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
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The two women who met for the 1929, 1932, 1935, and 1938 ladies’ singles titles were both from Berkeley, CA, both went to Cal-Berkeley for college, both had the same coach, and both even lived (at different times) in the same house. Unsurprisingly, they also shared a first name. What was it?
Helen
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Name the former Houston Astros mascot who dressed in a U.S. Cavalry uniform and who was murdered by the current Astros mascot, Orbit, at the end of the 1999 season. It's unclear whether the character's untimely death had anything to do with where in the stadium he was seated.
General Admission
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Nigel Richards is widely acclaimed as the greatest tournament Scrabble player of all time, having won five World championships, five North American championships, and five French-language championships—despite not speaking French. Richards makes his home in one country—where he might have picked up the basics of sepak takraw, the national sport—but was born in another country—where he might have learned to dance the haka in support of his homeland’s national teams. (Both of the Hacks of this Friendly have met Mr. Richards, and can virtually guarantee that he has never done either.) Name both countries.
Malaysia, New Zealand