| #9300, aired 2025-03-28 | IN THE 19th CENTURY $800: This Dutch art dealer died in 1891, 6 months after his painter brother; the 2 were eventually laid to rest side by side in Auvers Theo van Gogh |
| #25, aired 2024-05-08 | HOLLYWOOD LEGACIES $1000: (Michael Douglas delivers the clue.) I've got to include my father, Kirk Douglas; in his 60+ year career, he's played such memorable roles as Spartacus, Vincent van Gogh & in 1957 a French colonel in World War I who attempts to defend three of his men facing a court-martial in this classic Kubrick film Paths of Glory |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | U.S. MUSEUMS $600: One of the most famous paintings at LA's Getty Center Museum is this artist's "Irises" Vincent van Gogh |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $600: His artistic career lasted just 10 years, from 1880 until his death from a gunshot in 1890 Vincent van Gogh |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | SOLD AT AUCTION $800: In 1990, exactly 100 years after it was painted, this artist's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" sold for $82.5 million Vincent van Gogh |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | GREEK & LATIN PREFIXES $400: Vincent van Gogh's brother knows this 4-letter combining form is built like a Greek "god" theo- |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | ARTISTS ON FILM $1600: Kirk Douglas played Van Gogh in this 1950s biopic Lust for Life |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | ARTISTS ON FILM $2000: Willem Dafoe played Van Gogh in this 2018 film from artist/director Julian Schnabel At Eternity's Gate |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | THE FICTION SECTION $800: Irving Stone's fictionalized biography of artist Vincent Van Gogh has this passionate 3-word title Lust for Life |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | PAINT BY NUMBERS $400: A still life by Van Gogh is often called "Vase with 15" these, though Vincent himself wrote there were 14 sunflowers |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | CITIES $800: In 1881 Vincent van Gogh moved to this Dutch city, home to the royal family The Hague |
| #7362, aired 2016-09-20 | SEEN FROM ABOVE $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting and a video on the monitor.) Based on a work titled "Olive Trees" by this painter, crop artist Stan Herd's version is perhaps better viewed from an airplane (Vincent) van Gogh |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | ART $1200: In 1987 his "Irises" sold at auction for a then-record $53.9 million Vincent van Gogh |
| #6888, aired 2014-07-23 | JOBS IN ART $1600: He painted the 1889 portrait seen here in Arles--apparently, right as the mail came Vincent van Gogh |
| #6308, aired 2012-02-08 | ART & ARTISTS $800: This artist wrote his sister that "putting little white dots on the blue-black is not enough to paint a starry sky" Vincent van Gogh |
| #6017, aired 2010-11-09 | ROOMMATES $800: While rooming with his brother Vincent van Gogh, he introduced Vincent to some Impressionist friends Theo van Gogh |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | ART & ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): The world's largest collection of this post-impressionist's work is at the Amsterdam museum named for him Vincent van Gogh |
| #5824, aired 2009-12-31 | ART HOUSE MOVIES $400: The brother of this artist is torn between art & business in the Robert Altman film "Vincent & Theo" Vincent van Gogh |
| #5572, aired 2008-11-25 | BIOPIC SUBJECTS $800: 1956:
"Lust for Life" Vincent van Gogh |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | ART WORKS $400: "Portrait of Pere Tanguy",
"Potato Eaters",
"Night Cafe" (Vincent) van Gogh |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | ONE-WORD RHYMES $600: Nicole Kidman is one; so was Lucille Ball & Vincent Van Gogh redhead |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | PAINTERS $600: In 1889, he painted the self-portrait seen here; notice the bandaged ear Vincent van Gogh |
| #5078, aired 2006-10-11 | RELIGION IN ART $400: 1890's "Church at Auvers" is in the typical frenetic style of this artist (Vincent) van Gogh |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | BIG-SCREEN ARTISTS $800: 1956:
Kirk Douglas Vincent van Gogh |
| #4846, aired 2005-10-10 | WHERE WE WENT ON SUMMER VACATION $1000: …to New York City where we visited the Museum of Modern Art & saw this man's famous painting, "Starry Night" Vincent van Gogh |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | PEOPLE IN SONG $1600: Don McLean's musical tribute to this man begins, "Starry starry night" Vincent van Gogh |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | ART & ARTISTS $400: In 1888 this painter suffered one of his first attacks of madness, while Paul Gauguin was visiting him Vincent Van Gogh |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS $800: "Irises"
