100% | SAC | 3 | Type of fly that caused the Red Sox to beat the Giants in the 1912 World Series |
42% | ERROR | 5 | Fred Snodgrass' claim to fame in the Red Sox winning the 1912 World Series |
38% | CUBS | 4 | Team that beat the Indians in the 2016 World Series |
37% | CLOUD | 5 | Type of storage that allows us to access our files and data from anywhere in the world |
36% | STEVEPEARCE | 11 | Red Sox first baseman named MVP of the 2018 World Series (2 wds.) |
36% | ZEBRA | 5 | Type of mussel that was partly the cause of water shortages in the Dallas area due to pipelines having to be shut down |
36% | METS | 4 | MLB team that lost to the Royals in the 2015 World Series |
35% | METS | 4 | MLB team that had the worst regular-season record of any team to play in the World Series |
35% | NATS | 4 | Team that beat the ’Stros in the 2019 World Series |
35% | IDIOTS | 6 | Affectionate term used by both players and fans for the members of the Red Sox in the 2004 World Series playoff push (with "The") |
34% | PUN | 3 | Type of joke that might cause the listener's eyes to roll |
33% | BLT | 3 | Type of sandwich that became popular in the US after World War II |
33% | MOOKIEBETTS | 11 | Red Sox outfielder who had the highest 2018 regular-season batting average in the MLB and who played every inning of the 2018 World Series (2 wds.) |
33% | KENGRIFFEYJR | 12 | He never made it to the World Series despite playing in 2,671 regular-season games with the Mariners, Reds, and White Sox: 3 wds., abbr. |
32% | THEMETS | 7 | They famously beat the Orioles in the 1969 World Series |
32% | VOODOO | 6 | Type of doll that Singh tries to kill Indy with in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" |
31% | YANK | 4 | One of the players on the winning team that played the Braves in the '58 World Series |
31% | MINNESOTATWINS | 14 | Team that beat the Atlanta Braves in the 1991 World Series (2 wds.) |
31% | RAYS | 4 | Losers to the Dodgers in the 2020 World Series |
31% | CURTSCHILLING | 13 | Red Sox pitcher who played in the 2004 World Series with a damaged ankle: 2 wds. |
31% | INDIA | 5 | Country that's home to eight of the fifty largest cities in the world |
31% | TEXASRANGERS | 12 | Arlington team that beat the Arizona Diamondbacks to win the 2023 World Series: 2 wds. |
31% | HANOI | 5 | World capital that's home to the Temple of Literature, built in 1070 |
30% | LION | 4 | Type of animal that's the mayor in "Zootopia" |
30% | ASTRO | 5 | Dodger beater in the 2017 World Series |
30% | MARINER | 7 | Member of the only M.L.B. team never to have played in a World Series |
30% | DAVIDPRICE | 10 | Red Sox pitcher who won two games in the 2018 World Series with a 1.98 ERA (2 wds.) |
30% | ASHE | 4 | ___ Stadium, venue with a cushioned acrylic surface that is the largest of its type in the world |
30% | PADRES | 6 | One of five MLB teams that has appeared in the World Series but never won the title |
30% | GAME | 4 | "___ of Thrones," TV series that will begin taking the world by storm in 2011 |