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Q 01Which team won Super Bowl LX, played in February 2026?
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks beat New England 29–13 at Levi's Stadium; Jason Myers kicked a record five field goals, four of them building a 12–0 lead before the game's first touchdown.
Q 02Which quarterback was named MVP of the very first Super Bowl in January 1967, then repeated the feat in Super Bowl II?
Bart Starr
Bart Starr threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns against Kansas City, then beat Oakland a year later with the help of a 62-yard touchdown pass to Boyd Dowler.
Q 03Which backup Packers receiver caught the first touchdown in Super Bowl history?
Max McGee
Max McGee, who had caught only four passes all season, came on when Boyd Dowler was hurt and made a one-handed catch for a 37-yard touchdown, finishing with seven catches for 138 yards.
Q 04Which metropolitan area, with eleven, ties New Orleans for the most Super Bowls hosted as of Super Bowl LX?
Miami
Miami has staged eleven, five at the Orange Bowl and six at the Dolphins' current stadium; New Orleans drew level only by hosting Super Bowl LIX in 2025.
Q 05Through Super Bowl LX, which of these NFL teams has yet to play in a Super Bowl?
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are one of four teams never to reach one; they came closest in January 2024, leading San Francisco 24–7 at halftime of the NFC title game before losing 34–31.
Q 06Which city hosted Super Bowl I, the only Super Bowl that failed to sell out?
Los Angeles
Los Angeles: the Coliseum held about 94,000 and only 61,946 came; the AFL and NFL could not even agree on a ball, so each team's offense used its own league's.
Q 07Which stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals, hosted Super Bowl LVII in February 2023?
State Farm Stadium
State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, drew complaints from both teams: players kept slipping on the grass, and one Eagle said that changing his cleats made no difference.
Q 08Who is the only Super Bowl Most Valuable Player to come from the losing team?
Chuck Howley
Chuck Howley, a Dallas linebacker, intercepted two passes in the 16–13 defeat in Super Bowl V, and is said to have felt the award meant little because his team had lost.
Q 09Which coach, winner of the first two Super Bowls, gives the trophy its name?
Vince Lombardi
The Vince Lombardi Trophy was named for the Green Bay coach after his death in September 1970 and first presented under that name to the Super Bowl V winner in January 1971.
Q 10Which player holds the record for the most Super Bowl MVP awards?
Tom Brady
Tom Brady won five, four with New England and the last at age 43 in his first season with Tampa Bay; Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes are next with three each.
Q 11Joe Namath's AFL New York Jets upset which heavily favored NFL team in Super Bowl III, in January 1969?
Baltimore Colts
The Baltimore Colts, NFL champions with a 13–1 record, lost 16–7 to the Jets on January 12, 1969, days after Joe Namath publicly guaranteed a New York victory.
Q 12Which two networks both televised Super Bowl I, each with its own announcers?
CBS and NBC
CBS and NBC both televised the game because CBS held the NFL's rights and NBC the AFL's, and each sent its own announcers; together they drew about 51 million viewers.
Q 13Through Super Bowl LX, which NFL team has made the most Super Bowl appearances, with 12?
New England Patriots
Q 21The classic 1980 Super Bowl ad 'Hey Kid, Catch!' starred which Pittsburgh Steelers player?
Mean Joe Greene
Mean Joe Greene, the Steelers' defensive tackle, drinks the boy's Coke in one gulp and tosses him his jersey; the spot debuted in October 1979 and aired again during Super Bowl XIV.
Q 22Roughly how much did a 30-second commercial cost at Super Bowl I in 1967?
$37,500
$37,500 was the going rate for a 30-second spot at Super Bowl I, with some accounts putting it a little higher; by 2025 Fox was charging about $8 million for the same half-minute.
Q 23Which company's 1970s Super Bowl ad showed a monk, Brother Dominic, secretly copying a manuscript by machine?
Xerox
The New England Patriots have played in 12 and lost a record six of them; nine of those trips came in the 18 seasons from 2001 to 2018.
