QUESTIONS:

1.) Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning won a record fourth MVP award for the 2009 regular season. Name the three other players who each won three MVP awards.

2.) What three major achievements/feats do these four former NFL stars have in common: Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett, Marcus Allen and Paul Hornung?

3.) How many interceptions did former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana throw in four Super Bowls appearances?

4.) Kurt Warner is one of two quarterbacks to start for two different teams (St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals) in the Super Bowl. Name the other quarterback to accomplish this feat.

5.) Who was the first defensive player to win a Super Bowl MVP award?

6.) Who was the first player from a losing team to capture a Super Bowl MVP trophy?

7.) In which Super Bowl did the late Michael Jackson perform in during an historic halftime show?

8.) Name the remaining four NFL teams to never play in a Super Bowl.

9.) Which was the last Super Bowl to be played entirely during daylight hours?

ANSWERS:

1.) The three are quarterback Brett Favre (Green Bay Packers _ 1995, 1996, 1997); running back Jim Brown (Cleveland Browns _ 1957, 1958, 1965), and quarterback Johnny Unitas (Baltimore Colts _ 1959, 1964, 1967).

2.) All four each have won at least one Super Bowl, have won the Heisman Trophy and are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Exclusive club, indeed.

3.) Joe Montana didn’t have any interceptions in four Super Bowls. Perhaps that’s why he owns a record three Super Bowl MVP awards.

4.) Craig Morton started for the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V (the Cowboys lost to the Baltimore Colts, 16-13); Morton later started for the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII (the Broncos lost to the Cowboys, 27-10).

5.) Linebacker Chuck Howley of the Dallas Cowboys was the first defensive player to win a Super Bowl MVP award (Super Bowl V).

6.) Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley was the first player from a losing team to win a Super Bowl MVP award. The Cowboys lost to the Baltimore Colts, 16-13, as Howley recorded two interceptions and a fumble recovery, albeit in a losing effort in Super Bowl V.

7.) Michael Jackson put on a dazzling performance in Super Bowl XXVII, when the Dallas Cowboys pulverized the Buffalo Bills, 52-17. Two elements to remember about Jackson’s performance: One, for the first time in history, the ratings for the Super Bowl increased during a halftime show instead of declined, and Two, Jackson stood like a clenched-fist statue for several minutes before breaking out in song and dance, much to a roaring crowd’s delight. Call it The Michael Effect for sure.

8.) The four teams to never play in a Super Bowl: Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Texans.

9.) Super Bowl XI, in which the Oakland Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 32-14, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., was the last daylight hours only Super Bowl. Nowadays, the game begins in the dark.