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Quiz: Test Your Baseball IQ

How much do you know about America's favorite pastime?

Kimberley Lovato

Published May 27, 2020

10 Questions

Baseball is called “America's game” for good reason. Transcending age, finances and geography, fans from across the country unite each season to root, root, root for their favorite teams. The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted that tradition this season, but you can still test — and refresh — what you know about this beloved sport.

Quiz: Test Your Baseball IQ

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  "question" : "For which player was the Louisville Slugger bat named?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Pete Browning",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Bradley Tucker",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Connie Mack",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Babe Ruth",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Louis Rogers “Pete” Browning was a center and left fielder, and a three-time batting champion between 1882 and 1894, playing most of his career for the Louisville Eclipse/Colonels. Known as the “Louisville Slugger,” he was the first player to purchase a bat from local company Hillerich & Bradsby, which named its bats after Browning.",
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  "question" : "Which position in Major League Baseball has had the most inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "First baseman",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Center fielder",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Pitcher",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Shortstop",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The position of pitcher has the most Hall of Fame inductees, with 83 to date.",
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}, {
  "question" : "What song is played during the middle of the eighth inning at Fenway Park in Boston?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "“Wild Thing\"",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Sweet Caroline\"",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Take Me Out to the Ball Game\"",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Don't Stop Believin’\"",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Love it or loathe it, Neil Diamond's 1969 hit song “Sweet Caroline” is played between the top and bottom of the 8th inning during Red Sox home games. According to the Boston Globe, it was a favorite of the employee in charge of choosing the music at the ballpark and it just caught on with fans in the early 2000s.",
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}, {
  "question" : "In what year was the Negro National League formed?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "1918",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1920",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "1923",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1927",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "In 1920, a pitcher for the Cuban X-Giants, Andrew “Rube” Foster, founded the Negro National League. This year, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (nlbm.com) in Kansas City, Missouri, is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the league's formation.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which MLB player had his uniform number retired by three different franchises?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Rod Carew",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Reggie Jackson",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Carlton Fisk",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Nolan Ryan",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "Nolan Ryan, the all-time leader of no-hitters, with seven during his pitching career, had his number 30 retired by the California (now Los Angeles) Angels in 1992, and his number 34 retired by both the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers in 1996.",
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  "question" : "What does 6 + 4 + 3 equal in baseball? (Hint: Think double play.)",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "13",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "0",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "7",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "2",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "OK, this is a trick question. Though logically the answer is 13, in baseball the answer is 2. The numbers in this equation refer to positions on the baseball field and a type of double play. In this scenario, a ball is hit to the shortstop (6), who throws to the second baseman (4), who throws to the first baseman (3), presumably resulting in two runners outs. Hence: 6+4+3=2",
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  "question" : "How many women have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "0",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "2",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "3",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "American sports executive Effa Louise Manley was the co-owner of the Newark Eagles in the Negro leagues from 1935 to 1946 and the sole owner through 1948, and she dedicated the remainder of her life to breaking down racial barriers in baseball. She was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Where is the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum located?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Boston, Massachusetts",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Cleveland, Ohio",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Cooperstown, New York",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Lubbock, Texas",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (baseballhall.org) opened in Cooperstown on June 12, 1939. It includes a museum that traces the history of the sport and the Hall of Fame Plaque Gallery, where elected members are immortalized in bronze.",
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}, {
  "question" : "For which team did Jackie Robinson make his Major League Baseball debut on April 15, 1947?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Boston Braves",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Brooklyn Dodgers",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Detroit Tigers",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Cleveland Indians",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the 20th century when he manned first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York, on April 15, 1947.",
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}, {
  "question" : "In what Iowa city can the “Field of Dreams” be found?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Dubuque",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Denison",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Des Moines",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Dyersville",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Universal Pictures built a baseball diamond in a cornfield of the Lansing family farm in Dyersville, Iowa, for the 1989 film Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner. It's now a big tourist draw.",
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