Take a hike with a X-part quiz on non-game Super Bowl highlights

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The Super Bowl, being played for the XLIVth time on Sunday, Feb. 7th, has a long history of blowouts and lately close games.

Casual fans, however, will remember the NFL's ultimate game for Janet Jackson's infamous 2004 "wardrobe malfunction" at the hands of fellow halftime performer Justin Timberlake.

This year's evergreen halftime act, The Who, released "My Generation" as a single two years before Super Bowl I in 1967, where trumpeter Al Hirt and two college marching bands bridged the game's second and third quarters. And that brings us to this quiz of non-football activities attached to various Super Bowls since. Answers are at the bottom, but let's not peek.

I. Who recently told the following joke? "The halftime show is The Who this year. NFL officials are concerned now that Brett Favre's out of the Super Bowl, because he's the only player old enough to know who The Who is."

A. Jay Leno; B. David Letterman; C. Jon Stewart; D. Jimmy Kimmel

II. Which of these British rock/pop legends has never participated in a Super Bowl halftime show?

A. The Rolling Stones; B. The Bee Gees; C. Sting; D. Paul McCartney

III. This year's post-Super Bowl show is Undercover Boss, a new CBS reality series. With 52.9 million viewers, what is the most-watched followup act ever?

A. Survivor: The Australian Outback; B. Grey's Anatomy; C. The X-Files; D. Friends

IV. They collaborated in 1990 on a heavily-hyped Super Bowl commercial for Diet Coke.

A. David Bowie and Grace Jones; B. Elton John and Paula Abdul; C. Stevie Wonder and Cher; D. Billy Joel  and Diana Ross

V. What former star of Charlie's Angels performed the National Anthem at the 1980 Super Bowl?

A. Cheryl Ladd; B. Jaclyn Smith; C. Kate Jackson; D. Farrah Fawcett

VI. Carrie Underwood's singing of the Anthem at this year's Super Bowl will mark the third straight year that an ex-American Idol contestant has done the deed. Who are the two others preceding her?

A. Kelly Clarkson and Daughtry; B. Jordin Sparks and Jennifer Hudson; C. Clay Aiken and Fantasia; D. Sanjaya Malakar and Kellie Pickler

VII. Which of these was not the title of a Super Bowl halftime show?

A. KaleidoSUPERscope; B. Be Bop Bamboozled in 3-D; C. Alakazam-a-Zowie; D. Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye

VIII. Which two NBA superstars played an elongated game of H.O.R.S.E. in a "Nothin' But Net" commercial during the 1993 Super Bowl?

A. Michael Jordan and Larry Bird; B. Magic Johnson and Julius Erving; C. Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain; D. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Charles Barkley

IX. Which one of these singers has both performed the National Anthem and starred in a Super Bowl halftime show?

A. Barry Manilow; B. Diana Ross; C. Billy Joel; D. The Judds

X. In the decidedly bizarre 1989 Super Bowl halftime show, which fake singing star was at center stage?

A. Janis Jalopy; B. Bing Frisbee; C. Jimi Eccentrix; D. Elvis Presto

ANSWERS:

I. A; II. B; III. D; IV. B; V. A; VI. B; VII. C; VIII. A; IX. B; X. D