Super Bowl and Beyond Trivia
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12. Joe Buck/Troy Aikmen....Al Michaels/Cris Collinsworth
"And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve." -
Here is some more Super Bowl Trivia:
1. Players from 3 different colleges have won the Super Bowl MVP Award 3 different times. Name these 3 schools.
USC, Michigan, Miami Fla
2. Name those persons who were the #1 overall pick of the draft who were also named as Super Bowl MVP. Hint: 7 names
Bradshaw, Elway, Aikman, Namath (AFL), Peyton Manning, Eli Manning
3. Name those Super Bowl MVPs that came from current Big Ten Schools. Hint: 6 names
Brees, Franco Harris, Starr, Holmes, Brady, Howard
4. New York City area is hosting the upcoming Super Bowl. It will become the 6th city/region that will have hosted only one single Super Bowl. Name the other 5 one time only hosts of the Super Bowl.
Detroit, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Atlanta
5. Name those teams that have never lost a Super Bowl Game.
NY Jets, Ravens, Chiefs, 49ers
6. A. Which team has the largest positive point differential in all the Super Bowl games in which it has played.
49ers
B. Which team has the largest negative point differential in all the Super Bowl games in which it has played.
Bills
7. Name those Quarterbacks that have started a Super Bowl game (win or lose) that also at some point in their career played for the Cleveland Browns.
Dawson,
8. What player holds the most individual records in Super Bowl history?
Joe Montana
9. What unique distinction does OJ Brigance hold?
10. Who are the halftime performers at the upcoming Super Bowl?
Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers
11. No team has ever "three-peated" in Super Bowl history. Name those teams in Pre-Super Bowl history that have have won 3 or more championships in a row.
Browns, Packers, Giants
12. In the 48 years that the Super Bowl has been played, there have only been 10 Primary Play by Play Announcers doing all those games. Name as many of these as you can. Note: a couple of them only have done it once.
Nance/Simms, Madden/Summerall, Gowdy/DiRogatis, Madden/Brookshier, Enberg/Olsen
Here is some more Super Bowl Trivia:
1. Players from 3 different colleges have won the Super Bowl MVP Award 3 different times. Name these 3 schools.
USC, Michigan, Miami Fla Check on Mich. no on the others
2. Name those persons who were the #1 overall pick of the draft who were also named as Super Bowl MVP. Hint: 7 names
Bradshaw, Elway, Aikman, Namath (AFL), Peyton Manning, Eli Manning
These are all correct...but you are missing that one name
3. Name those Super Bowl MVPs that came from current Big Ten Schools. Hint: 6 names
Brees, Franco Harris, Starr, Holmes, Brady, Howard
You got them all but one.....but missed on Starr who went to Alabama
4. New York City area is hosting the upcoming Super Bowl. It will become the 6th city/region that will have hosted only one single Super Bowl. Name the other 5 one time only hosts of the Super Bowl.
Detroit, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Atlanta
Only Minn/Indy are correct. (both the Detroit and Atlanta areas have had 2 SBs)
5. Name those teams that have never lost a Super Bowl Game.
NY Jets, Ravens, Chiefs, 49ers
Only Jets and Ravens are correct. (Chiefs/49ers both lost...49ers just last year)
6. A. Which team has the largest positive point differential in all the Super Bowl games in which it has played.
49ers Check
B. Which team has the largest negative point differential in all the Super Bowl games in which it has played.
Bills NO
7. Name those Quarterbacks that have started a Super Bowl game (win or lose) that also at some point in their career played for the Cleveland Browns.
Dawson,
That is one. There are others.
8. What player holds the most individual records in Super Bowl history?
Joe Montana NO
9. What unique distinction does OJ Brigance hold?
10. Who are the halftime performers at the upcoming Super Bowl?
Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers Check
11. No team has ever "three-peated" in Super Bowl history. Name those teams in Pre-Super Bowl history that have have won 3 or more championships in a row.
Browns, Packers, Giants Browns and Packers yes. No on Giants. One other team can be considered.
12. In the 48 years that the Super Bowl has been played, there have only been 10 Primary Play by Play Announcers doing all those games. Name as many of these as you can. Note: a couple of them only have done it once.
Nance/Simms, Madden/Summerall, Gowdy/DiRogatis, Madden/Brookshier, Enberg/Olsen
I am only looking for the play by play men. The correct ones are highlighted. The others you name were "color" men.
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12. Joe Buck/Troy Aikmen....Al Michaels/Cris Collinsworth
Buck and Michaels, check (the others are "color guys"
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Check on Broncos.
On 12, there are still 4 names going begging. Where is Z with his input?
What's left?
Z
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Interin Report: Unanswered questions. Maybe this will narrow things down some:
1. Besides Michigan, what 2 other schools have produced 3 SB MVPs?
2. Namath, Bradshaw, Aikman, Elway, Peyton, Eli are #1 overall picks that were SB MVPs. One other #1 Overall was also SBMVP. Who?
3. Franco Harris, Santonio Holmes, Drew Brees, Desmond Howard, Tom Brady are SB MVPs produced by current Big Ten schools. There is one other. Who?
