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Rembrandt 65 Pablo Picasso 65 Vincent Van Gogh 61 Michelangelo 59 Paul Gauguin 52 Andy Warhol 47 Claude Monet 43 Francisco Goya 35 Georgia O'Keeffe 34 Jackson Pollock 34 Auguste Rodin 32 Grandma Moses 31 Toulouse-Lautrec 28 El Greco 28 Jacques-Louis David 28 Diego Rivera 27 Peter Paul Rubens 26 Salvador Dali 26 Mary Cassatt 26 Marc Chagall 25 Thomas Gainsborough 24 Edgar Degas 24 Leonardo da Vinci 23 Andrew Wyeth 21 Grant Wood 21 Georges Seurat 21 Titian 20 Winslow Homer 20 Gilbert Stuart 20 Venice 19 Florence 19 Cubism 18 Alexander Calder 18 Raphael 17 Labor 17 Impressionism 17 Edvard Munch 17 the Treasury 16 the Last Supper 15 Frida Kahlo 15 Botticelli 15 Venus 14 Paris 14 James Whistler 14 Norman Rockwell 14 = 13 the Louvre 12 Marcel Duchamp 12 Roy Lichtenstein 12 Jan Vermeer 12 State 11 Art Nouveau 11 Amedeo Modigliani 11 Hans Holbein 11 Henri Matisse 11 Transportation 10 pop art 10 Jasper Johns 10 Agriculture 10 the Mona Lisa 10 John Constable 10 Remington 10 Hieronymus Bosch 10 Edward Hopper 10 a still life 10 lace 9 Australia 9 Renoir 9 the Renaissance 9 the ear 9 Woody Woodpecker 8 The Thinker 8 the Sistine Chapel 8 Surrealism 8 rococo 8 New York 8 Napoleon 8 Mexico 8 Justice 8 fresco 8 David Hockney 8 Christo 8 China 8 Chicago 8 a mosaic 8

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Rembrandt 65x 9.5% stumper $710 avg J:11 DJ:52 FJ:2
J $100 1991 Allan Jeayes played Dr. Tulp in the 1936 film about this Dutch artist
J $500 DD 1990 In addition to portraits of Nicholas Roots, Jan Six & an elephant, he did many of himself
J $1,000 DD 2021 Well-established in 1639, he paid the hefty price of 13,000 guilders for a house in Amsterdam that today houses his museum
Pablo Picasso 65x 11.1% stumper $649 avg J:9 DJ:54 FJ:2
J $200 2007 "Three Musicians","Guitar, Sheet Music & Wine Glass","Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"
DJ $800 2021 He painted "Lady with a Fan" during his Rose Period
DJ $1,100 DD 1995 Born in Malaga in 1881, he was the son of artist Jose Ruiz Blasco, but used his mother's maiden name
Vincent Van Gogh 61x 3.6% stumper $457 avg J:13 DJ:43 FJ:5
J $100 2001 Hooray! Dan Castellaneta's wild 1-man stage show named for this artist doesn't have "a single ear reference"
DJ $600 2000 "The Potato Eaters"
DJ $1,600 2003 He was living in Auvers-sur-Oise when, despairing & lonely, he shot himself in 1890
Michelangelo 59x 5.2% stumper $514 avg J:7 DJ:51 FJ:1
J $100 2001 Laszlo Toth took a hammer to his Pieta & Pietro Cannata took one to his David
DJ $600 1999 It's his neck-bending depiction of the prophet Jeremiah seen here:
J $1,000 DD 2014 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.) For "The Recruit" in 1966, Rockwell borrowed theposeof the football player from a sculpture of Giuliano de' Medici by this Florentine master
Paul Gauguin 52x 9.8% stumper $647 avg J:11 DJ:40 FJ:1
DJ $200 1998 In the 1870s, before he moved to Tahiti, he was strongly influenced by Camille Pissarro
DJ $600 1998 Take a look at the monitor players: French ex-patriate who painted the following in 1896
J $1,000 2021 While visiting van Gogh at Arles, this painter did his owntakeon "The Night Café" and Madame Ginoux all in one
Andy Warhol 47x 8.7% stumper $678 avg J:8 DJ:38 FJ:1
J $200 2007 This artist wasn't so fine & Andy on June 3, 1968 when he was shot by Valerie Solanas, of his own entourage
J $600 2024 Marilyn Monroe was a familiar subject of his, & his Factory Additions Print Shop featured her image as its first effort
J $1,000 DD 2013 In a 1972 documentary, he said, "Brigid's been doing my paintings for the last 3 years"
Claude Monet 43x 17.5% stumper $950 avg J:4 DJ:36 FJ:3
DJ $400 2018 This painter of "Water Lilies" met Renoir when the 2 were students in the same painter's studio
J $500 2000 This resident of Argenteuil painted "The Regatta at Argenteuil", seen here:
DJ $1,000 DD 2003 Visitors walk through an underground passage to get to this artist's beloved water garden at Giverny
Francisco Goya 35x 20.0% stumper $843 avg J:6 DJ:29
J $300 1992 The Bichon Frise was a favorite dog of this artist, though he may have preferred naked Majas
DJ $500 DD 1990 He also painted "Majas on a Balcony" & they had their clothes on
J $1,000 DD 2023 In 1786 this artist was appointed court painter to Spain's King Charles III
Georgia O'Keeffe 34x 9.1% stumper $939 avg J:6 DJ:27 FJ:1
DJ $200 DD 1999 Best known for her images of the Southwest, she was born in Wisconsin in November 1887
J $500 2001 This American woman scoffed at charges that her close-up paintings of flowers had sexual imagery
DJ $1,000 1998 In 1916 Alfred Stieglitz exhibited her paintings at 291, his NYC gallery; 8 years later he married her
Jackson Pollock 34x 12.1% stumper $873 avg J:6 DJ:27 FJ:1
DJ $400 2007 Helen Frankenthaler's "soak and stain" technique was inspired by this artist's drip paintings
DJ $800 2017 In 1964 his "Convergence", a collage of splattered colors, was made into a popular jigsaw puzzle
DJ $1,000 1996 After seeing this American's "drip" paintings, Helen Frankenthaler developed her innovative stain technique
Auguste Rodin 32x 9.4% stumper $656 avg J:7 DJ:25
DJ $200 1998 This "Thinker" sculptor was denied admission to the School of Fine Arts in Paris 3 times
DJ $800 2004 This French sculptor's first masterwork, a young male nude circa 1875, was later called "The Age of Bronze"
DJ $1,000 2000 Gerard Depardieu in "Camille Claudel"
Grandma Moses 31x 6.7% stumper $630 avg J:7 DJ:23 FJ:1
J $200 1999 Sculpted by Michelangelo around 1515, he's the Hebrew leader seen here
J $600 2002 The first set of the objectsseenherewas destroyed by this man
DJ $1,500 DD 2006 Born one year before the Civil War began, she died 101 years later during John F. Kennedy's administration
Toulouse-Lautrec 28x 7.1% stumper $661 avg J:9 DJ:19
J $200 2008 In 1891 he created his first of more than 30 posters, "Moulin Rouge--La Goulue"
J $600 2003 He lived for awhile at the Rue des Moulins bordello, & painted its ladies of the evening in their parlor
J $1,000 2003 French songstress Yvette Guilbert hated this cabaret habitue's depictions of her & called him "Little Monster"
El Greco 28x 10.7% stumper $1,096 avg J:6 DJ:22
DJ $200 1993 Although of Greek origin, this artist is best known by his Spanish name, which means "the Greek"
J $500 1991 In a 1966 film, Mel Ferrer played this 16th century Cretan known for his elongated figures
J $1,000 2005 Luis Tristan was a student of this artist, studying in his Toledo studio from 1603 to 1608
Jacques-Louis David 28x 28.6% stumper $936 avg J:6 DJ:22
DJ $200 1995 A painting by Rembrandt shows this biblical figure as a boy "Playing the Harp Before Saul"
J $800 2005 His 1812 painting of a notable historical figure isseen here
DJ $1,000 1996 After Napoleon's defeat in 1815, this neoclassical French artist went to Brussels, where he died in exile
Diego Rivera 27x $700 avg J:5 DJ:22
DJ $200 1996 In 1922 he painted his 1st major mural, "Creation", at the National Preparatory School in Mexico City
J $600 2009 Frida Kahlo married him in 1929; they divorced in 1939 & remarried in 1940
DJ $1,000 1995 Frida Kahlo, this Mexican artist's wife, created some 200 paintings, many of them self-portraits
Peter Paul Rubens 26x 60.0% stumper $1,032 avg J:2 DJ:23 FJ:1
DJ $200 1990 His father, Jan Rubens, was imprisoned for having an affair with William the Silent's wife
DJ $600 2001 He looks thin in the 1623 self-portrait seen here, unlike the fleshy women he often painted
DJ $1,000 DD 1998 Voluptuous women fill this Flemish artist's 1630 painting "The Garden Of Love"
Salvador Dali 26x 7.7% stumper $550 avg J:6 DJ:20
DJ $400 1999 Take a look: He once smashed a Fifth Avenue window to rearrange a display of his work
DJ $800 2006 The play "Lobster Alice" imagines this surrealist showing up at Disney to work on an animated film
DJ $2,000 DD 2017 Andre Breton called the art of this fellow 20th c. artist "the most hallucinatory known until now"
Mary Cassatt 26x 12.0% stumper $1,188 avg J:6 DJ:19 FJ:1
J $400 2003 While living in Parma, Italy, this American impressionist began painting babies, later her trademark
J $600 2018 "Girl Arranging Her Hair"from 1886 is by this female American impressionist
J $1,000 2012 This American female Impressionist modeled for many of Degas' works, including "At the Milliner's"
Marc Chagall 25x 26.1% stumper $1,400 avg J:5 DJ:18 FJ:2
J $400 2004 In 1966 this Russian painted a pair of large murals for the opening of NYC's Metropolitan Opera House
DJ $600 1998 His 1911 oil painting "I And The Village" depicted scenes of life in his native Vitebsk, Russia
J $1,000 2007 An art dealer forged this Belorussian-born French artist's "Rabbi et Torah", then sold the forgery & original
Thomas Gainsborough 24x 8.3% stumper $721 avg J:4 DJ:20
DJ $200 1994 Contrary to 18th century practice, this "Blue Boy" artist didn't hire a drapery man to help him
J $500 1993 This "Blue Boy" artist was a founding member of the Royal Academy
J $1,000 2024 The influence of Anthony van Dyck can been seen in the way this painter dressed the subject of"The Blue Boy"
Edgar Degas 24x 4.3% stumper $743 avg J:4 DJ:19 FJ:1
J $200 2008 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a famous painting on the monitor.) At first glance, you may not know that the 19th-century painting seen here was done by this artist until you notice theslippersnext to the horse
DJ $600 1987 Practicing by copying the Old Masters, he painted "Dancers Practicing at the Bar"
DJ $1,000 1986 As his eyesight failed, he turned to sculpting his dancers instead of painting them
Leonardo da Vinci 23x 18.2% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:19 FJ:1
DJ $200 1987 The Louvre, built for his patron, aptly houses this artist's most famous painting
DJ $800 2009 While living in Milan, he created a forced-air central heating system for a castle
DJ $1,000 1993 This artist's 1st major commission was "The Adoration of the Magi" for the monks of San Donato a Scopeto
Andrew Wyeth 21x 28.6% stumper $867 avg J:1 DJ:20
DJ $99 DD 1991 In 1963, this man from Chadds Ford, Penn., became the first painter to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
J $500 1996 In 1970 this "Christina's World" painter became the first living artist to have a White House exhibit
DJ $1,000 1995 This American painted his famous portrait of a crippled neighbor, "Christina's World", in 1948
Grant Wood 21x 22.2% stumper $1,083 avg J:4 DJ:14 FJ:3
