Rivals facts & stats

Question 1

Which team is the Boston Red Sox's most famous rival?

Accepted Answer

New York Yankees. Red Sox vs Yankees is one of baseball's oldest rivalries.

Question 2

Thomas Edison's rivals in the War of the Currents included which inventor?

Accepted Answer

Nikola Tesla. Tesla and Westinghouse backed AC power against Edison's DC.

Question 3

Chris Evert's famous tennis rival was which player?

Accepted Answer

Martina Navratilova. Evert and Navratilova met 80 times in their careers.

Question 4

The Cola Wars refer to the rivalry between Pepsi and which brand?

Accepted Answer

Coca-Cola. Pepsi and Coca-Cola battled for decades in advertising.

Question 5

Isaac Newton had a bitter dispute over who invented calculus with whom?

Accepted Answer

Gottfried Leibniz. Newton and Leibniz developed calculus independently.

Question 6

In what year was the first Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race held?

Accepted Answer

1829. The first race was rowed at Henley in 1829.

Question 7

What is the annual Harvard-Yale football game commonly called?

Accepted Answer

The Game. Harvard and Yale have played The Game since 1875.

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