super-bowl Trivia Quiz # 18
This is Super Bowl Quiz # 18, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Super Bowl Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Super Bowl Question 1
How'd They Lose to Them? - It was the 1991 NFL season, and the playoffs were upon us. The Detroit Lions were in their first NFC championship game in the Super Bowl era. What team, led by QB Mark Rypien, dominated the Lions and defeated them by the score 41-10?
The correct answer is 'Washington Redskins'
The 1991 season saw the Detroit Lions amass a 12-4 regular season record. In the divisional playoffs, they defeated the Dallas Cowboys 38-6 for their first postseason victory since the 1957 season. The Washington Redskins, who ended the Lions' playoff run, went on to defeat the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI.
Super Bowl Question 2
Super Bowl XX - How many total interceptions were thrown in Super Bowl XX?
The correct answer is '2'
The starting quarterbacks threw 0. The Patriots threw both interceptions, both thrown by Grogan.
Super Bowl Question 3
Jim McMahon - The 1985 Bears made history for releasing 'The Super Bowl Shuffle', a music video which predicted that they would win the Super Bowl. The most amazing part of this was that they released it 9 weeks before the Super Bowl. True ot False: Jim McMahon was superimposed into the music video of the Super Bowl Shuffle?
The correct answer is 'true'
So was Walter Payton.
Super Bowl Question 4
Joe Montana's 49er Years - When Joe Montana threw the winning touchdown to John Taylor in Super Bowl XXIII, how much time was left on the clock?
The correct answer is '34 seconds'
The win would be the 3rd Super Bowl win for the 49ers in 8 years. It would also mark the end of Bill Walsh's 10 years as coach of the 49ers.
Super Bowl Question 5
Mixture of U.S. Sports - Superbowl I to XXXV: what team has played in the most Superbowls?
The correct answer is 'Dallas Cowboys'
Dallas has played in 8 superbowls, winning 5 or them.
Super Bowl Question 6
USA Champions: The New Millenium - Who won Super Bowl XXXVI for the 2001/2002 season?
The correct answer is 'New England Patriots'
Played February 3, 2002, Super Bowl XXXVI was the first to be played in February. It was delayed because of the September 11th tragedies.
Super Bowl Question 7
NFC Playoff Games 1970-1974 - Dallas went to their second straight Super Bowl with a 14-3 win over the San Francisco 49ers. Who led the Cowboys in rushing in the game?
The correct answer is 'Roger Staubach'
Staubach had 55 yards rushing to lead the Cowboys that day.
Super Bowl Question 8
Super Bowl History - Which team was the first to lose consecutive Super Bowls?
The correct answer is 'Minnesota Vikings'
The Vikings lost Super Bowl VIII to Miami 24-7 then lost Super Bowl IX to Pittsvurgh 16-6.
Super Bowl Question 9
With or Without U2 - U2 proved to the world that these Irishmen indeed consider the USA a second home, when they played at the Super Bowl halftime show in February 2002. Coming just four months after the events of September 11 in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, U2, and Bono in particular, did their best to show their support for their American friends. Three songs were played at the show in memory of the victims of September 11; which of these was not one of them?
The correct answer is 'Walk On'
The 2002 Super Bowl halftime show was toned down considerably in relation to previous years, and U2 continued with that mood by keeping the stadium in the dark except for a giant video screen that listed the names of those who had lost their lives on September 11.
Super Bowl Question 10
Denver Bronco Players - I was drafted as a CB by the Broncos out of tiny North Dakota State in 1987 in the 12th round. I played 13 seasons in the NFL before retiring after the 1999 season. I was the leading tackler for the Broncos in Super Bowl XXXII vs the Green Bay Packers with 7 total tackles. Who am I?
The correct answer is 'Tyrone Braxton'
Tyrone also recorded an interception in Super Bowl XXXII, as well as a fumble recovery in Super Bowl XXXIII vs. the Atlanta Falcons.