#9071, aired 2024-04-01 | ART & CRIME $400: "Vanished Smile", a true crime book by R.A. Scotti, is subtitled "The Mysterious Theft of" this artwork the Mona Lisa |
#9038, aired 2024-02-14 | TOUGH 10-LETTER WORDS $1200: The artwork seen here is titled this, a weird-looking baby substituted by fairies for a newborn a Changeling |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $200: In an 1851 work this general stands in a small boat on the Delaware, a U.S. flag nearby George Washington |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $400: God, aided by cherubim, reaches out to this bored-looking guy; oh yeah, it's on a ceiling Adam |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $600: In this work mom is seated, facing left--or is it right? Anyway, she's clad in black with a white lace cap Whistler's Mother |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $1000: Children frolic among wild beasts as a confused lion looks out at us--it really is "The Peaceable" this the Kingdom |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $3,000 (Daily Double): We're not sure if you'd call that teal or azure the young man with a feathered cap is wearing in this 1770 work The Blue Boy |
#8918, aired 2023-07-19 | THE "LL" YOU SAY $1600: It's an artwork that immerses the viewer in an environment, such as Damien Hirst's "Earth, Air, Fire, Water" an installation |
#8916, aired 2023-07-17 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: Marcel Duchamp famously displayed an autographed one of these bathroom receptacles as an artwork urinal |
#8901, aired 2023-06-26 | NAMES OF THE 1990s $400: Tracey Emin caused a stir with a 1998 artwork consisting of this piece of furniture of hers, unmade, with empty vodka bottles her bed |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | SOLVE FOR "EX" $2000: Still existing, like an artwork luckily not lost over the centuries extant |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ART SUPPLIES $200: It's the item on which an artist mixes paint colors, or the spectrum of colors used in an artwork a palette |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SOMETHING THAT IS... $2000: Grey & Black:
To be specific, 1871's "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1", an artwork much better known by this 2-word name Whistler's Mother |
#8619, aired 2022-04-14 | ART, OF WAR $600: The artwork here depicts this famous venture at the Battle of Balaclava the Charge of the Light Brigade |
#8614, aired 2022-04-07 | BALLPARK $1000: Roy Campanella, Biz Mackey & Jud Wilson, who played for the city in the Negro Leagues, appear in this park's Birdland artwork Oriole Park |
#12, aired 2022-02-16 | TECH TALK $2000: Abbreviated NFT, it's a sort of title to a digital artwork that anyone can look at, not just its owner a non-fungible token |
#8565, aired 2022-01-28 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: From the French, where it means "origin", it's the chain of ownership of an artwork provenance |
#8437, aired 2021-07-06 | BEAUTIFUL VOCABULARY $1600: Tall & shapely, resembling a marble artwork statuesque |
#8364, aired 2021-03-25 | BORN DURING THE CIVIL WAR $2000: The son of a Civil War officer, he would become famous for his Wild West artwork like "The Bronco Buster" (Frederic) Remington |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY $1600: This Trojan woman is a prophetess in some stories, in the artwork here, she's assaulted by Ajax, who is later drowned by the gods Cassandra |
#8334, aired 2021-02-11 | JUST "US" MYTHICAL FOLKS $1200: The medieval artwork seen here depicts this ancient Roman god Janus |
#8326, aired 2021-02-01 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1600: An instrument, named for this larger bone of the lower leg, has been reconstructed & as in the ancient artwork, it still bulges your cheeks the tibia |
#8285, aired 2020-11-20 | NUMBER, PLEASE $400: This 2-digit number is part of the title of the artwork seen here 76 |
#8279, aired 2020-11-12 | HOW ARTSY $1600: It was Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven who signed "R. Mutt" to a urinal in this French Dadaist's provocative 1917 artwork Marcel Duchamp |
#8184, aired 2020-03-19 | TERMS OF ART $600: Term for a 3-dimensional artwork hung from a stand or the ceiling & moved freely by air currents a mobile |
#8166, aired 2020-02-24 | 3 Os FOR YOU $2000: In this kind of artwork, sometimes the idea is to have texture come to the forefront monochrome (monochromatic) |
#8165, aired 2020-02-21 | IN THE ARTS WORLD $800: These pieces of artwork took off in value in the 1980s, with one from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" going for $50,600 an individual animation cel |
#8103, aired 2019-11-27 | CELEBRITY ARTISTS $400: This singer paints angels, one in an artwork called "Rhiannon" Stevie Nicks |
#8012, aired 2019-06-11 | FROM THE GERMAN $1600: This 6-letter word for garish & tawdry artwork is from a German word for "trash" kitsch |
#7977, aired 2019-04-23 | SOLID BLACK $1200: In 1915 Kazimir Malevich unveiled the artwork seen here, yet wrote that this & texture are the essence of painting color |
#7945, aired 2019-03-08 | PLANT-ED EVIDENCE $1600: A virus that causes mottled leaves is called this, like an artwork of closely-set tiles or stones mosaic |
