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
Today is a THEME DAY. Theme days can be overt, or they can be subtle and connected, in such a way that figuring out the theme may help you answer the questions.
"I feel like there's a big gap between Formula 1 and street-car culture, and I'm here to bridge that gap." Name the rapper responsible for that quote, upon becoming a Puma creative director with a focus on their partnership with F1. (If your shift key is broken, it's fine to just use an 'S.')
A$AP Rocky
Baseball
Give the informal team nickname for the world champion 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, probably derived from their raggedy (and, some claimed, malodorous) appearance, which inspired comparisons to a kind of factory that was common in U.S. cities at the time.
The Gashouse Gang
Football
On Oct. 27, 2007, Trinity defeated Millsaps 28-24 in a D-3 football game by virtue of a final play that some sources believe is the longest play in college football history. This game is often referred to as the “Mississippi Miracle,” but is also known by a punny compound word that references both something that happened 15 times on the final play and one of the world’s largest annual music festivals, held in Chicago. Give that name.
Lateralpalooza