Q 01/05

During most of the Super Bowl's first decade, the halftime show featured what kind of act?

A) A college marching band

B) A Las Vegas revue

C) A country singer

D) A military flyover

Answer · why

A) A college marching band

A college marching band was the norm: at the first game in 1967, the Arizona and Grambling bands shared the field with two jetpack pilots, 300 pigeons...

Q 02/05

Which wholesome troupe starred in four Super Bowl halftime shows between 1976 and 1986?

A) The Young Americans

B) Up with People

C) The Kids from Fame

D) The Mickey Mouse Club

Answer · why

B) Up with People

Up with People headlined in 1976, 1980, 1982 and 1986 with hundreds of clean-cut young singers, and critics looking back now rank those shows among th...

Q 03/05

Which Fox sketch comedy lured viewers away from the 1992 halftime show with a live episode?

A) Saturday Night Live

B) The Ben Stiller Show

C) In Living Color

D) MADtv

Answer · why

C) In Living Color

In Living Color pulled about 22 million viewers to Fox during a figure-skating show called 'Winter Magic', and the NFL answered by booking a pop super...

Q 04/05

Whose 1993 halftime show was the first where Super Bowl TV ratings rose between the halves?

A) Madonna

B) Whitney Houston

C) Bruce Springsteen

D) Michael Jackson

Answer · why

D) Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson was launched onto the stage and stood frozen for a full 90 seconds before moving, and the TV audience grew during halftime for the fir...

Q 05/05

Which anthem did a Los Angeles children's choir sing in the 1993 halftime finale?

A) Lean on Me

B) We Are the World

C) Imagine

D) What a Wonderful World

Answer · why

B) We Are the World

We Are the World came from the children's choir, who then joined the headliner for 'Heal the World' as a giant inflatable globe rose at midfield.