Super Bowl Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers Printable
What is The Super Bowl?
A: The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the
National Football
League (NFL).
When was the first super bowl played?
A: On January 15, 1967.
The game was created as part of a what?
A: A merger agreement between the NFL and the American Football League (AFL).
After the merger, each league was re-designated as a what?
A: "Conference” and the game would then be played between the conference
champions.
As of 2014, the NFC leads the league with 26 wins to what?
A: 22 wins for the AFC.
The Pittsburgh Steelers hold the record for Super Bowl
victories with how many victories?
A: Six.
What is the day on which the Super Bowl is played called?
A: "Super Bowl Sunday".
Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest day for the U.S.
consumption of what?
A: Food, after
Thanksgiving Day.
The four most-watched broadcasts in U.S. television
history
are what?
A: Super Bowls.
What trophy has been awarded to the Super Bowl winner each
year since its inception?
A: The Vince Lombardi.
In 2014, Super Bowl XLVIII became the what?
A: The most-watched American television program in history.
The game had an average audience of how many viewers?
A: 111.5 million viewers.
The Super Bowl is also among the most-watched “what” in the
world?
A: Sporting events.
The NFL restricts the use of its what?
A: "Super Bowl" trademark.
For four decades after its 1920 inception, the NFL
successfully fended off what?
A: Several rival leagues.
In 1960, it encountered its most serious competitor when
what league was formed?
A: American Football League (AFL).
The AFL vied heavily with the NFL for what?
A: Both players and fans.
Just before the 1966 season, the NFL and AFL reached a
what?
A: A merger agreement that was to take effect for the 1970 season.
Where did Lamar Hunt, owner of the AFL's Kansas City
Chiefs, first use the term "Super Bowl"?
A: In the merger meetings.
The "Super Bowl" name was derived from the bowl game, a
what?
A: Post-season college football game.
What was the original "bowl game"?
A: The Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena,
California.
After the NFL's Green Bay Packers won the first two Super
Bowls, some team owners were worried about what?
A: The future of the merger.
Which Super Bowl has been earliest game played?
A: Super Bowl XI on January 9, 1977.
Which Super Bowl game was the latest played?
A: Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010.
What has been the most frequent date for the game to be
played?
A: January 26, with four games played.
Super Bowl XLVIII was the first Super Bowl played on what
date?
A: February 2, a date commonly celebrated as Groundhog Day.
Beginning with the 1970 season, the NFL realigned into what
two conferences?
A: The American Football Conference (AFC), and the National Football Conference
(NFC).
The champions of the two conferences would play each other
in the what?
A: The Super Bowl.
The game is played annually on a Sunday as the final game
of the what?
A: The NFL Playoffs.
How many teams have appeared in Super Bowl games without a
win?
A: Nine.
The Minnesota
Vikings were the first team to have done
what?
A: Appeared a record four times without a win.
What four teams have never appeared in a Super Bowl?
A: The Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions,
Jacksonville Jaguars, and
Houston
Texans.
What team won the first two Super Bowls?
A: The Green Bay Packers, and the Oakland Raiders following the 1966 and 1967
seasons, respectively.
What quarterback led the Packers?
A: Bart Starr.
In Super Bowl III, the AFL's New York Jets defeated what
eighteen-point favorite, 16–7?
A: Baltimore Colts of the NFL.
The Jets were led by what quarterback?
A: Joe Namath.
After the AFL-NFL merger was completed in 1970, what three
franchises would go on to dominate the 1970s?
A: The Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, and Pittsburgh Steelers, winning a
combined eight Super Bowls in the decade.
