Here are as many questions and answers as I know about to the 2012 WFAN Mike Francesca Super Bowl Contest.  If you have additional questions and answers that you are aware of or corrections, please email me. If I was not sure about an answer, I put a question mark after the answer. Good luck!

Contest number: 212-229-3490. It's fairly certain that WFAN staff are monitoring this site; the diversity of questions has increased dramatically as of late in the arms war. However, I think this is fine from their perspective since it means that their listening audience is engaged. Therefore, I'm also going to include some questions that are listed as ones used in previous WFAN contests. If you or somebody you know uses this site and wins the contest (or even uses it while on air), please let me know--it'd be a fun to know that I contributed.


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Level 2
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Level 4


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Question: What player played in 3 Super Bowls in 3 decades?
Answer: Gene Upshaw.

Question: Who were the two teams the Giants defeated in 1991 en route to Super Bowl XXV?
Answer: San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears.

Question Which quarterback had the most passing attempts without a touchdown in the Super Bowl?
Answer: Kerry Collins (with 39 attempts in Super Bowl XXXV).

Question: Who was the first previous Super Bowl champion that lost in a Super Bowl?
Answer: Dallas Cowboys.

Question: Who were the two teams the NY Giants lost to in during the 1986 season in which they Super Bowl XXI (21)?
Answer: Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks.

Question: Who were the 2 teams the Giants beat to reach Super Bowl XXXV (35)?
Answer: Philadelphia Eagles & Minnesota Vikings.

Question: Who were the 2 teams the Giants beat to reach Super Bowl XXV (25)?
Answer: San Francisco 49ers & Chicago Bears.

Question: Who were the 2 teams the Giants beat to reach Super Bowl XXI (21)?
Answer: San Francisco 49ers & Washington Redskins.

Question: Which of the Giants' four Super Bowl opponents had they not played in the regular season?
Answer: Baltimore Ravens.

Question: Who was the backup quarterback for the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXX (30) against the New England Patriots?
Answer: Jim McMahon.

Question: What quarterback left a Super Bowl team to play for the Jets the next season?
Answer: Neil O'Donnell.

Question: Who are three Super Bowl quarterbacks who are now deceased?
Answer: Johnny Unitas, David Woodley, Steve McNair.

Question: Who was the Giants' first-round draft pick after Super Bowl XLII (42)?
Answer: Kenny Phillips.

Question: What 5 head coaches coached in Super Bowls for 2 different teams?
Answer: Dick Vermiel, Don Shula, Bill Parcells, Dan Reeves, Mike Holmgren.

Question: How many field goals did Scott Norwood make in Super Bowl XXV (25)?
Answer: One (1).

Question: Which quarterback has attempted 50 or more passes in 2 super bowls?
Answer: Jim Kelly.

Question: Which 2 quarterbacks have a 2-1 record in the Super Bowl?
Answer: Ben Roethlisberger, Bob Griese.

Question: Which 2 Super Bowl head coaches attended the University of Dayton?
Answer: Chuck Noll and Jon Gruden.

Question: What Super Bowl head coach went to Fresno State University?
Answer: Mike Martz.

Question: What Atlanta Falcons player was arrested the night before the Super Bowl?
Answer: Eugene Robinson

Question: Who was the first Cowboy to ever score a Super Bowl touchdown?
Answer: Duane Thomas.

Question: What was the score of the Buffalo Bills & Giants regular season game in 1990?
Answer: Bills 17, Giants 13.

Question: What was the only team the Giants lost to on the road in 2007?
Answer: Dallas Cowboys (in week 1).

Question: How many receptions did David Tyree have in the Giants 2007 regular season?
Answer: Four (4).

Question: How many Grey Cups did Bud Grant win?
Answer: 4.

Question: Who was the first head coach to win the Grey Cup and the Super Bowl?
Answer: Bud Grant.

Question: What 2 teams lost a Super Bowl and then won it the following year?
Answer: Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins.

Question: How many points did the Giants allowed en route to Super Bowl XXI (21)?
Answer: Three (3).

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach went to Eastern Michigan University?
Answer: George Allen.

