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
Olympics
The current Iranian record holder for the 5,000m and 10,000m run—and the gold medal winner of the 3,000m Steeplechase at the 1991 Asian Games—is a man whose last name is Sajjadi. What is his five-letter first name? (Since Iranian track might not be the strongest group subject, an additional clue: His name begins with "H.")
Hamid
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Ronnie O'Sullivan won his first world championship on this author's 8th birthday: May 7, 2001. In what building in Sheffield did he win this title? Ronnie has won each of his 7 titles in this venue, as it has hosted every World Snooker Championship since 1977. The venue regularly puts on theatrical performances for the rest of the year. In 2004, this theatre ran a production of an apropos 1953 play. What's the name of this historic venue?
Crucible Theatre
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Pete Maravich has the highest per-game scoring average in college basketball history at 44.2ppg, but the year after Maravich was drafted into the NBA another SEC gunner challenged his record. Johnny Neumann played 1 season of college basketball, averaging 40.1ppg in 1970-71 and earning All-American honors. He utilized the new “hardship clause” to turn professional and signed with his hometown Memphis Pros in the ABA. He never carved out the pro career expected of him, but at least he didn’t have to travel far as he attended which college less than 1.5 hours from Memphis?
Ole Miss