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Updated Feb 3, 2012 - 12:29 pm

Super Bowl commercial quiz

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Heading into Super Bowl weekend, it's important to brush up on your Super Bowl ad knowledge. See how well you do with the Ross and Burbank Super Bowl ad quiz.

1. The famous 1980 Coke commercial with Mean Joe Greene - was the first Super Bowl commercial to:

A) Star a Pittsburgh Steeler
B) Inspire a Made-for-TV movie ("The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid" 1981)
C) Lead to a lawsuit
D) Use a new Dolby Sound Enhancement system

2. Super Bowl ad prices have reached a new high water mark this year -- advertisers paid an average of $3.5 million each for 30-second spot. What year did Super Bowl ads break the $1 million mark?

HINT - It was the year the Budweiser Frogs ad debuted.

3. Volkswagen had one of the most talked about ads in last year's Super Bowl - the little boy dressed as Darth Vader who thought he might have the power of The Force. This year, the company has a follow-up ad featuring what:

A) A poker-playing baby
B) An exercising dog
C) A Leprechaun who's lost his magic
D) A kangaroo who's lost its baby

4. Joe Namath and Farrah Fawcett teamed up for a Super Bowl commercial in 1973 for which product?

A) Beauty Mist Pantyhose
B) Noxzema Shaving Cream
C) Chic Jeans
D) GoDaddy.com web services

5. Apple's famous "1984" ad is considered the most successful ad in the history of the Super Bowl. This is the one that features a room full of skinheads staring at big brother on a huge screen when a woman comes in and smashes it with a hammer. But in the original script, she didn't use a hammer. What did she use?

A) A flaming torch
B) A javelin
C) A baseball bat
D) A Microsoft PC

6. How much did commercials cost in the first Super Bowl?

A) $22,000
B) $42,000
C) $72,000
D) $102,000

Listen to Ross and Burbank results on Super Bowl commercial quiz

Answers: 1. B, 2. 1995, 3. B, 4. B, 5. C, 6. B

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