Question: Who was the first cornerback to win an MVP award?
Answer: Larry Brown.

Question: Who was the last player from Michigan who scored a touchdown in the Super Bowl?
Answer: Ty Law?

Question: Who was the last player from University of Miami who scored a touchdown in the Super Bowl?
Answer: Jeremy Shockey?

Question: Name the only two quarterbacks to start a Super Bowl for the Minnesota Vikings.
Answer: Fran Tarkenton & Joe Kapp.

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach was the teammate of Herman Edwards at San Diego State?
Answer: John Fox.

Question: What two Super Bowl MVPs share the same last name as two Conn Smythe Trophy winners?
Answer: Emmitt Smith & Hines Ward (Conn Smythe: Billy Smith & Cam Ward).

Question: What quarterback has the highest completion percentage in Super Bowl history?
Answer: Phil Simms.

Question: What quarterback had the highest completion percentage in a Super Bowl before Phil Simms set the record?
Answer: Ken Anderson (Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI (16); credit: M. Feliciano). (Bob Griese is not recognized for completing 7 of 8 passes because a minimum number of 20 attempts is needed per the NFL.)

Question: Who played in the NBA finals and coached in the Super Bowl?
Answer: Bud Grant (Minneapolis Lakers & Minnesota Vikings).

Level 1

Question: Which 2 Super Bowl MVPs played for the University of Miami?
Answer: Ray Lewis and Otis Anderson.

Question: Name the 2 teams that are 0-2 lifetime in the Super Bowl.
Answer: Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals.

Question: Who was the first player to do the Disney commercial?
Answer: Phil Simms.

Question: What team went 8-8 this year after predicting they were going to go to the Super Bowl?
New York Jets.

Question: How many points did the Giants score in the 2nd half of Super Bowl XXI (21)?
Answer: 30.

Question: Who was the first quarterback to start 3 Super Bowl games?
Answer: Bob Griese.

Question: Who was the second quarterback to start 3 Super Bowl games?
Answer: Fran Tarkenton.

Question: What was the score of Super Bowl XLII (42) (Giants vs. Patriots)?
Answer: 17-14.

Question: What 3 future hall of famers played in Super Bowl XXI (21)?
Answer: John Elway, Lawrence Taylor, Harry Carson.

Question: Who was the first quarterback to start four (4) Super Bowl games?
Answer: Roger Staubach? (Wrong: Jim Kelly, Fran Tarkenton).

Question: Who was the first quarterback to play every play in the Super Bowl?
Answer: Roger Staubach.

Question: What was the last Super Bowl champion that did not win a game in the regular season by more than 21 points?
Answer: New York Giants.

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach played college football at Fordham?
Answer: Vince Lombardi.

Question: Who was the first person who played college football at Ohio State who scored a Super Bowl touchdown?
Answer: Matt Snell.

Question: What was the Giants' longest play from scrimmage in any one of their Super Bowl appearances?
Answer: Eli Manning to Kevin Boss for 45 yards in Super Bowl XLII (42).

Question: Which coach coached the most career games in the NFL before reaching the Super Bowl?
Answer: Tom Coughlin.

Question: Which two Super Bowl head coaches attended the University of Minnesota?
Answer: Tony Dungy & Bud Grant.

Question: Which two Super Bowl head coaches played at Brigham Young University (BYU)?
Answer: Andy Reid (offensive guard and tackle) & Bryan Billick (tight end).

Question: Who were the 3 Giants head coaches in their Super Bowl appearances?
Answer: Bill Parcells, Jim Fassel, Tom Coughlin.

Question: How many receptions did David Tyree have for the Giants in Super Bowl XLII (42)?
Answer: Three.

Question: Who were the 3 Cowboys head coaches in their Super Bowl appearances?
Answer: Tom Landry, Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer.

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach also played quarterback in college at the University of Georgia?
Answer: John Rauch.

Question: Who was the only kicker who has kicked the opening kickoff in 4 Super Bowls?
Answer: Adam Vinatieri (Super Bowls XXXI (31), XXXVI (36), XXXVIII (38), XXXIX (39)).

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach went to California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo?
Answer: John Madden.

