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
Olympics
At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, the men’s volleyball event saw a certain team miss out on the semifinals for the first time since 1992. In the six Olympics between, this team finished second, third, second, fourth, third, and second. In their gold medal or semifinal matches, they lost to the Netherlands, the former Yugoslavia, Brazil, Brazil, Brazil, and—you guessed it—Brazil. (For good measure, Brazil also beat them in the ‘84 semifinals.) They are, by far, the most successful team never to win a gold medal in the event. Name the country. (Hint: It's not the United States.)
Italy
Baseball
Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak has stood since 1941, with Pete Rose’s 44-game run in 1978 coming closest. In 1987, what Milwaukee Brewer put together a 39-game streak of his own?
Paul Molitor
Uncategorized
Name the Indian brewery tycoon and “King of Good Times” who bought the Spyker Formula 1 racing team in 2007, renaming it Force India, before his financial failures and misdeeds forced the team into administration in 2018.
Vijay Mallya