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  1919 Black Sox Scandal   great trivia quiz  
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The game of baseball has had its controversies with steroid use, but the biggest scandal was in 1919 when the Chicago White Sox had eight players conspire to throw the World Series.
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  World Series : The 1910s   popular trivia quiz  
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How much do you know about the World Series in the second decade of the 20th century?
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  World Series: 1910-1919    
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This is a quiz on the World Series in the 1910s.
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1910s WS Trivia Questions
1. Who did the Chicago White Sox play in the 1919 World Series?

From Quiz 1919 Black Sox Scandal

Answer: Cincinnati Redlegs

The World Series was against the Cincinnati Redlegs led by center fielder Ed Roush, third baseman Heinie Groh, and pitchers Hod Eller, Dutch Ruether, and Slim Sallee. They had a regular season record of 96-44. The eight conspirators on the White Sox were pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude (Lefty) Williams, outfielder Joe Jackson, third baseman Buck Weaver, first baseman Chick Gandil, center fielder Happy Felsch, shortstop Swede Risberg, and utility infielder Fred McMullen.

2. In 1910, which team defeated the Chicago Cubs to win their first ever series title?

From Quiz World Series : The 1910s

Answer: Philadelphia Athletics

The Athletics, managed by Connie Mack, were making their second series appearance, having lost to the Giants in 1905. Jack Coombs won 3 games for Philadelphia as they prevailed over the Cubs 4-1.

3. What was the outcome of the 1919 Series?

From Quiz 1919 Black Sox Scandal

Answer: Cincinnati won 5 games to 3

The World Series was a best of 9 games at that time. The Series was a best of 9 in 1903 in the first World Series and again in 1919, 1920, and 1921. All other years have been a best of 7 series.

4. Who ended game 3 of the 1915 World Series with a single?

From Quiz World Series: 1910-1919

Answer: Duffy Lewis

The Red Sox won 2-1, and took a 2-1 series lead over the Phillies. The Red Sox won the series, four games to one.

5. In 1911, the Philadelphia Athletics defeated the New York Giants 4-2. The turning point in the series was a ninth inning home run in game 3 by which player?

From Quiz World Series : The 1910s

Answer: Frank Baker

Baker's home run off Christy Matthewson at the Polo Grounds tied the game at 1-1, and the Athletics eventually won 3-2 in 11 innings, taking a 2-1 lead in the series.

6. Who was the owner of the White Sox at that time?

From Quiz 1919 Black Sox Scandal

Answer: Charles Comiskey

One of the factors alleged to have made the players involved willing to accept the bribes was Comiskey's stinginess and their bitterness towards him. There are claims that Comiskey ordered the manager to have Eddie Cicotte held out of games at the end of the 1917 season when he got to 29 wins to keep him from getting a $10,000 bonus for getting to 30 wins. Several of his top players were only making $6000 for the season while other teams were paying $10,000. After the White Sox won the 1917 World Series, he refused to give many of them a raise. The nickname "Black Sox" was not given for throwing the World Series but dated back to 1917 when Comiskey refused to pay for having the uniforms laundered by the club and told the players they had to wash their own uniforms. The players protested by wearing the same uniforms unwashed for months.

7. Whose home field was Shibe Park during the World Series in the 1910s?

From Quiz World Series: 1910-1919

Answer: Philadelphia Athletics

The Athletics went to three World Series in the decade, winning all three. Two were against the Giants, and the other against the Cubs.

8. The 1912 series went to an eighth game after game 2 was called for darkness with the game tied at 6-6 after 11 innings. In game eight, which New York Giants fielder dropped a fly ball in the 10th inning to set up a Boston Red Sox championship?

From Quiz World Series : The 1910s

Answer: Fred Snodgrass

With the Giants leading 2-1 and just 3 outs from a first series title since 1905, Snodgrass dropped an easy fly ball from Clyde Engle, allowing Engle to reach second base. Boston went on to score 2 runs to win their first World Series title since 1903.

9. Who was the manager of the 1919 White Sox?

From Quiz 1919 Black Sox Scandal

Answer: Kid Gleason

Gleason took over after Pants Rowland had been fired after the 1918 season 6th place finish. Several of the White Sox players had been called to service in World War I after the 1917 season when the White Sox won the World Series. Clarence Rowland got the nickname "Pants" when as a 9 year old he ran the bases in his father's pants rather clumsily.

10. Who hit two home runs in the 1911 World Series?

From Quiz World Series: 1910-1919

Answer: Frank Baker

Frank "Home Run" Baker hit one in game 2 and one in game 3, as his Athletics beat the Giants 4-2 in the series.

11. The New York Giants lost their third straight series in 1913. Which Philadelphia Athletics pitcher lost a game 2 duel to Christy Matthewson, before gaining his revenge in game 5 as the Athletics clinched a 4-1 series win?

From Quiz World Series : The 1910s

Answer: Eddie Plank

Plank gave up just two hits in nine innings in game 5 as the Athletics prevailed 3-1 to tie up the series.

12. Who was the Phillies slugger who hit 24 home runs in the 1915 season, but only hit .125 in the World Series?

From Quiz World Series: 1910-1919

Answer: Gavvy Cravath

The Phillies lost to the Red Sox 4-1, in one of the most closely contested series of the early 20th century. Fred Luderus led the Phillies, hitting one home run, batting .438, and having seven hits.

