Betting on football can be difficult, but Super Bowl prop contests are anything but. All you need are copies of the below quiz — lovingly curated by the Sports department at The Washington Post — a rudimentary awareness of American football and perhaps a tiny helping of luck. Plus some pens, pencils, markers or at least a dollop of spinach artichoke dip that could be used to mark your answers. What’s not to love?
There are 20 questions here — and a tiebreaker — ranging from the frivolous (the coin toss) to the irrelevant (will the total points scored in the game be odd or even?) to the ridiculous (how many songs will be performed during Usher’s halftime show?).
Some questions will at least let you pretend to be football knowledgeable: Will San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy throw an interception? Will there be greater or fewer than 5.5 touchdowns scored on Sunday?
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Some questions will be decided early. (Will there be a score in the first six minutes and 30 seconds of the game?) Some will require watching the game until the very end. (Which team will score last?) And, of course, you’ll have to pick which team will win what is expected to be a competitive game.
The questions are mostly borrowed from various sportsbooks and gambling sites, and most are given roughly 50-50 odds, making them virtual coin flips. (The pregame coin toss is an actual coin flip.) Each correct answer gets one point, and the most points win. If there is no clear answer or the question ends in a tie, no one gets points. Enjoy our little game — and the actual game — because after this, there won’t be an NFL contest that counts until next September.
Super Bowl LVIII prop bets
And for more ways to add a little extra oomph to the game, see this list to our favorite bets, this breakdown of the odds to score the first touchdown of the game and a helpful guide to creating same-game parlays.The Post’s Jason La Canfora also broke down some ways the Chiefs might try to slow down the 49ers’ offense.
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