DJ $400 2021 The style of this Iowan was mainly Midwestern regionalism, not "American Gothic"
J $800 2023 In the 1930s this Iowa native designed a mural called "Breaking the Prairie Sod" for Iowa State University
DJ $1,200 2026 Best known for his painting of a dour farm duo, he also did "Daughters of Revolution" seen here
Georges Seurat 21x 14.3% stumper $848 avg J:2 DJ:19
J $200 2022 "Gray Weather, Grand Jatte"tried to show nature's vivid outdoor clarity in all its nuances, according to this painter
J $600 2005 He's the French artist whose work is seen here, if you get our Pointillism
DJ $1,000 DD 1995 Camille Pissarro's work after 1884 was influenced by this pointillist's theory of optical mixture
Titian 20x 40.0% stumper $975 avg J:3 DJ:17
J $300 1999 One of the greatest painters of the Venetian school, this 16th century artist was born Tiziano Vecellio
DJ $600 1997 This Venetian master was born Tiziano Vecellio
J $1,000 2022 One of the most famous works of this Venetian master is simply known as "La Bella", "The Beautiful Woman"
Winslow Homer 20x 22.2% stumper $1,178 avg J:3 DJ:15 FJ:2
J $400 1988 His "Gulf Stream" depicts a forlorn black man on a broken-masted sailboat surrounded by sharks
DJ $800 2017 (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) In one of his Vatican palace frescoes, called "Parnassus", Raphael celebrated poets both ancient and more recent, with Apollo and the Musesin the center, and in the group here, Dante and Virgi...
J $1,000 2008 Painted in 1895, "Northeaster" is a well-known seascape by this American artist
Gilbert Stuart 20x 15.0% stumper $1,140 avg J:1 DJ:19
J $100 1991 This Rhode Islander painted portraits of our first six presidents
DJ $600 1998 His portraits of George Washington include Athenaeum, Vaughan & Landsdowne types
DJ $1,200 2003 He's the artist who painted the portrait seen here
Venice 19x 26.3% stumper $600 avg J:5 DJ:14
J $100 1999 Canaletto was noted for his vedute, or views, of this canal city, his birthplace
J $500 1988 Titian has been called "The greatest master" of the School of Art based in this Italian city
J $1,000 2022 Landscape painter J.M.W. Turner based the painting seenhereon a visit he made to this city
Florence 19x 10.5% stumper $816 avg J:4 DJ:15
J $200 2022 The largestdomesince antiquity was constructed in the 1430s by the architect Brunelleschi in this city
J $500 2000 Giotto's teacher, Cimabue, painted the "Madonna in Majesty", seen here, in this city:
J $1,000 DD 2003 This city was the birthplace of the Renaissance & of Renaissance painter Botticelli
Cubism 18x 22.2% stumper $633 avg J:4 DJ:14
J $200 2018 "Visual arts style of the 20th century that was created principally by... Picasso and Georges Braque"
J $500 1988 Painting style used in Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", influenced by African tribal art
DJ $1,000 1988 1-word term for style in which Braque indicated full solidity of a structure on a painting's surface
Alexander Calder 18x 22.2% stumper $1,267 avg J:4 DJ:14
DJ $400 1995 His last work was a huge red & black mobile now hanging in the National Gallery of Art's East Wing
DJ $600 1997 Famous for his mobiles, he painted a DC-8 in 1973 & a 727 in 1975
J $1,000 2022 Piet Mondrian "saw my line quiver", said this sculptor; inspired, he began to make mobiles, whole pieces that quiver
Raphael 17x 52.9% stumper $1,153 avg DJ:17
DJ $600 1987 Early 16th c. Italian artist whose Madonnas set the standard for future generations
DJ $1,000 DD 2011 Sanzio is the last name of this master of the Italian High Renaissance known for his Madonnas
DJ $800 2024 The"Mond Crucifixion"by this angelic Italian Renaissance artist was painted around 1502 when he was only 19
Labor 17x 17.6% stumper $671 avg J:14 DJ:3
J $200 2015 In 2011-12 a woman having triplets went through this for 75 days & had to lie nearly upside down for more than 10 weeks
J $600 2023 William Willard Wirtz won workers' well-wishes
J $1,000 2009 Childbirth
Impressionism 17x 12.5% stumper $950 avg J:2 DJ:14 FJ:1
DJ $200 2001 Gauguin collected art by painters of this movement, like Pissarro & Monet & exhibited with them from 1880 to 1882
J $600 2011 In 1874 art critic Louis Leroy coined this term for the movement that included Monet & Pissarro
DJ $1,000 1987 Though English, John Constable & J.M.W. Turner were forerunners of this French movement
Edvard Munch 17x 11.8% stumper $882 avg J:4 DJ:13
J $400 2018 He "felt and heard a 'scream throughout nature'"
DJ $800 2026 In Oslo you can look at "The Kiss", an 1897 painting by this man in which the lovers' faces meld into one
DJ $1,200 2007 I'll scream with delight if you identify this man's Madonnaseen here
the Treasury 16x 6.2% stumper $581 avg J:12 DJ:4
J $200 2008 The Internal Revenue Service
J $600 2003 The Federal Financing Bank
DJ $1,200 2009 Alexander Hamilton, Lloyd Bentsen, George Shultz
the Last Supper 15x 7.1% stumper $586 avg J:3 DJ:11 FJ:1
J $100 2000 It's the restored masterpiece seen here:
DJ $600 1991 Tintoretto painted this biblical meal for the church of San Giorgio Maggiore
DJ $3,000 DD 2022 It was Leonardo da Vinci's patron Ludovico Sforza who commissioned this work painted on the wall of a monastery in Milan
Frida Kahlo 15x 8.3% stumper $833 avg J:8 DJ:4 FJ:3
J $200 2022 Her self-portrait titled "Diego & I" sold for $34.9 million at a 2021 auction, a record for her
J $600 2008 Christianity & Aztec ritual inspired the thorn necklace worn by this Latina woman in a masochistic 1940 self-portrait
J $1,000 DD 2003 In July 1954 her coffin was draped with a hammer & sickle flag while lying in state in Mexico's Palace of Fine Arts
Botticelli 15x 13.3% stumper $1,027 avg J:3 DJ:12
J $300 1998 Renaissance master who painted the goddess seen here:
DJ $600 1996 His "Birth of Venus" was painted for the Medici villa at Castello, Italy
J $1,000 2023 This "Birth of Venus" painter also did illustrations for written works like the "Map of Hell" for Dante's "Divine Comedy"
Venus 14x $521 avg J:5 DJ:9
J $200 2007 Titian must have loved this Roman goddess: he painted her with a lute player & with Adonis
J $600 2013 In Botticelli's "Birth of" her, the west wind is blowing the goddess toward us
DJ $1,200 2008 Giorgione never finished his painting of this Roman love goddess sleeping, so Titian did it for him
Paris 14x 7.1% stumper $450 avg J:4 DJ:10
DJ $200 2001 The famous Gustave Caillebotte painting seenheredepicts this city on a rainy day
J $600 2020 Earth Day reminds us that in 2020 nations are expected to bump climate change commitments to the agreement of 2015 made in this city
DJ $2,500 DD 2013 The character "judgement of" this second son of Priam was that he was a coward during the Trojan War
James Whistler 14x 23.1% stumper $1,754 avg J:2 DJ:11 FJ:1
J $400 2021 In the 1860s, after this American artist settled in England, his mother moved in with him & sat for his most famous painting
DJ $800 2009 If you can't remember the name of this painter, just put your lips together and blow
J $1,000 2017 7,494 feet, the Inuit symbol seenhereon Blackcomb Mountain at this British Columbia ski resort
Norman Rockwell 14x 7.7% stumper $538 avg J:5 DJ:8 FJ:1
DJ $200 1994 Saturday Evening Post artist whose 1960 autobiography was titled "My Adventures as an Illustrator"
DJ $600 1993 This Saturday Evening Post illustrator's portrait of Nixon hangs in the National Portrait Gallery
DJ $1,200 2025 In 2008 this Saturday Evening Post icon became Massachusetts' official state artist
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the Louvre 12x $408 avg J:2 DJ:10
DJ $200 2001 When the Musee D'Orsay opened in 1986, some of its oldest works came from this museum established in 1793
DJ $1,600 2003 Maurice de Vlaminck of the Fauvist Movement bragged of never entering this place on the Seine's right bank
J $200 1997 Delacroix' dramatic historical painting of the "Massacre At Chios" is in this Paris museum
Marcel Duchamp 12x 50.0% stumper $1,200 avg J:3 DJ:9
J $400 2000 1911:"Nude Descending a Staircase"
J $800 2007 "Bicycle Wheel","Fountain","Nude Descending a Staircase"
DJ $1,000 DD 1994 This creator of "Nude Descending a Staircase" devoted the last 40 years of his life largely to chess
Roy Lichtenstein 12x 41.7% stumper $1,267 avg J:1 DJ:11
DJ $800 2006 The pop art stylings of this artist are exemplified by his "Nurse", seen here
J $1,000 DD 1998 Known for such works as "Blam!", he drew maps for the U.S. Army in Europe during WWII
DJ $1,000 1997 This pop artist of comics-inspired images was awarded the National Medal of Art in 1995
Jan Vermeer 12x 25.0% stumper $1,233 avg J:2 DJ:10
J $400 2012 This Dutch master served as chairman of the Delft Artists' Guild from 1662-63 & 1670-71
DJ $600 1990 His art sold well, but this Delft painter produced few works & died broke
J $1,000 2011 Colin Firth painted the title work as this artist in "Girl with a Pearl Earring"
State 11x 9.1% stumper $500 avg J:6 DJ:5
J $100 2000 TASTE
J $600 2021 Office of the U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues
DJ $1,200 2006 A person's condition or disposition
Art Nouveau 11x 27.3% stumper $645 avg J:1 DJ:10
DJ $200 1990 This "new" art style was popular in France just before art deco
DJ $600 1997 Nymph motifs & whiplash curves are characteristic of this "new art" style popular around 1900
DJ $1,000 1998 The name of this art style is derived from a Paris shop opened in the 1890s by dealer Siegfried Bing
Amedeo Modigliani 11x 36.4% stumper $1,500 avg J:2 DJ:9
J $600 2005 Thisinfluential Italian also worked in sculpture
DJ $1,000 1996 This Italian painted a characteristically elongated self-portrait in 1919, shortly before his death
DJ $600 1994 Constantin Brancusi was a major influence on this Italian known for his long-necked portraits
Hans Holbein 11x 18.2% stumper $1,036 avg DJ:11
DJ $600 1995 This "Younger" artist's portrait of Henry VIII & Jane Seymour was destroyed by fire in 1698
DJ $1,000 1997 This "Younger" German's 1540 portrait of England's Henry VIII is in Rome's Galleria Nazionale
DJ $600 1991 1 of this German’s first commissions when he moved to England was to paint the family of Sir Thomas More
Henri Matisse 11x 54.5% stumper $1,218 avg J:2 DJ:9
DJ $400 1999 "The Dance", also the title of the work seen here, was one of this artist's favorite scenes:
J $800 2008 From 1948 to 1951, this Fauvist designed & decorated the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence, France
J $1,200 DD 2009 This "Joy of Life" Fauvist studied law, but turned to painting when recuperating from an operation (Good choice!)
