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World Series Quiz

World Series Quiz

Brain-buster
10 questions
About 3 min
Up to 3 stars

Built to stump. Any score is bragging rights, and 9 or 10 earns the Genius title.

Timed mode 15 seconds per question

This World Series quiz is a Brain-buster for baseball fans who live for October. You'll revisit famous swings, dynasties, scandals and strange interruptions from more than a century of the Fall Classic. A few questions are fair game for casual fans, but most reach for the details that real students of the game remember, so any score you post is worth bragging about.

A quick guide to World Series history

The World Series pits the champion of the American League against the champion of the National League, and since 1922 it has been a best-of-seven affair. Fans call it the Fall Classic, and its history is packed with moments that get replayed every October: dramatic final swings, unlikely heroes and teams that seemed unbeatable for years at a time. The Series MVP award, first handed out in 1955, gives each year's standout a permanent place in the record books.

A smart way to tackle a tough baseball quiz is to think in eras. Careers rarely last much more than two decades, so if an answer option retired before the year in question or debuted after it, you can cross it off. Ballparks help too, since many classic moments happened in stadiums that no longer exist. Leagues are another quick filter, because every Series matchup features one club from each.

This quiz is built to stump, with tempting wrong answers drawn from the same eras and rivalries as the right ones. Casual fans will recognize a few names, while die-hards who have pored over decades-old box scores will find plenty to argue about. Whatever you score, you'll come away with stories worth telling the next time a Series goes the distance.

World Series questions and answers

Show all 10 questions with answers (spoilers!)

Which Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher was named World Series MVP in both 1963 and 1965?
Answer: Sandy Koufax
He threw a shutout to win Game 7 in 1965, pitching on just two days of rest.
In the 1919 Black Sox scandal, Chicago White Sox players were accused of throwing the World Series to which team?
Answer: Cincinnati Reds
Though acquitted in court, eight White Sox players were banned for life by commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
Which New York Yankees slugger hit three home runs in the clinching Game 6 of the 1977 World Series?
Answer: Reggie Jackson
He swung at the first pitch each time, homering off three different Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers.
Game 3 of the 1989 World Series between the Oakland A's and San Francisco Giants was postponed for 10 days by what?
Answer: An earthquake
The Loma Prieta quake hit about half an hour before the first pitch; Oakland went on to sweep.
Which Pittsburgh Pirates player ended the 1960 World Series with a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7?
Answer: Bill Mazeroski
His blast off the Yankees' Ralph Terry at Forbes Field was the first homer ever to end a World Series.
In Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, an injured Kirk Gibson won the game with a home run off which Oakland A's closer?
Answer: Dennis Eckersley
It was Gibson's only plate appearance of the Series, which the Los Angeles Dodgers won in five games.
In 2004, the Boston Red Sox ended a title drought dating to 1918 by sweeping which team in the World Series?
Answer: St. Louis Cardinals
It was Boston's first title in 86 years, and Manny Ramírez was named Series MVP.
Which pitcher won three games in the 2001 World Series and shared the Series MVP award with Curt Schilling?
Answer: Randy Johnson
He won Games 2, 6 and 7 as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Yankees in just their fourth season.
Which player holds the record for the most career home runs in World Series play?
Answer: Mickey Mantle
He hit 18 World Series homers for the Yankees, three more than Babe Ruth's 15.
Which Major League Baseball team won three World Series in a row from 1972 to 1974?
Answer: Oakland Athletics
The mustachioed A's beat the Reds, the Mets and the Dodgers, in that order.

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