Jeopardy! first hit the airwaves in 1964 with host Art Fleming. By 1984, it had gone into syndication with new host Alex Trebec and became one of the most popular game shows in the United States and globally. It is one of the longest-running game show today. Since its debut, the show has presented contestants with over 450,000 clues, as documented by the fan-created website J! Archive.
The categories contestants are given range from history, pop culture, and sports to potent potables, word origins, and potpourri. More than 30 clues about firearms throughout history can be found in its archive. These clues explore themes like famous guns, outlaws, lawmen of the Old West, and notorious individuals associated with specific guns. (Brush up on your gun knowledge with these 37 facts about guns that you may not know.)
THE OLD WEST $100:
In the Old West, a long holster for carrying this firearm was usually called a...
ANIMALS & THE LAW $200:
Shooting these "in a barrel" is proverbially easy, but using firearms on them in Indiana state waters is legally problematic.
Fish
Redfish with an artificial bait hooked in its mouth held over the marsh In Louisiana
WEAPONS $200:
The name of this firearm can be used as a verb meaning to ransack or plunder.
ORGANIZATIONS $200:
In 1871, Ambrose Burnside became the first president of this group that promotes firearm safety.
National Rifle Association
Image of the National Rifle Association
WEAPONS $400:
This phrase meaning "the whole of anything" is taken from the 3 main parts of a firearm.
THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR $400:
The U.S. Army didn't have goons but did have these cavalrymen armed with both swords & firearms.
OHIO BIO $400:
Born in Darke County in 1860, she developed her amazing proficiency with firearms at an early age.
THE OLD WEST $400:
Due to its reliability, this arms maker's model 1873 rifle was called "the Gun that Won the West".
WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $500:
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...
REVERSIBLE COMPOUND WORDS $600:
The sound of a firearm, a firearm used to ensure a pregnant daughter gets married.
LET'S ROCK & ROLL! $600:
Hominid use of this variety of quartz to make tools goes back millions of years; we "locked" it into early firearms a bit later.
"AIR" INCLUDED $600:
Reticle is the technical name for this pair of intersecting lines in a firearm scope.
I BEG YOUR PARDON $600:
In 2001, she was pardoned for a 1974 armed bank robbery for using a firearm during a felony.
DIAL M FOR MURDER $600:
Firearm in the nickname of murderous Jack McGurn, rat-tat-tat.
PUSH BY SAFIRE $800:
Safire defined "the proof of guilt that precipitates resignations" as this 2-word term describing a discharged firearm.
OF THE LAW $800:
The Natl. Firearms Act of 1934 says this hunting weapon becomes a firearm if its barrel is less than 18" long, like a sawed-off one.
ALPHANUMERIC TERMS $800:
A book simply called "The Gun" is a history of this assault rifle of which 75 million are in use worldwide.
HODGEPODGE $1,000:
Around the time of the American revolution, a "Brown Bess" weighing about 10 pounds was this type of firearm.
HUNTING & FISHING $1,000:
In Maryland, there are 3 seasons for deer: regular firearms, muzzle-loaded firearms, this non-firearm activity.
THE SECRET OF HOMONYM $1,000:
A dull person or the caliber of a firearm.
GEOLOGY $1,200:
Used in the Stone Age for spear points & arrowheads, this form of quartz later found a use in firearms.
