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
Football
In the spring of 2008, Orson Charles, a tight end recruit, was visiting a school when he leaned over to take a picture with a recent Heisman Trophy. In the process, he accidentally knocked over the Waterford Crystal football on a nearby shelf. This football, the trophy for winning the BCS national championship a couple of years prior, valued at $35,000, shattered on the ground. What school’s trophy did Charles break? A couple of months later, Charles would commit to Georgia and several months later, this other school would add another crystal football to the trophy case.
University of Florida
Uncategorized
Nigel Richards is widely acclaimed as the greatest tournament Scrabble player of all time, having won five World championships, five North American championships, and five French-language championships—despite not speaking French. Richards makes his home in one country—where he might have picked up the basics of sepak takraw, the national sport—but was born in another country—where he might have learned to dance the haka in support of his homeland’s national teams. (Both of the Hacks of this Friendly have met Mr. Richards, and can virtually guarantee that he has never done either.) Name both countries.
Malaysia, New Zealand
Baseball
Called "trendy" by many in 2023, what baseball pitch—a slider variant—has wide horizontal movement compared to a slider?
Sweeper