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SHOLLY'S SUPER BOWL QUIZ ANSWERS 1/22/10 11:26 PM

Finally, I get around to typing out the answers to my Super Bowl quiz. Between work and fighting illness, I haven't typed much lately.

The winner of the Super Bowl quiz is danmerch, who will receive a gift of his choice as soon as I find out what he wants.

Anyway, here are the answers:

What NFL team...
1. ...is the only one to have appeared in more than two consecutive Super Bowls?
A. The Buffalo Bills, who appeared in four straight (25-28), but didn't win any of them.

2. ...is the first to win two consecutive Super Bowls?
A. The Green Bay Packers won the first two, back when they were known as the AFL-NFL Championship, beating the Chiefs in the first one and the Raiders in the second.

3. ...picked up its only Super Bowl win with the nickname, "The Greatest Show on Turf"?
A. The St. Louis Rams, who set the record for most points scored in a season on their way to victory in Super Bowl 34.

4. ...has not only never been to a Super Bowl, but has been as far as you can possibly get from one, posting an 0-16 season?
A. The Detroit Lions, who went winless in 2008. They are the only team to go winless in a 16-game season. The last winless team before this was the 1976 Buccaneers, who went 0-14.

5. ...couldn't prevent an opponent from completing a perfect regular season, but kept them from topping it off with a Super Bowl win?
A. The New York Giants faced the 15-0 Patriots in the last game of the 2007 regular season. Despite the game not having an effect on either team's playoff position, both teams played hard all the way and the Patriots won. As fate would have it, they'd meet again in Super Bowl 42, which the Giants would win.

6. ...celebrated its first Super Bowl appearance (and win) with its own dance, aptly named "The Super Bowl Shuffle"?
A. The 1985 Chicago Bears, en route to winning Super Bowl 20.

7. ...won its only Super Bowl appearance, and in doing so, backed up its quarterback's famous guarantee?
A. The 1968 New York Jets, in Super Bowl 3. Despite being heavy underdogs, Jets quarterback Joe Namath guaranteed that they would beat the Baltimore Colts, which they did, 16-7.

8. ...is the only one to win four Super Bowls in six years?
A. The Pittsburgh Steelers, who won Super Bowls 9 (over the Vikings), 10, 13 (both over the Cowboys), and 14 (vs. the Los Angeles Rams).

9. ...has appeared in the most Super Bowls?
A. The Dallas Cowboys, with eight--they've been in Super Bowls 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 27, 28, and 30, with an overall record of 5-3 in the Big Game.

10. ...is the only one to have never been to a Super Bowl that qualified for this year's playoffs?
A. The New Orleans Saints, who grabbed the top seed in the NFC in the 2009 playoffs, and as of this writing, are just one win away from appearing in their first Super Bowl.

11. ...lost a Super Bowl in which its quarterback got sick on the field late in the fourth quarter?
A. The 2004 Philadelphia Eagles. In Super Bowl 39, Eagles QB Donovan McNabb got sick while trying to come back against the Patriots.

12. ...has never even made the playoffs, let alone a Super Bowl?
A. The Houston Texans, who joined the NFL as an expansion team in 2002. The Texans finished the 2009 season at 9-7, their best record ever, missing the playoffs by a tiebreaker.

13. ...has lost Super Bowls to four different teams, yet never won one?
A. The Minnesota Vikings, who were on the short end of the stick in Super Bowls 4 (vs. the Chiefs), 8 (vs. the Dolphins), 9 (vs. the Steelers), and 11 (vs. the Raiders).

14. ...has beaten three different teams in the Super Bowl in four years?
A. The New England Patriots, who beat the Rams in Super Bowl 36, the Panthers in Super Bowl 38, and the Eagles in Super Bowl 39. The Cowboys have also won three in four years, beating the Bills in two of them.

15. ...was the first to lose a Super Bowl, then win a future one?
A. The Kansas City Chiefs lost Super Bowl 1 to the Packers, but redeemed themselves three years later over the Vikings.

16. ...has won the most Super Bowls without losing one?
A. The San Francisco 49ers have a 5-0 record in the Big Game, winning Super Bowls 16, 19, 23, 24, and 29. The Steelers have won six times, but lost Super Bowl 30 to the Cowboys.