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach went to Long Beach State (California State University, Long Beach)?
Answer: Jim Fassel.

Question: Which 2 Super Bowl head coaches went to San Jose State University?
Answer: Bill Walsh & Dick Vermeil.

Question: Which 2 Super Bowl head coaches went to Southern Methodist University?
Answer: Forrest Gregg & Raymond Berry.

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach's son became a head coach?
Answer: Don Shula.

Level 2

Question: Who scored the Broncos' lone touchdown in their 55-10 loss in the Super Bowl XXIV (24) in New Orleans to the San Francisco 49ers?
Answer: John Elway.

Question: Which 2 Super Bowl winning head coaches played football the University of Arkansas?
Answer: Jimmy Johnson & Barry Switzer.

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach went to John Carroll University?
Answer: Don Shula.

Question: Which 2 Super Bowl starting quarterbacks wore uniform number 10?
Answer: Eli Manning & Fran Tarkenton.

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach was previously the head coach of Air Force?
Answer: Bill Parcells.

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach went to Purdue University?
Answer: Hank Stram.

Question: Who is the only tight end to have 100 yards receiving in a Super Bowl game?
Answer: Dan Ross? (Wrong: Heath Miller)

Question: Who was the first quarterback to start 3 Super Bowl games?
Answer: Bob Griese. (also a level 1 question)

Question: What team lost the last 2 AFC title games and then lost this year after predicting they were going to go to the Super Bowl?
NY Jets

Question: Who was the last eventual Super Bowl champion to allow 45 points in a regular season game?
Answer: New York Giants (2007, week 1 loss to Dallas Cowboys, 45-35).

Question: Which Super Bowl winning head coach went to Miami of Ohio? (Coached the New York Jets to victory over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III (3) in 1969.)
Answer: Wilbur "Weeb" Ewbank.

Question: Who was the youngest coach to reach the Super Bowl twice?
Answer: Mike Tomlin.

Question: Name the 4 head coaches who have each lost 4 Super Bowls.
Answer: Don Shula, Bud Grant, Marv Levy, Dan Reeves.

Question: Who was the last wild card team to win a Super Bowl?
Answer: Green Bay Packers.

Question: Name the two 2 Super Bowl quarterbacks who have more than 1 win and more than 1 loss.
Answer: John Elway & Roger Staubach.

Question: Who was the only player to win Super Bowl MVP in the final game of his career?
Answer: John Elway.

Question: Who was the first player featured in the post-Super Bowl Disney World commercial?
Answer: Phil Simms.

Question: Whose fumble did Leon Lett recover and then fumble himself?  Who on the Buffalo Bills originally fumbled the ball?
Answer: Frank Reich.

Question: Which Oakland Raider player went missing the day before Super Bowl XXXVII (37)?
Answer: Barret Robbins.

Question: Who did Bill Belichick succeed as the head coach of the New England Patriots?
Answer: Pete Carroll.

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach played football at Texas?
Answer: Tom Landry.

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach played football at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt)?
Answer: Mike Ditka.

Question: Which Super Bowl head coach played linebacker at North Carolina State University?
Answer: Bill Cowher.

Question: What Super Bowl head coach was once an assistant under Red Miller?
Answer: Bill Belichick.

Question: In Super Bowl XLII (42), in the memorable play to David Tyree, Eli evaded three Patriot defenders. Name one of them.
Answer: Richard Seymour, Jarvis Green, and Adalius Thomas.

Question: Who did Bill Parcells replace as head coach of the New York Giants?
Answer: Ray Perkins.

Question: Who had the longest touchdown run in Super Bowl history?
Answer: Willie Parker (confirmed by William C.).

Question: What Super Bowl head coach was a linebacker at University of Wichita (now known as Wichita State University)?
Answer: Bill Parcells.

Question: Which 2 Super Bowl head coaches played quarterback at Eastern Illinois University?
Answer: Mike Shanahan & Sean Payton.

Question: Who were the head coaches of the 3 New England Patriots teams that went to the Super Bowl?
Answer: Raymond Berry, Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick.

Question: Who were the head coaches of the 3 Rams teams that went to the Super Bowl?
Answer: Ray Malavasi, Dick Vermeil, Mike Martz.