#7767, aired 2018-05-22 | ART & ARTISTS $400: This word for an artwork made of 3 panels comes from the Greek for "three tablets" a triptych |
#7728, aired 2018-03-28 | ENTERTAINING INSPIRATIONS $800: Artwork for the Elton John song "I've Seen That Movie Too" inspired this mocking cable TV show that premiered in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 |
#7635, aired 2017-11-17 | MONSTER MASH $1000: The artwork here depicts Behemoth & this aquatic monster also mentioned in the Bible Leviathan |
#7253, aired 2016-03-09 | AKA $200: An artwork:
La Gioconda the Mona Lisa |
#7234, aired 2016-02-11 | CELEBRITIES $400: A good detective might deduce that this "Elementary" co-star has exhibited her artwork under the name Yu Ling Lucy Liu |
#7180, aired 2015-11-27 | FEMALE NOVELISTS $600: Tracy Chevalier's historical novels include this one, whose front cover shows the artwork seen here The Girl with a Pearl Earring |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | ARTWORK $200: A portion of this painting is on the jacket of the hardcover edition of "The Da Vinci Code" the Mona Lisa |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | ARTWORK $400: The Degas work seen here is an 1880s pastel on paper called this; Tom Petty said it was the hardest part Waiting |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | ARTWORK $600: A goddess stands on a scallop shell in this Botticelli masterpiece Birth of Venus |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | ARTWORK $800: As the centerpiece for Pope Julius II's tomb, Michelangelo sculpted this biblical figure Moses |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | ARTWORK $1000: This Iowan put "Washington Crossing the Delaware" in the background of his own "Daughters of Revolution" Grant Wood |
#6986, aired 2015-01-19 | VO"CH"ABULARY $800: Far out, man--this word from Greek for "soul made visible" describes the artwork seen here psychedelic |
#6951, aired 2014-12-01 | ART $1600: In the artwork seen here, the artist used this drawing material that's made by burning wood charcoal |
#6931, aired 2014-11-03 | THE ART OF DEATH $200: In the artwork seen here, this composer is directing his "Requiem" on his deathbed Mozart |
#6832, aired 2014-05-06 | FEATURING FLAGS $400: Various military flags are depicted in embroidery on this 11th century linen artwork the Bayeux Tapestry |
#6771, aired 2014-02-10 | "ACA"DEMIA $600: This word follows "Danse" in the type of grisly artwork seen here macabre |
#6717, aired 2013-11-26 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: The artwork seen here depicts this of St. Jerome flagellation |
#6583, aired 2013-04-10 | "INSTA"GRAM $1000: An artwork created for a specific site an installation |
#6484, aired 2012-11-22 | DEAD, BUT VERY BUSY $600: A 3-day auction of artwork belonging to this late designer known as YSL netted $443 million for charity Yves Saint Laurent |
#6441, aired 2012-09-24 | IT'S A MYTH $1200: This resident of the labyrinth is seen here in a Greek artwork from the 500s B.C the Minotaur |
#6434, aired 2012-08-02 | ART CLASS $1200: Before you create your final, full-scale artwork, you might want to make a practice drawing, so "etch a" this sketch |
#6415, aired 2012-07-06 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE... $400: A 1912 work by Marc Chagall is titled after this musician found in the title of a Broadway show Fiddler |
#6328, aired 2012-03-07 | THIS & THAT $800: Tesserae are the small pieces of colored glass used in this type of artwork for which Ravenna, Italy is famous mosaic |
#6297, aired 2012-01-24 | LET'S TAKE A "TRIP" $600: Often used for devotional purposes, it's the type of artwork seen here a triptych |
#6190, aired 2011-07-08 | SLICED FRUIT $200: Depictions of this fruit date back 4,000 years in the artwork of early Egyptians watermelon |
#6160, aired 2011-05-27 | THE SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO $800: Artwork brought to China for the expo included a van Gogh, a Gauguin & a self-portrait by this woman in the Mexico pavilion Frida Kahlo |
#6127, aired 2011-04-12 | MEN IN PINK $800: The title of the 1905 artwork seen here is this type of fop, a word also found after "fine and" dandy |
#6109, aired 2011-03-17 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $200: In an 1851 work this general stands in a small boat on the Delaware, a U.S. flag nearby George Washington |
#6109, aired 2011-03-17 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $400: In this work mom is seated, facing left--or is it right? Anyway, she's clad in black with a white lace cap Whistler's Mother |
#6109, aired 2011-03-17 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $800: Painting in which 2 men & a woman sit up late in a diner with a sign advertising Phillies cigars Nighthawks |
#6109, aired 2011-03-17 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $1000: Children frolic among wild beasts as a confused lion looks out at us--it really is "The Peaceable" this Peaceable Kingdom |
#6109, aired 2011-03-17 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $6,600 (Daily Double): We're not sure if you'd call that teal or azure the young man with a feathered cap is wearing in this 1770 work Blue Boy |
