Jeopardy! is a beloved and long-running tv game show that has aired continuously since 1984. Contestants receive clues in the form of answers and must respond with the correct “Who is?” or “What is?” question.
Jeopardy! uses engaging and diverse categories to organize its wide-ranging trivia questions. With its expansive online archive created by fans, the show has a distinctive cultural significance and popularity among game shows. Over the years, Jeopardy! has garnered numerous awards and acclaim.
Since its debut, the syndicated show has presented contestants with over 450,000 clues, as documented by the fan-created website J! Archive. These clues are introduced with playful category names such as “Julius Caesar Salad” (words derived from Julius Caesar) or more direct ones, like “The Old West.”
Within its archive, there are more than 30 clues pertaining to firearms throughout history. These clues explore themes like famous guns, outlaws and lawmen of the Old West, notorious individuals associated with specific guns, preferred weapons of fictional figures, and the incorporation of gun-related expressions like “smoking gun” into everyday language.
Here are real ‘Jeopardy!’ clues about guns in America:
THE OLD WEST $100:
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rifle
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Source: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons
ANIMALS & THE LAW $200:
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fish
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Source: martinhoward / Flickr
WEAPONS $200:
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rifle
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Source: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons
ORGANIZATIONS $200:
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National Rifle Association
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Source: dsmoulton / iStock Unreleased via Getty Images
MUSICALS IN OTHER WORDS $300:
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Annie Get Your Gun
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Source: Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
WEAPONS $400:
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lock, stock & barrel
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Source: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons
THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR $400:
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dragoons
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Source: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons
OHIO BIO $400:
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Annie Oakley
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Source: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons
THE OLD WEST $400:
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Winchester
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Source: vasnic64 / Flickr
WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $500:
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Treasury
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REVERSIBLE COMPOUND WORDS $600:
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a gunshot and a shotgun
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LET’S ROCK & ROLL! $600:
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flint
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“AIR” INCLUDED $600:
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crosshairs
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Source: gan chaonan / iStock via Getty Images
I BEG YOUR PARDON $600:
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Patty Hearst
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Source: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons
DIAL M FOR MURDER $600:
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machine gun
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Source: aapsky / iStock via Getty Images
PUSH BY SAFIRE $800:
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a smoking gun
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Source: francisblack / iStock via Getty Images
OF THE LAW $800:
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a shotgun
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Source: Whitney Curtis / Getty Images News via Getty Images
ALPHANUMERIC TERMS $800:
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an AK-47
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Source: serikbaib / iStock via Getty Images
HODGEPODGE $1,000:
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a musket
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Source: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons
HUNTING & FISHING $1,000:
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archery
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Source: goosmurf / Flickr
THE SECRET OF HOMONYM $1,000:
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bore
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Source: Surv1v4l1st / Wikimedia Commons
GEOLOGY $1,200:
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flint
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Source: Michael E. Cumpston / Wikimedia Commons
