World Series Winners Quiz

1. A fan says their team came back from a three-games-to-one deficit in the 2016 World Series and ended a championship drought dating to 1908. Which team do they support?

2. An expansion franchise founded in 1998 defeated the New York Yankees in the 2001 World Series. Which franchise was it?

3. Which team won the 1985 World Series after overcoming a three-games-to-one deficit against the St. Louis Cardinals?

4. In the 1991 World Series, every game was won by the home team. Which club captured Game 7 and the championship?

5. Kirk Gibson hit a celebrated pinch-hit home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. Which team went on to win that series?

6. A trivia card describes a New York club that won the 1969 World Series just seven seasons after joining the National League. Which club is it?

7. Carlton Fisk’s famous Game 6 home run kept Boston alive in the 1975 World Series, but which team ultimately won the championship?

8. Which team was declared the 1919 World Series champion after defeating the scandal-shadowed Chicago White Sox?

9. Which team earned its first World Series title in 1997 by defeating Cleveland in an extra-inning Game 7?

10. Which team defeated the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series, clinching the championship on Bill Mazeroski’s Game 7 home run?

11. A museum display highlights the Dodgers’ only World Series championship while the club was based in Brooklyn. Which season belongs on the display?

12. The franchise now known as the Minnesota Twins won the 1924 World Series under which name?

13. Which club won the 2019 World Series after taking all four road games against the Houston Astros?

14. A timeline jumps directly from the 1903 World Series to the 1905 edition. What explains the missing 1904 winner?

15. Which team swept the St. Louis Cardinals in 2004 to end an 86-year championship drought?

16. Which team won the first modern World Series in 1903?