Super Bowl Trivia
Super Bowl trivia explores the history, milestones, and memorable quirks of the NFLâs annual championship game, which has closed every season since 1966. What began as the title game in the era before and during the AFLâNFL merger grew into one of the most watched events in American sports, making it rich ground for easy facts, deep cuts, and crowd-pleasing questions.
Easy Super Bowl Trivia
13 questions
These easy Super Bowl trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
What league's championship game is the Super Bowl?
Answer: The National Football League.
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League.
Question 2
On what date was the very first Super Bowl played?
Answer: January 15, 1967.
The first Super Bowl was played on January 15, 1967.
Question 3
Which team won Super Bowl I?
Answer: The Green Bay Packers.
The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl I.
Question 4
In what country is the Super Bowl played every year?
Answer: The United States.
The game is played every year in the United States.
Question 5
What numbering style is used for most Super Bowls?
Answer: Roman numerals.
Most editions of the Super Bowl are identified using Roman numerals.
Question 6
What trophy does the winning team receive?
Answer: The Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Super Bowl winners receive the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Question 7
What is the big entertainment segment in the middle of the Super Bowl called?
Answer: The halftime show.
The halftime show is a major entertainment feature of the Super Bowl.
Question 8
The Super Bowl is usually played on which day of the week?
Answer: Sunday.
The Super Bowl is usually played on a Sunday.
Question 9
What does AFC stand for in Super Bowl matchups?
Answer: American Football Conference.
One of the two conferences represented in the Super Bowl is the American Football Conference.
Question 10
What does NFC stand for in the Super Bowl?
Answer: National Football Conference.
The other conference represented in the Super Bowl is the National Football Conference.
Question 11
How many Super Bowls have the Pittsburgh Steelers won?
Answer: Six.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have won six Super Bowls.
Question 12
Which player has won seven Super Bowls?
Answer: Tom Brady.
Tom Brady has won seven Super Bowls is a player.
Question 13
What earlier title game did the Super Bowl replace as the league championship?
Answer: The NFL Championship Game.
The Super Bowl replaced the NFL Championship Game is the league title game.
Super Bowl Family Trivia
12 questions
These family Super Bowl trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
Which team is the only one to finish a perfect season and then win the Super Bowl?
Answer: The 1972 Miami Dolphins.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team listed is completing a perfect season and winning the Super Bowl.
Question 2
If a trivia clue says 'perfect season plus Super Bowl champion,' which team should you name?
Answer: The 1972 Miami Dolphins.
That clue points to the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only team with both achievements together.
Question 3
Name the team with Super Bowl titles in both XXXVII and LV.?
- A.The Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
- B.Baltimore Ravens
- C.1972 Miami Dolphins
Answer: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Those two Super Bowl wins belong to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Question 4
Two Lombardi Trophies are hiding behind the Roman numerals XXXVII and LV. Which team collected both?
- A.Miami Dolphins
- B.Baltimore Ravens
- C.The Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Answer: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The listed team that won both XXXVII and LV is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Question 5
Which team has won the Super Bowl twice and has never lost one?
Answer: The Baltimore Ravens.
The Baltimore Ravens have won the Super Bowl twice and never lost one.
Question 6
True or false: The Baltimore Ravens have appeared in the Super Bowl twice and won both times.?
Answer: True
The fact says the Ravens have won the Super Bowl twice and never lost one.
Question 7
Which team in this set is perfect in Super Bowl appearances with two wins and no losses?
- A.Miami Dolphins
- B.The Baltimore Ravens.
- C.Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Answer: The Baltimore Ravens.
Among the listed facts, that description matches the Baltimore Ravens.
Question 8
Super Bowl LI is famous for the biggest comeback ever. How many points was it?
Answer: 25 points.
Super Bowl LI featured the largest comeback in the game's history at 25 points.
Question 9
Fill in the blank: The largest comeback in Super Bowl history was ______ points in Super Bowl LI.?
Answer: 25 points.
Super Bowl LI's comeback is listed is 25 points.
Question 10
True or false: Super Bowl LI featured a 25-point comeback, the biggest in the game's history.?
Answer: True
Yes. The fact states the largest comeback in the game's history was 25 points in Super Bowl LI.
Question 11
Which Super Bowl is linked to the biggest comeback in the game's history?
Answer: Super Bowl LI.
Super Bowl LI is the game with the largest comeback in history.
Question 12
How many times have the Raiders won the Super Bowl?
Answer: Three times.
The Raiders have won the Super Bowl three times.
