During Super Bowl week, there's a regimen of practices, press conferences and trash-talking. While plenty of off-the-cuff remarks get blown into full-page headlines, there's also been quite a bit of inane athletic behavior. As you wait for the latest on Tom Brady's fake ankle injury, test your knowledge of the men whose antics spiced up past Super Bowls.

Super Bowl Scandals Quiz

What controversial statement did a TV station report Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon saying upon his arrival at Super Bowl XX in New Orleans?

  • The people of New Orleans are fat.
  • The women of New Orleans are sluts.
  • Crayfish etouffee is tasteless slop.
  • Ever since I saw Ditka in the showers, I just laugh when he yells at me.

During Super Bowl X's media day, Dallas Cowboys linebacker Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson was asked if Steelers QB Terry Bradshaw could "solve " Dallas' vaunted "Doomsday Defense." Henderson quipped that he didn't think so, because Bradshaw was so dumb he...

  • wouldn't know up from down if given three guesses.
  • once tried to kill a bird by throwing it off a cliff.
  • would starve to death if locked inside a grocery store.
  • couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the c and the t.

Atlanta Falcons safety Eugene Robinson was arrested for soliciting prostitution on the eve of Super Bowl XXXIII. The arrest was ironic because Robinson...

  • was the spokesperson for a group that lobbied against the exploitation of women.
  • had just publicly renewed his wedding vows.
  • had been given an award for his high moral character that very morning.
  • was out picking up a $40 street walker when he could have been hanging with a much higher class of sex-industry worker at Playboy's Super Bowl party.

On the Tuesday before Super Bowl IV, what was Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson falsely accused of?

  • Popping performance enhancing "greenies."
  • Using an illegal in-helmet radio to communicate with a spy in the stands.
  • Being mixed up with a known gambler.
  • Propagandizing on behalf of the Viet Cong.

Cowboys' star running back Duane Thomas didn't talk to his teammates or coaches throughout the entire 1971 season. What did he finally say a few days before Super Bowl XI?

  • If the Cowboys are America's Team people should consider moving to France.
  • If the Super Bowl is the ultimate game, how come they're playing it again next year?
  • If Tom Landry didn't wear that silly hat he'd be just another bald jerk.
  • If my grandmother had wheels people would come from far and wide to see her.

Joe Namath shook up Super Bowl III by...

  • showing up at a press conference wearing a fur coat with nothing underneath.
  • telling reporters he didn't think Johnny Unitas was a square -- in fact he found him a bit "fruity."
  • threatening to kiss Barbara Walters during an on-air interview.
  • guaranteeing victory, even though his Jets were 18-point underdogs to the Baltimore Colts.

The day before Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego, Oakland Raiders All-Pro center Barrett Robbins slipped into Tijuana for an afternoon of fun. What happened next?

  • Robbins caught a vicious case of Montezuma's revenge and was forced to miss the big game.
  • Robbins was kidnapped and ransomed by corrupt Mexican police.
  • Robbins spent the day binge drinking, and was so disoriented upon his return to San Diego he was deactivated for the Super Bowl.
  • Robbins' name appeared on a terrorist watch list, and he wasn't allowed back into the United States in time for the kickoff.

During the Cincinnati Bengals final team meeting before Super Bowl XXIII, fullback Stanley Wilson told teammates he had to go back up to his hotel room to grab his play book. He never returned because ...

  • he found a pile of cocaine left over from the night before and went on a lengthy binge.
  • he got trapped in a broken elevator.
  • a disembodied voice told him that the Super Bowl's mix of violence and rank consumerism was contributing to the demise of Western civilization.
  • he tripped on a piece of luggage, hit his head on the dresser, and was knocked out cold.

Despite his own reputation for relentless partying, Oakland Raiders defensive lineman John Matuszak offered to play curfew cop during Super Bowl XV in New Orleans, claiming "I'm going to see that there's no funny business. " The day after making this statement he...

  • forcibly removed two rookies from a French Quarter bar.
  • was fined $1,000 for being out five hours past curfew.
  • broke his hand punching a marshmallow salesman.
  • was struck by lightning.

Because he thought there was no chance he would play in Super Bowl I, backup Green Bay Packers wide receiver Max McGee spent the night before the game drinking heavily. What happened soon after the Packers' starting receiver was injured and a blurry-eyed McGee replaced him?

  • A pass bounced off McGee's helmet and was intercepted.
  • McGee went into the huddle and threw up on quarterback Bart Starr's cleats.
  • McGee caught the first touchdown in Super Bowl history.
  • McGee forgot to buckle his belt and had the Super Bowl's first wardrobe malfunction.