#22, aired 2023-12-06 | ROAD TRIP "I SPY" $800 (Daily Double): I spy...
the "American Gothic" house,
the future birthplace of James T. Kirk &
the "Field of Dreams" movie site Iowa |
#8958, aired 2023-10-25 | FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS $400: An iconic 1930 image:
"____ Gothic" American |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | A TOTAL FRAME JOB $600: A somewhat fancy wooden frame surrounds this Grant Wood picture of 2 people in front of a simple wooden frame house American Gothic |
#8722, aired 2022-10-18 | AMERICANA $600: Nan, sister of this painter, is next to a pitchfork-wielding gent in "American Gothic" Grant Wood |
#8663, aired 2022-06-15 | GETTING "W-R-M" $1200: Type of glasses favored by John Lennon & the farmer in "American Gothic" wire-rimmed |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS $400: Grant Wood's sister & dentist posed as the Midwestern farmer & daughter in this iconic painting American Gothic |
#8355, aired 2021-03-12 | GRANT WOOD'S AMERICANA $800: Grant Wood won a $300 prize for this painting that mixes northern renaissance style with Iowa pitchforks American Gothic |
#8311, aired 2021-01-11 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $400: The style of this Iowan was mainly Midwestern regionalism, not "American Gothic" (Grant) Wood |
#8296, aired 2020-12-07 | MUSEUMS $1600: Grant Wood's "American Gothic" resides at the Art Institute of this city, built for the Columbian Exposition of 1893 Chicago |
#8217, aired 2020-05-19 | HISTORIC HOMES $800: You might recognize the Eldon, Iowa house seen here from this famous 1930 painting of a farm couple posing in front of it American Gothic |
#8102, aired 2019-11-26 | AMERICAN CATHEDRALS $2000: Nicknamed "St. John the Unfinished", this New York City cathedral is the world's largest Gothic one despite still being under construction the Cathedral of St. John the Divine |
#8082, aired 2019-10-29 | AMERICAN GOTHIC $400: Gothic is common for churches, and, though much less common, was used for these, like the neo-Gothic Mickve Israel in Savannah a temple (synagogue) |
#8082, aired 2019-10-29 | AMERICAN GOTHIC $800: In 1798's "Wieland", the 1st Amer. Gothic novel, a character seems to die from this: "In a moment, the whole was reduced to ashes" spontaneous combustion |
#8082, aired 2019-10-29 | AMERICAN GOTHIC $1200: Before he he became an Oscar-winning composer, he brought a Gothic feel to '90s hard rock Trent Reznor |
#8082, aired 2019-10-29 | AMERICAN GOTHIC $1600: The style Collegiate Gothic began with Pembroke Hall & other buildings at this women's college outside Philadelphia Bryn Mawr |
#8082, aired 2019-10-29 | AMERICAN GOTHIC $3,000 (Daily Double): This southern Gothic O'author wrote her novel "Wise Blood" about a preacher in the church without Christ Flannery O'Connor |
#7917, aired 2019-01-29 | ART & ARTISTS $800: The woman in his "American Gothic" painting was modeled after his sister Nan (Grant) Wood |
#7471, aired 2017-02-20 | ART & ARTISTS $600: This 1930 painting by Grant Wood portrays a fictitious farmer & his daughter American Gothic |
#7366, aired 2016-09-26 | U.S. LANDMARKS $800: In Eldon, Iowa you can visit the house that inspired this classic "American" painting by Grant Wood American Gothic |
#7239, aired 2016-02-18 | MUSEUMS $1600: Grant Wood's "American Gothic" hangs in this Midwestern museum the Art Institute of Chicago |
#7149, aired 2015-10-15 | OLYMPIC DEMON-STRATION SPORTS $400: In the games Abaddon is adept at throwing these, just like the one being held by the man in "American Gothic" a pitchfork |
#6706, aired 2013-11-11 | OLD PAINT $400: His sister Nan & his dentist B.H. McKeeby were the models for his 1930 masterpiece "American Gothic" Grant Wood |
#6605, aired 2013-05-10 | PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S MOTHER $1600: This son of Iowa painted his mother Hattie in the same style as his later American Gothic (Grant) Wood |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | CHICAGO THE BEAUTIFUL $3,400 (Daily Double): (First Lady Michelle Obama presents the clue.) Grant Wood's "American Gothic" & Picasso's "Mother & Child" are highlights of this museum's amazing collection the Art Institute |
#6445, aired 2012-09-28 | FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS $400: An iconic 1930 image:
"_____ Gothic" American |
#6386, aired 2012-05-28 | "A"UTHORS $1,500 (Daily Double): Written in 1866, "A Long Fatal Love Chase", a Gothic novel by this American woman, was finally published in 1995 (Louisa May) Alcott |
#6233, aired 2011-10-26 | AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS $400: The title of this Grant Wood painting refers to the style of the house that's behind the farmer & his daughter American Gothic |
#6170, aired 2011-06-10 | ARTISTS $400: Like Whistler, this "American Gothic" artist painted his own mother, in "Woman With Plants" (Grant) Wood |
#6144, aired 2011-05-05 | ALL "AMERICAN" $800: When Iowa farmers & their wives first saw this 1930 painting of a farm couple, many of them were downright angry American Gothic |
#5901, aired 2010-04-19 | ART FOR ART'S SAKE! $200: Dentist Byron McKeeby of Cedar Rapids, Iowa was immortalized in this 1930 painting along with the artist's sister American Gothic |
#5730, aired 2009-07-03 | ART SCENARIOS $400: 1930:
Woman with brooch; balding man with glasses, pitchfork; cottage in Gothic Revival style in back American Gothic |
