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
Uncategorized
Name the French pop singer best-known for his 1991 hit “Saga Africa,” which peaked at #2 on the French music charts and spent 15 weeks in the top ten. This singer has since released seven more platinum albums, performed at Bob Geldof’s “Live 8” concert in 2005, and headlined a sold-out show at Stade de France attended by over 80,000 fans. In sports circles, he’s best known as the winner of the 1983 French Open (the last countryman to win the men’s final), as well as for being the father of another well-known championship-winning athlete.
Yannick Noah
Hockey
Retiring in 1987, who is the NHL's all-time leader in regular-season goals per game (minimum 200 goals)? He is also the only player in the top ten in all-time Stanley Cup Final goals who was (a) not a member of an Original Six team and (b) not named Wayne Gretzky. He is one of only two players to score consecutive Stanley Cup-winning goals, having done so in '82 and '83.
Mike Bossy
Games
Many people will tell you that Mike McDermott in Rounders (1998) was inspired by the gambling addictions of comedian Norm MacDonald. In particular, Norm may have furnished the character’s studious devotion to the “Super System,” outlined by what larger-than-life Texan known as “The Godfather of Poker”?
Doyle Brunson