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
Obscure
Arunas Bizokas and Katusha Demidova are sometimes considered the greatest competitors ever in their chosen competition, but strictly speaking, their nine world championships between 2009 and 2018 place them in a tie with England’s Marcus and Karen Hilton, who also won nine between 1990 and 1998. What’s the competition?
Ballroom dancing
Racing & Combat
No cyclist has ever won all three grand tours in the same year, but three men have won the races consecutively, albeit in different calendar years—a “Tiger Slam” of cycling, so to speak. Chris Froome was the latest to achieve the feat, winning the 2017 Tour de France, the 2017 Vuelta a Espana, and the 2018 Giro d’Italia. Bernard Hinault came before him with wins in the 1982 Giro and Tour and the 1983 Vuelta. Name the man who pulled it off first, winning four grand tours in a row between 1972 and 1973.
Eddie Mercx
Country Club
What men’s tennis player never got over the hill of appearing in a major singles final, but holds the record of most major semifinal appearances (6, from 1998-2004) without ever making a major final?
Tim Henman