The 2004 Super Bowl was the 38th in history. When written in Roman Numerals (as Super Bowls are traditionally identified),
38 contains seven characters (XXXVIII), the most ever for a Super Bowl.
Assuming that the Super Bowl will be played every year, when will there be another Super Bowl with seven characters?
When will there be a Super Bowl with even more than seven characters?
Solution:
In 2044, Super Bowl 78 will again reguire seven Roman numeral characters: LXXVIII.
Ten years later, in 2054, Super Bowl 88 will require eight characters: LXXXVIII.
Seth Cohen gets extra credit for sending in the first Super Bowl to require nine characters: CLXXXVIII.
Colin Bowey also gets extra credit for sending in the following:
As additional information here is a table of when the Super Bowl number will first have 9, 10, 11 & 12 characters :
2154 = 188th = CLXXXVIII 9 characters
2254 = 288th = CCLXXXVIII 10 characters
2354 = 388th = CCCLXXXVIII 11 characters
2854 = 888th = DCCCLXXXVIII 12 characters
Correctly solved by:
| 1. K. Sengupta | Calcutta, India |
| 2. Davit Banana | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 3. Kamal Lohia |
Holy Angel School, Hisar, Haryana, India |
| 4. Seth Cohen | Concord, New Hampshire, USA |
| 5. Ivy Joseph | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| 6. Dr. Hari Kishan |
D.N. College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| 7. Heather Widener | McLean, Virginia, USA |
| 8. Colin (Yowie) Bowey | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia |
| 9. Kelly Stubblefield | Mobile, Alabama, USA |