#5552, aired 2008-10-28 | CRAYOLA: A COLORFUL HISTORY $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a packaging machine at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) In the early 1900s, this "American Gothic" artist entered a Crayola coloring contest & won; he later said that's what gave him the encouragement he needed to pursue a career in art Grant Wood |
#5015, aired 2006-06-02 | ISN'T IT ICONIC? $4,000 (Daily Double): Grolier says this 1930 double portrait is "perhaps the most parodied painting in American art" American Gothic |
#4352, aired 2003-07-01 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $800: This "American Gothic" painter produced a series of drawings for Sinclair Lewis' "Main Street" Grant Wood |
#4249, aired 2003-02-06 | PAINTERS $1600: Grant Wood's sister Nan & his dentist Byron McKeeby were the models for this 1930 painting "American Gothic" |
#4146, aired 2002-09-16 | TV STARS $1200: Putting the Goth in "American Gothic", this rocker & his family starred in a hit MTV reality show in 2002 Ozzy Osbourne |
#3999, aired 2002-01-10 | VERB FIRST NAMES $1000: To bestow, like a "gothic" American painter from Iowa grant |
#3982, aired 2001-12-18 | FAMOUS HOMES $400: The house that inspired this Grant Wood painting still stands in Eldon, Iowa American Gothic |
#3701, aired 2000-10-09 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $400: This "American Gothic" creator was a leading regionalist, his region being Iowa Grant Wood |
#3637, aired 2000-05-30 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS $100: In Grant Wood's "American Gothic", a farmer is holding this implement in his right hand Pitchfork |
#3515, aired 1999-12-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $300: "North By Northwest" star who painted "American Gothic" Cary Grant Wood |
#3435, aired 1999-07-09 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: 18th U.S. president who painted "American Gothic" Ulysses S. Grant Wood |
#3338, aired 1999-02-24 | ART & ARTISTS $200: This American masterpiece has been widely satirized--the sign of a true classic American Gothic |
#3240, aired 1998-10-09 | ART & ARTISTS $100: This "American Gothic" artist was an asst. professor of fine arts at the Univ. of Iowa in 1934 Grant Wood |
#3074, aired 1998-01-01 | ART $600: The setting of this "American Gothic" artist's "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" looks like Iowa, not Boston Grant Wood |
#2876, aired 1997-02-17 | ALL "AMERICAN" $300: Grant Wood's sister, who appears in this famous painting, was once a subject on "To Tell The Truth" "American Gothic" |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | 20th CENTURY ARTISTS $200: The attention accorded his "American Gothic" allowed him to charge over $1,000 a painting Grant Wood |
#2677, aired 1996-04-02 | ART $800: In 1930 Grant Wood's reputation was established by a Chicago showing of this painting "American Gothic" |
#2633, aired 1996-01-31 | THE 1930s $400: In 1930 Hoover Dam was begun & this Grant Wood painting was finished "American Gothic" |
#2541, aired 1995-09-25 | ANNUAL EVENTS $500: An annual Iowa art festival is named for this "American Gothic" artist, one of the state's native sons Grant Wood |
#2435, aired 1995-03-17 | PAINTERS & PAINTINGS $800: A year after "American Gothic", he painted "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" Grant Wood |
#2411, aired 1995-02-13 | ARTISTS $800: In 1934 this "American Gothic" artist became a professor of fine arts at the University of Iowa Grant Wood |
#2351, aired 1994-11-21 | ART $800: This "American Gothic" painter operated the Stone City Art Colony to help younger artists Grant Wood |
#2102, aired 1993-10-26 | ARTISTS $400: This artist's sister nan & dentist B.H. McKeevy were the models for his "American Gothic" (Grant) Wood |
#2014, aired 1993-05-13 | ART $1000: In 1933 this Grant Wood painting was a highlight of the Art Institute of Chicago's Century of Progress exhibit "American Gothic" |
#1780, aired 1992-05-01 | IOWANS $1000: This "American Gothic" painter was made an associate professor of art at the University of Iowa in 1934 Grant Wood |
#1645, aired 1991-10-25 | IOWA $400: This "American Gothic" painter was born in Anamosa & died in Iowa City Grant Wood |
#1586, aired 1991-06-24 | ART $300: Nan Wood Graham, who posed for this painting by her brother in 1930, died in 1990 "American Gothic" |
#1393, aired 1990-09-26 | POT LUCK $200: This Grant Wood painting depicts a farmer & his daughter, not wife, in front of an Iowa farmhouse American Gothic |
#1264, aired 1990-02-15 | WORKS OF ART $400: A 1920 painting of a grim-faced couple with a pitchfork, standing in front of a farmhouse American Gothic |
#1029, aired 1989-02-09 | ART $300: The man in the painting "American Gothic" is grasping this farm implement pitchfork |
#989, aired 1988-12-15 | ARTISTS $300: Grant Wood used his sister & his dentist as the models for this 1930 painting American Gothic |
#648, aired 1987-06-03 | WEAPONS $600: Devilish weapon seen in Grant Woods' painting "American Gothic" a pitchfork |
#444, aired 1986-05-22 | ART $600: Grant Wood's sister & the family dentist posed as the two rustics in this famous painting American Gothic |
#151, aired 1985-04-08 | ART $1000: This American city's Art Institute is home to "American Gothic" by Grant Wood Chicago |
#82, aired 1985-01-01 | ART $400: What the man holds in Grant Wood's "American Gothic" a pitchfork |