| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | WORLD HISTORY $9,800 (Daily Double): This dynasty that ruled China from 1368 to 1644 was noted for its arts & culture including, of course, ceramics & porcelain vases Ming |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $200: For many years Arturo Toscanini was the principal conductor & music director at this famed Milan opera house La Scala |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $400: In the 1980s, the designers seen here launched this fashion brand--D&G for short Dolce & Gabbana |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $600: 1950's "Luci del varieta", or "Variety Lights", was his first feature film as director Fellini |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $1000: "Bridge of Sighs"s is by this artist, whose detailed paintings of Venice & London influenced generations of landscape painters Canaletto |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $1,400 (Daily Double): It's the Italian name for the lively folk dance also known as "the dance of the spider" the tarantella |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $400: The ballet "Giselle" is based on a legend about the wilis, ghostly young maidens who have died before this special event their wedding |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $800: Giada De Laurentiis attended this French cooking school that today offers le grand diplome Le Cordon Bleu |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1200: Directors François Truffaut & Jean-Luc Godard are associated with this film style, nouvelle vague in French the new wave |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1600: The first mention of this embroidered work, a portion of which is seen here, was in an inventory of cathedral treasures in 1476 the Bayeux Tapestry |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $2000: "Danse macabre" is one of this composer's symphonic poems Saint-Saëns |
| #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | ARTS & CULTURE $200: "Wait until the evening before opening night", said Rossini of writing these instrumental pieces played before operas overtures |
| #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | ARTS & CULTURE $400: Male ballet dancers generally don't wear these on their feet; one exception is when men play the stepsisters in "Cinderella" pointe shoes |
| #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | ARTS & CULTURE $600: This American dropped his drip style for one dubbed "Black Pourings"; a 1951 show of them sold none (Jackson) Pollock |
| #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | ARTS & CULTURE $800: 10-letter word for your friend who wears outlandish colorful clothes, or for the showy late Gothic style seen here flamboyant |
| #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | ARTS & CULTURE $1000: This longtime exhibit of officially sanctioned French art crammed paintings onto walls the Salon |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $800: The name of this university honors a 13th century French theologian the Sorbonne |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, PA.) The 20th century painting here of southern France is by Jean, great-grandson of this 19th century French romantic author Victor Hugo |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1600: It's no folly--this Paris music hall has been a hotspot since the 1886 revue "Place au Jeunes" Folies Bergère |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $2000: This one-named designer created the iconic little black dress that Audrey Hepburn wore in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Givenchy |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | ARTS & CULTURE $400: This composer's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premiered in 1790 Mozart |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | ARTS & CULTURE $800: A simile compares white skin to this ceramic material first made in China that has hard- & soft-paste types porcelain |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | ARTS & CULTURE $1200: In 1957's "Square Dance", this New York City Ballet founder combined classical technique with square dance calls George Balanchine |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | ARTS & CULTURE $1600: This trumpeter composed "Blood on the Fields", a 1994 oratorio incorporating jazz rhythms Wynton Marsalis |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | ARTS & CULTURE $2000: Handel wrote a piece to celebrate this patron saint of music; maybe it's also her in the Paul Simon song St. Cecilia |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | LIVE ENTERTAINMENT $2000: Founded in the U.S., this performing arts co. invites you to experience the "divine culture" of China, 5,000 years in the making Shen Yun |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | ARTS & CULTURE $400: Humperdinck's opera about these fairy-tale siblings was the first complete opera aired on radio Hansel and Gretel |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | ARTS & CULTURE $800: An annoyed critic wrote of this -ism's 1876 show, "Trees are not violet...the sky is not the color of fresh butter" Impressionism |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | ARTS & CULTURE $1200: You'll find several paintings Veronese on the eyes in Venice's Palazzo Ducale or these officials' "Palace" the doge |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | ARTS & CULTURE $1,600 (Daily Double): He had nothing to do with the title, but Aaron Copland said, "I've begun to see the" mountains "myself" on hearing this piece Appalachian Spring |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | ARTS & CULTURE $2000: In a Delibes ballet, Dr. Coppelius is a toymaker & the title character Coppelia is one of these doll |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | ROOMS FULL OF CULTURE $2000: The Rose Cinemas & Harvey Theater are part of BAM, short for this cutting-edge arts center in New York City the Brooklyn Academy of Music |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $400: An antique furniture style is named for this long-reigning French king of the late 17th century Louis XIV |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $800: In 1857 Flaubert was tried & nearly convicted of immorality due to the subject matter of this novel Madame Bovary |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1200: At 15 in 1931 this "La Vie En Rose" singer was already supporting herself singing in Paris (Edith) Piaf |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1600: The Musee d'Orsay houses a large collection of 19th century French art, including his scandalous painting "Olympia" Edouard Manet |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $2000: "Manon" is probably the best-known opera by this composer whose last name also starts with "MA" Massenet |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | ARTS & CULTURE $400: Shoichi Yabuta was tops in composing in the 2015 music competition held annually in this Swiss city since 1939 Geneva |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | ARTS & CULTURE $800: This art movement got its name when a group of early 20th century French painters were dubbed "wild beasts" the Fauvists |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | ARTS & CULTURE $1200: In 1974 he defected from the USSR & joined ABT, becoming that company's artistic director in the '80s Baryshnikov |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | ARTS & CULTURE $2,000 (Daily Double): Because it has 6 units called iambs, the poetic line "Thou art unseen, but yet I hear thy shrill delight" is in iambic this hexameter |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | ARTS & CULTURE $2000: This Bombay-born conductor was the first to lead 2 major North American orchestras at the same time Zubin Mehta |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | MUSEUMS $800: State where you'll find the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture & the International UFO Museum & Research Center New Mexico |
| #5207, aired 2007-04-10 | STATELY MUSEUMS $1600: The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, the Experience Music Project Washington |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | MARTIAL ARTS $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Chinese Culture Center in San Francisco, CA.) In a movie title, Jackie Chan has played a master of this style of martial arts, which uses an unpredictable flowing style drunken |
| #3776, aired 2001-01-22 | FAMOUS ARTS $800 (Daily Double): Born in 1895, he made the diagram seen here part of American culture
(dance steps) Arthur Murray |
| #2651, aired 1996-02-26 | AWARDS $100: In 1985 this greeting card company won the National Medal of Arts for its contribution to American culture Hallmark |
| #2634, aired 1996-02-01 | MAGAZINES $500: Before Conde Nast revived it in 1983, this arts & culture magazine was defunct for nearly 50 years Vanity Fair |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | AWARDS $100: For its contribution to American culture, this greeting card co. won a National Medal of Arts Hallmark |
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