["I'll try 'Painted Ladies' for $1,000"] This piece by Impressionist Mary Cassatt shows two women enjoying a drink

WHATSTHETEA

Think of what you’d ask when offered a hot beverage in a famous game show’s answer format.

This clue mimics a Jeopardy! response where the contestant phrases their guess as a question—here, "I'll try 'Painted Ladies' for $1,000" hints at the answer’s structure. The real answer isn’t Painted Ladies but a playful twist: "WHAT STHE TEA" (sounding like "what’s the tea," slang for gossip) with the "S" moved to mimic Cassatt’s painting The Tea. The pun ties the Impressionist theme to the phrase’s modern meaning while keeping the Jeopardy! format.