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    NBA finals used to be called World Championship Series too. This reminds me of this joke.

    Last month a world-wide telephone survey was conducted by the UN.

    The only question asked was:-
    "Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?"

    The survey was a huge failure because of the following:

    In Eastern Europe they didn't know what "honest" meant.
    In Western Europe they didn't know what "shortage" meant.
    In Africa they didn't know what "food" meant.
    In China they didn't know what "opinion" meant.
    In the Middle East they didn't know what "solution" meant.
    In South America they didn't know what "please" meant.
    In the US they didn't know what "the rest of the world" meant.
    And finally.......In England they hung up because they couldn't understand the researcher's Indian accent.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Stoob:
    I thought that the name came from the original sponsor of the tournament, i.e. the "World" magazine?

    It could easily have been known as the "Economist Series" or similar.
    Snopes says no