The trivia league taking a broken world by storm.
What is AST?
- A head-to-head daily sports trivia division
- 12-day "Fortnights" occurring at least 6 times per year
- Matches Monday through Friday only
- Twenty-four hours to answer five questions
- Defensive strategy to stymie your opponent
- Promotion/relegation from one Fortnight to the next
Sample Questions
Football
This Washington university only hosted a football team until 1941—but it featured future NFL champion Hust Stockton. If that last name sounds familiar, it’s likely because Hust’s grandson excelled in a sport that their shared alma mater is much, much better known for.
Gonzaga
Olympics
Fencing points typically begin with the referee saying "en garde," then "pret," and finally beginning the point with what word (which is also heard frequently in the crowd at Francophone sporting events)?
Allez
Obscure
The Charles River in Boston is the home course to several traditionally strong collegiate rowing programs such as Harvard/Radcliffe, Boston University, Northeastern, and Boston College. It is also home to the only D3 school that competes at the D1 level in women’s rowing. While this school has not won many major regattas, the program is usually competitive in the Patriot League, and even if they don't win much as rowers, graduates of this school will very likely have no problem “going pro in something other than sports,” as the NCAA likes to say. Name this academic powerhouse.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)