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
Uncategorized
It was the _____ with back-to-back Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship titles in the “Fischer boom” of the early 1970s. (Two acceptable answers–name either.)
University of Toronto VARSITY BLUES or University of Chicago MAROONS
Basketball
In the '89-90 season, following the departure of Rick Majerus as head coach, which team became the first from the MAC to reach the NCAA Division 1 men’s Sweet 16 (in the modern format)? This team upset Oregon State in a 12-5 game in the first round, ending Gary Payton’s college career, and in the Sweet Sixteen had a chance to win on the final possession against eventual champions UNLV—by far the closest game the Runnin' Rebels played in that tournament. In 2001, this same program stunned the college basketball world by beating no. 4 Kansas and no. 3 UCLA in back-to-back games at the Maui Invitational.
Ball State
Football
The next big wave of conference football realignment will hit Division 1 in the 2024-25 season, but as of July 1 this year—ahead of the departure of Oklahoma and Texas and the arrival of four Pac-12 teams—the Big 12 gained four new teams. Name two of them.
Houston, Cincinnati, BYU, UCF