Transportation 10x $480 avg J:8 DJ:2
J $100 1999 The Federal Aviation Administration
J $500 2000 TO TRAP ON TRAINS
DJ $1,600 2006 Dealing with railroads & aviation:House Committee on ___ & Infrastructure
pop art 10x 11.1% stumper $889 avg DJ:9 FJ:1
DJ $200 1992 Jasper Johns has been called the father of this type of art whose name also means "father"
DJ $600 1997 Fathers of this modern style include Claes Oldenburg, George Segal & Roy Lichtenstein
DJ $1,600 2007 The name is this art style that emerged in the late 1950s comes from its use of a certain type of "culture"
Jasper Johns 10x 60.0% stumper $1,310 avg J:1 DJ:9
J $500 1988 Sold for $4.2 million on May 3, 1988, "Diver", by this painter, set the record for a work by a living artist
DJ $1,000 1996 In the 1950s, along with flags, he painted targets, numerals & letters of the alphabet
DJ $800 1989 When his "False Start" sold in Nov. '88 for $17 million, it set a record for a living artist
Agriculture 10x 40.0% stumper $780 avg J:9 DJ:1
J $200 2023 The Farm Service Agency
J $600 2025 The Food Safety & Inspection Service, if you're into your food being safe to eat & stuff
J $1,000 2016 J. Sterling Morton, Earl Butz, Mike Espy
the Mona Lisa 10x $360 avg J:3 DJ:7
J $200 2015 A portion of this painting is on the jacket of the hardcover edition of "The Da Vinci Code"
DJ $1,200 2012 Her "hesitating smile which held my youth in tether has come to seem but a grimace"
J $200 2011 Begun in 1503, it's been called "the most famous portrait in art history"
John Constable 10x 60.0% stumper $1,360 avg J:3 DJ:7
J $400 2010 In Britain the last name of this British painter (1776-1837) means "police officer"
DJ $800 1997 "The Hay Wain" helped this British landscape artist win a gold medal at the Paris Salon of 1824
J $1,000 2018 This English landscape painter's 1816-1817 work"Flatford Mill"demonstrates his distinctive use ofclouds & sky
Remington 10x 10.0% stumper $1,050 avg J:2 DJ:8
DJ $400 2006 This artist's museum sells a full-sizereproductionof hisbronze"Coming Through the Rye" for a mere $5000
J $500 1988 He was a football player & boxer at Yale before he started sculpting cowboys
DJ $1,000 1988 "You furnish the pictures & I'll furnish the war," Hearst wired this Western artist in Cuba
Hieronymus Bosch 10x $1,150 avg J:3 DJ:7
J $500 1998 A detail of a triptych by this 15th century Dutchman is seen here:
DJ $1,000 DD 1996 The central panel of his "The Garden of Earthly Delights" portrays lust in all its forms
DJ $1,000 1994 Washington's National Gallery has "Death and the Miser" by this "Garden of Earthly Delights" painter
Edward Hopper 10x 10.0% stumper $1,120 avg J:1 DJ:9
DJ $400 1991 Of Hedda Hopper, Dennis Hopper or Edward Hopper, the one who painted "Nighthawks"
DJ $800 2015 In his "Nighthawks", he modeled the 2 male diners on himself & the female diner on his wife
DJ $1,000 2000 Asked if there was any "social content" in his work, this "Nighthawks" artist replied, "None whatsoever"
a still life 10x 10.0% stumper $500 avg J:2 DJ:8
DJ $200 1992 It's the two-word term for a painting of small, inanimate objects such as flowers or fruit
DJ $800 2024 Barely leaving Bologna, Giorgio Morandi did paintings of bottles & jugs, many simply called natura morta, Italian for this
DJ $1,200 2019 A masterpiece of this type of painting is Francisco de Zurbaran's "With Lemons, Oranges and a Rose"
lace 9x $511 avg J:4 DJ:5
J $200 1991 Made originally in the 1700s, Valenciennes is a bobbin or pillow type of this delicate openwork fabric
J $500 1994 The pillow type of this made in the town of Chantilly was usually black; white wasn't as common
J $300 1991 Alencon is a needlepoint type of this delicate openwork fabric
Australia 9x 22.2% stumper $689 avg J:1 DJ:8
DJ $200 1995 Albert Namatjira, an Aboriginal artist, was known for his watercolor landscapes of this country
DJ $600 1998 The melodic instrument of this country's native people is the didjeridu
DJ $1,000 1993 MacArthur was in this country when he announced he would return to the Philippines
Renoir 9x 11.1% stumper $1,411 avg DJ:9
DJ $400 2010 Thiscolorful guy always left me with a great Impression
DJ $800 1994 This French impressionist's future wife appears in his 1881 work "The Luncheon of the Boating Party"
DJ $1,200 2008 "Luncheon of the Boating Party" was an impressive 1881 work by this Impressionist
the Renaissance 9x $456 avg J:2 DJ:7
DJ $400 2009 Giotto's realistic technique revolutionized painting & was a strong influence on this art era of the 1400s
J $500 1988 All of the artists mentioned above created their works during the period known as this
DJ $400 2005 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue in front of a projected slide of a painting.) Theclassical ruinsin Montagna's St. Sebastian typify this movement's discovery of ancient culture
the ear 9x 11.1% stumper $822 avg J:5 DJ:4
J $200 2016 Pleasant music:____ candy
DJ $600 1997 The visible outer portion of this organ is called the pinna or auricle
J $1,000 2011 Auris
Woody Woodpecker 8x 14.3% stumper $686 avg J:7 FJ:1
J $200 1993 This red-headed Walter Lantz cartoon character is Los Angeles County's official recycling mascot
J $500 DD 1997 Character whose theme song is heard here:
J $2,000 DD 1984 Thissound is his trademark:
The Thinker 8x $450 avg J:3 DJ:5
J $200 2024 Rodin's "The Gates of Hell" includes in the upper portion this sculpture that depicts a seated figure
DJ $800 2023 Cast in bronze in 1904, this 6-foot naked dude is seriously going over stuff in his head in the gardens of a Paris museum
J $200 2022 Here's something to ponder... purchased as a gift to Paris, this Rodin sculpture was placed outside the Panthéon in 1906
the Sistine Chapel 8x $338 avg J:1 DJ:7
J $100 1991 Sometime between 1508 & 1512 Michelangelo painted a drunk Noah on its ceiling
DJ $600 1996 In 1481 Botticelli led a group of painters in frescoing this newly erected Vatican chapel
DJ $200 1998 "God Separating the Light from Darkness" is one of the major scenes Michelangelo painted here
Surrealism 8x 25.0% stumper $1,375 avg J:2 DJ:6
J $200 2015 In 1924 poet Andre Breton published a manifesto of this movement that joined the dream world with the everyday
DJ $600 1993 Giorgio de Chirico's art prefigured this hallucinatory style typified by Salvador Dali
J $1,000 DD 2022 A new exhibit, this movement "Beyond Borders" has a 1936 work showing high heels & a rosary tangled in what looks like fish nets
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DJ $600 1999 Fragonard was an 18th C. exponent of this style whose name is related to barocco, Italian for "Baroque"
J $1,000 DD 2012 This term can refer to a style of art or design or to a highly ornamental style of music of the late 18th century
J $800 2015 This delicate style that evolved from the Baroque is linked in France with Louis XV (1710-1774)
New York 8x 25.0% stumper $550 avg J:3 DJ:5
J $200 2017 The eastern region of the Actors' Equity Association:this state
DJ $800 1994 Around 1908 the group known as the Ashcan school rose to prominence in this U.S. metropolis
J $1,000 2015 UNITE here (UNITE=Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees)
Napoleon 8x $412 avg J:4 DJ:4
J $100 1999 This emperor fooled around with a Polish countess while he was still married to Josephine
DJ $800 1991 Antonio Canova's nude model of this emperor is in the Wellington Museum in London
DJ $1,200 2001 Seen here is Antonio Canova's statue of this French emperor's scandalous sister Pauline
Mexico 8x $338 avg J:2 DJ:6
J $100 1988 Diego Rivera led the great mural painting movement that flourished in this country after 1920
DJ $600 1992 Jose Orozco, a colleague of Diego Rivera, was one of this country's greatest muralists
J $200 2003 Frida Kahlo, born to a Spanish-Native American mother & a Jewish father, hailed from this country
Justice 8x 25.0% stumper $1,038 avg J:5 DJ:3
J $200 2006 ICE JUTS
J $600 2009 Due process
DJ $1,200 2013 The U.S. Marshals Service
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DJ $200 1995 Giotto di Bondone was one of the great masters of this painting form done on wet plaster
DJ $600 1996 The final layer of plaster prepared for this type of wall painting is called intonaco
J $1,000 DD 2015 It's the Italian term for a mural technique using water-based paint on lime plaster; the Sistine Chapel has examples
David Hockney 8x 85.7% stumper $1,200 avg J:1 DJ:6 FJ:1
J $600 2004 In this Brit's etching "Myself and My Heroes", he pictured himself with Walt Whitman & Mahatma Gandhi
DJ $1,000 2001 This contemporary Brit has long been in the swim with paintings such as "Peter Getting Out of Nick's Pool"
FJ 2017 Raised in industrial Yorkshire, he moved to L.A. in 1964 & thought, "This is the place to be--in the land of swimming pools"
Christo 8x 25.0% stumper $1,275 avg J:1 DJ:7
DJ $800 1997 Javacheff is the last name of this Bulgarian-born "wrap" artist
J $1,000 2008 This "wrap" artist & his wife Jeanne-Claude used more than 1 million square feet of fabric to wrap the Reichstag
DJ $1,000 1996 In 1983 he skirted 11 islands in Biscayne Bay with sheets of pink plastic
China 8x $188 avg J:1 DJ:7
J $100 1997 The artists known as The Four Wangs rose to prominence under this country's Ch'ing Dynasty
