If you missed it here’s the atlatl clue that played on the May 16 final of the Battle of the Decades on Jeopardy on May 16.
The clue was worth $2000 for the correct answer which the eventual one million dollar winner got right away! This was Jeopardy’s Battle of the Decades finals competition highlighting the top contestants from the past three decades.Screenshot of the atlatl clue. The presenter is holding our Catatonk Atlatl and a Dart. In the video clue, Bob is casting a dart with our Wyalusing Atlatl
The show’s presenter demonstated how the atlatl was used with our Catatonk atlatl and one of our darts. In the background video clue, Bob Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl is shown casting a dart with our Waylusing atlatl. The entire show can be seen here on You Tube The atlatl clue starts at about 13:58.
Okay atlatlists – the challenge is to watch the television game show “Jeopardy” on Friday, May 16, whenever it is scheduled in your local viewing area.
Thunderbird Atlatl sent a video clue to Jeopardy a few months ago and we are told it was used in the show that will appear on May 16. Your challenge is to guess the right question!
Bob Berg will be teaching about natural resin adhesives and atlatl dart making. Cheryll Berg will be on hand to help out. The atlatl courses will also include an Atlatls on Water target course. On the adhesives side, Bob will focus on birch tar, traditional resins and dop hafting.
Bob’s classes are only a few of the amazing schedule of classes offered during the program. Other topics include historic technology and crafts, textiles and fiber arts; metal arts; language, oral traditions, music and dance; hunting and fishing; maritime traditions; natural history and sustainability; foods and cooking; shelter arts; bushcraft; symposiums and programs for children.
Instructors include Erik Vosteen, Dave Shananquet, Daisy Kostus, George Martin, Jennie Brown, Peter McCreedy, Barry Keegan, Mike Miller, Craig Perdue, Sam Thayer, Waaseyaa’sin Christine Sy, Roger LaBine, Rachel Mifsud, Ben Piersma, Larry Horrigan, Ferdy Goode, Amy Schmidt, Tim Carr, Carly Shananaquet, Bob Love, Chris Hornby, Hugh Covert, George Hedgepeth, Georgia Donovan, Keith Knecht, Jan Zender, Rochelle Dale and others.
Click on the link above to find out more details out about the event and information about registering. It’s definitely worth a trip to Drummond Island in Michigan’s beautiful Upper Peninsula to spend a few days learning about the traditions that have brought us all forward to today.
These photos show Thunderbird Atlatl’s atlatl fishing excursion (after a full day of preparation!) last year at the Great Lakes Traditional Arts Gathering.
Night Fishing at Drummond Island with birch bark torches at the Great Lakes Traditional Arts Gathering.Fishing with harpoons in Lake Huron, Michigan, just off of Drummond Island. No fish were harmed in the production of this photo.
We came across this definition of atlatl in an online dictionary the other day.
The dictionary lists the origin of the word atlatl from the Nahuatl language but then says its first know use was 1871. We’re not quite sure where the 1871 date comes from.
However one neat thing is that the dictionary does offer an audio pronunciation.
Making your own atlatl or spear thrower and darts is a satisfying experience plus it saves you money! We make great atlatl and dart kits here at Thunderbird Atlatl. Our kits have been featured in Make Magazine.
Now, thanks to the efforts of our webmaster and videographer Peter Berg, we have posted our atlatl kit instructions to our website. We are also uploading instructional videos on each of the kits to You Tube and posting them on our website. The first video on making your own dart kit is now available.
Below is an example of a dart and a Wyalusing atlatl made by one of our customers. The second picture shows participants in one of our workshops making their own darts. This workshop takes place every year at the Chimney Point Historic Site in Vergennes, VT.
Wyalusing Atlatl and dart made by William Moss.Workshop at Chimney Point