Fun Super Bowl Trivia
13 questions
These fun Super Bowl trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
Before history retroactively crowned it 'Super Bowl I,' what was the first game officially billed as?
Answer: The AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
The first Super Bowl was originally billed is the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, and only later became known as Super Bowl I.
Question 2
Which stadium got the honor of hosting the very first Super Bowl?
- A.Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- B.Rose Bowl
- C.Miami Orange Bowl
- D.Cotton Bowl
Answer: The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Super Bowl I was hosted at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Question 3
True or false: The first Super Bowl took place at the Miami Orange Bowl.?
Answer: False
Super Bowl I was hosted at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, not the Miami Orange Bowl.
Question 4
Which city has played host to the Super Bowl more than any other?
- A.Phoenix
- B.New Orleans
- C.Miami
- D.Los Angeles
Answer: New Orleans.
New Orleans has hosted the Super Bowl more times than any other city in the provided facts.
Question 5
Which place became the first cold-weather city to host a Super Bowl, doing so for Super Bowl XVI?
Answer: Pontiac, Michigan.
Super Bowl XVI was the first played in a cold-weather city, and that city was Pontiac, Michigan.
Question 6
For its official logo, Super Bowl 50 broke with tradition and used what instead of Roman numerals?
- A.No numbers at all
- B.Arabic numerals
- C.Team logos
- D.Gold lettering only
Answer: Arabic numerals.
Super Bowl 50 officially used Arabic numerals rather than Roman numerals.
Question 7
The championship trophy is named after which legendary Packers coach?
- A.Vince Lombardi
- B.Curly Lambeau
- C.Tom Landry
- D.Don Shula
Answer: Vince Lombardi.
The Vince Lombardi Trophy is named for Packers coach Vince Lombardi.
Question 8
What famous luxury jeweler has made the Vince Lombardi Trophy since the very first Super Bowl?
- A.Tiffany & Co.
- B.Cartier
- C.Bulgari
- D.Harry Winston
Answer: Tiffany & Co.
The trophy has been made by Tiffany & Co. since the first Super Bowl.
Question 9
What day is routinely described as one of the biggest television days of the year in the United States?
Answer: Super Bowl Sunday.
Super Bowl Sunday is one of the biggest U.S. television days of the year.
Question 10
Besides football, what kind of big-ticket TV attraction is the Super Bowl especially famous for airing?
Answer: High-profile television commercials.
The game traditionally airs with high-profile television commercials.
Question 11
Which superstar was one of the two headliners of the Super Bowl LIV halftime show alongside Shakira?
Answer: Jennifer Lopez.
Jennifer Lopez and Shakira headlined the Super Bowl LIV halftime show.
Question 12
Who headlined the Super Bowl LVII halftime show?
Answer: Rihanna.
Rihanna headlined the Super Bowl LVII halftime show.
Question 13
Which singer took center stage as the halftime headliner at Super Bowl LVIII?
- A.Rihanna
- B.Prince
- C.Michael Jackson
- D.Usher
Answer: Usher.
Usher headlined the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show.
Funny Super Bowl Trivia
13 questions
These funny Super Bowl trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
Which famous football blooper is often dragged into Super Bowl conversations even though it actually happened in a regular-season game?
Answer: The Butt Fumble.
The Butt Fumble is infamous, but it was not a Super Bowl play; it happened in a regular-season NFL game.
Question 2
The only 28-3 comeback in Super Bowl history involved which team staging the rally?
- A.Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- B.The New England Patriots.
- C.Seattle Seahawks
- D.San Francisco 49ers
Answer: The New England Patriots.
The Patriots were involved in the only Super Bowl comeback from a 28-3 deficit.
Question 3
One yard from glory, the Seahawks instead met which defender, who made the game-sealing interception in Super Bowl XLIX?
Answer: Malcolm Butler.
Malcolm Butler intercepted the pass at the goal line to seal Super Bowl XLIX.
Question 4
What sticky sideline shower is a common late-game Super Bowl celebration for coaches?
- A.An ice bucket dump
- B.Gatorade bath
- C.A confetti rinse
- D.A champagne spray
Answer: A Gatorade bath.
The Gatorade bath is a well-known late-game celebration on Super Bowl sidelines.
Question 5
After winning the Super Bowl, players famously shout that theyâre going where?
Answer: Disney World.
âI'm going to Disney World!â became a famous post-Super Bowl tradition.
Question 6
How many points was the largest margin of victory in Super Bowl history, set by the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIV?
