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
Basketball
Give the most common nickname—which is actually now the legal name—of the Brazilian athlete born Maybyner Rodney Hilário.
Nenê
Baseball
PRE-QUESTION NOTE: Today is a Theme Day. Theme days can be overt, or they can be subtle and semi-loosely connected, in such a way that figuring out the theme may help you answer the questions. Good luck.
In a 1799 eulogy, Henry Lee III described the deceased as “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” Name the team referenced by writer Charles Dryden 105 years later when he adapted the quote to read “first in war, first in peace, and last in the American league.” City and nickname required.
Washington Senators
Basketball
Though he won a title as head coach of Marquette in 1977, whose most enduring contribution to modern March Madness lore may be his call of "Holy Mackerel!" on James Forrest's buzzer beater in 1992?
Al McGuire