17. ...is the only one to cut the New York Giants down to size in a Super Bowl?
A. The Baltimore Ravens beat the Giants 34-7 in Super Bowl 35. The Giants have appeared in three others (beating the Broncos, Bills and Patriots), but the Ravens haven't been in one before or since.

18. ...lost its Super Bowl "virginity" by giving up 49 points to the 49ers?
A. The 1994 San Diego Chargers lost Super Bowl 29 to the Niners, 49-26. The Chargers have yet to return, and come to think of it, the Niners haven't been back since either.

19. ...has appeared in five Super Bowls, with five different starting quarterbacks?
A. The Washington Redskins was the intended answer, but after further research, I found that they actually started Joe Theismann twice. That's what I get for taking a co-worker's word for it :P

20. ...literally came about a foot away from forcing the first ever Super Bowl overtime?
A. The Tennessee Titans lost Super Bowl 34 by seven points when Kevin Dyson made a catch in the final seconds and was tackled inside the Rams' 1 yard line.

21. ...has played in both conferences, but only ever represented the NFC in the Super Bowl?
A. The Seattle Seahawks played in the AFC from their arrival as an expansion team in 1976 until 2001. In 2002, they moved from the AFC West to the NFC West in order to make room for the newly arriving Texans in the AFC. The Hawks went on to make it to Super Bowl 40, losing to the Steelers 21-10.

22. ...has scored the fewest points in a Super Bowl, putting up a measly 3?
A. The Miami Dolphins, who lost Super Bowl 6 to the Cowboys, 24-3. The next lowest total is 6, put up by the Vikings three years later.

23. ...lost its only Super Bowl appearance, allowing John Elway to close out his career with a championship?
A. The Atlanta Falcons, in Super Bowl 33. After Elway and the Broncos failed to win a ring in three tries in the 80's, he closed out his career with a pair of championships, beating the Packers the year before.

24. ...saw its head coach face the team he used to work for in its only Super Bowl appearance?
A. The Arizona Cardinals' Ken Whisenhunt was the Steelers' offensive coordinator in his previous job, before taking the Cards' head coaching position and leading them to Super Bowl 43 against the Steelers.

25. ...has never been to a Super Bowl, AND has never hosted one?
A. The Cleveland Browns are the only team to hold this dubious honor, as the cities of Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville and New Orleans have all hosted at least one Super Bowl. The Browns do have three NFL championships, however, having won them before the Super Bowl era began.

26. ...lost Super Bowls to three different teams in four years, but has since won?
A. The Denver Broncos lost to the Giants in Super Bowl 21, the Redskins in Super Bowl 22, and the 49ers in Super Bowl 24. However, they made their way back to the Big Game in the mid-90's, winning Super Bowls 32 and 33.

27. ...won a Super Bowl in one city, then another one three years later while representing a different city?
A. The Oakland Raiders beat the Eagles in Super Bowl 15. They would make it back to the Big Game to beat the Redskins three years later, but as the Los Angeles Raiders. They would move back to Oakland in the mid-90's.

28. ...lost to only one team all season, yet failed to make the Super Bowl?
A. The Jacksonville Jaguars pulled off this stunning feat in 1999, posting a 14-2 regular season record, with both losses coming against division rival Tennessee. They would advance to the AFC Championship, where as luck would have it, they faced and lost to the Titans again.

29. ...won a Super Bowl with exactly 29 points?
A. The Indianapolis Colts won Super Bowl 41 over the Bears, 29-17.

30. ...lost a Super Bowl with exactly 29 points? (scored by them, not their opponents)
A. The Carolina Panthers lost their only Super Bowl (38) to the Patriots, 32-29.

31. ...has appeared in two Super Bowls, losing to the same team both times?
A. The Cincinnati Bengals made it to Super Bowls 16 and 23, barely losing to the 49ers both times.

32. ...is the only NFC team to win its one and only Super Bowl appearance?
A. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, beating the Raiders in Super Bowl 37. The Jets and Ravens are also 1-0 in Super Bowls as of this writing, but they both play in the AFC.

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