1. Which current bowl game has been played under the greatest number of names?
2. Which stadiums currently host more than one annual bowl game (not including the BCS title game)?
3. What was the last bowl game that matched up two teams from what was then Division I-AA? Which two conferences were represented?
4. Of the current bowl game venues, which one is the northernmost? Southernmost? Easternmost? Westernmost?
5. Why was there no Orange Bowl game played in 1997?
6. Which current bowl venue has the greatest capacity? The smallest capacity?
7. Which bowl game is played in a Major League Baseball stadium?
8. Before the International Bowl, what was the last bowl game played outside the United States?
9. Which non-BCS bowl has the largest payout? Which has the smallest payout?
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1. Champs Sports Bowl, six names (Previously known as Blockbuster Bowl, Carquest Bowl, Micron PC Bowl, MicronPC.com Bowl, and Tangerine Bowl)
2. Superdome (Sugar Bowl, New Orleans Bowl); Qualcomm Stadium (Holiday Bowl, Poinsettia Bowl); Citrus Bowl (Capital One Bowl, Champs Sports Bowl)
3. Heritage Bowl, last played in 1999 in the Georgia Dome, matching the two historically-black conferences of Division I, the MEAC and SWAC.
4. Southernmost and Westernmost: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu; Easternmost: Rogers Center, Toronto; Northernmost: Bronco Stadium, Boise.
5. The Orange Bowl following the 1996 season was played on December 31, 1996. The Orange Bowl following the 1997 season was played on January 2, 1998.
6. Largest: Rose Bowl (92,542); Smallest: Bronco Stadium, Boise (30,000).
7. Emerald Bowl, AT&T Park, San Francisco.
8. Bacardi Bowl, Havana, last played in 1946.
9. Largest: Capital One Bowl, $4.25M per team; Smallest: PapaJohns.com Bowl, $300k per team.
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