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The 1998 Olympics have come & gone, but this city still has one of Japan's oldest representations of Buddha |
(Darlene: [No response])
Nagano
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Around 1500 this artist wrote in his notebook "In life beauty perishes, but not in art" |
Leonardo da Vinci
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Asturo-Leonese & Aragonese are 2 dialects of this language |
Spanish
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She's the former Milwaukee school teacher & world leader seen here: |
Golda Meir
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The company began in 1759 when Arthur Guinness established a brewery in this capital city |
Dublin
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Albert Hammond had a No. 5 hit in 1972 with the forecast "It Never Rains" here |
In Southern California
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Kaohsiung is the major port serving this island of over 20 million people |
(Mike: What is Honshu?) (Clif: What is Singapore?) ... (Alex: With about a minute to go.)
Taiwan
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In "Childe Harold" this poet talks of "the fatal gift of beauty" |
Lord Byron
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This language developed in 4 phases: Ancient, Hellenistic, Byzantine & Modern |
Greek
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All eyes were on this woman when she testified in October of 1991: |
Anita Hill
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At the pub, ask for Guinness in this standard measure, not the equivalent .568 liters |
Pint
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Van Halen in 1984 & Kris Kross in 1992 each had a No. 1 hit with this 1-word title |
"Jump"
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In the 1940s this North Korean capital was home to forces of the occupying Soviet army |
Pyongyang
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It's the Oscar Wilde novel that includes the line "It is better to be beautiful than to be good" |
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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It's the official language of Barbados |
English
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In 1974 this Nobel Prize winner was expelled from his native country: |
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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A black velvet is equal parts Guinness & this bubbly beverage |
Champagne
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This song by the Police was Billboard's No. 1 single of 1983 |
"Every Breath You Take"
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It was China's capital from 1928 until its brutal capture by Japanese forces in 1937 |
Nanking
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From his 1711 Essay on Criticism: "'Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call, but the joint force & full result of all" |
Alexander Pope
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It's also called Erse |
Irish
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His first South American regime ended in September of 1955: |
Juan Peron
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In the '60s Guinness began marketing this lager named for the musical instrument on its label |
(Clif: I haven't a clue!)
Harp
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Young & old can sing along to UB40's 1993 No. 1 remake of this Elvis song |
"I Can't Help Falling In Love With You"
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Also called Guangzhou, for almost a century it was the only Chinese port open to foreign trade |
Canton
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Keats line preceding "Its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness" |
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever"
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Zulu, Sesotho & Xhosa are among this country's 11 official languages |
South Africa
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This priest won his island's presidency in 1959: |
Archbishop Makarios (of Cyprus)
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This dark, hoppy type of beer has been the classic Guinness product for more than 2 centuries |
Stout
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Jimmy Page has claimed that he, not Dave Davies, played the solo on this, the Kinks' first big U.S. hit |
(Mike: What is "Lola"?)
"You Really Got Me"
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