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Last Week's Quiz

Created by Eli Robinson
Edited by Jonpaul Guinn

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  • Submit your answers by 5:19pm ET 10/26/26
  • Don't cheat. Cheating is bad. Using Google/AI/ChatGPT/Gemini IS cheating.
  • Trivia graders don't care about spelling (but try your hardest)
  • No negative points for incorrect responses (so guess to your heart's content)
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As the World Series gets set to begin, it’s the annual reminder that our national pastime has had a huge influence on America over the past couple of centuries.

Yes, there’s the hits, homeruns, and strikeouts, but it turns out we’ve allowed baseball lingo to creep into our everyday speech as well.



If you’ve been watching the playoffs, we think you’ll enjoy playing ball with this quiz.

MISCELLANEOUS Q1. Fast Figures: When the boss says "don't sweat the decimals, just get me close," they're asking for a rough estimate known by what two-word phrase that borrows its name from the place the game is played?



SPORTS & GAMES Q2. New News: When news arrives from absolutely nowhere and blindsides you completely, we say it came out of which part of the baseball field?



SPORTS & GAMES Q3. Cancellation Concession: In the 1880s, ball clubs started handing fans a slip good for a future game when a game was cancelled due to forces outside their control. Today the grocery store hands you one when the sale item is sold out. What's the two-word term?


SPORTS & GAMES Q4. Park Places: Long before it described a sea of desks in an open-plan office, what was the fenced-in patch of grass where relief pitchers loosen up?



SPORTS & GAMES Q5. Comedy Curves: A pitch that breaks the opposite way from a curve also lends its name to what fast-talking 1930s comedy subgenre behind "Bringing Up Baby" and "His Girl Friday"?



SPORTS & GAMES Q6. Baseball Breakfasts: As a tip of the hat to Hank Aaron, Denny’s rolled out what still-running hit gorgefest with pairs of flapjacks, bacon, sausage, and eggs?



SPORTS & GAMES Q7. Subordinate Speak: Your boss almost certainly doesn’t want to go too long without speaking to you, that’s why she may ask you to do what, something a ballplayer needs to do to remain safe, advance, or score?



SPORTS & GAMES Q8. Boonies Ballers: Long before it described a cheap shot or a shoddy operation, what two-word putdown was what you called the small-town clubs playing way out in the sticks?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q9. Strengthening Sentences: Washington voters approved the first one in 1993, and California made it famous a year later. What type of law requires significantly increased prison terms or mandatory life sentences for repeat offenders?



SPORTS & GAMES Q10. Approachable Asks: Hitting a baseball is difficult just like answering a trivia question can be difficult. What orb is easier to hit and also describes the type of trivia question that just about everybody knows?



TIEBREAKER League Leaders: A total of 121 World Series pitting the AL against the NL champion have been contested through 2025. How many have the NL won?

Quiz is closed and your answers are now locked! Graders are grading and results will be sent on 10/26/26