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
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A thoroughbred named Scrabble didn’t have much of a career. From 1988 to 1990, the Virginia mare won just two of 27 starts and a total of $5,322. But other horses whose names are allowed in Scrabble—SCRABBLE is itself a playable word—have done well. Of the thirteen to have won the Triple Crown, only two horses have one-word names that are not acceptable Scrabble words. Name either.
Whirlaway, Omaha
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In what 2009 movie does Eric Bana put on full display his unrequited devotion to St Kilda Football Club (which probably didn't require any acting at all), showing off his Saints memorabilia collection while attempting to explain the game to a washed-up movie star/comedian trying to steal his wife (and Seth Rogen)?
Funny People
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A quiz about New York State sports cannot be complete without a trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. One of this year's inductees was born right along the I-90 corridor (in Fort Plain, about 30 miles away from the Hall of Fame), and was credited with being the earliest known African-American professional baseball player, playing from 1895-1898. Name the player, who would also have ownership in three different Negro League teams before dying not far from the Hall, in Frankfort in 1913. The City of Cooperstown would also honor him in 2013 by declaring it “[This Man's] Day” on April 23.
Bud Fowler