DJ $200 1997 Li Kung-lin was noted for his paintings in ink created during this country's Sung Dynasty
DJ $200 1996 Bronze vessels with animal motifs typify this country's Shang Dynasty sculptures
Chicago 8x $1,486 avg J:2 DJ:5 FJ:1
J $400 2023 This city-Naperville-Elgin
J $600 2002 A devastating forest fire swept through Peshtigo, Wisconsin on the very same day in 1871 as this city's "Great" fire
DJ $1,000 1985 This American city's Art Institute is home to "American Gothic" by Grant Wood
a mosaic 8x 12.5% stumper $862 avg J:2 DJ:6
DJ $400 1988 Tesserae are the small cubes or shaped pieces held in place by plaster, cement or putty in one of these
J $600 2004 Thistypeof picture takes its name from a medieval term for decorations of shrines to the muses
DJ $1,600 2016 Roman ceilings, walls & floors displayed this type of art made of bits of material; you can walk on fine examples in Ostia
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wind 7x $657 avg J:7
J $300 1997 From "calm" to "hurricane", the Beaufort scale measures the strength of this
J $600 2005 The one with a heteronym
J $1,000 2005 Boreas was a Greek god of this
watercolor 7x 14.3% stumper $686 avg J:3 DJ:4
J $100 1987 An aquarelle work uses this type of aqueous paint
J $600 2012 Aquarelle is a transparent, rather than opaque, type of this painting, as seen in Paul Klee's work "Quarry"
DJ $2,000 2016 The 2 major types of this painting are transparent & gouache, an opaque style
The Scream 7x $857 avg J:2 DJ:5
J $200 2023 The Munch Museum says this painting's motif was probably inspired by a stroll the artist took in 1891 as the sun set over Oslo Fjord
DJ $800 2024 In Norwegian this 1893 painting is known as "Skrik"
J $1,000 DD 2007 A note said "Thanks for the poor security" after this painting was stolen during the Lillehammer Olympics in 1994
the Netherlands 7x $600 avg J:2 DJ:5
J $200 2016 In spring, you can tiptoe through thetulipsat the Keukenhof Gardens in this country
DJ $600 1995 Piet Mondrian was one of the contributors to this Low Country's arts review "De Stijl"
J $400 2007 In 1618 Descartes was in the army of Prince Maurice of Nassau, the ruler of what's now this Low Country
Spain 7x 14.3% stumper $543 avg DJ:7
DJ $200 1991 In the 17th century, Velazquez was one of this country's most important painters
DJ $800 2015 The lesser known St. Roderick of Cordobaisdepictedby one of this country's great 17th-century artists
DJ $1,000 1991 Napoleon appointed his brother Joseph king of Naples in 1806 & king of this country in 1808
Paul Revere 7x $343 avg J:2 DJ:5
J $200 2023 Here's this silversmith, a teapot in hand, in a portrait by John Singleton Copley
J $600 2014 (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.) What was once the family's dining room has an early American theme with square-backed chairs from around 1800 in the federal style &tankardsby this Boston patriot & si...
DJ $200 2000 One of the few portraits of colonial craftsmen is Copley's painting of this silversmith
London 7x $329 avg J:2 DJ:5
J $100 1999 Sir John Soane had a 3-day party after buying Seti I's sarcophagus for his home in this British capital
DJ $600 1995 In the 1750s Battersea Enamelware was made at York House in the Battersea district of this city
DJ $200 1996 One of Augustus John's portraits of T.E. Lawrence is in the collection of this city's Tate Gallery
John the Baptist 7x 28.6% stumper $1,414 avg J:2 DJ:5
J $100 1993 Raphael's "Alba Madonna" features a baby Jesus & this baby Baptist
DJ $600 1987 When Herodias' daughter danced at Herod's birthday party, he lost his head
DJ $1,600 2014 In the 1400s Giovanni di Paolo painted this saint "Entering the Wilderness"
Henri Rousseau 7x 71.4% stumper $1,514 avg J:2 DJ:5
J $300 1987 Among his paintings are "The Hungry Lion", "The Sleeping Gypsy" & "The Repast of the Lion"
J $800 2015 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) A self-taught late bloomer who only began to paint seriously in his 40s, this French artist earned the admiration of avant-garde artists with what is often called hisnaive style
DJ $1,000 1994 This Frenchman's 1910 painting "Tropical Forest with Monkeys" typifies his wild, primitive style
Edouard Manet 7x 57.1% stumper $1,000 avg DJ:7
DJ $400 1997 His father, Auguste Manet, worked for the Ministry of Justice & wanted him to become a lawyer
DJ $800 DD 1999 Shortly after his "Luncheon", this impressionist exhibited the nude seen here:
DJ $1,000 1988 A critic called this artist's "Olympia" "obviously naked rather than conventionally nude"
earth 7x $686 avg J:6 DJ:1
J $200 2002 If you're practical & realistic, you're "down-to-" this
J $800 2005 Shoe with what's termed a "negative heel"
J $1,000 2015 Aridisol
Avalon 7x 28.6% stumper $1,143 avg J:4 DJ:3
DJ $200 1986 Glastonbury, England, called "Insula Avalonia" by the Romans, is said to be this Arthurian isle
J $1,000 2012 The Somerset town of Glastonbury claims to be this fabled isle, the final resting place of King Arthur
J $300 1990 After a battle with Mordred, the mortally wounded Arthur was taken to this isle
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DJ $200 1996 This style that followed Art Nouveau is also called Jazz Modern or Moderne
DJ $600 1985 King Tut’s tomb door, an oriental ballet, & Cubism led to this art style of the ’20s
DJ $1,200 2021 Thissleek style is better known in architecture, but was used in painting, as in Tamara de Lempicka's 1929 self portrait
American Gothic 7x $383 avg J:2 DJ:4 FJ:1
J $200 2010 Dentist Byron McKeeby of Cedar Rapids, Iowa was immortalized in this 1930 painting along with the artist's sister
DJ $600 1986 Grant Wood's sister & the family dentist posed as the two rustics in this famous painting
FJ 2017 Perhaps bought from a Sears catalog, a window for an 1880s farmhouse inspired the name of this 1930 painting
William Hogarth 7x 42.9% stumper $1,071 avg DJ:7
DJ $800 1991 This English satirist & engraver painted a scene from "The Beggar's Opera" in 1728
DJ $1,000 1997 He became wealthy by selling engravings of his works such as "A Rake's Progress"
DJ $1,000 1991 His first notable series of prints, "A Harlot's Progress", was followed up by "A Rake's Progress"
George Sand 7x $743 avg J:3 DJ:4
DJ $200 1987 Guinness says the longest sculpture in this medium was an 8,498' train made at Virginia Beach
J $600 2021 A type of bunker, what it's filled with or the type of wedge you use to escape it
DJ $1,600 2016 The Navajo are known for this type of painting used in healing rites; colors are made by grinding stones from cliffs
the Interior 7x $757 avg J:5 DJ:2
J $400 2013 The Fish & Wildlife service
J $600 2020 The Bureau of Land Management
DJ $1,200 2002 "Insider" Harold Ickes was FDR's only Secretary of this
an adverb 7x 42.9% stumper $1,029 avg J:6 DJ:1
J $800 2016 Anyway, anyhow, anywhere, those 3 words are this part of speech
J $1,000 2017 The horrible realization struck Melvin far too late:too
J $1,000 2017 "If you really need me, just reach out & touch me, come on sugar, let me know": just
Édouard Manet 6x 100.0% stumper $1,000 avg J:2 DJ:4
J $400 1988 This Impressionist's "Luncheon on the Grass", showing a nude woman picnicking w/2 men, shocked 1863 Paris
DJ $600 1991 "Luncheon on the Grass"
DJ $1,000 1987 French artist who broke with the realists, he caused a scandal in 1865 with his "Olympia"
Tintoretto 6x 50.0% stumper $1,100 avg J:1 DJ:5
J $800 2022 Born Jacopo Robusti, this painter of biblical subjects like "Susanna & the Elders" had a name meaning "little dyer"
DJ $1,000 1998 Jacopo Robusti became known by this name because his father was a dyer, or tintore
DJ $800 1995 Jacopo Robusti was nicknamed this because his father was a dyer or "tintore"
the Venus de Milo 6x $483 avg J:3 DJ:3
J $100 1991 This statue of a goddess was found in 1820 with pieces of her arms but they later disappeared
J $600 2018 "Though it was reconstructed to a standing posture, the statue's arms were never found"
DJ $200 1986 This statue was 1st found in 1820, along with pieces of her arms
The Night Watch 6x 16.7% stumper $833 avg J:2 DJ:4
J $200 2019 This popular name for Rembrandt's 1642 portrait of a militia group is a result of its old darkened varnish, now cleaned off
J $1,000 2015 This 1642 masterpiece by Rembrandt portrays members of an Amsterdam civic militia company
DJ $400 2025 Thick varnish was the reason for this byname of Rembrandt's 1642 painting of a militia company
the Magi 6x $367 avg J:1 DJ:5
J $200 2020 An anonymous painter is known as "The Master of the Prado Adoration of" this trio
DJ $600 1994 Leonardo da Vinci & Albrecht Durer were among many artists who painted "The Adoration of" this trio
DJ $200 1987 Their "Adoration" was title subject of both da Fabriano & da Vinci
The Blue Boy 6x $767 avg DJ:6
DJ $400 2006 Jonathan Buttall is the young man in this "colorful" work by Thomas Gainsborough
DJ $800 1993 In the Huntington Art Gallery, Thomas Lawrence's "Pinkie" faces this male child painted by Gainsborough
DJ $1,000 1989 Master Jonathan Buttall is the subject of this 1770 portrait by Thomas Gainsborough
Spring 6x $417 avg J:3 DJ:3
J $200 2012 A time of year, or a stream of water
J $500 1999 Season represented in the masterpiece seen here:
DJ $400 2000 Also meaning the main cause, the "main" one of these is found in clocks
