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Quiz about College Postseason Bowl Games

College Postseason Bowl Games Trivia Quiz

A basic quiz about college football bowl games.

A multiple-choice quiz by yonglo32. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
yonglo32

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
278,109

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1378

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: krboucha (8/10), realmccoy72 (8/10), Guest 47 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which BCS bowl game was created in 1971? Hint

Sugar Bowl

Rose Bowl

Fiesta Bowl

Orange Bowl

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the oldest non-BCS bowl game? Hint

Capital One

Cotton

Sun

Gator

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Question 3 of 10

3. Only one bowl game is played in a stadium otherwise used only for a professional baseball team. What bowl is it? Hint

Emerald Bowl

Orange Bowl

Insight Bowl

International Bowl

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Rose Bowl is nicknamed "The Grandaddy of them All". Who gave the game this nickname? Hint

Stuart Scott

Jack Buck

Keith Jackson

Bert Sugar

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the Hawaii Bowl's first sponsor, when it was established in 2002? Hint

Plains Capital

Sheraton

ConAgra Foods

Manaloa Nuts

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Question 6 of 10

6. What bowl has the lowest payout? Hint

Hawaii Bowl

Papajohns.com Bowl

New Orleans Bowl

Las Vegas Bowl

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Question 7 of 10

7. This bowl was played annually from 1982 to 2000, generally on Christmas Day. It was disbanded because of its sponsor's merger with DaimlerChrysler. Hint

Aloha Bowl

Holiday Bowl

Oahu Bowl

Snow Bowl

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which bowl was established as the Fort Worth Bowl in 2003? Hint

Texas Bowl

Armed Forces Bowl

Insight Bowl

Plains Capital Bowl

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Question 9 of 10

9. This old and significant bowl game started in 1947, and was known for most of its history as the Tangerine Bowl. Hint

Champs Sports Bowl

Gator Bowl

Independence Bowl

Capital One Bowl

10. Most bowl games are played in southern states, due to the time of year being December and January. However, some northern states have hosted bowl games. Of these cities, which has hosted a bowl game but no longer does? Hint

Boise

Seattle

Detroit

Chicago

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which BCS bowl game was created in 1971?

Answer: Fiesta Bowl

The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, first played in 1971, was originally a tie in to the Western Athletic Conference. The 2007 edition was a fabulous game, with Boise State upsetting Oklahoma on the last play, a two-point conversion on the Statue of Liberty play.

2. What is the oldest non-BCS bowl game?

Answer: Sun

The Sun Bowl, first established in 1935, was sponsored by Brut. Played in El Paso, Texas, no-other non BCS bowl game is older, and only the Sugar, Orange, and Rose Bowls (all BCS bowl games), are as old or older than it.

3. Only one bowl game is played in a stadium otherwise used only for a professional baseball team. What bowl is it?

Answer: Emerald Bowl

It is played in AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. The Insight Bowl was formerly played in Chase Field, but moved to Sun Devil Stadium. Dolphin Stadium and the Rogers Centre (formerly Skydome), where the Orange Bowl and International Bowl are played respectively, are home to both baseball and football teams.

4. The Rose Bowl is nicknamed "The Grandaddy of them All". Who gave the game this nickname?

Answer: Keith Jackson

Keith Jackson had a long career with ABC sports, and received the 1999 Gold Medal Award from the National Football Fondation, its highest honor. Besides his college football broadcasting career (which he is best known for), he also covered such events as the Olympics (both Winter and Summer), NBA Finals, and the Daytona 500.

5. What was the Hawaii Bowl's first sponsor, when it was established in 2002?

Answer: ConAgra Foods

The Hawaii Bowl annually featured the Conference USA against a WAC team. For one year (2006), there was a PAC-10 team.

6. What bowl has the lowest payout?

Answer: Papajohns.com Bowl

The Papajohns.com Bowl is one of the newest bowls, played in 2006. It was the first bowl game played in Birmingham since 1990 (the All-American Bowl).

7. This bowl was played annually from 1982 to 2000, generally on Christmas Day. It was disbanded because of its sponsor's merger with DaimlerChrysler.

Answer: Aloha Bowl

The Aloha Bowl's sponsor was the Jeep Corporation. It was played in Honolulu.

8. Which bowl was established as the Fort Worth Bowl in 2003?

Answer: Armed Forces Bowl

The Armed Forces Bowl has a Mountain West team play either a PAC-10 or Conference USA team, alternating between those two conferences yearly.

9. This old and significant bowl game started in 1947, and was known for most of its history as the Tangerine Bowl.

Answer: Capital One Bowl

Though many people know it as the Citrus Bowl, it was called the Tangerine Bowl from its inception to 1982. The Citrus Bowl named stuck until 2002, when sponsor Capital One kicked the "citrus". The Champs Sports Bowl was also known as the Tangerine Bowl, but only for three years.

Answer: Seattle

The Seattle Bowl was played in 2001 and 2002. Chicago has never had a bowl game played in it. Detroit hosts the Motor City Bowl and Boise holds the Humanitarian Bowl.

Source: Author yonglo32

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