Question: Who were the 3 starting quarterbacks for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their Super Bowl appearances?
Answer: Terry Bradshaw, Neil O'Donnell, Ben Roethlisberger.

Question: Who were the 3 starting quarterbacks for the Colts in their Super Bowl appearances?
Answer: Johnny Unitas, Earl Morrall, Peyton Manning.

Question: Who were the 4 starting quarterbacks for the Giants in their Super Bowl appearances?
Answer: Phil Simms, Jeff Hostetler, Kerry Collins, Eli Manning.

Question: Who are 4 Super Bowl quarterbacks that once played for the New York Jets?
Answer: Tony Eason, Boomer Esiasion, Neil O'Donnell, Brett Favre.   

Question: Who was the only coach who won both the Super Bowl and the Rose Bowl?
Answer: Dick Vermeil.

Question: Who were 2 of Jon Gruden's assistants who became Super Bowl coaches?
Answer: Mike Tomlin & Bill Callahan.

Question: Who scored the quickest touchdown in Super Bowl history?
Answer: Devin Hester.

Question: Which winning Super Bowl quarterback had the lowest quarterback rating?
Answer: Ben Roethlisberger.

Question: Who has the longest interception return in Super Bowl history?
Answer: James Harrison.

Question: Who was the most valuable player (MVP) of Super Bowl XL (40)?
Answer: Hines Ward.

Question: Who was the youngest player to ever appear in a Super Bowl?
Answer: Jamal Lewis.

Question: Who was the oldest player to ever appear in a Super Bowl?
Answer: Mike Horan.

Question: Who was the oldest head coach in a Super Bowl?
Answer: Dick Vermeil.

Question: Where will the next four Super Bowls take place?
Answer: 2012 (Super Bowl 46 XLVI): Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN; 2013 (Super Bowl 47 XLVII): Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA; 2014 (Super Bowl 48 XLVIII): MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford,  NJ; 2015 (Super Bowl 49 XLIX): University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ.

Level 3

Question: Who was the last (most recent) quarterback to throw 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarter of a Super Bowl?
Answer: Kurt Warner (in Super Bowl XLIII (43) against the Pittsburgh Steelers).

Question: Who was the first quarterback to throw 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarter of a Super Bowl?
Answer: Roger Staubach.

Question: What Super Bowl coach went to the University of the Pacific?
Answer: Tom Flores (Wrong: Jon Gruden).

Question: Which team holds the Super Bowl record for the fewest rushing attempts in a Super Bowl game?
Answer: Miami Dolphins.

Question: Two teams trailed by 10 points and came back to win the Super Bowl.  Who are they?
Answer: Washington Redskins & New Orleans Saints.

Question: What was the last Super Bowl played at the Rose Bowl?
Answer: Super Bowl XXVII (27) Dallas Cowboys vs. Buffalo Bills.

Question: What Super Bowl head coach played at the University of South Carolina?
Answer: Dan Reeves.

Question: What 3 players that scored touchdowns in 4 different Super Bowls?
Answer: Jerry Rice, Thurman Thomas, John Elway (credit: M. Feliciano).

Question: What was the last Super Bowl where 2 players rushed for over one hundred yards?
Answer: Super Bowl XLI (41): Thomas Jones & Dominic Rhodes.

Question: Who were the 4 Raiders head coaches in their Super Bowl appearances?
Answer: John Madden, Bill Callahan, John Rauch, Tom Flores.

Question: What 3 cities have celebrated Super Bowl and World Series championships in the same season?
Answer: New York (1986 Mets and Giants), Pittsburgh, Baltimore.

Question: Who was the referee in Super Bowl XLII (42)?
Answer: Mike Carey

Question: Who was the referee in Super Bowl XXV (25)?
Answer: Jerry Seeman.

Question: Who was the first official to referee 4 Super Bowls?
Answer: Jerry Markbreit.

Question: Prior to 2012, what was the last year or Super Bowl in which both of the coaches had previously won Super Bowls?
Answer: Bill Walsh and Don Shula - Super Bowl XIX.

