Quiz: Fact or Fiction: Super Bowl Trivia

Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Super Bowl Trivia

Do you know what’s fact, what’s fiction about the big game?

William Gibson

AARP

Published June 21, 2021

10 Questions

Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Super Bowl Trivia

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  "question" : "As of 2021, only two Super Bowls have gone into overtime.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Fact",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Fiction",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Fiction. Only one Super Bowl has ever gone into overtime.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "The event generates the second-highest day of food consumption after Thanksgiving.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Fact",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Fiction",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Fact. Millions of pizzas, millions of pounds of potato chips and more than a billion chicken wings are sold for game day.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "It costs a whopping $1 million for a 30-second commercial during the Super Bowl.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Fact",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Fiction",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Fiction. According to The Sporting News, 30-second ads cost about $5.5 million to $5.6 million in 2021.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass were the first Super Bowl halftime performers.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Fact",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Fiction",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Fiction. Trumpeter Al Hirt performed during the 15-minute show, as did the University of Arizona Symphonic Marching Band and the Grambling State Marching Band.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "The first Super Bowl was played by the winners of two separate professional football leagues.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Fact",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Fiction",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Fact. The National Football League signed an agreement in 1966 to merge with the smaller American Football League after the 1969 season. But the two leagues agreed to stage yearly season-ending games between their respective champions in the meantime.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "As of 2021, the Cleveland Browns have never played in a Super Bowl.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Fact",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Fiction",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Fact. Neither have the Detroit Lions, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "The first Super Bowl was far from a sellout, with 32,000 empty seats in the cavernous Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Fact",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Fiction",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Fact. The average ticket price was $12.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "The Buffalo Bills appeared in four consecutive Super Bowls in the 1990s and lost them all.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Fact",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Fiction",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Fact. They lost the games from 1991 to 1994.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "As of 2021, New Orleans has hosted the Super Bowl more often than any other city.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Fact",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Fiction",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Fact. The Big Easy has hosted the game 10 times.",
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}, {
  "question" : "The 2016 game, won by the Denver Broncos 24-10, averaged 112 million viewers, setting a record for the largest TV audience of all time.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Fact",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Fiction",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Answer: Fiction. It drew the third-largest viewership of all time, following the 2015 and 2014 Super Bowls.",
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} ]

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