Q 14The Denver Broncos, an AFC wild card, upset which defending champion in Super Bowl XXXII, in January 1998?
Green Bay Packers
Denver's 31–24 win over the Green Bay Packers was the Broncos' first Super Bowl title and snapped the NFC's 13-game Super Bowl winning streak.
Q 15Which team won Super Bowl LVII, played in February 2023?
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38–35 on Harrison Butker's 27-yard field goal with eight seconds left, giving Patrick Mahomes his second title.
Q 16Which team led 28–3 in Super Bowl LI before losing in overtime?
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons still led 28–9 entering the fourth quarter, but New England scored the next 19 points to tie it in the final minute and won 34–28 in the first Super Bowl overtime.
Q 17Which quarterback was MVP of Super Bowl XLII, where the Giants ended the Patriots' perfect season bid?
Eli Manning
Eli Manning was MVP of Super Bowl XLII after leading the late drive that Plaxico Burress finished, beating the 18–0 Patriots 17–14 and ending their perfect-season bid.
Q 18The 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only NFL team to complete a perfect season, were coached by whom?
Don Shula
Don Shula coached the 1972 Miami Dolphins to a 17–0 season capped by a 14–7 win over Washington in Super Bowl VII; Tom Landry's Cowboys had beaten them in Super Bowl VI a year earlier.
Q 19Which Dolphins were the first teammates to each rush for 1,000 yards, in 1972?
Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris
Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris: Csonka ran for 1,117 yards, while Morris was first credited with 991 until the league reviewed a fumbled lateral and gave him the nine more he needed.
Q 20Apple's celebrated '1984' Macintosh commercial, aired during Super Bowl XVIII, was directed by whom?
Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott, fresh off Blade Runner, directed Apple's '1984' commercial, which aired nationally only once, during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984.
Xerox's 'Monks' has Brother Dominic, asked to copy a manuscript by hand, slip out to a Xerox 9200 copier instead, sparing himself decades of work.
Q 24Which padlock maker's 1970s Super Bowl ads showed its product surviving a rifle shot in slow motion?
Master Lock
Master Lock first ran the ad in 1974: a sharpshooter's bullet tears into the padlock in slow motion, gashing the body but leaving it locked, under the slogan 'Tough Under Fire'.
Q 25Volkswagen's 2011 Super Bowl ad 'The Force' stars a child dressed as which Star Wars character?
Darth Vader
Darth Vader: the boy's 'powers' fail on the dog and the washing machine until his father quietly starts the car by remote; Volkswagen posted the ad online days before the game.
Q 26Whose 'Star-Spangled Banner' before Super Bowl XXV in 1991, during the Gulf War, was released as a hit single?
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston's performance at Tampa Stadium on January 27, 1991 was released as a single that reached the Billboard top 20 and was reissued after 9/11, when it went top 10.
Q 27Which surname did both head coaches share in Super Bowl XLVII, the first coached by two brothers?
Harbaugh
Harbaugh: John's Ravens beat Jim's 49ers 34–31 after stopping San Francisco on fourth-and-goal from the 5-yard line with under two minutes left.
Q 28The 1985 Bears rolled to the Super Bowl XX title using which then-revolutionary defensive scheme?
The 46 defense
The 46 defense, which coordinator Buddy Ryan named after safety Doug Plank's jersey number, produced seven sacks and held New England to seven rushing yards in a 46–10 win.
Q 29The Super Bowl MVP trophy, first presented at Super Bowl XXV, is named after which NFL commissioner?
Pete Rozelle
The Pete Rozelle Trophy honors the commissioner who ran the NFL from 1960 to 1989 and oversaw the Super Bowl's creation; Ottis Anderson received the first one after Super Bowl XXV.
Q 30Which two Cowboys were the only co-MVPs in Super Bowl history, in Super Bowl XII?
Harvey Martin and Randy White
Harvey Martin and Randy White, Dallas's defensive linemen, shared the Super Bowl XII MVP award after the Cowboys forced eight Denver turnovers in a 27–10 win in January 1978.