13. Which NL team shocked the Athletics in 1914 to win their first ever World Series?

From Quiz World Series : The 1910s

Answer: Boston Braves

Playing their home games at Fenway Park, home of their crosstown rivals the Red Sox, the Braves swept the defending World Series champion Athletics 4-0 behind the pitching of Bill James and Dick Rudolph.

14. What was the signal from the players to the gamblers in the first game that the fix was on?

From Quiz 1919 Black Sox Scandal

Answer: Hitting the first batter with a pitch

Cicotte hit Cincinnati leadoff man Morrie Rath with the second pitch, the prearranged signal to the conspirators that the fix was on.

15. The Boston Red Sox played their home games in the 1915 World Series at the newly-opened Braves Field, due to its larger capacity than Fenway Park. Which team, making their series debut, did they defeat by 4 games to 1?

From Quiz World Series : The 1910s

Answer: Philadelphia Phillies

The Phillies had finished the NL season 7 games ahead of the Braves, thus thwarting an all-Boston series. After dropping game 1 in Philadelphia, the Red Sox surged past the Phillies with four straight victories to win their third World Series title.

16. Who led all batters in the 1919 World Series with a .375 batting average, had a World Series record of 12 hits, and hit the only home run of the Series?

From Quiz 1919 Black Sox Scandal

Answer: Shoeless Joe Jackson

Jackson's involvement in the fix has been debated. He had been approached about the fix before the Series and was at secret meetings with the other conspirators, but allegedly went to team owner Charles Comiskey before the Series started, informed him of the fix, and asked to be kept out of the games. Buck Weaver was also at the meetings but claimed he played his best and did nothing to throw the games. He batted .324 during the Series, above his regular season average of .296.

17. Which feat did not happen in a World Series during the 1910s?

From Quiz World Series: 1910-1919

Answer: The first team that trailed 3-1 in the series, still won it

The first time a team won a series after being down 3-1 was in 1925 when the Pirates beat the Senators. The Boston Braves swept the Athletics in 1914. In 1919, some White Sox players threw the World Series. In 1915, games 2, 3, and 4, were all decided by a score of 2-1.

18. In 1916, the Red Sox faced another first-time series opponent. Which team went down 4-1 to the men from Boston?

From Quiz World Series : The 1910s

Answer: Brooklyn Robins

The Robins (later the Dodgers)won the NL pennant by 2.5 games from the Phillies, but only managed a single win in the series, in game 3 at Ebbets Field. As in the previous year, the Red Sox elected to play their home games in the series at Braves Field rather than their own Fenway Park ground.

19. Which notorious gambler was named by several of the involved players as being the fixer and was called to testify before the Grand Jury looking into the scandal, but was never charged?

From Quiz 1919 Black Sox Scandal

Answer: Arnold Rothstein

Rothstein may have been the financial backer behind the bribes but they were brokered by former boxer Abe Attell and possibly former player Hal Chase.

20. In 1917, which AL team won their first World series title in 11 years?

From Quiz World Series : The 1910s

Answer: Chicago White Sox

The White Sox defeated the New York Giants by 4 games to 2, with Red Faber pitching them to 3 of those victories, including the decisive game 6 at the Polo Grounds.

21. Who managed the Brooklyn Robins in the 1916 series?

From Quiz World Series: 1910-1919

Answer: Wilbert Robinson

The nickname "Robins" was named after him. Robinson had the team from 1914-1931. 1916 was Brooklyn's only World Series appearance in the decade.

22. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-2 in the 1918 series, helped by a victory by which pitcher in the crucial 4th game?

From Quiz World Series : The 1910s

Answer: Babe Ruth

The Babe managed only one hit and two RBIs in the series, but was credited with pitching two wins, in games 1 and 4. Some 15 months later, he was traded to the New York Yankees, thus beginning the infamous "Curse of the Bambino" which saw the Red Sox fail to win another World Series until 2004.

23. Which pitcher, not one of the conspirators, was the winning pitcher in two of the games?

From Quiz 1919 Black Sox Scandal

Answer: Dickie Kerr

Dickie Kerr was a rookie in 1919 and won 13 games during the regular season. He won 19 games in 1921. He retired in 1925 and later served as manager in the minor leagues, where he convinced a young pitcher with a sore arm to give up on being a pitcher and concentrating on hitting. Fortunately, Stan Musial took his advice and went on to a Hall of Fame career with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1941 to 1963 (admitted in 1969).

24. The 1919 World Series has gone down in history as the "Black Sox Scandal". Which team were the beneficiaries as the Chicago White Sox allegedly "threw" the series as part of a gambling scam?

From Quiz World Series : The 1910s

Answer: Cincinnati Reds

The 1919 series was the first since 1903 to be decided over a best-of-nine format. The Reds leadoff man, Morrie Rath, was hit by a pitch from Eddie Cicotte on the very first pitch of the bttom end of the first innings in game one, thus supposedly signalling to onlookers that the "fix" was on. The Reds, making their World Series debut, won the series 5-3. Eight members of the White Sox team were later banned from baseball for life for their part in the scandal.

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