Impress your friends at a Super Bowl party with your knowledge of trivia. Even die-hard football fans won’t know the answers to all these Super Bowl trivia questions.
1. What was the combined score of the highest scoring game in Super Bowl history?
A combined score of 67
A combined score of 75
A combined score of 113
2, What was the lowest scoring game in Super Bowl History?
A combined score of 7
A combined score of 17
A combined score of 21
3. Why do Super Bowl promoters use Roman numerals for numbering the Super Bowl?
Someone important thought Roman numerals were more cool and sophisticated than Arabic numerals.
The ticket printer for Super BOWL I accidently used the letter “I” instead of the number one and a tradition was born.
There was a popular product called “The Super Ball 5” and the Super Bowl V promoters thought fans would get confused. They stuck with Roman numerals ever since then.
4. What was the longest play in a Super Bowl?
60 yards
99 yards
109 yards
Answers
The highest scoring Super Bowl was Super Bowl XXIX played on January 29, 1995. The San Francisco 49ers got forty-nine points and the San Diego Chargers scored twenty-six points.
The lowest scoring Super Bowl was Super Bowl VII played on January 14, 1973. The Miami Dolphins scored fourteen points and the Washington Redskins scored seven points.
The creators of the Super Bowl thought numbering the games, instead of using years like the Olympics, would be less confusing to fans because the Super Bowl occurs in a different calendar year than most of the season. Lamar Hunt, one of the founders of American Football League, named the Super Bowl and decided to use Roman numerals. He thought they would add prestige to the game.
A football field is one hundred and twenty yards long. Each end zone is ten yards long and there are a hundred yards between the end zones. A “play” refers a team advancing the ball down the field by throwing it or running with it. A play starts when the quarterback passes the ball between his legs, called the “snap,” or at kickoff. A play ends when the ball hits the ground. In Super Bowl XLVII Jacoby Jones caught a kickoff in one end zone and ran it all the way to the other end zone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl4sxj_z-NI
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