(1889) Vincent Van Gogh |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | MUSEUMS $200: The museum of this 19th C. Dutch-born painter is on an Amsterdam street named for 17th C. painter Paulus Potter Vincent Van Gogh |
| #4307, aired 2003-04-29 | THE THEATRE $600 (Daily Double): Now ear this: "Vincent in Brixton" is a play about this artist Vincent Van Gogh |
| #4296, aired 2003-04-14 | THE ANTHONY QUINN FILM FESTIVAL $1600: Kirk Douglas was Vincent Van Gogh & Anthony Quinn played Paul Gauguin in this artsy 1956 big screener Lust for Life |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | ARTISTS IN FRANCE $1600: He was living in Auvers-sur-Oise when, despairing & lonely, he shot himself in 1890 Vincent Van Gogh |
| #4243, aired 2003-01-29 | WHICH CAME FIRST? $1000: "Potato Eaters",
"Starry Night",
"Crows in the Wheatfields" Potato Eaters |
| #4158, aired 2002-10-02 | IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK $400: It's not me in the picture seen here, it's a self-portrait of this famous artist Vincent van Gogh |
| #4122, aired 2002-07-02 | FROM FRANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): Famed Socialist Eugene V. Debs was named for 2 socially conscious French authors: Eugene Sue & this man Victor Hugo |
| #4069, aired 2002-04-18 | BAD NEWS $1000: This painter said "Ear's to ya" when he attacked roommate Paul Gauguin in late 1888 Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3884, aired 2001-06-21 | PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST $200: One of his self-portraits is seen here Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3796, aired 2001-02-19 | THE ARTS THE NEW YORK TIMES $100: Hooray! Dan Castellaneta's wild 1-man stage show named for this artist doesn't have "a single ear reference" Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3791, aired 2001-02-12 | ART & ARTISTS $200: "Red Vineyard at Arles" was possibly the only painting this Dutchman sold during his lifetime Vincent van Gogh |
| #3728, aired 2000-11-15 | ART HISTORY $200: He said he had no difficulty expressing sadness & extreme solitude in the work seen here Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | GO GO GAUGUIN $200: This artist painted Gauguin's chair, seen here: Vincent van Gogh |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | NAME THE ARTIST $200: 1890:
"Starry Night" Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3672, aired 2000-07-18 | CLINICALLY DEPRESSED $600: The same night he cut off his ear he had threatened Gauguin with a razor Vincent van Gogh |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | ART FOR ART'S SAKE! $200: Artist whose self-portrait is seen here: Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3603, aired 2000-04-12 | NAME THE ARTIST $600: "The Potato Eaters" Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | ARTISTS ON FILM $600: Anthony Quinn in "Lust for Life" Paul Gauguin |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS $400: Artist whose masterpiece is seen here: Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3503, aired 1999-11-24 | FAMOUS ART $300: He painted the pretty flowers seen here: Vincent van Gogh |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | PARISIANS $800: In the 1880s he introduced his brother & roommate, Vincent, to the Impressionists Theo Van Gogh |
| #3400, aired 1999-05-21 | ART & ARTISTS $200: After a violent episode 2 years before his death, this Dutchman committed himself to an asylum but continued to paint Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3346, aired 1999-03-08 | FILM BIOGRAPHIES $400: "Lust for Life", starring Kirk Douglas, was based on Irving Stone's book about this Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3276, aired 1998-11-30 | VAN GOGH A-GO-GO $600: His 1972 hit song "Vincent" was a tribute to Van Gogh Don McLean |
| #3246, aired 1998-10-19 | ARTSY FILMS $200: Tim Roth played the artist Van Gogh & Paul Rhys played his brother in this 1990 film Vincent and Theo |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | HERE'S LOOKING AT ME $200: He went downhill between his 1887 "Self-Portrait With Gray Felt Hat" & his 1889 one "With Bandaged Ear" Vincent Van Gogh |
