Can you name the most popular U.S. High School team nicknames?

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Popular H.S. Nicknames Quiz

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Created Jul 28, 2009 in Sports
Featured Jul 28, 2009
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	vogz:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 15:40 GMT	35 points
	kinda just guessed a bunch of NFL teams and popular college teams...nevertheless, a good challenge

	Golem:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 15:40 GMT	68 points
	The first three most guessed are tigers, lions, and bears? Oh my!

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	mjenks:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 15:50 GMT	31 points
	I miss the clever nicknames. Growing up in Indiana, I was amused by both the Frankfort Hot Dogs and the Delphi Oracles.

	GeoExpert:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:01 GMT	21 points
	According to the source, there are 5 schools named the "Cavemen" Funny

	jzev:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:06 GMT	11 points
	This gives me any idea for a new quiz of fictional high school mascots

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	austin5string:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:13 GMT	4 points
	Man.. I was a Cougar in junior high school.. how did I miss that? Brain is getting old..

	ChipTaco:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:13 GMT	3 points
	I think he's thinking of doing like Question: Bayside HS (Saved by the Bell Answer: Tigers Might need to include fictional college mascots in that as well.

	ChipTaco:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:16 GMT	4 points
	@mummy Looking at the source material, they are listed separately, because they are separate. The numbers above do not include schools that use modifiers like "Golden Eagles" or "Screaming Eagles". There are actually 167 Blue Devils and actually 110 Red Devils in the country. Hence the separate line items.

	jzev:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:16 GMT	4 points
	@vogz: not really. what about the south park cows. and you wouldn't just randomly guess, you'd think about the show/movie/book

	bfg1118:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:18 GMT	3 points
	For the longest time, I thought the top 2 answers would've been the other way around. I'm surprised my alma mater's mascot (Braves) ranked so low compared to some of the other answers though. I also second the idea on a fictional mascot quiz...

	Tex17:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:25 GMT	-4 points
	well, got 30, not too shabby - my vikings are on there

	kmzh:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:27 GMT	4 points
	Wow, I thought my high school's mascot was more unique. I only put in Dragons on a lark.

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	y2jdilemma:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:35 GMT	82 points
	Despite Denzel's advice, I did NOT Remember the Titans

	RyanUR:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:38 GMT	-3 points
	No way my school (Bull Islanders) would ever be on here.

	Rom:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:44 GMT	1 point
	There are over 80 teams named the Bearcats??? What??

	SPORKLER:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:44 GMT	-4 points
	I always like that my school had an uncommon nickname...unlike our rivals. GO IRONMEN!

	Beldasnoop:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:54 GMT	4 points
	My high school is on this list (Hawks) but I was fascinated by the source website. There are actually high schools with teams called the Urchins, Victorians, and Vulcans! Fun Quiz! I think fictional high school/college nicknames would be fun, too.

	chikka2:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 16:55 GMT	-1 points
	This was fun! Amazing that my old city highschool league team names,which we thought unique(Blue Devils,Dragons,Knights)are being used all over North America today. Nuthin'new under the sun...except Sporcle

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	Kicking222:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 17:05 GMT	0 points
	I really like this quiz. Lots of fun, and very interesting to see what was (Crusaders, Dragons) and was not (Bulls, Broncos) there. Alas, I missed Braves, despite the Atlanta Braves being my favorite sports team... but you can't win 'em all.

	JulieD:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 17:22 GMT	17 points
	I was surprised there were no Sharks.

	Wordnerd23:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 17:28 GMT	1 point
	I work with tons of high schools, so no surprise I only missed a few. My school was the Vandals, very unpopular, although Vikings did make the list. My favorites are the Nimrods and Arctic Knights. My experience has been the most common are tigers and bulldogs, followed by all the other wild cat variations.

	GPS:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 17:29 GMT	-3 points
	Go Trojans! A very good quiz.

	SailorMoon:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 17:33 GMT	1 point
	I was really surprised that cowboys weren't even on the list :P Yet, my elementary school mascot was in the 100 school spot (I never thought they would show up).

	pdu:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 17:35 GMT	26 points
	No Manbearpigs?

	evadr:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 17:58 GMT	9 points
	@MattJ: in Pekin Illinois, the team used to be called the Chinks! No kidding. Imangine.

	Haunter:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 18:09 GMT	3 points
	Community High Cutthroats, in Idaho. Favorite for now..

	Haunter:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 18:12 GMT	12 points
	There's Black Devils and Red Devils, but no one is called the White Devils..

	squid_pro_quo:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 18:12 GMT	20 points
	I went to a Catholic high school named Rosary and our mascot was the Beads.

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	Haunter:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 18:13 GMT	12 points
	The Poca High School Dots, from WV. haha

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	Mortal Light:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 18:33 GMT	-4 points
	Go tigers!

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