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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
Baseball
Among the many terms baseball borrows from the nautical world is the phrase “on deck,” which refers to the batter who is next up, and is derived from the same phrase in sailing that means “ready for action or duty” in reference to the deck of a ship. The term for the position of the batter following the on-deck batter also comes from the nautical realm, albeit with one letter changed. What is that term? (Baseball or nautical term are both acceptable.)
In the Hole/Hold
Basketball
Another player who joined the 1994-95 team midseason was journeyman center Charles Jones. CJ had three older brothers who played in the league, including two who, more than a decade earlier, had been teammates on the Rockets. Give the first name of any one of the three.
Caldwell, Major, Wil
Uncategorized
The 1984 draft is often considered to be the greatest draft in NBA history, with the first five players all iconic in their own way. Name the...less iconic...Kentucky player, a teammate of Sam Bowie (selected second that year) who was picked sixth.
Mel Turpin