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
Baseball
In September 1975, four Oakland A’s pitchers held the Angels hitless in a 5-0 victory. In July 1976, the A’s were on the wrong end of a combined no-hitter by the White Sox. In both games, the starting pitcher went five innings. The last name of that victorious A’s starter can also be found in the well-known nickname of that victorious White Sox starter. Moreover, the two men had been teammates from 1969 to 1975. Give the four-letter word their names have in common.
Blue
Baseball
On August 3, 1987, Twins pitcher Joe Niekro was caught doctoring the ball when, after an umpire demanded he empty his pockets, he flung what grooming tool out of his pocket in a clumsy sleight-of-hand effort?
Emery board (nail file)
Racing & Combat
Give the five-letter word that is defined by the FIA as follows: “Road competition with an imposed average speed run entirely or partly on roads open to normal traffic…the route may include one or several special stages, i.e. events organised on roads closed to normal traffic.”
Rally