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
Fill in the blank from this Bleacher Report article on on NBA flops with the correct name (same player in both blanks):
No one at Duke sees ______________ as a bust. He won the Naismith, Oscar Robertson and UPI Player of the Year awards as a Blue Devil and was (and still is) in the school's top-10 ranks for points, rebounds and assists. When the Clippers drafted him No. 2 overall, they thought he was a triple-double threat for years to come. Then they found out ______ refused to play for L.A., who traded him to Cleveland where he signed a 10-year contract. Many Cavs fans probably thought it was 10 years too many. He averaged seven points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists over his career and started a whopping 11 games in his first five seasons.
Danny Ferry
Football
On the Nov. 9, 1997 episode of 'The Simpsons,' Joe Namath makes a guest appearance to warn viewers about the consequences of vapor lock in cars. However, the title of this episode (the plot of which features Homer pressuring his son into playing quarterback) contains a punny reference to another Super Bowl-winning QB. Who was the other QB?
Bart Starr
Uncategorized
Spending his formative years in Logan County, WV, this boxer was the world heavyweight champion for 7 years. He famously told his wife after losing his title “Honey, I forgot to duck”. Name this boxer.
Jack Dempsey