|
THE DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES |
|
|
|
ATHENS IN THE 5th CENTURY B.C. |
|
|
|
In 2010 his Pittsburgh museum welcomed a traveling exhibition, "Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend" |
Warhol
|
|
|
Guns N' Roses hit No. 1 in September 1988 with this "sweet" hit featuring Slash's tasty guitar licks |
"Sweet Child O' Mine"
|
|
|
Henry Fielding called a 1749 novel "The History of" him, "a Foundling" |
Tom Jones
|
|
|
Good this, Charlie Brown! it's from the Latin for "to burden" |
grief
|
|
|
Lysander of this rival Greek city defeated Athens in 404 B.C. & established the government of the 30 tyrants over it |
Sparta
|
|
|
He's the oldest man in the distinguished group of ex-presidents seen here |
(Adam: Who .. is .. Ford?)
(Ronald) Reagan
|
|
|
One of Maxfield Parrish's early commissions was to illustrate this "Oz" author's "Mother Goose in Prose" |
(L.Frank) Baum
|
|
|
She was "Cold Hearted" at No. 1 in September 1989, long before she joined "American Idol" |
(Paula) Abdul
|
|
|
An 1894 Anthony Hope romance was titled this "of Zenda" |
the Prisoner
|
|
|
Am I this primary color between green & violet in the visible spectrum? Why, yes; yes I am |
(Adam: What is indigo?)
blue
|
|
|
The philosopher Anaxagoras discovered the true cause behind these lunar phenomena but wasn't believed |
eclipses
|
|
|
This iconic product came in several jazzy versions as seen here |
the Walkman
|
|
|
In 1970 sculptor Judy Cohen legally changed her last name to this, the city of her birth |
Chicago
|
|
|
This duo's "Baby Don't Forget My Number" reached No. 1 in July 1989; turned out they didn't sing it |
Milli Vanilli
|
|
|
1868 Wilkie Collins novel about a mysterious rock |
The Moonstone
|
|
|
This adjective meaning dismal or hopeless often precedes "Gus" |
gloomy
|
|
|
In a tragedy of the time, a guy named Rhesus monkeys around in this war on the side of the Greeks' foes |
(Adam: What .. is .. the Greco-Persian War?) (Dolores: What are the Punic Wars?)
the Trojan War
|
|
|
It's this organization's 39-story headquarters |
the United Nations
|
|
|
He was born in 1867 in Idaho, but it would be in South Dakota that he would do a really huge work of art |
(Gutzon) Borglum
|
|
|
In April 1989 this girl group lit up the charts with "Eternal Flame" |
The Bangles
|
|
|
Rowena has Saxon the brain in this 1819 work by Sir Walter Scott |
Ivanhoe
|
|
|
The soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" includes "I Am A Man Of Constant" this |
sorrow
|
|
|
Themistocles led the Athenians defending against this "great" Persian's invasion in 480 B.C. |
(Adam: Who is Darius?) (Alex: It's either Xerxes or Darius, you picked the wrong one, Adam.)
Xerxes
|
|
|
It's the nationality of the man seen here with his most famous creation |
French
|
|
|
He had several one-man shows of his sculptures but he's perhaps best known for his caricatures of Broadway stars |
Al Hirschfeld
|
|
|
It'll drive me crazy if you can't name this band that hit No. 1 in April 1989 with "She Drives Me Crazy" |
Fine Young Cannibals
|
|
|
Sophocles wrote a tragedy about this self-sacrificing daughter of Oedipus |
Antigone
|
|
|
This word is found after clinical, manic & postpartum |
depression
|
|
|
Thucydides said the "golden age of" this leader was democracy in theory, but the rule of its first citizen in practice |
Pericles
|
|
|
The dish seen here was photographed at this sporting event where it's eaten |
... (Alex: [*], strawberries and cream, right you are)
Wimbledon
|
|