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[Solved] Which team won the first Super Bowl in 1967?

Trivia: Which team won the first Super Bowl in 1967?

New England Patriots
Pittsburgh Steelers
Green Bay Packers
Atlanta Falcons

The correct answer is Green Bay Packers

So why is this answer correct? : Retroactively called Super Bowl I, the 1967 championship game between the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs was called the “AFL-NFL World Championship” at the time. The big game wouldn’t take on its current moniker until 1969, when Roman numerals were added to each year’s official game title.

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[Solved] What is the oldest continuously operating pro football franchise?

Trivia: What is the oldest continuously operating pro football franchise?

Chicago Bears
New York Giants
Arizona Cardinals
Cleveland Browns

The correct answer is Arizona Cardinals

So why is this answer correct? : The American Professional Football Association, which would eventually become known as the National Football League, was founded in 1920, with 11 charter members. Of those, only the Arizona Cardinals and the Chicago Bears are still in existence. The Arizona Cardinals are the older of the two, founded in 1898 as the Morgan Athletic Club. The name changed many times, to the Racine Cardinals, Chicago Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals, Phoenix Cardinals, and, finally, Arizona Cardinals, but the line of ownership has remained the same.

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[Solved] Which U.S. President won back-to-back college championships?

Trivia: Which U.S. President won back-to-back college championships?

John F. Kennedy
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Theodore Roosevelt

The correct answer is Gerald Ford

So why is this answer correct? : Several U.S. Presidents have played football, but Gerald Ford, in office from 1974 to 1977, had perhaps the most successful football career. He played on the University of Michigan’s championship team in both 1932 and 1933, and then won the team’s MVP award in 1934. After graduation, Ford turned down offers from the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions in order to attend Yale Law School, where he worked as an assistant coach. Ford became the 38th President when Richard Nixon resigned in 1974.

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[Solved] Who has the most receiving touchdowns in NFL history?

Trivia: Who has the most receiving touchdowns in NFL history?

Randy Moss
Larry Fitzgerald
Jerry Rice
Terrell Owens

The correct answer is Jerry Rice

So why is this answer correct? : Jerry Rice is widely considered the greatest NFL wide receiver of all time for both his on-field success as well as his longevity: He played for more than 20 years, beginning his career in 1985 with the San Francisco 49ers as a 22-year-old rookie, and ending it in 2005 with the Seattle Seahawks at the ripe age of 41. Besides his record for receiving touchdowns and his three Super Bowl championships with the 49ers, Rice leads the pack in many other statistical categories, including all-time receiving yards (22,895), all-time receptions (1,549), and the most seasons with 1,000 receiving yards or more (14).

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[Solved] The British patriotic song “Rule, Britannia!” — which is unofficially associated with the British Navy — was originally a poem written in the 18th century by which author?

The British patriotic song “Rule, Britannia!” — which is unofficially associated with the British Navy — was originally a poem written in the 18th century by which author?

James Thomson
John Flaxman
Mary Matilda Betham
Elizabeth Cobbold
William Blake

The correct answer is James Thomson