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
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Sample Questions

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Emperor Trajan scored a massive W for the Roman imperium by subduing the Kingdom of Dacia in 106 AD … and if you were expecting a question about Trajan Langdon here, prepare to be disappointed. The modern country that predominantly inhabits the historical boundaries of Dacia has produced two world number one tennis players. One captured two grand slam singles titles in the 1970s, and the other took down two slams singles in the 2010s. Each of these players has a controversial–some would say, tainted–legacy. Name both.

Ilie Nastase, Simona Halep

Soccer

The all-time top goalscorer from Gabon (and the top all-time non-German scorer for Borussia Dortmund) has a hyphenated first name, and the player who is currently 53rd on the official NFL career sack list (and no. 1, we assume, among victims of fireworks mishaps) has a hyphenated last name. What name do the players share in the hyphenated parts of their names?

Pierre

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The Ancient Eight has been the only D-I conference unaffected by realignment this century, but it hasn’t always been so exclusive. Two other schools competed with the Ivies for championships in baseball and track and field through the early 1990s, and the league reportedly considered inviting them as full members in the 1980s. Name these schools (whose mutual rivalry exceeds even that of Harvard and Yale).

Army, Navy