Black Jack

Blackjack is a popular casino-gambling card game.

Black Jack or Blackjack may also refer to:

Places

United States

• Black Jack, Kansas
• Black Jack, Kentucky
• Black Jack, Missouri
• Blackjack, Cherokee County, Texas
• Blackjack, Smith County, Texas

Australia

• Black Jack, a civil parish of Pottinger County, New South Wales
• Black Jack Hill, near Gunnedah, New South Wales

Military

• Battle of Black Jack, a battle in Kansas preceding the American Civil War
• Baton (law enforcement) or "Blackjack," a small easily concealed club weapon
• National Society of Blackjacks, a High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps leadership program
• "The Black Jack Brigade", nickname of the U.S. 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
• Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO reporting name: Blackjack), a Russian bomber
• VMF-441, nicknamed The Blackjacks, a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron

Science

• Black jack (fish), a gamefish
• Blackjack oak or Quercus marilandica, a small tree
• Sphalerite, a mineral sometimes called black-jack by miners
• Black jack, a common fig cultivar
• Black jack, often weedy species of the genus Bidens from the family of Asteraceae

Products

• Black Jack (confectionery), aniseed flavour chews
• Black Jack (gum), a brand of chewing gum
• Black Jack (stamp), a United States postage stamp
• BlackJack (phone), a mobile phone made by Samsung
  • BlackJack II (phone), a mobile phone made by Samsung
• Blackjack (weapon), a hand weapon typically consisting of a piece of leather-enclosed metal with a strap or springy shaft for a handle
• Blackjack Pizza, a chain of pizza delivery restaurants in Colorado, US

Literature

• "Black Jack", a short story by Rudyard Kipling in the collection Soldiers Three
• Black Jack, a 2003 novel by Finnish writer Reijo Mäki

Anime and manga

• Black Jack (manga), a 1973 manga and anime series
• Black Jack (character), the main character of the 1973 manga series of the same name
• Blackjack (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers universe

Film and television

Film

• Black Jack (1950 film), a 1950 film written and directed by Julien Duvivier
• Black Jack (1968 film), a Spaghetti Western directed by Gianfranco Baldanello
• Black Jack (1979 film), by Ken Loach
• Blackjack (1990 film), 1990 film directed by Colin Nutley
• Blackjack (1998 film), a 1998 film by John Woo
• BlackJack (telemovie) (2003-2007), a series of Australian telemovies starring Colin Friels

Television

• "Black Jack" (Jericho episode), a 2007 episode of the television series Jericho
• "BlackJack", an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants (season 5)
• "Blackjack", an episode of the TV series The Adventures of Ellery Queen

Games and cards

• Black Jack (card game), also known as Switch, a name given to some variations of Crazy Eights in United Kingdom
• Blackjack (Atari 2600 video game), a video game cartridge developed by Atari
• Blackjack, an NES video game developed by Odyssey Software; See American Video Entertainment
• Black jack, a playing card jack

Music

• Blackjack, a 21-note scale in the miracle temperament

Artists

• Black Jack (Chilean band), a Chilean rock band
• Black Jack (Australian band), an Australian heavy metal band
• Blackjack (American band), an American rock band featuring Michael Bolton, Bruce Kulick, Sandy Gennaro and Jimmy Haslip
• BlackJack (Swedish band), a Swedish dansband

Albums

• Blackjack (Blackjack album), the eponymous debut album of the American rock band Blackjack
• Blackjack (Donald Byrd album) an album by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd

Songs

• "Black Jack", a song by The Hives from the album Barely Legal
• "Black Jack", a song by Junkie XL from the album Big Sounds of the Drags
• "Black Jacks", a song by Girls Aloud from the album Tangled Up
• "Blackjack", a song by Airbourne from the album Runnin' Wild
• "Blackjack", a song by Ray Charles released on the album Yes Indeed!
• "Blackjack", a song by Everclear from the album Slow Motion Daydream

People

• Black Jack (nickname)
• Ada Blackjack (1898–1983), Inuit woman
• Roddy Blackjack (c. 1920–2013), Canadian elder and former Chief of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation of the Yukon Territory
• Blackjack Lanza (b. 1935), ring name of former professional wrestler John Lanza
• Blackjack Mulligan (b. 1942), ring name of former professional wrestler Robert Jack Windham

Other uses

• STV Black Jack, a Canadian brigantine sailing ship
• The Blackjacks, a professional wrestling tag team

See also

• Blak Jak (born 1983), American rapper
• BLK JKS, signifying Black Jacks, South African rock band
• Chinese Blackjack, also known as 21-point
• Jack Black (born 1969), American actor