Super Bowls XXVI-XLII Trivia Quiz

Answer: Minnesota

Minnesota is a cold place in the winter but the stadium is domed. Nothing cooled off Mark Rypien as he helped the Washington Redskins torch the Buffalo Bills, 37-24.

Answer: True

The Dallas Cowboys were up 52-17 when Leon Lett seems to be strolling into the end zone for a 59-17 lead, when the Buffalo Bills receiver, Don Beebe made a heads up play and striped him of the ball. It ended up being a touchback and the score became the final. The record for points scored remained in tact : Super Bowl XXIV : San Francisco 49ers v Denver Broncos 55-10.

Answer: Troy Aikman earned MVP honors

Everything is true except that Emmitt Smith earned the MVP honors. Aikman had won it the year before. This time around, the Dallas Cowboys beat the Buffalo Bills, 30-13.

Answer: Stan Humphries

He may have gotten them there, but he did not finish the job as the San Francisco 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers, 49-26. Even many of those Charger points were in "garbage time".

Answer: 27-17

The Dallas Cowboys won their third Super Bowl in four years when the defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17 in Phoenix, AZ. The MVP was Larry Brown, a Dallas cornerback who Neil O'Donnell, the quarterback for the Steelers threw two passes right into his gut.

Answer: Kick/punt returner

Desmond Howard, of Michigan fame, returned a huge kickoff for a touchdown, helping enable the Green Bay Packers to defeat the New England Patriots, 35-21. It was Brett Favre's first Super Bowl win.

Answer: True

The Denver Broncos were a wildcard and were a sizable underdog to the reigning Super Bowl Champions, the Green Bay Packers, but won a very exciting game 31-24. It was Elway's first in 4 tries.

Answer: 2

The Denver Broncos won back to back Super Bowls with a 31-19 win over the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons were 14-2 that year. However, the Minnesota Vikings went 15-1 but lost the NFC Championship game to Atlanta. John Elway retired after this game.

Answer: 414 yards

Kurt needed every one of those yards as the Tennessee Titans came to play. The Titans were stopped on the one-yard line at the end of the game and the Rams won a 23-16 victory. It's considered to be one of the most exciting Super Bowls played.

Answer: Kick return for a TD

The Baltimore Ravens and their suffocating defense stifled the Giants 34-7 and Ray Lewis from the defense, was ruled MVP. If not for a special teams score, the Giants may have been shut out.

Answer: The Patriots were announced as a team when they came out of the locker room

The St. Louis Rams were a huge favorite but lost to the Patriots 20-17, as Adam Vinatieri kicked the winning field goal to avoid overtime. This was right after the Rams tied it late in the game.

Answer: Bill Callahan

John Gruden was the Raiders coach the year before, but won the Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in his first year over the Raiders, 48-21. Rich Gannon, the Raiders quarterback, threw five interceptions.

Answer: Ricky Proehl

The New England Patriots beat the Carolina Panthers 32-29. Rick Proehl had also tied the score late for the Rams two years earlier before watching Brady drive down the field, and watch Vinatieri kick the winning field goal.

Answer: Jacksonville

The New England Patriots won their third Super Bowl in four years with a 24-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. Terrell Owens played on a broken leg, but it was not enough to stop the Patriots from winning in Jacksonville.

Answer: The "home team" was the Seahawks

The home team in the Super Bowl (even though they both play on a neutral field) is chosen on a rotating basis. The Steelers won 3 straight road games but were considered the home team. However, since they had won three straight in their white road uniforms, they chose to wear them again and defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21-10.

Answer: Joseph Addai and Dominic Rhodes

With a two headed pronged attack, the Colts were able to run over the Chicago Bears on route to a 29-17 victory. Peyton Manning was named the MVP.

Answer: True

He had a good game, but the 18-0 Patriots finally lost when they ran into the Giants, and were taken out of their game plan in a 17-14 loss. It was one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history.

Answer: False

The game was actually known at the time in 1967 as the "AFL-NFL World Championship Game". There is a rumor that Lamar Hunt who had the Chiefs in that game called it the "Super Bowl", and that is how it got it's name. In the fifth year of the "Super Bowl", the two leagues merged and it became the AFC and the NFC.

Answer: 3

The 1984-1985 San Francisco 49ers and the 1985-1986 Chicago Bears did it back to back until the New England Patriots did it in the 2007-2008 season. Unfortunately for the Patriots, their one loss came in the Super Bowl as they were humbled by the New York Giants 17-14. The 49ers defeated the Miami Dolphins 38-16, and the Chicago Bears thumped the New England Patriots 46-10.

Answer: Buffalo Bills

Unfortunately for the Bills, they went on to lose all four of their consecutive appearances. If Scott Norwood would have made the 47-yard field goal against the Giants, you never know how history would have changed.