Question: What was the first Super Bowl in which both of the coaches had previously won Super Bowls?
Answer: Super Bowl X (Tom Landry & Chuck Noll).

Question: What a Super Bowl most valuable player (MVP) has the same last name as an NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: Randy White (NBA Finals MVP: JoJo White).

Question: What 2 Super Bowl most valuable players MVPs have the same last name as 2 World Series MVPs?
Answer: Dexter Jackson (safety of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII (37)--paired with baseball's Reggie Jackson (1973 & 1977)) & Richard Dent (defensive end of the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX (20)--paired with baseball's Bucky Dent (1978)).

Question: Name the only current NFL radio play-by-play announcer who scored a Super Bowl touchdown.
Answer: Jimmy Cefalo.

Question: Who was the first player to score touchdowns in back-to-back Super Bowls?
Answer: Duane Thomas (credit: Wellington).

Question: Who was the only player to intercept Troy Aikman in a Super Bowl?
Answer: Nate Odomes (in Super Bowl XXVIII (28) for the Buffalo Bills).

Question: Who was the first player from the Pittsburgh Steelers to carry the football in a Super Bowl?
Answer: Rocky Bleier.

Question: Sean Payton won a Super Bowl as a head coach of the New Orleans Saints.  Name two other former Saints head coaches who won Super Bowls.
Answer: Mike Ditka & Hank Stram.

Question: Name the two Super Bowl head coaches who had once coached the Detroit Lions.
Answer: Bobby Ross & Don McCafferty. (credit: Wellington, confirmed by William C.)

Level 4

Question: "Try not to get too involved about the past. I-I helped him out with some--you know--some suggestions on how maybe to take the Super Bowl as an--as an event, but, uh, as far as--as far as the ring goes, nobody's really asked to see it, so I'm not going to break it out and shove it down their throats." Listen to the audio file
Answer: John Kuhn (Wrong: Jim Burt, Ken Whisenhunt, Joe Jurevicius, Steve Deossie, Adam Vinitieri, Kurt Warner).

Question: "Seven months, we're shooting for our seventh Super Bowl--that's right--seven months from June 'til right now, so, trying to get our seventh Super Bowl. Playoff beards in Pittsburgh are normal and I figured I'd just take it one step further."  Listen to the audio file (quality isn't great--wrong audio settings--but I cleaned it up as best I could)
Answer: Brett Keisel? (almost certainly correct)

Question: "I'm throwing everything at it, you know, all the different types of techniques, different agents--I'm doing everything, you know, just--just trying to find the best thing to get that thing feeling as good as possible."  Listen to the audio file (quality isn't great--wrong audio settings--but I cleaned it up as best I could)
Answer: Dwight Freeney?

Question: "I was also drafted by the Minnesota Vikings.  Um, I thought that, uh, there'd be more opportunity to play, I thought that it'd be more exciting, and I like warm weather, so I signed with Miami." Listen to the audio file
Answer: Howard Twilley.

Question: "We knew the play was coming, and uh, we had set up an arrangement whereby we were going to jam McGee and not let him out, but, as it turned out, McGee slipped through." Listen to the audio file
Answer: Howie Williams?.

Question: "I just stuck with my normal routine. I hit two punts down the middle. One of them almost hit it but, I think it probably, it probably is hittable, but it would take a special punt." Listen to the audio file
Answer: Tim Masthay (punted in Cowboys Stadium for the Super Bowl).

Question: "Walter was a tremendous personality.  You go right down the line with William Perry and Dan Hampton and Mike Singletary.  And Richard Denn, Otis Wilson.  Just--we had so many great personalities, led basically by Coach Ditka." Listen to the audio file
Answer: _____________ (Wrong: Jim McMahon.).

Question: "My most memorable game, uh, is the game is the game we played in the, uh, Super Bowl IX (9). And I say that because the excitement of the Super Bowl, the excitement of the organization never being at the Super Bowl before, and playing a great team like the Minnesota Vikings who was known as the purple people eaters." Listen to the audio file
Answer: Mel Blount?, John Stallworth? (credit: Jeemie), (Lynn Swann? someone on the Pittsburgh Steelers).












 

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