Francesa\u2019s annual Super Bowl trivia contest has extra buzz this year with Big Blue in the big game.\u00a0 For as long as I can remember, Francesa and WFAN have given away five Super Bowl trips for two.\u00a0 Contestants are asked to answer four Super Bowl-related questions with each one becoming progressively more difficult.<\/p>\n
When the Mad Dog was around, he\u2019d take on the \u201cMarquis\u201d alter-ego.\u00a0 Russo would dress up in a white wig and a royal robe.\u00a0 The Marquis would ask the questions while Mike acted as the game\u2019s moderator.<\/p>\n
Now, it\u2019s all Mike with a stack of papers containing hundreds of questions.\u00a0 Many are recycled from previous years.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s fun radio even if you\u2019re not calling in as a contestant.\u00a0 The prize is substantial.\u00a0 You get two game tickets, airfare, four nights at a Fairfield Inn in Indy, a rental car and trinkets.\u00a0 In all, the value of the trip for two is about ten grand.<\/p>\n
What was really interesting this week was that Francesa stumped and frustrated two days worth of contestants with the same audio clip of a mystery player.\u00a0 Several contestants on Monday and Tuesday were one answer away from winning the trip but failed to identify the taped voice of a prior Super Bowl participant who said the following:<\/p>\n
\u201cI try to not get too involved about the past.\u00a0 I helped them out with some suggestions on how maybe to take the Super Bowl as an event but as far as the ring goes, nobody\u2019s really asked to see it – so I\u2019m not gonna break it out and shove it down their throats.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Francesa internet message board is a repository for contest answers and many posters made convincing claims they knew the mystery voice.\u00a0 But each time a contestant used a suggested answer from the message board, Francesa groaned that they were incorrect.<\/p>\n
Two full days went by and Francesa failed to give away the first of five trips up for grabs.\u00a0 He seemed to enjoy his audience\u2019s inability to decipher the voice on the audio clip.<\/p>\n
Finally, on Wednesday afternoon, a caller named Ray from Wall, NJ nailed it.\u00a0 Here\u2019s what it sounded like<\/a>:<\/p>\n