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
A famous (and fictional) Roman recently tried to buy his father Logan’s favorite team from boyhood, but ended up buying their archrival by mistake. Name either team.
Hearts of Midlothian (Hearts) OR Hibernians (Hibs)
Olympics
Fill in the blank with the athlete described in this passage from Wikipedia:
In 1952, __________ was persuaded by Urho Kekkonen, Prime Minister of Finland and former chairman of the Finnish Athletics Federation, to carry the Olympic torch into the Olympic Stadium at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. His appearance astonished the spectators, and Sports Illustrated wrote that "his celebrated stride was unmistakable to the crowd. When he came into view, waves of sound began to build throughout the stadium, rising to a roar, then to a thunder. When the national teams, assembled in formation on the infield, saw the flowing figure of ______, they broke ranks like excited schoolchildren, dashing toward the edge of the track."
Paavo Nurmi
Uncategorized
What Red Sox pitcher and 20-game loser for the 1964 New York Mets surrendered Roger Maris’s 61st home run in 1961?
Tracy Stallard