The World in 1908 and 1948 by JCEurovision

Champion(s):

ChernicoffS
Even the president of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked. —Bob Dylan


Runner(s)-Up:

HallR


Quiz Description

The Chicago Cubs are looking for their fist World Series since 1908 while the Cleveland Indians are looking for their first since 1948. These two franchises will meet again in the 2016 World Series, the two franchises with the longest World Series title droughts, a combined 176 years without a championship. What are the people, places, things, and events that happened since those years?

Full Results:

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Money Value (% Incorrect): 24 24 65 74 33 36 24 48 80 03 62 24 09 86 89 18 50 74 59 30
1 ChernicoffS 783 98 15
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2 HallR 730 95 15
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3 FryedBetaKappa 688 92 00
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4 GrahamJ 617 89 15
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5 RichmondJ 549 86 15
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6 MyrowitzJ 548 83 15
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7 RobinJRichards 543 80 15
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8 GoodmanDL 522 77 15
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9 WareD 511 75 15
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10 MoyseyC 478 72 15
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11 LearyField 472 69 15
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12 SpencerJ2 438 66 00
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13 MartaMJackson 424 63 15
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14 RautY 419 60 15
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15 HightB 418 57 15
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16 CarterBurke 415 54 15
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17 BillPennington 407 51 15
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18 JonesRW 403 48 00
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19 OBrienJ 400 45 15
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20 AinslieM 396 42 15
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21 BeningoS 384 39 15
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Questions:

Since the Cubs won the series, the first around-the-world car race began from New York to what EUROPEAN CAPITAL?

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Paris

Since the Indians won the series, the Constitution of what COUNTRY went into effect, after a referendum voted in favor of the exile of King Umberto?

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Italy

Since the Cubs won the series, American diplomat Durham Stevens, an employee of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was assassinated in what U.S. CITY?

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San Francisco

Since the Indians won the series, the Soviet Union begins to jam the broadcasts of what STATION?

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Voice of America (VOA)

Since the Cubs won the series, who was the BRITISH MONARCH at that time?

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Edward VII

Since the Indians won the series, who was the BRITISH MONARCH at that time?

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George VI

Since the Cubs won the series, who was the U.S. PRESIDENT at that time?

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Theodore Roosevelt

Since the Indians won the series, who was the U.S. PRESIDENT at that time?

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Harry Truman

Since the Cubs won the series, King Carlos I and Infante Luis Filipe of what EUROPEAN COUNTRY were shot dead?

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Portugal

Since the Indians won the series, Chaim Weizmann was elected as the first President of what MIDDLE EAST NATION?

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Israel

Since the Cubs won the series, the Bosnian crisis began after what DEFUNCT EMPIRE annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina?

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Austro-Hungarian Empire/Austria-Hungary

Since the Indians won the series, Laurence Olivier's film version of what SHAKESPEARE PLAY made its world premiere in London?

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Hamlet

Since the Cubs won the series, the U.S. mourned the death of which PRESIDENT, born in 1837, notable for being the first (and as of 2016, the only) president to serve two nonsuccessive terms?

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Grover Cleveland

Since the Indians won the series, John Robert Gregg, notable for being the inventor of WHAT, died?

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shorthand writing

Since the Cubs won the series, which AMERICAN CARTOONIST, born in that year and died in 1980, created characters such as Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Droopy and Chilly Willy?

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Tex Avery

Since the Indians won the series, which former Tennessee senator and VICE PRESIDENT, born in that year, was known for his documentary "An Inconvenient Truth"?

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Al Gore

Since the Cubs won the series, the Olympic Games in London is known as the Games of the WHAT Olympiad?

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IV/4th

Since the Indians won the series, the Olympic Games in London is known as the Games of the WHAT Olympiad?

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XIV/14th

Since the Cubs won the series, what EUROPEAN COUNTRY declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire, with Ferdinand I as their tsar?

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Bulgaria

Since the Indians won the series, what EUROPEAN COUNTRY saw two monarchs in a span of two days, the former, Wilhemina, abdicated on September 4 and the latter, Juliana, ascended to the throne on September 6?

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Netherlands