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
Hockey
The best player who has ever had a run with the Phantoms played 33 games with the club in their final season in Philly(2008-09). This future Hall of Famer(?) became the longest-tenured captain in Flyers' history, has scored over 1000 points (and counting) in his NHL career, and was the cover athlete of EA's NHL 13 video game.
Claude Giroux
Basketball
1982 East Regionals, Raleigh NC - UNC defeated Villanova in the regional final after they had dispatched Alabama and Memphis State (as it was known then) in the semifinals respectively, and went on to defeat Georgetown in the national championship game. Three Tar Heels were named to the All-Regional team. One of them was the first player chosen in the 1982 NBA draft, another was chosen 4th overall in the 1984 NBA draft and the third was chosen 59th overall in the 1982 draft. Name any one of them.
James Worthy OR Sam Perkins OR Jimmy Black
Obscure
There are only two greater metropolitan areas in the U.S. who have faced each other in the final game or series of all four major men’s sports—MLB, NHL, NFL, and NBA. One is Boston, counting the Patriots as the Boston-area NFL team. What city has a Boston team met in every final?
St. Louis