Speedy Gonzales 6x $700 avg J:5 DJ:1
J $300 1995 This "fastest mouse" made his debut in 1953's "Cat-Tails for Two"
J $600 2023 Gabriel Iglesias voiced this "fastest mouse in all of Mexico" in "Space Jam: A New Legacy"
DJ $2,000 2001 1957:"Tabasco Road"
salt 6x 16.7% stumper $317 avg J:2 DJ:4
J $100 1986 The amount of this substance in solution in the seas has been estimated at 56.000 million million tons
DJ $200 1995 Cellini's only major surviving work as a goldsmith is a magnificent container for this seasoning
DJ $400 2021 In haloclasty the weathering of a substance is caused by crystals of this
Porky Pig 6x 40.0% stumper $340 avg J:5 FJ:1
J $100 1992 "Th-th-that's all, folks"
J $500 1994 In 1958's "Robin Hood Daffy", he played Friar Tuck
FJ 2006 The 1935 cartoon "I Haven't Got a Hat" was the first of many cartoons that paired him with a cat named Beans
Homeland Security 6x 20.0% stumper $600 avg J:5 FJ:1
J $200 2025 Managing the Federal Emergency Management Agency
J $800 2023 Janet Napolitano, who as president of the University of California later sued this department over its treatment of "dreamers"
J $1,000 DD 2011 The Directorate for Management, The Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Henry Moore 6x 50.0% stumper $1,300 avg J:1 DJ:5
J $800 2007 Using a crane & a truck, thieves stole "Reclining Nude" by this English sculptor
DJ $1,000 DD 1997 The Bronze Family Group sculpted by this Englishman in the 1940s is in the Museum of Modern Art
DJ $1,000 1996 You can see this British sculptor's "Reclining Mother and Child" at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
Guinevere 6x $350 avg J:4 DJ:2
J $100 1987 Lancelot's lover
J $800 2012 "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" is one of her songs in the version of the tale by Lerner of New York & Loewe of Berlin
J $200 2013 In Arthurian legend, she's King Arthur's wife; some versions say it was her dad who gave Arthur the Round Table
etching 6x $383 avg J:2 DJ:4
J $300 1991 Rembrandt made his by using acid on a metal plate, then printing onto paper
DJ $400 2003 In addition to his portrait work, Rembrandt was also a master of this form that required acid
DJ $400 2002 Rembrandt turned this engraving method involving acid into an art form
Energy 6x 16.7% stumper $967 avg J:5 DJ:1
J $200 2009 Vigor
J $600 2006 GREENY
J $1,000 2025 Deploying the Grid Deployment Office
Education 6x 16.7% stumper $800 avg J:5 DJ:1
DJ $400 2006 Instruction
J $800 2016 Shirley Hufstedler, William Bennett, Margaret Spellings
J $1,000 2015 Arne Duncan is its secretary
Dante 6x $1,480 avg J:1 DJ:4 FJ:1
DJ $400 1995 In 1822 Delacroix painted a dramatic picture of this "Divine Comedy" author & Virgil in Hell
DJ $800 2015 Rodin's sculpture of "The Kiss" depicts a pair of adulterous lovers from this poet's "Inferno"
DJ $5,000 DD 2022 Rodin's sculpture "The Thinker" was originally conceived as a representation of this poet gazing at the gates of hell
Daniel 6x 33.3% stumper $733 avg J:1 DJ:5
J $200 2006 "They brought" this Old Testament man, "and cast him into the den of lions"
DJ $800 2010 The National Gallery has a Rubens of this Old Testament prophet in the lions' den
DJ $1,000 DD 2014 The Rembrandt paintingseenheredepicts a story from this Old Testament book
Currier & Ives 6x $867 avg DJ:6
DJ $600 1991 This famous pair of 19th century printmakers is mentioned in the song "Sleigh Ride"
DJ $1,200 2011 Louis Maurer was the horse-drawing specialist in the stable of artists of this 19th century printmaking duo
DJ $600 1985 This firm of lithographers published more than 4,000 different pictures of 19th c. America
Commerce 6x 33.3% stumper $833 avg J:5 DJ:1
J $400 2015 A large-scale interchange of goods
J $800 2023 The Patent & Trademark Office
J $1,000 2021 U.S. Census Bureau
charcoal 6x 16.7% stumper $633 avg J:1 DJ:5
DJ $400 2008 Carbonaceous drawing stick(8)
J $600 2010 Art Kleinman's "Attitude" is done with oil paint, wax, & this type of drawing stick made from partially burned wood
DJ $400 1997 Carbonizing willow twigs produces sticks of this drawing material
California 6x $700 avg J:3 DJ:3
J $200 2015 The Screen Actors Guild-AFTRA
J $600 2014 Hey, it's John Muir, so it's gotta be this state
DJ $1,200 2013 Loretta Sanchez became a Democrat & beat Bob Dornan to become a congresswoman from this state
Audubon 6x $217 avg J:1 DJ:5
J $100 1993 Some descendants of this bird artist claimed he was the lost Dauphin of France
DJ $200 1995 This creator of "The Birds of America" studied under Jacques-Louis David
DJ $200 1994 His original art for "The Birds of America" is at the New York Historical Society
Arthur Ashe 6x $533 avg J:4 DJ:2
J $200 2007 This legendary tennis player's memoir "Days of Grace" was published in 1993, after his death
J $600 2014 He attended UCLA on a tennis scholarship & in 1965 won the U.S. collegiate men's singles title
DJ $1,200 2002 He retired from tennis in 1980 & became a social activist for AIDS research
a triptych 6x $567 avg J:2 DJ:4
J $200 1995 An altarpiece composed of 2 main panels is called a diptych; if it has 3 main panels, it's called this
J $800 2020 The painter now known as Robert Campin was once called "The Master of the Mérode" this 3-piece work
DJ $400 2018 This word for an artwork made of 3 panels comes from the Greek for "three tablets"
Samuel Morse 6x 16.7% stumper $933 avg DJ:6
DJ $400 1987 In 1826, this painter helped found the Nat'l Academy of Design, years before perfecting the telegraph
DJ $800 1992 "The Gallery of the Louvre" by this telegraph pioneer sold for $3.25 million in 1982
DJ $1,600 2025 In 1821, he worked 14 hours a day for months on apaintingof the House of Representatives; few cared, & he turned to an inventing career
a collage 6x $533 avg J:1 DJ:5
DJ $400 2016 From the French for "to glue", it's the form of art in which pieces of paper or other materials are glued to a canvas
DJ $800 2008 When it uses photographs, this method of sticking various images on one surface is called "photomontage"
DJ $800 2005 As in the workseen here, this technique often includes photographs
Yogi Bear 5x $300 avg J:5
J $200 1992 "I'm smarter than the average bear"
J $200 1987 After stealing the show on "Huckleberry Hound", this picnic basket thief got his own series
J $300 1997 "He will sleep 'til noon, but before it's dark, he'll have ev'ry picnic basket that's in Jellystone Park"
Washington 5x $420 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $100 1988 The Zeuslike, seminude statue of this president graces the Smithsonian
DJ $1,200 2019 Band name inspiration "A Sound Garden"
J $200 2011 A salmon breaching the water in front of Mount Rainier
the lungs 5x $520 avg J:1 DJ:4
J $200 2017 Asthma
DJ $800 2020 Pulmonary refers to these
DJ $400 2007 The left side of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body; the right side picks it up from these organs
the Green Party 5x $720 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $400 2006 In 2000 its 97,000 Florida votes left it at a Nader of popularity with Al Gore fans
DJ $800 2024 In 2023 James Cameron & Lucy Lawless each gave the New Zealand version of this nature-protecting party NZ$50,000
DJ $800 2023 In 2021 this party known as Die GrĂĽnen in Germany took almost 15% of that country's votes in federal elections
The Flintstones 5x $280 avg J:4 DJ:1
J $100 1997 This "modern stoneage family" was "from the town of Bedrock, they're a page right out of history"
J $600 2012 The concept for this show came from a sketch of 2 characters in cavemen skins & a primitive phonograph
J $100 1987 A live action version of this cartoon sitcom is planned with Jim Belushi playing Fred
the British Museum 5x 40.0% stumper $760 avg DJ:5
DJ $200 1993 There are 4 copies of the 1215 charter: 1 each in Lincoln & Salisbury Cathedrals & 2 in this museum
DJ $600 2001 It claims on its website to have "The Largest Collection of Ancient Egyptian Material Outside Cairo"
DJ $1,000 1987 It was founded in 1753 after botanist Sir Hans Sloane willed his collections to his nation
the brain 5x $680 avg J:4 DJ:1
J $200 2019 Cerebrum
J $600 2017 Glioblastoma
DJ $1,600 2017 The superior parietal lobule
tempera 5x 20.0% stumper $1,279 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $200 2017 (Sarah gives the clue from the Rhode Island School of Design.) Programs at RISD give students a practical, historic overview of many styles and materials, including this emulsion-based painting method, popular from the 12th to the 15th century
DJ $1,200 2016 Andrew Wyeth said this type of painting using egg yolk "is not the medium for swiftness"
J $400 1990 Spill some of this type of paint on your shirt & the yolk's on you
Sir Joshua Reynolds 5x 80.0% stumper $1,880 avg DJ:5
DJ $600 1991 Famous for his "Discourses", he's considered the 18th century's leading English portrait painter
DJ $2,200 DD 2003 Seen here, "The Age of Innocence" is one of many charming paintings by this great 18th century portrait artist
DJ $800 2015 This Brit's sister Frances Reynolds, who lived with him as a housekeeper, called him a "gloomy tyrant"
Russia 5x 20.0% stumper $640 avg DJ:5
DJ $400 2022 Current events:Bloody Sunday just broke out in this country, outside the Winter Palace, no less!
