Super Bowl LII
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50 free Super Bowl LII trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Super Bowl LII had everything a neutral could ask for. An underdog led by a stand-in passer went toe to toe with the defending champions and the most decorated coach and passer of the era. The two offenses barely stopped moving, the lead changed hands late, and the winning side ended a wait for a championship that had lasted longer than most of its fans had been alive. This quiz walks through the whole night: the road both teams took to get there, the trick plays and the decisive defensive stand, the players who scored and the ones who were surprisingly kept on the bench. It also covers everything around the football, from the anthem and the halftime show to the commercials everyone talked about the next morning and the parade that followed. The early questions are friendly enough for younger fans and anyone who only tunes in once a year. Later ones are for people who can still picture every drive. Each answer comes with a short explanation, so the quiz works just as well for a family game night as for settling an argument at the bar.
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Q 01Which backup quarterback caught a trick-play touchdown pass and was named MVP of Super Bowl LII?
Nick Foles
Nick Foles became the first player to both throw and catch a touchdown pass in a Super Bowl. He had reportedly thought about retiring in 2016, before signing on as a backup.
Q 02Which Super Bowl LII halftime headliner had last played the show alongside Janet Jackson?
Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake was making his third halftime appearance and brought no guest stars. The show used lasers and video screens instead of pyrotechnics.
Q 03Which Midwestern city hosted Super Bowl LII, 26 years after staging its only previous one?
Minneapolis
Minneapolis is the northernmost city ever to stage a Super Bowl. Its first was played at the since-demolished Metrodome in 1992, and it beat bids from Indianapolis and New Orleans for this one.
Q 04Which late musician's family allowed a Super Bowl LII halftime tribute only if no hologram was used?
Prince
Prince appeared on a giant projected sheet, singing in old concert footage. He had once called the practice of adding dead artists to new music demonic.
Q 05Which Eagles lineman gave a speech at the Super Bowl LII victory parade while dressed as a Mummer?
Jason Kelce
Jason Kelce compared Eagles fans to hungry dogs who had been starved of a championship. The center had just earned his first first-team All-Pro selection.
Q 06Which detergent's Super Bowl LII ads, starring David Harbour, posed as ads for other products?
Tide
Tide ran a spot in every quarter, often dressed up as a familiar ad for something else. Even one of the famous Clydesdale horses turned up in a commercial.
Q 07Which quarterback set a Super Bowl record with 505 passing yards in Super Bowl LII but lost?
Tom Brady
Tom Brady broke the passing mark he had set a year earlier. At 40, he had just been named the league's Most Valuable Player for the third time.
Q 08Which singer performed the national anthem at Super Bowl LII despite being ill with flu?
Pink
Pink spat out a throat lozenge moments before she began, which many commentators took for chewing gum. She was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, not far from Philadelphia.
Q 09Which streaming service used a Super Bowl LII ad to unveil a film it released that same night?
Netflix
Netflix put out The Cloverfield Paradox as soon as the game ended. The film's cast learned the title and the plan only that morning, on a conference call.
Q 10Which Tiffany-made silver prize did the Eagles lift for the first time after Super Bowl LII?
Vince Lombardi Trophy
The Vince Lombardi Trophy had eluded Philadelphia in two earlier Super Bowl trips. Each one stands 22 inches tall, weighs about seven pounds and goes home with the winners for good.
Q 11Which Patriots head coach was appearing in his eighth Super Bowl with the team at Super Bowl LII?
Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick and his team arrived as defending champions after winning Super Bowl LI. They became only the fifth title holders to lose the following year's Super Bowl.
Q 12Which Eagles starting quarterback missed Super Bowl LII after tearing a knee ligament in December?
Carson Wentz
Carson Wentz had thrown 33 touchdown passes and was the favorite to be named league MVP. He was hurt diving for the end zone in the win that clinched the division title.
Q 13Which Patriots tight end scored twice in Super Bowl LII, two weeks after suffering a concussion?
Rob Gronkowski
Q 21Which Eagles head coach, once Brett Favre's backup, won Super Bowl LII in his second season?
Doug Pederson
Doug Pederson was coaching a high school team in Louisiana ten years earlier. As a player he collected a Super Bowl ring as a third-string quarterback.
