High School Football Orange Bowl Trivia Test

[OldSchoolLion]

Let's see who knows their history.  It's OK to guess!  Have fun!

1. What was the stadium's name prior to being known as the Orange Bowl? Burdine Stadium

2. Back in the 1930's, 3 Miami high schools used the Orange Bowl to play their games.  Which schools? Miami High, Miami Jackson and Miami Edison

3. What current day high school played in the first game ever at the stadium(Hint:it is one of the 3 teams from question #2)?  Miami Edison beat Ponce De Leon  In what year? 1937

4. How much did a general admission ticket cost to that game?  50 cents   

5. This high school was Miami's first real hs football dynasty to call the Orange Bowl home.  They won 4 mythical national championships, wore midnight blue uniforms, and dressed out as many as 100 players.  Which school? From the late 1930s through the mid 1960s, Miami High was the winningest high school program in Florida.

[DILLARDBOYZ954]

The original name of the orange bowl was burdine stadium changed in 1959

[DisabledAccount]

15 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Let's see who knows their history.  It's OK to guess!  Have fun!

1. What was the stadium's name prior to being known as the Orange Bowl?

2. Back in the 1930's, 3 Miami high schools used the Orange Bowl to play their games.  Which schools?

3. What current day high school played in the first game ever at the stadium?  In what year?

4. How much did a general admission ticket cost to that game?     

5. This high school was Miami's first real hs football dynasty to call the Orange Bowl home.  They won 4 mythical national championships, wore midnight blue uniforms, and dressed out as many as 100 players.  Which school?

5 is Coral Gables I believe

 

2 is Miami High, Coral Gables and Homestead (best guess)

 

4. For any game or just high school?

[badbird]

16 minutes ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

5 is Coral Gables I believe

 

2 is Miami High, Coral Gables and Homestead (best guess)

 

4. For any game or just high school?

Do you read?  #4 is for the game referenced in #3

[OldSchoolLion]

28 minutes ago, THIS_IS_DILLARD said:

The original name of the orange bowl was burdine stadium changed in 1959

You are correct...named after Roddy Burdine.  If that name sounds familiar, it should.  Remember the old Burdines Department stores? 

[DisabledAccount]

I'm gonna guess 50 cents for the general admission

[OldSchoolLion]

16 hours ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

5 is Coral Gables I believe

 

2 is Miami High, Coral Gables and Homestead (best guess)

 

4. For any game or just high school?

Miami High is one of the correct answers for #2.  #5 is not Coral Gables.  Good guesses!

[OldSchoolLion]

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