Buffalo Bills
CAP Knowledge
Buffalo & NY Basics
CAP Membership
100

 What are the team colors of the Buffalo Bills?

What are red, white, and blue?

100

What type of aircraft does the Civil Air Patrol fly?

What are single-engine aircraft?

100

What body of water borders Buffalo to the west?

What is Lake Erie?

100

How old must you be to join CAP?

What is at least 12 years old? 

200

Which Hall of Fame quarterback led the Bills to four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the 1990s?

Who is Jim Kelly?

200

What is it called when cadets get a chance to co-pilot a single-engine aircraft with a trained pilot?

What is the orientation flight?

200

What popular food was invented in Buffalo in 1964 at the Anchor Bar?

What are Buffalo wings?

200
If you join CAP, are you a part of the military?

What is no, CAP is a volunteer youth program, not a military service? 

300

What were the years of the Buffalo Bills’ four consecutive Super Bowl appearances?

What are 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993?

300

What hands-on STEM activity lets cadets build and launch their own aerospace creations across Western New York?

What is rocketry?

300

Buffalo is known for heavy snowfall due to what specific weather phenomenon?

What is lake-effect snow?

300

How much does it cost to join CAP?

It is $47 a years plus around $500 for events and equipment, this is free for Buffalo Charter School and sponsored by the Friends of Buffalo Creek Foundation. 

400

What is the name of the fight song that plays after every Bills touchdown at home games?

What is the “Shout” song?

400

Name three venues where the Buffalo Creek CAP Color Guard has presented the national colors.

What are Highmark Stadium, Sahlen Field, and Buffalo State University?

400

What nearby natural wonder was used to generate hydroelectric power for Buffalo in the early 1900s?

What is Niagara Falls?

400

If you join CAP do you have to fly?

What is no, there are many opportunities in CAP, you get to choose which one you participate in. 

500

The Bills drafted this player in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft, but he initially refused to sign and played in the USFL before joining the team.

Who is Jim Kelly?

500

Which U.S. military branch is the Civil Air Patrol officially associated with?

What is the U.S. Air Force?

500

Which U.S. President was from Buffalo and was assassinated at the Pan-American Exposition in 1901?

Who is William McKinley?

500

How many times do we meet for CAP each week?

What is twice a week for 2 hours after-school?

600

In what year was Josh Allen drafted by the Buffalo Bills, and from which college did he come?

What is 2018, and who is from the University of Wyoming?

600

What structured curriculum does CAP use to teach cadets leadership skills?

What is the “Learn to Lead” curriculum?

600

Which 524-mile waterway, completed in 1825, connected Albany to Buffalo and revolutionized commerce in New York State?

What is the Erie Canal?

600

Is CAP Membership automatic? 

What is no, CAP is a volunteer program, it is not automatic, and you cannot be forced to join CAP.