Q 22Which late-night host introduced the Super Bowl LII halftime show in a pre-recorded clip?
Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon also hosted a special edition of his talk show from a theater in the host city that night. The halftime headliner was among his guests.
Q 23Which Eagles defender forced a late fumble with the only sack of Super Bowl LII?
Brandon Graham
Brandon Graham knocked the ball loose with just over two minutes left and a teammate fell on it. The takeaway set up a field goal and left New England needing a last-second miracle.
Rob Gronkowski caught just one pass before halftime, then finished with nine catches for 116 yards. The game's final throw sailed toward him among six defenders and fell incomplete.
Q 14Which drama's most-watched episode followed Super Bowl LII and revealed how Jack Pearson died?
This Is Us
This Is Us drew almost 27 million viewers with an episode itself titled Super Bowl Sunday. Real footage from that evening's game was cut into its scenes shortly before broadcast.
Q 15Which network's Super Bowl LII telecast went silent for 30 seconds during a second-quarter ad break?
NBC
NBC blamed an equipment failure for the dead air and said no commercial time was lost. The network was also days away from showing the Winter Olympics.
Q 16Fifteen recipients of which military decoration joined the coin toss ceremony before Super Bowl LII?
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor recipient Hershel Williams, a Marine who fought on Iwo Jima, flipped the coin. He was 94 and later became the last surviving recipient from World War II.
Q 17Which Eagles quarterback lost Super Bowl XXXIX to the Patriots, the game Super Bowl LII replayed?
Donovan McNabb
Donovan McNabb threw a late touchdown pass, but the Eagles fell 24–21 in that first meeting. Only one player from either roster was still around for the rematch.
Q 18Which play-by-play announcer called Super Bowl LII on television beside analyst Cris Collinsworth?
Al Michaels
Al Michaels called the action while his partner voiced disbelief that the Eagles would gamble on fourth-and-goal just before halftime. The gamble ended in a touchdown.
Q 19Which jersey color did the Eagles wear in Super Bowl LII after the Patriots chose to play in white?
Midnight green
Midnight green shirts ended a streak for teams in white, who had won 12 of the previous 13 Super Bowls. Both sides wore the same uniforms as in their first Super Bowl meeting.
Q 20What was the final score when the Eagles beat the Patriots in Super Bowl LII?
41–33
A 41–33 final added up to 74 points, one short of what was then the Super Bowl record. The Eagles never trailed until the fourth quarter and retook the lead with 2:21 left.
Q 24Which Eagle, a quarterback in high school, threw the Philly Special touchdown in Super Bowl LII?
Trey Burton
Trey Burton had never thrown a pass in an NFL game before he lofted that one into the end zone. A third-string tight end, he signed with Chicago that offseason.
Q 25Which Eagles tight end caught the go-ahead touchdown with 2:21 left in Super Bowl LII?
Zach Ertz
Zach Ertz lost the ball as he hit the turf, but the score stood after a review judged him a runner. Earlier he had kept the drive alive on fourth-and-one.
Q 26Which Eagles running back scored in Super Bowl LII against the team he won it with a year before?
LeGarrette Blount
LeGarrette Blount ran for 90 yards, including a 21-yard touchdown, to beat his old team. He had led the whole league in rushing touchdowns for New England the season before.
Q 27Which combined statistic hit 1,151 in Super Bowl LII, setting a record for any NFL game?
Total yards
Total yards came to 1,151, more than in any earlier NFL game, regular season or playoffs. The defenses were so overmatched that the whole night produced just one punt.
Q 28The Eagles' Super Bowl LII win made which division the first with a Super Bowl title for every team?
NFC East
The NFC East completed its set because Dallas, Washington and the New York Giants had all won Super Bowls already. Philadelphia had lost its two earlier attempts.
Q 29Which dog breed did the rubber masks worn by Eagles players on their Super Bowl LII run depict?
German Shepherd
German Shepherd masks came out after a home playoff win in which the top-seeded Eagles had been the betting underdogs. Fans bought so many that Amazon sold out.
Q 30Which Super Bowl LII winner with the Eagles donated his entire 2017 salary to charity?
Chris Long
Chris Long, a son of Hall of Famer Howie Long, had won the previous Super Bowl with New England. He was named the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year in 2018.