Super Bowl guests love a great party game. Our ultimate prop sheet delivers the fun
You have before you The Athletic's fifth annual Super Bowl party prop sheet. This year's version for Super Bowl LIX is, frankly, better than ever.
If you've played along with our party prop sheet in the past, you'll notice we've streamlined the layout to provide a more visually pleasing experience (hat tip to the creative vision of Skye Gould and our design team). The makeup of the questions remain a mix of real or re-shaped props and ones we conjured up, along with some commentary along the way to help add context. Our goal is to provide fun for the entire spectrum of football fans, from the weekly die-hards to the one-timers who check in only for the Super Bowl.
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If you want to use our party prop sheet for your own Super Bowl gathering, we offer a PDF that can be downloaded, printed out, or emailed to friends and family. But if you want to take things to the next level, we encourage you to play along with us live and give the online Q&A form a try. Your answers will be tracked by us and your results sent to you via email when the game is over! The top 10 scores will get a one-year gift subscription to The Athletic on us.
Before kickoff, we also encourage you to get your competitive juices flowing by testing your sports knowledge with our Super Bowl quiz and Connections: Sports Edition.
(Illustration: Will Tullos / The Athletic);(Photos: Getty Images — Michael Blackshire, Andy Lewis, Grant Halverson, Matt Winkelmeyer)
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