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World Series quiz: What do you know about the San Francisco Giants?

World Series number 106, between the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants, gets underway in 'The City by the Bay' Wednesday night. This will be the 19th time the Giants franchise qualified for the World Series. With help from sanfranciscogiants.com, take our quiz and put your Giants knowledge to the test. Answers to questions can be found on subsequent pages and on the final question page.

- Ross Atkin, Staff, Pat Murphy, Staff

Fans make their way to AT&T Park for Game 4 of baseball's National League Championship Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants Wednesday, Oct. 20, in San Francisco. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)

1. Body of water

The World Series starts in the home of the National League champion. The cove that is the watery home run landing zone in San Francisco is named for what former Giants great?

a. Orlando Cepeda
b. Willie Mays
c. Willie McCovey
d. Bobby Thomson

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