#9001, aired 2023-12-25 | HOBBIES $200: Scripts to master in this art of beautiful handwriting include copperplate & Spencerian calligraphy |
#8731, aired 2022-10-31 | HOBBY SUPPLIES $400: Calligraphy enthusiasts may spring for special wipes & pliers for this 3-letter tip of the pen a nib |
#8714, aired 2022-10-06 | PRETTY CRAFTY $200: Here are the tools used to produce this beautiful writing calligraphy |
#8339, aired 2021-02-18 | A "GRAPHY" DESCRIPTION $1200: The art of producing formal lettering with a brush or a pen calligraphy |
#8189, aired 2020-03-26 | LOOKING FOR A GOOD TIME? $400: Get your nib, a straight pen & some black ink & dive into this, from the Greek for "beautiful writing" calligraphy |
#7979, aired 2019-04-25 | CHINESE $400: This art of beautiful writing has long been revered in China as a supreme visual art form calligraphy |
#7967, aired 2019-04-09 | INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN $25,000 (Daily Double): In Andalusia Arabic calligraphy represents this style named for medieval visitors from Africa Moorish |
#7700, aired 2018-02-16 | ART & RELIGION $800: This art of beautiful handwriting is seen in the Book of Kells as well as much Islamic art calligraphy |
#7673, aired 2018-01-10 | "HAND" IT OVER $200: Calligraphy is an elaborate form of this handwriting |
#7645, aired 2017-12-01 | MEDIEVAL FOLKS WHO COULD WRITE $1200: Many Chinese could; the Tang dynasty has left us about 50,000 of these, in forms such as lushi & jueju poems |
#7502, aired 2017-04-04 | TURKISH DELIGHTS $600: Turkey is noted for this art of fine handwriting; a practitioner is called a hatta calligraphy |
#7264, aired 2016-03-24 | "CALL" NOW $400: Such beautiful writing with special pens calligraphy |
#7189, aired 2015-12-10 | TERM OF ART $1200: The name of this type of art printing comes from the Greek for "stone" & "write" lithography |
#6665, aired 2013-08-02 | AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES $600: This art of decorative handwriting is from the Greek for "beautiful writing" calligraphy |
#6363, aired 2012-04-25 | CITY SEALS (& SEA LIONS) $600: In the suburbs of Tokyo, Leo the sea lion is good at this art form; he's writing the word "rabbit" calligraphy |
#5844, aired 2010-01-28 | CALLIGRAPHY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew does some calligraphy.) The line that connects the two vertical lines in an "H" is called one of these, just like the beam a football crosses over for a field goal crossbar |
#5844, aired 2010-01-28 | CALLIGRAPHY $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew does some calligraphy.) A thin, fine stroke is called one of these; you don't have to worry about it receding hairline |
#5844, aired 2010-01-28 | CALLIGRAPHY $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew does some calligraphy.) When graphing a word in calligraphy, the bottom line is called one of these, like something Jose Reyes might run down baseline |
#5844, aired 2010-01-28 | CALLIGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew does some calligraphy.) A nonstructural embellishment at the end of a calligraphic letter is called one of these, from the Latin for "flower" flourish |
#5844, aired 2010-01-28 | CALLIGRAPHY $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew does some calligraphy.) A small stroke that begins or ends a letter is called one of these; you may have seen them on your computer's font list serif |
#5754, aired 2009-09-24 | CHINA IN THE MUSEUM $1000: Taipei's National Palace Museum's collection of this visual art form includes "poem in seven-character verse" calligraphy |
#5368, aired 2008-01-02 | THE STAMP ACT $400: The EID Stamp, featuring Arabic calligraphy, celebrates festivals of this religion Islam |
#5318, aired 2007-10-24 | WELCOME TO JAPAN $1600: (Kelly stands near an amateur florist.) Traditionally in Japan in preparation for marriage, women were trained in the tea ceremony, calligraphy & this art of flower arranging ikebana |
#5219, aired 2007-04-26 | BEFORE COMPUTERS $800: This term for a type of penmanship comes from the Greek for "beautiful writing" calligraphy |
#5000, aired 2006-05-12 | CHINESE CULTURE $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew points out some Chinese calligraphy at the Chinese Culture Center in San Francisco, CA.) The character "xi" represents happiness; this is the celebration that is most associated with the "double xi" a wedding |
#5000, aired 2006-05-12 | CHINESE CULTURE $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew, at the Chinese Culture Center in San Francisco, CA, shows us more calligraphy.) North, South, East & West are the four of these, one of the major types of tiles in Mahjong winds |
#4475, aired 2004-02-06 | ART HISTORY $1600: Because Koranic knowledge was all-important, this became the supreme Muslim art form, as illustrated here calligraphy |
#4362, aired 2003-07-15 | PEN NAMES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew) Appropriately, the name of this kind of pen is from the Greek for "beautiful writing" calligraphy |
#4201, aired 2002-12-02 | CRAFTS $1600: Edge guilding is a common technique in this bibliophilic craft bookbinding |
#3857, aired 2001-05-15 | 2001 U.S. STAMPS $500: The Chinese New Year stamp for 2001 features this animal set in grass-style calligraphy Snake/serpent (2001 being the year of the snake) |
#3239, aired 1998-10-08 | HEY HEY WE'RE THE MANCHUS $400: We protected this handwriting art, though we'd only just gotten our own written language Calligraphy |
#2888, aired 1997-03-05 | ART CLASS $1,000 (Daily Double): Artist material seen here in a form that's been made for over 2,000 years ink |
#2829, aired 1996-12-12 | ARTS & CRAFTS $400: Used on watercolors, bookplates & documents, fraktur is a type of this stylized writing calligraphy |
#2636, aired 1996-02-05 | ANNUAL EVENTS $300: On Hangul. Korean Alphabet Day, children compete in this art of beautiful handwriting calligraphy |
#2463, aired 1995-04-26 | ARTISTS $200: This country's empress dowager Tz'u-hsi was known for the dramatic style of her painting & calligraphy China |
#1906, aired 1992-12-14 | HANDWRITING $600: This 10-letter word for the art of attractive writing has the name of a writing implement in it penmanship |
#1325, aired 1990-05-11 | ART $400: Greek for "beautiful writing", it's the art of beautiful handwriting Calligraphy |
#817, aired 1988-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600 (Daily Double): A treasure for its decoration & calligraphy, the medieval Irish Book of Kells contains these 4 biblical books the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John) |
#772, aired 1988-01-05 | IT'S GREEK TO ME $600: From the Greek for "narrow writtng", it's the art of shorthand stenography |
#602, aired 1987-03-31 | ART $800: Viewed in China as the highest & purest art, you can write about it while doing it calligraphy |
#518, aired 1986-12-03 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $400: To perform calligraphy correctly write right |
#440, aired 1986-05-16 | EXPERTS $600: Gianfrancesco Cresci & Edward Johnston are best known, not for what they wrote but this, their penmanship calligraphy |
#68, aired 1984-12-12 | ANCIENT WORLDS $400: The Chinese once regarded calligraphy as a branch of this art painting |