Answer: 45 points.
San Francisco won Super Bowl XXIV by 45 points, the largest margin ever.
Question 7
Which phrase became the painful nickname for Scott Norwoodâs missed field goal at the end of Super Bowl XXV?
Answer: Wide Right.
Scott Norwoodâs late miss in Super Bowl XXV became known is âWide Right.â.
Question 8
What trick-play name sounds like a sandwich order but was actually a touchdown in Super Bowl LII?
Answer: Philly Special.
The âPhilly Specialâ was the trick play that produced a touchdown in Super Bowl LII.
Question 9
Which quarterback added âpass catcherâ to his rĂ©sumĂ© by catching a touchdown in Super Bowl LII?
Answer: Nick Foles.
Nick Foles caught a touchdown pass in Super Bowl LII.
Question 10
Super Bowl XXXVII had extra soap-opera energy because Jon Gruden faced which team he had coached the season before?
Answer: The Raiders.
Jon Gruden coached against the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII after having coached them the previous season.
Question 11
Which city hosted Super Bowl XL, proving the NFL was not aiming for flip-flops and palm trees?
Answer: Detroit.
Super Bowl XL was played in Detroit.
Question 12
True or false: A team has played the Super Bowl on its true home field.?
Answer: False
No team has ever played the Super Bowl on its true home field; the Buccaneers came closest by playing in their home stadium in Super Bowl LV.
Question 13
Which team came closest to playing a Super Bowl on its true home field by appearing in Super Bowl LV at its home stadium?
Answer: The Buccaneers.
The Buccaneers came closest by playing Super Bowl LV in their home stadium, though not on a true home field designation.
Hard Super Bowl Trivia
14 questions
These hard Super Bowl trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
Which quarterback earned Super Bowl MVP honors in both the first and second Super Bowls?
Answer: Bart Starr
Bart Starr was named MVP of both Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II.
Question 2
Before Super Bowl III, which Jets star made the famous victory guarantee?
Answer: Joe Namath
Joe Namath guaranteed a Jets victory before Super Bowl III.
Question 3
Who remains the only player ever named Super Bowl MVP despite being on the losing team?
Answer: Chuck Howley
Chuck Howley of the Cowboys is the only Super Bowl MVP from a losing team.
Question 4
Super Bowl VIII's MVP was which bruising Miami running back?
Answer: Larry Csonka
Larry Csonka was the MVP of Super Bowl VIII.
Question 5
Name the Steelers runner who was voted MVP of Super Bowl IX.?
Answer: Franco Harris
Franco Harris was the MVP of Super Bowl IX.
Question 6
Which Raiders receiver, not a quarterback, captured Super Bowl XI MVP honors?
Answer: Fred Biletnikoff
Fred Biletnikoff was the MVP of Super Bowl XI.
Question 7
Super Bowl XII had co-MVPs. Give one of them.?
Answer: Harvey Martin
Harvey Martin and Randy White shared MVP honors in Super Bowl XII; Harvey Martin is one correct response.
Question 8
In Washington's Super Bowl XVII win, John Riggins rushed for exactly how many yards?
Answer: 166 yards
John Riggins rushed for 166 yards in Washington's win in Super Bowl XVII.
Question 9
Marcus Allen set a Super Bowl rushing record at the time in Super Bowl XVIII with how many yards?
Answer: 191 yards
Marcus Allen rushed for 191 yards in Super Bowl XVIII, a record at the time.
Question 10
How many touchdowns did Jerry Rice score in Super Bowl XXIX?
Answer: three touchdowns
Jerry Rice scored three touchdowns in Super Bowl XXIX.
Question 11
Who became the first special teams player ever to win Super Bowl MVP, doing so in Super Bowl XXXI?
Answer: Desmond Howard
Desmond Howard became the first special teams player to win Super Bowl MVP in Super Bowl XXXI.
Question 12
Which defensive star was named MVP of Super Bowl XXXV?
Answer: Ray Lewis
Ray Lewis was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXV.
Question 13
The final play of Super Bowl XXXIV ended with which Titans receiver stopped one yard short of the goal line?
Answer: Kevin Dyson
Super Bowl XXXIV ended with Titans receiver Kevin Dyson tackled one yard short of the goal line.
Question 14
Which kicker supplied the game-winning field goal in both Super Bowl XXXVI and Super Bowl XXXVIII?
Answer: Adam Vinatieri
Adam Vinatieri kicked the game-winning field goal in both Super Bowl XXXVI and Super Bowl XXXVIII.
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