DJ $800 1987 It was the native land of Marc Chagall
DJ $1,200 2025 This country's Kola Superdeep Borehole is the deepest hole ever dug; under the rusty cap seen here, it extends 7.6 miles into Earth's crust
Piet Mondrian 5x 100.0% stumper $1,580 avg J:1 DJ:4
J $1,000 2005 The unique modern stylings of this abstract Dutchman are seen in his "Broadway Boogie Woogie"
DJ $1,000 1990 Dutch artist who called his rigidly geometric style "Neoplasticism"
DJ $1,900 DD 1991 He painted Dutch landscapes before turning to geometric works like "Composition with Blue"
Oslo 5x $440 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $200 2024 Founded by King Harald Hardrada around 1050, it's home to more than 1 million people
DJ $1,200 2018 The Munch Museum in this city had both "The Scream" & "Madonna" stolen in 2004 but recovered 2 years later
DJ $200 1995 An 80-acre park in this Norwegian capital contains over 175 sculptures by Gustav Vigeland
Oktoberfest 5x $840 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $200 2022 A website for this annual German event lists stats like visitors: 7.2 million & foiled mug thefts: 111,000
DJ $1,600 2007 This European party is named for the time of year when it's thrown
J $200 2002 Emphasizing drinking & merrymaking, this German festival is an autumn tradition
Mozart 5x $1,000 avg J:1 DJ:4
J $200 2014 In the artwork seen here, this composer is directing his "Requiem" on his deathbed
DJ $1,200 2016 (Hi, I'm John Berman, co-anchor of CNN's Early Start.) In 1762 at the age of 5, this early starter performed at the Bavarian court
DJ $400 2021 Joseph Haydn told Leopold, dad of this prodigy, "Your son is the greatest composer known to me in person or by name"
Michigan 5x $560 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $400 2021 Kellogg's thinks this state is gr-r-reat!
DJ $800 2025 Rocksthat fluoresce under ultraviolet light called Yooperlites are found in the Upper Peninsula of this state
J $400 2015 United Auto Workers
Martin Luther 5x $520 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $100 1994 On Dec. 10, 1520 he publicly burned a copy of a papal bull; he was excommunicated a month later
J $500 1998 He's the reform-minded former Catholic priest seen here
J $600 2011 In 1521 it was Charles V presiding & the Archbishop of Trier, John Eck, prosecuting this man
Madonna 5x 20.0% stumper $620 avg J:4 DJ:1
J $100 1998 The Virgin Mary is frequently referred to by this name, Italian for "Our Lady"
J $1,000 2012 "Open Your Heart"(1987)
J $200 2025 Blond Ambition; Madame X
Japan 5x $460 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $100 1993 Ikenobo, the 1st school of flower arranging in this country, was founded in the 7th century
DJ $1,200 2014 Feel the salt spray of "Breaking Wave" by Hokusai, a 19th-century artist in this country
J $200 2005 The Festival of Setsubun in this country features mame-maki, tossing dried beans to drive out devils & bring good luck
horses 5x 40.0% stumper $660 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $200 2001 In 1766 George Stubbs, a noted painter of these animals, published a book on their anatomy
J $500 1988 Edgar Degas was famous for painting & sculpting ballerinas & these animals
DJ $1,600 2002 In 1911 Kandinsky & Franz Marc formed Germany's Blaue Reiter group, named for their love of blue & of these animals
Henry VIII 5x 20.0% stumper $720 avg DJ:5
DJ $600 1998 He sent Hans Holbein to paint portraits of prospective brides Christina of Milan & Anne of Cleves
DJ $600 1993 Hans Holbein the Younger was not only court painter to this English king, he designed his state robes
DJ $800 2006 One of Holbein's most ambitious depictions of this king was lost in a 1698 Whitehall Palace fire
Germany 5x $400 avg DJ:5
DJ $200 1994 Many of Paula Modersohn-Becker's works are in a museum named for her in Bremen in this country
DJ $1,200 2003 Expressionist movements that started in this country included "The Bridge" & "The Blue Rider"
DJ $200 1992 Born in Nuremberg in 1471, Albrecht Durer is called this country's greatest Renaissance artist
George of the Jungle 5x 20.0% stumper $380 avg J:4 DJ:1
J $200 2012 Despite being told to "watch out", this swinging title guy always smashed into a tree
J $500 1991 He was the tree-swinging lord of Imgwee Gwee valley in Africa
J $200 1997 Acoording to the theme song, this bumbling Tarzan-like hero needs to "Watch out for that tree!"
Donatello 5x 20.0% stumper $1,000 avg DJ:5
DJ $400 1990 This master of Renaissance sculpture was born Donato di Niccolo Betto Bardi
DJ $600 1991 Michelangelo's teacher Bertoldo was taught by this great Italian sculptor
DJ $1,200 2009 Here's an easy one:this sculptor's real name was Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi
Defense 5x $480 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $200 2000 SEND FEE
J $600 2015 Department name a sports crowd often chants--"Health & Human Services! Health & Human Services!" ...nope
DJ $400 2009 Robert McNamara, Donald Rumsfeld, Donald Rumsfeld (again)
Dada 5x 20.0% stumper $1,080 avg J:1 DJ:4
J $400 2015 This 4-letter art movement began in Zurich in 1916
DJ $800 1995 This movement, founded in Zurich around 1915, was allegedly named by randomly sticking a knife in a dictionary
DJ $1,000 1988 The art form Surrealism began as a literary movement inspired by this French movement
chiaroscuro 5x $1,800 avg DJ:5
DJ $1,000 DD 1992 Italian for "light & dark", it's the use of light & shadow in a sketch or painting
DJ $2,000 2017 The name of this technique pioneered by Leonardo da Vinci means "light & dark"
DJ $2,000 2012 (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) Caravaggio's "Deposition from the Cross" illustrates this technique that uses light & shadow to create 3-D effects; its name is from the Italian for "clear and dark"
Canada 5x 20.0% stumper $760 avg DJ:5
DJ $400 1994 The Group of Seven was dedicated to painting the natural beauty of this North American country
DJ $600 1999 Under Article XI this present-day country could have joined the confederation just by signing
DJ $1,200 2002 "Spring Ice" is a work by Tom Thomson, a landscapist in this country's Algonquin Park
Basquiat 5x $1,640 avg J:1 DJ:4
J $800 2025 Born in Brooklyn in 1960 of Puerto Rican & Haitian descent, he had his first New York solo exhibition at age 21
DJ $1,200 2024 For Luna Luna, an art amusement park, Keith Haring designed a carousel & this fellow graffiti artist, a Ferris wheel
DJ $1,200 2022 This future star of the graffiti world & beyond was born in 1960 to a Nuyorican mom & a Haitian dad
Banksy 5x $800 avg DJ:3 FJ:2
DJ $400 2025 In 2013 anonymous "Spray Art" at a Central Park stall went for $60 each; as the works were by this elusive artist, that's quite a deal
DJ $1,600 2020 This controversial artist made headlines when he recently opened "Dismaland", a unique take on amusement parks
FJ 2019 After it was auctioned in 2018, a work by this artist was renamed "Love is in the Bin"
Arthur Murray 5x 40.0% stumper $540 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $100 1988 250 dance studios bearing his name can be found from Etobicoke, Canada to Crow's Nest, Australia
DJ $800 2023 In the 1920s, he began a successful mail order business to teach ballroom dancing; his dance centers can be found worldwide
DJ $200 1990 In the 1950s, he hosted a TV dance show with his wife, Catherine
arm 5x $680 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $200 2025 To equip with weaponry
J $600 2015 To prepare yourself; perhaps with facts, or perhaps with weapons
DJ $1,600 2018 "Million Dollar ____" took us out to the ball game
the Whigs 5x 20.0% stumper $680 avg J:5
J $100 1991 William Henry Harrison was the first president to be elected from this political party
J $500 1990 Formed to oppose Andrew Jackson, this party's 1st program was Clay's "American System" favoring high tariffs
J $1,000 2016 Active 1834-1854:This U.S. party that borrowed its name from a British party
Wax 4x 50.0% stumper $650 avg DJ:4
DJ $400 2000 Batik is painting on cloth to which this substance has been applied
DJ $600 1993 This substance is melted & used as a binder for encaustic painting, which was popular in ancient Greece
DJ $1,200 2005 Encaustic painting, used since ancient times, applies this animal product to a rigid surface & fixes it with heat
water lilies 4x $375 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $300 1995 Joseph Raffael's 1975 painting "Hilo" features these flowers often painted by Monet
J $400 2022 Before he painted these aquatic plants more than 250 times, Monet planted them himself
DJ $400 2012 Several 1899 Monet works depict a Japanese bridge spanning a pond covered with these plants
valves 4x 25.0% stumper $900 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $300 1998 These include the bicuspid & tricuspid
J $800 2020 To keep blood flowing in the right direction, your heart has 4 of these, including the mitral
DJ $2,200 DD 2017 (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) Replacement of these gateways that open & close is by far most common with the aortic & the mitral; they're on the left side of the heart so they endure higher pressure & wear out sooner than the other 2
Turner 4x 25.0% stumper $1,400 avg DJ:4
DJ $1,000 1995 John Constable described this rival's later works as "painted with tinted steam"
DJ $1,000 1992 The J.M.W. initials by which this English artist is known stand for Joseph Mallord William
DJ $1,600 2015 This 19th century British painter, a master oflight & atmosphere, was the subject of a 2014 biopic
Tom & Jerry 4x 25.0% stumper $550 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $300 1985 In "Mouse Musketeers" this cat & mouse speak with French accents
J $800 2006 In 1975 Grape Ape & Mumbly teamed with this Hanna-Barbera cat & mouse duo but by December, the ape was out
