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
Munich, Germany and Innsbruck, Austria are the rare cities that:
1. Have hosted a Summer Olympics (Munich) and Winter Olympics (Innsbruck)
2. Are not in the same country, but
3. Are within 100 miles of each other as the crow flies.
Name the only city/village pair in North America that meets this same criteria. (Note: Your answer must consist of two locations, one of which hosted a winter games, and one of which hosted a summer games.)
Lake Placid, Montreal
Racing & Combat
Teófilo Stevenson from Puerto Padre, Félix Savón from San Vicente, and László Papp from Budapest are the three men who have won three gold medals (in three tries, across three Olympics) in what sport? (Stevenson and Savon would have had a shot at four golds if not for Olympic boycotts.)
Boxing
Uncategorized
The father, born to a wealthy equestrian family in what’s now Córdoba (or Cordova), enjoyed prominence as a writer throughout the imperial reigns of Augustus, Tiberius and Caligula. The son, retrieved from exile to serve as tutor to the young Nero, lost favor and was compelled to end his own life in 65 AD. A man with their same first name graduated California’s Cordova High School in 1998, and drew some support from Heisman voters in 2002 while at Iowa State. What name do they all have in common?
Seneca