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 The Sharpshooter—episode 1

1.   What was the name of The McCain Ranch before Lucas bought it?
       The Dunlap Ranch

2.    How many acres where there to the Dunlap Ranch/McCain Ranch?
       4100 acres

3.   How far—according to this episode—is the Dunlap to North Fork?
      4 miles south

4.   What was the name of the hotel in this episode?
      California House

5.   Who is the owner of this hotel?
      Judge Hanavan

6.   What was the price of the room and the room number?
      $2 ~ 1/2 in advance.  Room #5

7.   What was the name of the saloon?
       Last Chance Saloon 

8.   Who was the owner of the saloon and just about everything else in North Fork except for the hotel
      & it's cook?
      Big Jim Lewis

9.   What did Lucas do so he could make the down payment on the Dunlap Ranch?
      He entered a Turkey Shoot

10.  How much was the prize money for?
       $500.00

11.  What was the first meal Mark ordered at the hotel?
       Beef stew

12.  What were the rules for the shooting match?
       $10 entry fee - $500 1st prize - with 5 seconds to draw and fire

13.  What did Big Jim Lewis offer Vernon Tippet & his uncle if Wes wins The Turkey Shoot?
       $500 plus half of all the bets

14.  What did where the odds that Uncle Wes wanted to bet Lucas, that his boy would win The Turkey
       Shoot?
       5 to 3 that Vernon could out shoot anybody who pulls a trigger

15.  When Lucas told Uncle Wes he wasn't a betting man, what was his sly remark to Lucas?
       "A man who won't bet.....ain't much of a man"

16.  What was the name the people had for Lucas when he & Mark lived in the Nations?
       The Rifleman

17.  What was the name of the Sheriff of North Fork?
       Sheriff Fred Thomlinson

18.  When one of Big Jim's men tried to stop Lucas from leaving the dinning room of the hotel, what
       did Lucas do to him?
       He got Lucas' rifle barrel in his stomach

19.  Why did Lucas throw The Turkey Shoot?
       Because Big Jim Lewis threatened to have Mark killed

20.  How did Big Jim Lewis threatens Mark?
       Lewis threatens Mark by standing behind him and putting a hand on his shoulder

21.  In the first round of shots, Vernon & Lucas were tied, what was their score on the target?
       5 shots each, dead center

22.  In the final round, what was Lucas's & Vernon's score? 
       Vernon's was—4 in the center—1 just out & Lucas's was—4 in the center—1 way out

23.  When Uncle West demanded his money from Big Jim Lewis, what happened to him?
       Big Jim Lewis killed him.

24.  What was Lucas's remark to Vernon when he asked Lucas if he threw the match?
       "Why you wet-nosed, two-bit little punk, you couldn't whip me in ten years!"

25.  What did Lucas tell Vernon to do if he didn't come back from the saloon after facing Big Jim Lewis?
       He told him that Mark was his responsibility & he was to get on their horses and to get out of town

26.  What did Lucas tell Mark to do before he went to face Big Jim Lewis?
       He told Mark to get the horses packed & to wait for him

27.  There is a sign in the saloon that tells how much a beer is, how much is it?
       5¢

28.  Where did Vernon get shot?
       In the hand

29.  Vernon asked Lucas to do him a favor, what was it?
       "If that boy of yours, Mark ever gets any funny ideas.....you tell him that I said, he was the lucky one."

30.  What did Mark say when Lucas asked him if he still want the Ranch?
      "Yahoo!"

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