J $300 1985 They swam with Esther Williams in "Dangerous When Wet" & danced with Gene Kelly in "Anchors Aweigh"
the vanishing point 4x 50.0% stumper $1,100 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $800 2020 This two-word term describes the place on the horizon where parallel lines appear tomeet
DJ $1,000 DD 2024 In a painting, it's the juncture on a horizontal line where the parallel lines in the scene look like they converge
DJ $1,000 1995 In the rules of perspective, this is the place at which parallel lines converge on the horizon
the mantle 4x $825 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $200 1986 It's located below the crust & above the "fireplace" of the molten core
DJ $800 2006 (Kelly of the Clue Crew quarters the Earth on the monitor to show its three concentric layers.) Temperatures range from about 2,000 to 8,000 degrees Fahrenheit in this part of the Earth between the crust & the core
DJ $2,000 2016 The movement of the Earth's crust during quakes is due to convection currents in this lower layer that's 2/3 of Earth's mass
the knee 4x $575 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $100 1999 A genuflection may include this body part touching the floor
DJ $800 2015 The anterior cruciate ligament:This joint
J $1,000 2022 Genu (as in genuflect)
the Impressionists 4x $600 avg DJ:4
DJ $400 2008 Manet didn't exhibit with this group but his sister-in-law Berthe Morisot did
DJ $600 1995 Edouard Manet's sister-in-law Berthe Morisot was the 1st woman to exhibit with this group of French artists
DJ $600 1995 Pissarro was the only artist displayed in all of this movement's exhibitions of 1874-1886
the Holy Grail 4x $450 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $200 1992 Arthur's round table had a seat reserved for the knight who could find this
J $800 2013 In some versions, it's the knight Percival who succeeds in finding this vessel; Wagner told his story in "Parsifal"
J $400 2012 In some writings, it was Perceval, not Galahad, who went on a quest for this vessel
the eye 4x $400 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $200 2006 It's the bud of a potato, bud
J $600 2012 Opto-
J $400 2019 Oculus
the Department of Labor 4x 75.0% stumper $700 avg J:4
J $600 2017 Employment & Training Administration
J $1,000 2016 Frances Perkins was the first woman to head this department; Hilda Solis was the most recent
J $600 2011 OSHA, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, is a part of this department
the Civil War 4x 25.0% stumper $425 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $200 2022 In "Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta", Kara Walker addssilhouettesto illustrations of this war
J $500 1991 "Prisoners from the Front" is one of many Winslow Homer paintings depicting scenes from this war
DJ $400 1995 Manet's painting "Combat of the Kearsarge and the Alabama" depicts a naval battle of this American war
the Bayeux Tapestry 4x $950 avg DJ:4
DJ $400 1992 Tradition ascribes this tapestry of the Norman conquest to Matilda, the queen of William the Conqueror
DJ $800 2025 Thiswall hanging is about 230 feet long, with dozens ofscenes, including Bishop Odo wielding a club
DJ $1,000 1986 Famous French tapestry made to celebrate the Norman conquest of England
slavery 4x 25.0% stumper $550 avg DJ:4
DJ $200 1997 As president, Martin assured the South he would protect this "peculiar institution" where it existed
DJ $600 1989 Patrick Henry asked, "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and" this
DJ $1,200 2015 In his 1837 inaugural address, Van Buren opposed the attempt of Congress to abolish this in D.C.
Singapore 4x 25.0% stumper $600 avg J:4
J $400 2019 Check out the 130-foot Rain Vortexat Changi Airport in this city state island country directly below Malaysia
J $800 2022 Miyamoto Saburo's painting of generals Yamashita & Percival & the British WWII surrender of this island was used as Japanese propaganda
J $400 2006 Bust out some gin, Benedictine, cherry brandy & club soda & you've got a "sling" named for this island
sculpture 4x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $100 1988 Field of art in which Henry Moore carved his niche
J $500 1989 Modigliani gave up this form of art in 1915, partly because materials were too expensive
DJ $600 1987 Branch of art for which Donatello was known
scissors 4x 50.0% stumper $1,100 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $400 2007 Matisse's final art pieces were made using paper & not brush or pen but these
J $800 2006 An office supply:blades, pivot, bow handle, ring handle
DJ $1,200 2014 This wrestling hold secured by clasping the legs around an opponent's body has the name of an office implement
pointillism 4x $1,025 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $500 1990 "Dots nice" would describe this technique used by Seurat
DJ $2,000 2021 Paul Signac used this technique that he helped pioneer in his painting "The Red Buoy" seen here
DJ $800 2024 The colors mix in the viewer's eye in this style that uses little blobs of color & is also called divisionism
photography 4x 25.0% stumper $575 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $300 1989 In a special issue in 1988, Life magazine celebrated 150 years of this art
DJ $800 1997 Berenice Abbott made her name in this field; she began as Man Ray's assistant
DJ $400 2000 Sam Wagstaff, a major collector of this visual art that uses silver, later turned to collecting silver
Philadelphia 4x 25.0% stumper $900 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $200 1986 Conducting only from memory, Eugene Ormandy led this city's orchestra from 1938-80
J $1,000 2020 Gene Davis liked painting stripes; here'sthe 400-foot work titled "Franklin's Footpath" he put in front of this city's Museum of Art
DJ $400 2013 The Schuylkill River in this city was an important subject for Thomas Eakins, as seen here
Pennsylvania 4x $450 avg J:2 DJ:2
DJ $200 1998 American primitive artist Edward Hicks did his painting in Bucks County in this state
J $600 2015 United Steelworkers
DJ $400 2018 (Alex presents the clue from the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.) Reflecting the close relationship that exists between our two countries, Canada is the only one to have its embassy on a section of this stately Washington avenue that connects th...
Paul 4x 25.0% stumper $1,200 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $600 1995 Paintings by Caravaggio include "The Martyrdom of St. Peter" & "The Conversion of" this apostle
J $1,000 DD 2006 In Acts he says, "I am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city"
DJ $1,200 2007 In Rome's Cherasi Chapel is Caravaggio's conversion of apaintingof this saint
op art 4x 25.0% stumper $1,400 avg DJ:4
DJ $400 1985 Art craze of the '60s which turned science of optics into mechanical abstractions
DJ $1,200 2020 In the '60s British painter Bridget Riley was a leader of this movement that played tricks on your eyes
DJ $2,000 2024 Artist Bridget Riley is one of the foremost exponents of this eye-bending style that emerged in the 1960s
Norway 4x $700 avg DJ:4
DJ $400 2022 Kjøttkaker are this country's beloved meatballs, & don't say they're like Swedish ones
DJ $600 1994 Edvard Munch is considered the most powerful modern artist this country has produced
DJ $1,200 2005 Mona Grudt, 1990's Miss Universe, grew up in Hell in Nord-Trondelag county in this country
New York City 4x $900 avg DJ:4
DJ $200 2001 Dow Jones & Company
DJ $600 1998 As a lawyer, Chester got better treatment for blacks in this city's streetcar system
DJ $2,000 2010 The school named for this big city began in the 1940s & mutated into Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, etc.
New Mexico 4x 25.0% stumper $850 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $600 DD 2013 The zia sun symbol over a topographical outline of the state
DJ $1,200 2003 A museum of the artist whose work is seenhereopened in 1997 in this state, that inspired much of her work[Georgia O'Keeffe]
DJ $800 2014 Georgia O'Keeffe's "My Backyard", painted in 1937
Mordred 4x 50.0% stumper $1,300 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $1,000 2013 King Arthur & this nephew of his kill each other in battle
DJ $1,000 1991 This knight who fatally wounded Arthur was either his son or his nephew
DJ $1,200 2015 When Arthur is away in battle, this bastard son of his seizes his throne
Martin Van Buren 4x $350 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $200 1995 Running for reelection in 1840, this 8th U.S. president failed to carry even his home state
DJ $400 2009 He was the first U.S. president born after the country won its independence
DJ $400 2007 He ran for president 3 times but won only the first time
Marie Antoinette 4x $425 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $200 1998 You can see Elisabeth Vigee-Le Brun's 1787 portrait of this queen & her children at Versailles
DJ $800 2009 Toothy smiles were rare before Elisabeth-Louise Vigee-LeBrun, who was famous for her portraits of this French queen
J $300 2000 Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was noted for portraits of this queen, including the one with her children, seen here:
marble 4x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $400 2017 Pavonazzo & carrara are both popular types of this material for sculpting
DJ $800 2022 A PietĂ  Michelangelo made for his own tomb, struggling with poor-quality this stone, was unveiled after a major restoration
J $400 2013 The Pentelic type of this form of limestone was a favorite material of classical Greek sculptors
Magilla Gorilla 4x $450 avg J:4
J $300 1987 Show whose theme asked "How much is that gorilla in the window?"
