Indy Confidential
This sleepy nickname for Indianapolis has been around for generations.
What is Naptown?
This native tree produces acorns, which provide food for hundreds of wildlife species.
What is an oak?
Despite their reputation, pit bulls were historically bred for this blood sport, not for herding livestock.
What is bull-baiting?
This Latin dance originated in Cuba and is commonly danced to an eight-count rhythm.
What is salsa?
This zodiac sign is represented by a lion.
What is Leo?
Nobody knows for certain where this nickname for Indiana residents originated.
What is Hoosier?
This orange-and-black butterfly depends on milkweed plants to complete its life cycle.
What is a monarch butterfly?
The American Pit Bull Terrier is recognized as a breed by this kennel club, whose initials are UKC.
What is the United Kennel Club?
This classical dance form uses five basic positions of the feet.
What is ballet?
This planet is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
What is Venus?
In 1992, this heavyweight boxing champion was convicted of rape following an incident at an Indianapolis hotel.
Who is Mike Tyson?
This bright red bird is Indiana’s state bird, despite being common throughout much of the eastern United States.
What is the northern cardinal?
This affectionate nickname is sometimes used for pit bulls because of their muscular bodies and cuddly personalities
What is a velvet hippo?
This figure-skating move involves crossing one foot over the other while traveling around a curve.
What are crossovers?
In astrology, this term describes the zodiac sign rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth.
What is the Ascendant (rising sign)?
This infamous serial killer rented a home in Irvington in the 1890s.
Who is H. H. Holmes?
This Indiana native tree produces large, tropical-looking leaves and fruits that taste somewhat like banana and mango.
What is a pawpaw?
This famous dog from The Little Rascals was an American Pit Bull Terrier known for the distinctive black circle around one eye.
Who is Petey?
This Colombian city is internationally famous for its distinctive fast-paced style of salsa dancing.
What is Cali?
This astrological phenomenon occurs when a planet appears to move backward across the sky from Earth’s perspective.
What is retrograde motion?
In October 2025, this former NFL quarterback was stabbed and arrested following a late-night altercation with a 69-year-old truck driver in downtown Indianapolis.
Who is Mark Sanchez?
This invasive vine, notorious for growing over trees and buildings, is nicknamed “the vine that ate the South.”
What is kudzu?
This common claim about pit bulls’ jaws is anatomically false.
What is having locking jaws?
In figure skating, this term describes rotating on one foot while maintaining contact with the ice.
What is a spin?
In astrology, this term describes the point where two planets occupy approximately the same position in the zodiac.
What is a conjunction?