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Blackjack is a popular casino-gambling card game.
Prospective “bunny girl” hostesses for the “Black Jack” club in Paris, France are taught the refinements of the job by Rio Sefarini and Laura Ulmer (daughter of George Ulmer), circa 1965. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) Croupier and bunny girl, Corrina, dealing cards at the Hefner-Playboy Park Lane club in London, 16th February 1978.
Black Jack or Blackjack may also refer to:
- 1Places
- 3Arts, entertainment, and media
- 3.5Music
Places[edit]
Australia[edit]
- Black Jack, Queensland, a locality in Queensland
- Black Jack, a civil parish of Pottinger County, New South Wales
- Black Jack Hill, near Gunnedah, New South Wales
United States[edit]
- Black Jack (Red Oak, North Carolina), a historic plantation house near Red Oak, Nash County, North Carolina
- Black Jack, Missouri, city in St. Louis County
- Blackjack, Missouri, an unincorporated community in St. Clair County
People[edit]
- 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 (born 1935), ring name of former professional wrestler John Lanza
- Blackjack Mulligan (1942–2016), ring name of former professional wrestler Robert Jack Windham
- 'Blackjack' Hoss Taylor, a professional wrestler from All-Star Wrestling
Arts, entertainment, and media[edit]
Fictional characters[edit]
- Black Jack (manga character), the main character of the 1973 manga series of the same name
- Blackjack (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers universe
Films[edit]
- Black Jack (1927 film), an American silent Western film
- Black Jack (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 (1978 film), an American crime drama film
- Blackjack (1990 film), directed by Colin Nutley
- Blackjack (1998 film), a TV movie directed by John Woo
- BlackJack (film series) (2003–2007), a series of Australian seven TV movies starring Colin Friels
Games and cards[edit]
- Black Jack (card game), also known as Switch, a name given to some variations of Crazy Eights in United Kingdom
- Black jack, a playing card jack
- 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
- Chinese Blackjack, a game also known as 21-point
Literature[edit]
- 'Black Jack', a short story by Rudyard Kipling in the collection Soldiers Three
- Black Jack, a 2003 novel by Finnish writer Reijo Mäki
Music[edit]
- Blackjack, a 21-note scale in the miracle temperament
Groups[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Blackjack (Blackjack album), by the American band, 1979
- Blackjack (Donald Byrd album), 1968
Songs[edit]
- 'Black Jack', by The Hives from Barely Legal
- 'Black Jack', by Junkie XL from Big Sounds of the Drags
- 'Black Jacks', by Girls Aloud from Tangled Up
- 'Blackjack', by Airbourne from Runnin' Wild
- 'Blackjack', by Aminé from OnePointFive
- 'Blackjack', by Death Grips from The Money Store
- 'Blackjack', by Everclear from Slow Motion Daydream
- 'Blackjack', by Ray Charles from Yes Indeed!
Television[edit]
- 'Black Jack' (Jericho episode), a 2007 episode of the television series Jericho
- 'Blackjack', season 4, episode 12 of Fear the Walking Dead
- 'BlackJack', an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants
- 'Blackjack', an episode of the TV series The Adventures of Ellery Queen
Other arts, entertainment, and media[edit]
- Black Jack (manga), a 1973 manga and anime series
Brands and enterprises[edit]
- Black Jack (confectionery), aniseed flavour chews
- Black Jack (gum), a brand of chewing gum
- BlackJack (phone), a mobile phone made by Samsung
- BlackJack II (phone), a mobile phone made by Samsung
- Blackjack Pizza, a chain of pizza delivery restaurants in Colorado, US
Military and law enforcement[edit]
- Black Jack (horse), served in the Caisson Platoon
- Battle of Black Jack, a battle in Kansas preceding the American Civil War
- National Society of Blackjacks, a High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps leadership program
- RQ-21 Blackjack, a small tactical unmanned air system
- '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[edit]
- Black jack (fish), a gamefish
- Blackjack oak or Quercus marilandica, a small tree
- Black jack, a common fig cultivar
- Black jack, often weedy species of the genus Bidens from the family of Asteraceae
- Sphalerite, a mineral sometimes called black-jack by miners
Weapons[edit]
Black Jack Pocket Hunt Club Chicago
- Blackjack (weapon), a hand weapon typically consisting of a piece of leather-enclosed metal with a strap or springy shaft for a handle
- Baton (law enforcement) or 'Blackjack', a small easily concealed club weapon
Other uses[edit]
Reelfoot Lake Duck Hunting Guides
- Black Jack (stamp), a United States postage stamp
- STV Black Jack, a 1904 Canadian brigantine sailing ship
- The Blackjacks, a professional wrestling tag team
See also[edit]
- Blak Jak (born 1983), American rapper
- Blk Jks, signifying Black Jacks, South African rock band
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