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
Racing & Combat
Winning his Xfinity Series debut race at the Daytona Road Course in 2021, this grandson of a NASCAR team owner became a commanding presence in the Xfinity Series in 2022, taking home the title. Name this driver who recently appeared next to Druski in his viral comedy skit at Darlington.
Ty Gibbs
Basketball
Pete Maravich's father's (and high school and college coach's) name was Peter also, though he was not known by it. What nickname was he known by, based on his job as a young newsboy? It's also a term in basketball, coincidentally.
Press
Olympics
The song “Bugler’s Dream” by Leo Arnaud became famous in the U.S. starting in 1968, when ABC began to use it as a theme song for its Olympic telecast. When NBC won the broadcast rights in 1988, they tried to use different music, but nothing stuck. Finally, they combined the first 45 seconds of “Bugler’s Dream,” with its iconic drumbeat followed by trumpets and brass, and then segued into a new song, “Olympic Fanfare and Theme.” Name the composer of this second song; he's won 25 Grammys, four Golden Globes, and five Academy Awards in a decorated career that includes several collaborations with George Lucas.
John Williams