Rodeo Events
In this timed event, a rider must stay on a bucking horse for 8 seconds.
What is bronc riding (or saddle bronc/bareback)
This annual rodeo, held since 1923, is known as "The Daddy of ‘Em All."
What is the Cheyenne Frontier Days?
This bull, nicknamed "The World’s Most Dangerous," threw 127 riders in his career.
Who is Bodacious?
The iconic rodeo accessory worn to protect a cowboy’s hands.
What are gloves (or rodeo gloves)?
A cowboy who hasn’t earned any money at a rodeo is called this.
What is a "broke cowboy"?
This chaotic event involves a team of ropers chasing a steer.
What is team roping?
Rodeo events evolved from the skills of this occupation in the American West.
What is a cowboy/cattle herder?
The only cowboy to win world championships in all three roughstock events (bull riding, bareback, saddle bronc).
Who is Jim Shoulders?
This animal is NOT used in standard PRCA rodeo events.
What is a buffalo/bison?
When a bull or horse spins in circles instead of bucking straight.
What is "sunfishing"?
The only rodeo event where men and women compete directly against each other.
What is Barrel Racing?
This rodeo legend won 16 world championships in bull riding and bronc riding in the early 1900s.
Who is Casey Tibbs?
This Canadian bull rider won 8 PRCA world titles, the most in history.
Who is Don Gay?
The term for a cowboy who competes in both roughstock and timed events.
What is an all-around cowboy?
The term for a bull that kicks its hind legs high mid-buck.
What is a "kicker"?
In this event, a cowboy wrestles a steer to the ground by its horns.
What is steer wrestling (or bulldogging)?
The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) was founded in this year.
What is 1936?
She’s the most decorated cowgirl in history, with 14 world titles in barrel racing.
Who is Sherry Cervi?
The traditional rodeo anthem played at the start of events.
What is "Star-Spangled Banner"
A rodeo contestant who travels from event to event in a beat-up truck.
What is a "leather pounder" or "circuit rider"?
The rodeo event where a rider ties a goat’s legs in the shortest time (popular in kids’ rodeos).
What is goat tying?
This Native American rodeo star was the first woman to compete against men in PRCA rodeos.
Who is Bertha Blancett?
This rodeo clown and bullfighter was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame for saving countless riders.
Who is Lecile Harris?
This rodeo queen titleholder went on to become a famous Hollywood actress.
Who is Reba McEntire?
The slang for a rookie cowboy who’s all hat and no cattle.
What is a "drugstore cowboy"?