🏆 World Series Trivia Questions

Which two teams played in the first modern World Series in 1903?

• Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates
• New York Giants and Chicago Cubs
• Boston Braves and Philadelphia Athletics
• Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees

Which team won the inaugural 1903 World Series?

• Boston Americans
• Pittsburgh Pirates
• New York Giants
• Chicago Cubs

Which league's New York Giants refused to play the 1904 World Series, meaning no Series was held that year?

• National League
• American League
• Negro National League
• Federal League

Which team did Cincinnati defeat in the scandal-tainted 1919 World Series?

• Chicago White Sox
• Cleveland Indians
• New York Giants
• Brooklyn Robins

What nickname became associated with the 1919 Chicago White Sox after the gambling scandal?

• Black Sox
• Bronx Bombers
• Gas House Gang
• Big Red Machine

Which team won a record five consecutive World Series from 1949 through 1953?

• New York Yankees
• St. Louis Cardinals
• Brooklyn Dodgers
• Boston Red Sox

Who pitched the only perfect game in World Series history, for the Yankees in 1956?

• Don Larsen
• Whitey Ford
• Sandy Koufax
• Bob Feller

Which team did Don Larsen's Yankees face in his 1956 perfect game?

• Brooklyn Dodgers
• Milwaukee Braves
• Chicago Cubs
• Cleveland Indians

Which team became the first expansion club to appear in and win the World Series, in 1969?

• New York Mets
• Kansas City Royals
• Houston Astros
• San Diego Padres

Which American League team did the 1969 New York Mets beat in the World Series?

• Baltimore Orioles
• Detroit Tigers
• Minnesota Twins
• Oakland Athletics

Which team ended its 86-year World Series championship drought in 2004?

• Boston Red Sox
• Chicago Cubs
• Cleveland Indians
• San Francisco Giants

Which team did the Boston Red Sox sweep in the 2004 World Series?

• St. Louis Cardinals
• New York Yankees
• Houston Astros
• Atlanta Braves

Which team ended its championship drought by winning the 2016 World Series?

• Chicago Cubs
• Cleveland Indians
• Texas Rangers
• Washington Nationals

Which team did the Chicago Cubs defeat in the 2016 World Series?

• Cleveland Indians
• Boston Red Sox
• Los Angeles Dodgers
• New York Mets

Which team won the first World Series played after the 1994 players' strike canceled the Series?

• Atlanta Braves
• New York Yankees
• Florida Marlins
• Cleveland Indians

In 1947, who became the first African American player to appear in a World Series?

• Jackie Robinson
• Dan Bankhead
• Roy Campanella
• Larry Doby

Which team did Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers face in the 1947 World Series?

• New York Yankees
• Boston Red Sox
• St. Louis Cardinals
• Cleveland Indians

Which league's champion did the Boston Americans face to win the first modern World Series in 1903?

• National League
• American League
• Federal League
• Negro National League

What was the World Series MVP Award-winning player's team in the award's first year, 1955?

• Brooklyn Dodgers
• New York Yankees
• Milwaukee Braves
• Cleveland Indians

How many games did Cincinnati need to beat the White Sox in the best-of-nine 1919 World Series?

• Eight
• Four
• Six
• Seven