4. Six city regions have served as one time hosts of the SB, including now NYC, Indy and Minneapolis. What are the other 3 cities?
5. Besides the Ravens and Jets, what other teams have never lost a Super Bowl?
7. Besides Len Dawson, what other former Browns QBs started a Super Bowl game?
8. What player holds the most Super Bowl records?
9. What unique distinction does OJ Brigance hold?
11. Besides the Packers and the Browns, what other team can sorta be considered to have been a threepeat champion in football history?
12. Besides Pat Summerall, Dick Enberg, Al Michaels, Curt Gowdy, Joe Buck and Jim Nantz, what 4 other men have ever been the Play by Play announcer for a Super Bowl game?
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1. Besides Michigan, what 2 other schools have produced 3 SB MVPs?
Notre Dame and Alabama
2. Namath, Bradshaw, Aikman, Elway, Peyton, Eli are #1 overall picks that were SB MVPs. One other #1 Overall was also SBMVP. Who?
Plunkett
3. Franco Harris, Santonio Holmes, Drew Brees, Desmond Howard, Tom Brady are SB MVPs produced by current Big Ten schools. There is one other. Who?
Lenny Dawson
4. Six city regions have served as one time hosts of the SB, including now NYC, Indy and Minneapolis. What are the other 3 cities?
Jacksonville, Detroit, Dallas
5. Besides the Ravens and Jets, what other teams have never lost a Super Bowl?
Giants, Buccaneers, Saints ... and the teams that have never played in a SB, if you mean those too (Browns, Lions, Jags ...)
7. Besides Len Dawson, what other former Browns QBs started a Super Bowl game?
Mark Rypien
8. What player holds the most Super Bowl records?
Joe Montana
9. What unique distinction does OJ Brigance hold?
Never heard of him
11. Besides the Packers and the Browns, what other team can sorta be considered to have been a threepeat champion in football history?
Bears?
12. Besides Pat Summerall, Dick Enberg, Al Michaels, Curt Gowdy, Joe Buck and Jim Nantz, what 4 other men have ever been the Play by Play announcer for a Super Bowl game?
Ray Scott, Frank Gifford
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1. Besides Michigan, what 2 other schools have produced 3 SB MVPs?
Notre Dame and Alabama
2. Namath, Bradshaw, Aikman, Elway, Peyton, Eli are #1 overall picks that were SB MVPs. One other #1 Overall was also SBMVP. Who?
Plunkett
3. Franco Harris, Santonio Holmes, Drew Brees, Desmond Howard, Tom Brady are SB MVPs produced by current Big Ten schools. There is one other. Who?
Lenny Dawson
4. Six city regions have served as one time hosts of the SB, including now NYC, Indy and Minneapolis. What are the other 3 cities?
Jacksonville, Detroit, Dallas
5. Besides the Ravens and Jets, what other teams have never lost a Super Bowl?
Giants, Buccaneers, Saints ... and the teams that have never played in a SB, if you mean those too (Browns, Lions, Jags ...)
7. Besides Len Dawson, what other former Browns QBs started a Super Bowl game?
Mark Rypien
8. What player holds the most Super Bowl records?
Joe Montana
9. What unique distinction does OJ Brigance hold?
Never heard of him
11. Besides the Packers and the Browns, what other team can sorta be considered to have been a threepeat champion in football history?
Bears?
12. Besides Pat Summerall, Dick Enberg, Al Michaels, Curt Gowdy, Joe Buck and Jim Nantz, what 4 other men have ever been the Play by Play announcer for a Super Bowl game?
Ray Scott, Frank Gifford
Zombo said:
1. Besides Michigan, what 2 other schools have produced 3 SB MVPs?
Notre Dame and Alabama
Actually, those are both correct.....and I must correct myself by saying that there should be 3 other schools. There is one more in addition to Michigan/Ala/ND. My bad.
2. Namath, Bradshaw, Aikman, Elway, Peyton, Eli are #1 overall picks that were SB MVPs. One other #1 Overall was also SBMVP. Who?
Plunkett
Check
3. Franco Harris, Santonio Holmes, Drew Brees, Desmond Howard, Tom Brady are SB MVPs produced by current Big Ten schools. There is one other. Who?
Lenny Dawson
Check
4. Six city regions have served as one time hosts of the SB, including now NYC, Indy and Minneapolis. What are the other 3 cities?
Jacksonville, Detroit, Dallas
Jax and Big D, check. But not Detroit. Detroit has had 2...one at the Silverdome, one at Ford Field.
5. Besides the Ravens and Jets, what other teams have never lost a Super Bowl?
Giants, Buccaneers, Saints ... and the teams that have never played in a SB, if you mean those too (Browns, Lions, Jags ...)
Check on Buc/Saints....but not Giants (lost to Ravens in 2000). And yes, I do mean Browns/Lions/Jags.....and there is one last one
7. Besides Len Dawson, what other former Browns QBs started a Super Bowl game?
Mark Rypien He is another, there are more
8. What player holds the most Super Bowl records?
Joe Montana
NO
9. What unique distinction does OJ Brigance hold?
Never heard of him...OK....admittedly this is my one weird question....
