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
Soccer
The final on July 12 was a special occasion for your author, who was allowed to stay up past his bedtime to watch. Zinedine Zidane scored two first-half goals from corner kicks, but your author had fallen asleep on the living room carpet by the time of France’s final goal in stoppage time to clinch a 3-0 victory. Name France’s other scorer, who also provided the assist for Zidane’s first goal. A midfielder, this player and his clubmate Patrick Vieira were the first to win the Premier League and World Cup in the same calendar year.
Emmanuel Petit
Basketball
What NBA shooting guard—the subject of recent trade rumors—is the only player averaging more than 30 points per game in the 2020-21 season? (Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid, and Damian Lillard are all within a point of that mark.)
Bradley Beal
Baseball
The Odd Couple
As was the case in the first Sports Movies friendly, this one ends with a movie that isn’t a sports movie but has a memorable sports scene. Gene Saks’ 1968 film version of Neil Simon’s Broadway play has a scene in which sportswriter Oscar Madison is working in the press box at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets are clinging to a one-run lead in the 9th inning, but the Pittsburgh Pirates have the bases loaded with nobody out. Momentarily distracted by an “emergency” phone call from his roommate Felix Ungar (calling to tell him he will be cooking franks and beans for dinner), Oscar doesn’t see the Pirates hit into a triple play. What player, contrary to his most famous moment in real life, bounced into that game-loser for Pittsburgh?
Bill Mazeroski