Q 01/05

In which city is the Rose Bowl Game traditionally played?

A) Long Beach

B) Anaheim

C) Santa Monica

D) Pasadena

Answer · why

D) Pasadena

Pasadena's Rose Bowl stadium sits in the Arroyo Seco, about 10 miles north-northeast of downtown Los Angeles; the city owns the stadium while the Tour...

Q 02/05

Which broadcaster gave the Rose Bowl its nickname, "The Granddaddy of Them All"?

A) Brent Musburger

B) Curt Gowdy

C) Keith Jackson

D) Howard Cosell

Answer · why

C) Keith Jackson

Keith Jackson, ABC's voice of college football for decades, popularised the nickname and called his last game at the 2006 Rose Bowl before retiring.

Q 03/05

In what year was the very first Rose Bowl game played?

A) 1916

B) 1908

C) 1902

D) 1923

Answer · why

C) 1902

The first game was played on 1 January 1902 as the Tournament East–West football game; football then vanished from the festivities until 1916, when it...

Q 04/05

The 1902 game was so lopsided that Stanford quit in the third quarter. Which team beat them 49–0?

A) Notre Dame

B) Yale

C) Harvard

D) Michigan

Answer · why

D) Michigan

Fielding H. Yost's 1901 Michigan team finished 11–0. Yost had coached Stanford the season before.

Q 05/05

After the 1902 blowout, what did the Tournament of Roses stage instead of football for 13 years?

A) Rowing regattas

B) Boxing matches

C) Baseball exhibitions

D) Chariot and ostrich races

Answer · why

D) Chariot and ostrich races

Chariot and ostrich races filled the gap from 1903 until football returned; the festivities once even pitted a camel against an elephant, and the elep...