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The second part of my 2024 WS blog will be a quiz to test your knowledge and recollections. I realize that my readers have a wide disparity of WS knowledge. Some follow baseball very closely and are very knowledgeable, others not so much, which made it somewhat challenging to construct a fair quiz. My apologies if you find it too hard or too easy. As always, no peeking at the internet and no using Seri.

1. When was the first WS played? (a) 1885; (b) 1895; (c) 1903; (d) 1911
2. Who won the first WS? (a) NY Yankees; (b) Boston Pilgrims; (c) Cincinnati Reds; (d) Pittsburgh Pirates
3. The WS was contested every year since its inception except twice. Once was in 1994 due to a players’ strike. What year was the other occasion? (a) 1904; (b) 1919; (c) 1920; (d) 1942
4. To which team did the Black Sox lose? (a) Cincinnati Reds; (b) NY Giants; (c) Chicago Cubs; (d) Philadelphia Phillies.
5. Besides the Yankees which is the only team to win three WS consecutively? (a) St. Louis Cardinals; (b) NY Giants; (c) Boston Braves; (d) Oakland A’s.
6. What year was the first WS game that was played at night? (a) 1963; (b) 1971; (c) 1977; (d) 1979.
7. What is the only MLB team never to appear in the WS? (a) LA Angels; (b) San Diego Padres; (c) Colorado Rockies; (d) Seattle Mariners.
8. The Yankees have won the most WS – 27. Which team has won the 2nd most? (a) Dodgers; (b) Cardinals; (c) Giants; (d) Braves
9. Which Dodger made the last out in Don Larsen’s perfect game in 1956? (a) Gil Hodges; (b) Al Gionfriddo; (c) Dale Mitchell; (d) Sandy Amoros?
10. What was the first year the WS was televised? (a) 1946; (b) 1947; (c) 1948; (d) 1949
11. Who was the only player from a losing team to win the WS MVP? (a) Bobby Richardson; (b) Yogi Berra; (c) Whitey Ford; (d) Warren Spahn.
12. For whom is the WS MVP named? (a) Henry Aaron; (b) Babe Ruth; (d) Ted Williams; (d) Willie Mays
13. In the 1969 WS won by the Mets over the Orioles which player made the last out? (a) Brooks Robinson; (b) Boog Powell; (c) Mark Belanger;(d) Davey Johnson.
14. In game 7 of the 1946 WS won by the Cardinals, Enos Slaughter famously scored the winning run from first base on a single. Who was the Red Sox player who held the ball for a second allowing Slaughter to score? (a) Bobby Doer; (b) Johnny Pesky; (c) Dom DiMaggio; (d) Ted Williams.
15. Four players have won the WS MVP twice. How many of them won it for two different teams? (a) 1;(b) 2; (c) 3; (d) all 4).
16. When the Mets won the WS in 1969 who was the MVP? (a) Donn Clendenon; (b) Tom Seaver; (c) Jerry Koosman, (d) Cleon Jones
17. When the Mets won the WS in 1986 who was the MVP? (a) Mookie Wilson; (b) Darryl Strawberry; (c)Jerry Grote; (d) Ray Knight
18. When the LA Dodgers won the WS in 1959 who was the MVP? (a) Sandy Koufax; (b) Charley Neal; (d) Duke Snider; (d) Larry Sherry.
19. In the 1960 WS, which was perhaps the oddest WS ever played (The Yankees won three games by a combined score of 38-3 but lost four close ones.) who hit the series winning homerun in game 7? (a) Dick Groat; (b) Bill Mazeroski; (c) Roberto Clemente; (d) Bill Virdon.
20. Who was the only athlete to play in both the WS and the Super Bowl? (a) Bo Jackson; (b) Deion Sanders; (c) Brian Jordan; (d) Drew Henson.

Bonus question for you baseball savants: When Babe Ruth famously “called” his homerun in the 1932 WS against the Cubs who was the Cubs pitcher?

Quiz answers: 1. (c); 2. (b); 3. (a); 4. (a); 5. (d); 6. (b); 7. (d) 8. (b); 9. (c); 10. (b); 11. (a) (1960); 12. (d); 13. (d); 14. (b); 15. (b) (Corey Sieger and Reggie Jackson); 16. (a); 17. (d); 18. (d); 19. (b); 20. (b)

Bonus question answer: Charley Root