published in this space on Friday, September 2, 2016.)

1. Character actress who read a poem at my wedding.

Queen Latifah
Maggie Smith
Ellen Degeneres
Margo Martindale


2. Character actor who introduced me to his exterminator.

Danny Devito
Steve Buscemi
Gary Oldman
Ethan Phillips


3. Novelist with whom I shared a croissant.

Agatha Christie
Philip Roth
Brett Easton Ellis
Julia Glass


4. Magazine editor who handed me a paper towel in the ladies room.

Anna Wintour
Oprah Winfrey
Diana Vreeland
Helen Gurley Brown


5. Publishing magnate who made me sit in the hallway.

Rupert Murdoch
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.
Martha Stewart
Sun Myung Moon


6. Classical composer who had the same piano teacher as me.

Stephen Sondheim
Leonard Bernstein
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nico Muhly


7. Singer who thanked me for picking up litter.

Luciano Pavarotti
Beverly Sills
Tina Turner
Bette Midler


8. U.S. Senator who shook my hand at the senior center.

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Donald Trump
Bernie Sanders
Francois Hollande


9. Editor who sent me to Moscow in February to buy aspirin.

Kurt Andersen of Spy magazine
Graydon Carter of Vanity Fair
William Shawn of the New Yorker
Klara Glowczeska of Condé Nast Traveler


10. Oscar winner who invited me to his room at the Park Lane hotel.

Al Pacino
Robert DeNiro
Jon Voight
Fred Astaire