The Big Cats
Indiana
"Bad"
Vocabulary
U.S. History
100

Of the order "Carnivora", it's presently the largest African carnivore

What is the lion?

100

A race is run in Daviess County every fall by these "fall" poultry, & the winner doesn't get eaten

What are turkeys?

100

A Boy Scout gets them as a sign of merit

What are badges?

100

Of spring rolls, Eskimo rolls, or rollmops, the ones you don't eat

What are Eskimo rolls?

100

Labor leader in the AFL, John Lewis resigned in 1935 & helped form this rival organization

What was the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations)?

200

These, not khaki fatigues, provide the leopard camouflage

What are spots?

200

Since Parke County has 31 of these quaint bridges, a yearly festival is held for them

What are covered bridges?

200

It "flowed" between the Hatfields & McCoys

What was bad blood?

200

Of a dingus, dinghy or dingo, the animate object

What is dingo?

200

American frontiersman who worked as advance man for the Transylvania Co.

Who was Daniel Boone?

300

This New World big cat, Panthera onca, swims & climbs well but usually stalks prey on the ground

What is the jaguar?

300

Not surprisingly, the name for this Indiana town came to its inhabitants on Christmas Eve 1851

What was Santa Claus?

300

A region of rugged terrain, or a 1973 film that followed Martin Sheen & Sissy Spacek into such terrain

What are badlands?

300

Of a conjugation, congregation, or conjuration, the 1 most likely to begin "amo, amas, amat..."

What is conjugation?

300

White House press secretary wounded by John Hinckley, March 30, 1981

Who was James Brady?

400

After a kill, this central organ is generally the only one a tiger will not eat

What is the stomach?

400

About 1920, Detroit began replacing this city as the leading producer of automobiles

What is Indianapolis?

400

The residence of England's Duke of Beaufort gave this game its name

What is badminton?

400

Of a sniffle, snaffle, or snuffle, the 1 that isn't a rhinal condition

What is a snaffle?

400

The name of Robert Livingston's estate, Fulton named a steamship after it

What was Clermont?

500

Unlike most big cats, this, also known as the hunting leopard, is active during the day

What is the cheetah?

500

A southern Indiana farm, now a national memorial, is where this president grew to manhood

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

500

Used once, it's a town in Austria, & twice it's a spa in West Germany

What is Baden?

500

Of goa, koa, or moa, the 1 that's extinct

What is a moa?

500

Named Supreme Commander of NATO in 1950, in 1953 he became Commander in Chief of American Armed Forces

Who was Dwight David Eisenhower?