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
Obscure
What chaotic, fictional “sport” was described in one academic paper as a "constant connecting and disconnecting of parts, the constant evasion of rules or guidelines based on collective creativity." It has included, per the sport's Wiki, the following elements: Soccer balls, flags, masks, numbered signs, songs, croquet mallets, an "invisible sector," a hobby horse, shuttlecocks, a volleyball, buckets, sacks, water balloons, "vortex spots," and "time-fracture wickets."
Calvinball
Soccer
It took until 2023 for the Philippines to compete in any sort of official FIFA tournament, when the women competed in the Women’s World Cup. While they did not advance to the knockout stage, they did get a victory in group play, as Sarina Bolden’s goal was the difference in a 1-0 win over this country, one of the two co-hosts of the tournament.
New Zealand
Olympics
In the history of Olympic alpine skiing, only Toni Sailer (1956) and Jean-Claude Killy (1968) have pulled off what specific feat? (Though it took a jury decision in the slalom to make it official for Killy.)
Triple Crown