11. Besides the Packers and the Browns, what other team can sorta be considered to have been a threepeat champion in football history?
Bears? NO
12. Besides Pat Summerall, Dick Enberg, Al Michaels, Curt Gowdy, Joe Buck and Jim Nantz, what 4 other men have ever been the Play by Play announcer for a Super Bowl game?
Ray Scott, Frank Gifford
Check on these.....but there are two remaining.
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Final Interim Report. Here are question left unanswered. Maybe Tour can check in.
1. Besides Michigan/ND/Alabama there is one other school that produced 3 SBMVPs. Which school.
4. Besides NYC/Indy/Minneapolis/Dallas, there is one other city/region that has hosted just one Super Bowl. Where?
5. Besides the Ravens/Jets/Saints/Bucs/Browns/Lions/Jags there is one other team to never lose a Super Bowl. Who?
7. Besides Len Dawson and Mark Rypien there are two other QBs who started a Super Bowl game who played for the Browns at some point. Name the two.
8. Who holds the most Super Bowl records...player?
9. What unique distinction does OJ Brigance hold....(don't really worry about this question...it is too obscure)
11. Besides the Browns and Packers one other team may be considered to have accomplished a "threepeat". What team?
12. Summerall, Enberg, Michaels, Gowdy, Scott, Joe Buck, Nantz, Gifford were primary Super Bowl play by play announcers. There have been two others in history. Name them. Hint: look at the above list....there is a clue to a name in there.
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Here is some more Super Bowl Trivia:
Final Answers:
1. Players from 3 different colleges have won the Super Bowl MVP Award 3 different times. Name these 3 schools.
It is actually 4. Michigan has Brady 2, Howard 1. Alabama has Starr 2, Namath 1. Notre Dame has Joe Montana with 3. Georgia has Jake Scott, Hines Ward, Terrell Davis.
2. Name those persons who were the #1 overall pick of the draft who were also named as Super Bowl MVP. Hint: 7 names
Namath of the AFL draft. Bradshaw, Plunkett, Aikman, Elway, Peyton, Eli.
3. Name those Super Bowl MVPs that came from current Big Ten Schools. Hint: 6 names
Len Dawson and Drew Brees of Purdue. Franco Harris of Penn St. Santonio Holmes of Ohio St. Howard and Brady of Mich.
4. New York City area is hosting the upcoming Super Bowl. It will become the 6th city/region that will have hosted only one single Super Bowl. Name the other 5 one time only hosts of the Super Bowl.
Twin Cities, Minn. Dallas area, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, and the Bay Area SF/Oak/SJ.
The Bay area has been awarded a second one that will be played at the new 49ers stadium.
5. Name those teams that have never lost a Super Bowl Game.
The Ravens are 2-0. The Jets/Bucs/Saints are 1-0. The Browns/Lions/Jags/Texans are 0-0
6. A. Which team has the largest positive point differential in all the Super Bowl games in which it has played.
The 49ers are a +96 points in their Super Bowl games
B. Which team has the largest negative point differential in all the Super Bowl games in which it has played.
The Broncos, despite winning 2 games are still a -91 points overall.
7. Name those Quarterbacks that have started a Super Bowl game (win or lose) that also at some point in their career played for the Cleveland Browns.
Mark Rypien started for the Redskins, Len Dawson started for the Chiefs, Trent Dilfer started for the Ravens, Jake Delhomme started for the Panthers.
8. What player holds the most individual records in Super Bowl history?
Jerry Rice holds the most. Most of Joe Montana's have been surpassed by Brady and others.
9. What unique distinction does OJ Brigance hold?
He is the only person to win both a Super Bowl ring and a Grey Cup ring with teams from the same city. He got his Grey Cup ring with the Baltimore Stallions in 1995 and his Super Bowl ring with the Ravens in 2000.
(4 other people have won both a SB ring and a Grey Cup ring, but obviously did it in different cities)
10. Who are the halftime performers at the upcoming Super Bowl?
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bruno Mars
11. No team has ever "three-peated" in Super Bowl history. Name those teams in Pre-Super Bowl history that have have won 3 or more championships in a row.
The Packers 1965/66/67
The Packers 1929/30/31
The Browns 1946/47/48/49/50
The Canton/Cleveland Bulldogs 1922/23/24
Note, however that the NFL says that the Canton Bulldogs and the Cleveland Bulldogs are not the same franchise. While technically true from an ownership standpoint, the Cleveland Bulldogs had the same coach and many of the same players as the year before.
12. In the 48 years that the Super Bowl has been played, there have only been 10 Primary Play by Play Announcers doing all those games. Name as many of these as you can. Note: a couple of them only have done it once.
Pat Summerall 11 times (plus 4 as a "color" man)
Dick Enberg 8 times
Al Michaels 8 times
Curt Gowdy 7 times
Ray Scott 4 times
Joe Buck 4 times
Jim Nantz 3 times
Greg Gumbel 2 times
Jack Buck 1 time
Frank Gifford 1 time (but did color 5 times)
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