Here are the answers to my annual Super Bowl quiz. With each spot costing $2.6 million for :30 of air time, did you remember what the product was they were advertising, based on a one-sentence description?
- Two guys take rock/paper/scissors literally (Bud Light)
- A guy crashes his car while checking out a woman on the sidewalk (Doritos)
- A rabbit clicks a mouse with advice from a guinea pig (Blockbuster)
- An employee with a bad comb-over gets fired (Sierra Mist Free)
- Everyone at work likes Pierce and his new car (SalesGenie.com)
- A self-defense lesson in a karate class (Sierra Mist)
- A vehicle has to accelerate before doors close and stop at cliff’s edge (Toyota Tundra)
- Employees are weightless inside and outside the first moon office (FedEx)
- A couple is married by an auctioneer paid off by the best man (Bud Light)
- Two men work on a car kiss and rip off some chest hair (Snickers)
- A woman checks out a guy at the gym and falls off her treadmill (Schick Quattro)
- Carlos Mencia conducts a class in English for foreigners (Bud Light)
- Everybody wants to work in marketing (GoDaddy.com)
- It looks like a menacing video game, but it’s a guy doing good deeds (Coca-Cola)
- A hungry dog check out a butcher’s window and a passing parade (Budweiser)
- A driver-turned-superhero takes on Maposaurus (Garmin)
- A jungle office comes under attack for a training seminar (CareerBuilder.com)
- A supermarket cashier flirts with a customer (Doritos)
- Men strip and dance to Nelly’s “It’s Hot In Herrre” (Chevy HHR)
- The fist bump is out, the face slap is in (Bud Light)
- A man walking down the street in costume is menaced by some thugs (BeatYourRisk.com, for King Pharmaceuticals)
- A factory robot makes a mistake, is fired, and ends up jumping off a bridge (GM)
- Famous moments in black history (Coca-Cola)
- Connectile dysfunction (Sprint Broadband)
- Proud black viewers watch the Super Bowl with kids and family (Tostitos/Lays/Doritos)
- A man breaks out of a retirement home to do things he always wanted to (Coca-Cola)
- After a performance evaluation, a man ends up with paperclips on his face (CareerBuilder.com)
- Hospital employees trade gossip over a patient’s bed (Sierra Mist)
- Don Shula and Jay-Z play a virtual football game (Budweiser Select)
- A couple skis, golfs, and swims in a snow globe (Izod)
- A guy on a motorcycle talks about technology (Hewlett-Packard)
- A car shows off to the tune of Elvis singing “Burning Love” (Honda CRV)
- A rock can do a lot of things (Prudential Financial)
- Crabs on a beach have a religious ceremony (Budweiser)
- A couple picks up a hitchhiker with an ax (Bud Light)
- Kevin Federline makes fries (Nationwide Insurance)
- Eileen, Joy, Bob, Harry, and Mr. Turkey Neck (FedEx)
- Dwayne Wade and Charles Barkley have lunch (T-Mobile)
- Robert Goulet messes up an office (Emerald Nuts)
- Hauling 10,000 lbs through the desert (Toyota Tundra)
- Lions watch campers and try to talk like Ricardo Montalban (Taco Bell)
- Office gladiators fight for a promotion (CareerBuilder.com)
- Sheryl Crow’s “Not Fade Away” tour (Revlon Colorist)
- Apes talking in a zoo while a woman takes a picture (Bud Light)
- A man puts a quarter in a vending machine and we see the fantasy world inside (Coke)
- A bank manager robs the customers in his own bank (E-Trade)
- Guys go for a bike ride and a kayak trip (Flomax)
- Things you can do with one finger (E-Trade)
- Cars do a slalom around gas pumps (Honda)
- Guy goes to Asian wise man for secret ingredient info (Snapple Green Tea)
You can see all the commercials again here.