#5886, aired 2010-03-29 | AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS $400: Roy Lichtenstein perfected his technique for simulating benday dots to mimic the artwork found in these "strips" comic strips |
#5861, aired 2010-02-22 | THE ALLOYS $1600: Make your own artwork at London's church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields & its center for these rubbings brass |
#5839, aired 2010-01-21 | ARTS NEWS 2009 $1600: Children in Belfast made a 22,500-square-foot artwork using this juvenile type of painting finger painting |
#5801, aired 2009-11-30 | A FULL HOUSE $1000: That limited edition artwork "Lamplight Bridge" by this painter really sets off your couch (Thomas) Kinkade |
#5747, aired 2009-09-15 | SOUNDS ROMANTIC $1600: The 18th-century artwork seen here depicts this dramatic 9-letter event an elopement |
#5645, aired 2009-03-06 | THE ART OF WORK $400: It's the occupational title of the artwork seen here Railsplitter |
#5598, aired 2008-12-31 | ROCKS & STONES $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a carved artwork in Peru.) Hand-carved sculptures of this stone, a translucent variety of gypsum, are a mainstay of Peruvian handicrafts alabaster |
#5521, aired 2008-09-15 | GENEALOGY $2000: Grave robbing is frowned upon; this, transferring inscriptions & artwork with a wax crayon, is fine (grave) rubbing |
#5389, aired 2008-01-31 | GO OLD WEST, YOUNG MAN $800: Thomas Moran's artwork helped influence Congress to make this America's first national park Yellowstone |
#5377, aired 2008-01-15 | PREHISTORIC TIMES $1,200 (Daily Double): This prehistoric people that followed Neanderthal man produced the first examples of human artwork Cro-Magnon |
#5308, aired 2007-10-10 | SHOW & TELL $800: This world-famous artwork seen here was painted around 1505 "Mona Lisa" |
#5304, aired 2007-10-04 | THE POSITIVE $2000: An illustrated book pairs Alexander Calder's artwork with the lyrics to his song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin |
#5185, aired 2007-03-09 | WAR FICTION $2000: Jack DuArte's "The Resistance" tells of French efforts to keep Louvre artwork from this No. 2 Nazi & Luftwaffe chief Göring |
#5096, aired 2006-11-06 | P TIMES 3 $800: A fun kind of this is a children's book with 3-D cutout artwork; a not-so-fun kind happens while Internet surfing a pop-up |
#5059, aired 2006-09-14 | SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN LIFE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds two artwork specimens in the Besh-Ba-Gowah Museum in Arizona.) The Salado people were expert potters who made painted wares in red, white & black called this, from the Greek for "many-colored" polychrome |
#4894, aired 2005-12-15 | LESSER-KNOWN CONGLOMERATES $1,000 (Daily Double): This company specializes in delicate, ornate 18th century artwork featuring shells & foliage Rococo |
#4783, aired 2005-05-25 | THIS MUST BE BELGIAN $400: It's the Belgian town in the title of the artwork seen here Waterloo |
#4531, aired 2004-04-26 | AMERICANA $1000: 2-word title of the artwork seen here; New Englanders might call it "Spa" "Soda Fountain" |
#4492, aired 2004-03-02 | NATIVE AMERICAN ART $400: 2-word term for the type of artwork being created here sand painting |
#4408, aired 2003-11-05 | RHODE ISLAND $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a scale model of a building.) The artwork here depicts a Newport, Rhode Island landmark, the oldest one of these houses of worship in the United States a synagogue |
#4361, aired 2003-07-14 | ART $200: In the cathedral at Chartres, most of this translucent artwork from the 13th century is still in place stained glass |
#4361, aired 2003-07-14 | ART $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Rembrandt's house in Amsterdam.) Rembrandt used metal plates & this oak press to make copies of this type of artwork etchings |
#4131, aired 2002-07-15 | REALLY BAD DAYS $500 (Daily Double): The artwork in the Uffizi was jeopardized by a Nov. 4, 1966 flood in this Italian city Florence |
#4102, aired 2002-06-04 | REAL ROMANTICS $2000: This first name of several Romantic writers was the last name of Caspar David, whose artwork is seen here Friedrich |
#3897, aired 2001-07-10 | ART SUPPLIES $200: It's the type of paper used in the artwork seen here tracing paper |
#3451, aired 1999-09-13 | 20th CENTURY CLIP ART $600: It's what the artwork seen here is warning you against doing with eggs: Don't put all your eggs in one basket |
#3088, aired 1998-01-21 | WORD $400: Put the pieces together & you'll see the name of this artwork means it's "of the Muses" Mosaic |
#2531, aired 1995-09-11 | THE 1950s $500 (Daily Double): Introduced in 1952, an example of one is seen here: oil painting by numbers |
#2439, aired 1995-03-23 | 1950 $400: This 89-year-old woman's artwork was exhibited in Europe for the first time Grandma Moses |
#2231, aired 1994-04-25 | COCA-COLA $300: For a 1931 Coke calendar, he may have knocked out his artwork on a Saturday evening Norman Rockwell |
#2182, aired 1994-02-15 | CRAFTS $600: Tesserae is the term for the bits of colored glass or marble used in this type of artwork mosaic |
#1218, aired 1989-12-13 | ART $200: Since this legislation was passed in 1986, gifts of artwork to museums have fallen off sharply tax reform |