Super knowledge for Super Sunday




The Super Bowl and parties go together like chip and dip. Chances are you’ll either be hosting a pigskin-themed celebration on Sunday afternoon or attending somebody else’s bash. It’s never a bad idea to show up with food and drink in hand and score some points of your own. Better yet, be prepared to have a few fun facts to share between plays.

The following are The Acorn’s 10 useless (and not-so-scientific) Super Bowl facts.

1. If the more than 110 million Americans who watched the Super Bowl last year lay end to end, they would stretch from Chicago to Sydney, Australia.

2. The California Avocado Commission reported 8 million pounds of guacamole was made for the big game in 2013. That’s enough of the delicious dip to cover more than two football fields from goal post to goal post.

3. Need some tortilla chips to go with that dip? The chips consumed will weigh the same as almost a dozen Boeing 747 planes.

4. Speaking of chips: Americans ate about 14,500 tons of potato chips during last year’s big game. That’s equivalent—give or take a few pounds—to a mid-size cruise ship filled with the fried spuds.

5. Domino’s Pizza drivers will log about 4 million miles on Sunday. That’s the same as going eight times around the moon.

6. Since 2002, Anheuser Busch has spent more than $250 million on advertising during the Super Bowl. It may sound like a lot of cash, but compared to the beer company’s $7 billion in sales for Bud and Bud Light last year, it’s really just a drop in the bucket.

7. This year, a 30-second TV ad will cost about $4 million. That works out to $133,333 per second. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it.

8. Although it’s impossible to know exactly how much is wagered on a Super Bowl in any given year, Nevada casinos expect that about $100 million in bets will be placed on the big game. That’s enough cash to buy 25 commercials or 84 million Budweiser beers.

9. About 1.23 billion chicken wings are consumed during the Super Bowl. That’s almost enough to give one wing to every person living in China.

10. According to Forbes, the average NFL player makes $1.9 million a year—roughly the same salary made by 58 U.S. Army sergeants, or 27 schoolteachers, or 19 police officers.

So there you have it. Ten of the most useless—and least scientific— Super Bowl facts.

The countdown is on. We hope your team wins.



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