Q 01/05

After a 49–0 rout in the first Rose Bowl game in 1902, which event replaced football at the Tournament of Roses?

A) Boxing matches

B) Rowing regattas

C) Chariot races

D) Baseball games

Answer · why

C) Chariot races

Chariot races, along with ostrich races, filled the bill for the next 13 years because the first game had been so lopsided. Football did not return to...

Q 02/05

After Pearl Harbor, the 1942 Rose Bowl between Duke and Oregon State was moved from California to which city?

A) Durham

B) Chicago

C) Nashville

D) St. Louis

Answer · why

A) Durham

Durham stepped in because officials feared a Japanese attack on the West Coast, and Duke offered its own home stadium. Oregon State made the cross-cou...

Q 03/05

Which Ohio State coach was fired the day after punching a Clemson player during the 1978 Gator Bowl?

A) Earle Bruce

B) Woody Hayes

C) John Cooper

D) Luke Fickell

Answer · why

B) Woody Hayes

Woody Hayes struck Charlie Bauman, who had just intercepted a pass and been pushed out of bounds at the Ohio State bench with two minutes left. The pu...

Q 04/05

Which snack brand's Orlando bowl game introduced the first edible mascot in 2023, eaten by players on the field?

A) Cheez-It

B) Duke's Mayo

C) Little Caesars

D) Pop-Tarts

Answer · why

D) Pop-Tarts

Pop-Tarts Bowl organizers lowered a giant strawberry pastry mascot into an oversized toaster, and an edible replica came out for the players to eat. A...

Q 05/05

Which Ivy League university's stadium inspired the Rose Bowl's design and gave postseason games the word bowl?

A) Yale

B) Harvard

C) Cornell

D) Brown

Answer · why

A) Yale

Yale opened its bowl-shaped stadium in 1914, and it became the prototype for many American football stadiums. The Rose Bowl stadium borrowed both the ...