J $500 1998 This ape was the white elephant that pet store owner Mr. Peebles couldn't get rid of
J $500 1997 This ape is "for sale, won't you buy 'im, take 'im home and try 'im"
Louisiana 4x 50.0% stumper $1,100 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $400 2022 In 1872 Edgar Degas fittingly vacationed & painted in this southern state; you can visit the house he stayed at
J $1,000 2011 A trumpet with musical notes & a pelican
J $1,000 2004 A pelican & a horn with musical notes
Liberty 4x $500 avg J:2 DJ:2
DJ $200 1990 After the revolution of 1830, Delacroix painted her "Leading the People"
J $600 2005 The single word at the top of the "heads" side
J $400 2024 Delacroix commemorated the Paris Revolution of 1830 by depicting this symbolic figure "Leading the People"
Lazarus 4x $1,000 avg DJ:4
DJ $400 2001 The Uffizi is home to Nicolas Froment's triptych "The Raising of" this Biblical man
DJ $800 2021 Seen here on a 14th century German panel is Jesus, raising him from the dead
DJ $1,200 2011 During his stay at a mental asylum in Saint-Remy, van Gogh painted "The Raising of" this man
Kentucky 4x $750 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $600 2022 Its state quarter features Federal Hill & a racehorse
J $1,000 2013 A mansion called Federal Hill & a thoroughbred racehorse behind a fence
DJ $600 1987 The 15th state
Italy 4x $300 avg J:2 DJ:2
DJ $200 1990 The Renaissance began in this country
J $300 1991 The Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, in this country, is famous for its Byzantine mosaics
J $300 1988 Besides being a painter, Raphael was one of the most important architects in this country
iron 4x 25.0% stumper $2,875 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $300 1993 The inner core of the Earth is thought to be a solid ball composed mainly of nickel & this metal
J $1,000 2003 In 1952 Francis Birch showed that the center of the Earth is basically this metal in molten form
DJ $1,200 2006 Essential minerals can give rocks their names: ferromagnesian minerals contain this &/or magnesium
Indiana 4x 25.0% stumper $1,100 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $600 2004 A race car & an outline of the state
DJ $1,000 1991 Robert Clark known for his Love series uses this name of his home state in the Midwest as his last name
J $800 2011 A racecar superimposed on an outline of the state & the motto "Crossroads of America"
Impressionist 4x $567 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1
J $300 1993 In classifying artists, Cezanne is considered a "Post" one of these
DJ $600 1989 In terms of style, Monet is considered one of these, & Cezanne a "post" one
FJ 2019 The first French museum to buy this type of painting was the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, in 1901
horse 4x $300 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $100 1986 What distinguishes an equestrian statue from a pedestrian one
J $300 1988 Though Dudley Do-Right always rescued Nell, she loved this animal of his more
DJ $400 2014 "The Bloody-Shouldered Arabian" was one of many of these animals depicted by 18th c. artist John Wootton
Hercules 4x $750 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $600 2017 DĂĽrer depicted this Roman hero at labor, shooting the man-eating birds of the Stymphalian marshes
DJ $800 2019 The Rock of Gibraltar is one of the 2 pillars of this mythical figure
DJ $800 2017 Kings of Sparta traced their descent from this mythic strongman considered by them the greatest warrior of all time
Haiti 4x $1,850 avg DJ:4
DJ $800 2011 On June 24, 2010 State warned "U.S. citizens of the situation in" this country after "the January 12 earthquake"
DJ $2,000 DD 2014 Napoleon's brother-in-law Charles LeClerc died in 1802 in this New World Country while trying to put down a revolt
DJ $800 1991 P. Bonaparte's husband died in 1802 while trying to put down a revolt in this New World country
Guernica 4x $1,000 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $400 2001 The bombing of this Spanish city in 1937 inspired a famous painting by Picasso
DJ $800 2021 The black, white & gray imagery in this 1937 Picasso mural includes a braying horse that has stumbled over a fallen warrior
DJ $2,000 DD 2010 A dismembered hand clutching a sword in black & white is part of this 1937 work inspired by the bombing of a city
George Wallace 4x $550 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $200 1990 In 1968 this American Independent Party candidate received almost 10 million votes & won 5 states
DJ $1,200 2003 John Schmitz in '72 was American; Perot in '92 was Independent, & this man in 1968 was American Independent
DJ $400 2000 1968:American Independent Party
France 4x 75.0% stumper $525 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $100 1988 Fauvism, a painting style featuring bold colors, flourished in this country circa 1900
DJ $600 1984 Country whose painters first impressed with Impressionism
DJ $1,000 DD 1989 In "Liberty Leading the People", Liberty carries the flag of this country
foot 4x $450 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $200 1997 Calcaneus, Plantar arch, Sole
J $600 2013 It may be "club" or "trench"
DJ $400 2018 Painting, not by numbers:"My Left ____"
Fauvism 4x 50.0% stumper $1,500 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $400 2000 Andre Derain was a prominent painter in this style whose name is from the French for "wild beasts"
DJ $1,600 2021 Henri Matisse was the leader of this "wild beast" art movement that flourished in the early 1900s
DJ $2,000 2012 A critic, shocked by the "orgy of pure colors", called Matisse & others "wild beasts", giving this art -ism its name
Excalibur 4x $400 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $200 2012 King Arthur received this sword from the Lady of the Lake; it was later returned to her by Sir Bedivere
J $600 2013 Arthur proves to be the rightful king of England by pulling this sword from the stone
J $200 1990 King Arthur proved himself the rightful heir to Britain's throne by pulling this sword from a stone
Elvis Presley 4x 66.7% stumper $467 avg DJ:3 FJ:1
DJ $200 1985 $148,500 was paid at a 1983 Sotheby’s auction for a Warhol silkscreen of this late singer
DJ $800 2004 Bono wrote of him, No. 3 after The Beatles & Dylan, that he "ate America before America ate him"
FJ 2014 11 movie soundtrack albums by this performer hit the Billboard Top 10, with 4 hitting No. 1
Edward Lear 4x 50.0% stumper $750 avg DJ:4
DJ $600 1994 Around 1850 this nonsense poet studied serious art at England's Royal Academy
DJ $1,000 1993 This limerick writer who got his start as an artist gave painting lessons to Queen Victoria
DJ $600 1988 He painted bird illustrations in addition to writing poems about birds, like "The Owl & the Pussycat"
Edinburgh 4x $475 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $200 2008 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 in this Scottish city
DJ $500 DD 1988 The Gaelic name for this capital is Dunedin
DJ $600 2000 Sir Arthur based Sherlock Holmes in part on one of his professors at this Scottish university
Currier 4x $400 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $200 1994 In 1852 James Ives married this man's sister-in-law & joined his art printing firm
DJ $600 1995 He produced the successful print "The Ruins of the Merchants' Exchange" in 1835. long before teaming with Ives
DJ $400 2004 This printer & lithographer joined forces with James Ives in the 1850s
Canaletto 4x 25.0% stumper $1,100 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $800 1997 Giovanni Antonio Canal was the real name of this artist known for his paintings of Venice
J $1,000 2021 "Bridge of Sighs"sis by this artist, whose detailed paintings of Venice & London influenced generations of landscape painters
DJ $1,000 1985 To distinguish himself from his father, Bernardo, Giovanni Canal signed his work this way
Bugs Bunny 4x 25.0% stumper $250 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $200 2013 "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt", starring this long-eared fellow
DJ $200 1998 Mel Blanc said he created this character's voice by combining Brooklyn & Bronx accents
J $200 1990 This Oscar-winning character returned to the screen in 1990 in his 1st theatrical short in 26 years
blue 4x $275 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $100 1989 Picasso painted lots of gloomy paintings from 1901-04, mostly in shades of this color
DJ $200 1985 Shade of Picasso's early period
DJ $400 2024 Before his Rose Period, Picasso went through a period named for this color
Baroque 4x 25.0% stumper $1,500 avg DJ:4
DJ $400 1986 From Portuguese barocco for "rough pearl", it refers to period of 17th century Europe an art of elaborate style
DJ $1,600 2008 Once derogatory, the name of this 17th century style may come from the Portuguese word for an irregular pearl
DJ $2,000 2010 Many works commissioned by Louis XIV for Versailles are typical of this "imperfect pearl" style
Bacchus 4x 25.0% stumper $600 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $200 2001 Let's drink to this equivalent of Dionysus depictedhereby Caravaggio
DJ $800 2014 A peek at the Titiantitled this god "and Ariadne" showsgrape leavesadorning his head--nice cheetah-drawn chariot too
J $1,000 2017 Cheers to you if you know he's the young Roman god depicted in this Caravaggio painting
Atlanta 4x $750 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $200 2018 The Margaret Mitchell House & Museum is in this city, where she lived & wrote "Gone With the Wind"
DJ $800 1998 Streets in this city include Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard & Coca Cola Place
J $1,000 2023 This city-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta
an interjection 4x 50.0% stumper $650 avg J:4
J $600 2020 They are a "class of words expressing emotion, distinguished... by their use in grammatical isolation"
J $600 2017 Fraznat! I stubbed my toe on that statue of George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO from 1955 to 1979!: fraznat
J $600 2017 Narf! What are we going to do tomorrow night, Brain?:narf
Africa 4x $550 avg J:3 DJ:1
DJ $400 2002 Delacroix' tour of this continent in the 1830s resulted in paintings like "Fanatics of Tangier"
J $600 2020 Abstract artist Sean Scully has been painting stripes for decades, inspired by the traditionaldjellabaof this continent
J $400 1993 Seeing sculpture from this continent helped turn Picasso to Cubism
Abstract Expressionism 4x 75.0% stumper $1,600 avg DJ:4
DJ $400 1997 The roots of this kind of "expressionism" are seen in the works of Wassily Kandinsky
DJ $2,000 2024 In contrast to the thick impasto of her contemporaries in this 2-word style, Helen Frankenthaler used a technique called "soak-stain"
DJ $2,000 2009 Don't adjust your set--"abstract painting", the work seen here, is by Ad Reinhardt of the movement called abstract this
a pacemaker 4x 50.0% stumper $1,200 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $200 1998 Name given the tissue that sparks the heart into contracting; some people need an artificial one
DJ $800 2009 (Dr. Oz delivers the clue, again holding a squishy human heart.) The sinoatrial node on the back wall of the right atrium, here, sends out electrical signals to regulate the heartbeat & is also known as this, like a mechanical device implanted to do ...
J $3,600 DD 2020 Your heart has a natural this, the sinoatrial node, which emits electrical impulses that cause it to contract
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