| #3023, aired 1997-10-22 | THE 1980s $200: In 1987 small bunches of his "Irises" & "Sunflowers" sold for a total of $93.8 million Vincent van Gogh |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | ARTISTS $400: He included sketches of Dutch rural scenes in a letter to his brother Theo sent around 1885 Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2950, aired 1997-05-30 | LETTERS $800: In 1885 he wrote to his brother Theo, "There is a school....of impressionists. But I know very little about it" Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2926, aired 1997-04-28 | ART $300 (Daily Double): Dutch artist Anton Mauve was a relative & counselor of this "Sunflowers" painter Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | GUINNESS RECORDS $400: The highest price ever paid for a drawing is $8.36 million for one he drew at Arles in 1888 Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2825, aired 1996-12-06 | ART & ARTISTS $200: He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers" Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | POSTAGE STAMPS $900 (Daily Double): A recent stamp honoring this artist featured the work seen here: Georgia O'Keeffe (Red Poppy) |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | ART $600: He slashed his ear before Christmas in 1888 & painted a "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear" soon after Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2726, aired 1996-06-10 | ART & ARTISTS $200: The 670 extant letters he wrote to his brother Theo reveal his thinking during his short art career Vincent van Gogh |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | 1889 $800: In June 1889 he executed the "Starry Night" painting Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | ART & ARTISTS $600: This Dutchman painted landscapes of olive trees & cypresses while at the asylum of St.-Remy Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | ARTISTS $200: During a one-year stay at an asylum in St.-Remy, 1889-1890, he produced over 150 paintings Vincent van Gogh |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | LETTERS $400: A letter written to his brother Theo around 1885 included 2 sketches of Dutch rural scenes (Vincent) van Gogh |
| #2411, aired 1995-02-13 | ARTISTS $600: He painted "Starry Night" while confined to the asylum of Saint-Paul in Saint-Remy Vincent van Gogh |
| #2381, aired 1995-01-02 | ARTISTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This artist lived in Paris in the late 1880s, when Toulouse-Lautrec painted the portrait of him seen here: (Vincent) van Gogh |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | ARTISTS $400: HIs "Self-Portrait With Pipe and Bandaged Ear" is part of the Leigh B. Block collection in Chicago Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2082, aired 1993-09-28 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: Irving Stone's research for this novel included a story in Vincent van Gogh's asylum cell Lust for Life |
| #2040, aired 1993-06-18 | ART $400: Gauguin painted this friend of his "Painting Sunflowers" in 1888 Vincent Van Gogh |
| #1984, aired 1993-04-01 | ART $200: In 1888 he painted his "House at Arles", his "Bedroom at Arles" & several still lifes of sunflowers (Vincent) van Gogh |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | ART $200: From 1880 to his death in 1890, this Dutch artist's brother Theo supported him financially Vincent van Gogh |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): He became interested in Impressionist art while visiting his brother Theo in Paris Vincent van Gogh |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | ART $100: Like Raphael, this artist of "Potato Eaters" & a "Starry Night" was dead at age 37 Vincent van Gogh |
| #1518, aired 1991-03-20 | ARTISTS $400: His 1889 self-portrait shows him with pipe & bandaged ear Vincent Van Gogh |
| #4, aired 1990-07-07 | ARTISTS $800: "A Portrait of Dr. Gachet" by this artist sold in 1990 for $82.5 million Vincent Van Gogh |
| #1264, aired 1990-02-15 | WORKS OF ART $500: An 1889 painting of a sky of blue & yellow swirling over a small village Starry Night |
| #1206, aired 1989-11-27 | ART $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1888 Vincent van Gogh threatened to kill this artist who was his roommate at the time Paul Gauguin |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | MOVIE CLASSICS $200: Liza Minnelli said this film about Van Gogh was her father's favorite, because painting was his 1st love Lust for Life |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | ART $800: Vincent Van Gogh's brother Theo did this for a living worked in an art gallery (or sold art) |
| #719, aired 1987-10-22 | VAN GOGH $200: 1st line of the Don McLean hit, "Vincent" it includes the title of a famous Van Gogh work Starry, starry night |
| #651, aired 1987-06-08 | ART $200: While in the Asylum of St. Remy, he painted his "Starry Night" Vincent van Gogh |
| #355, aired 1986-01-17 | FAMOUS "VAN"s $300: Leonard Nimoy traded his pointy ears for one when he portrayed this painter Vincent van Gogh |
| #290, aired 1985-10-18 | FAMOUS LASTS $800: "Wheatfield with Crows" was his last painting before he shot himself Vincent van Gogh |
| #189, aired 1985-05-30 | ARTISTS $200: Among this revolutionary Dutch Impressionist's self-portraits is one with a bandaged head Vincent Van Gogh |
