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
Soccer
Who is the career leader in goals scored in La Liga—Spain's top professional soccer division—among players born in France? Note that this player, no. 15 on the list, is still playing in Spain.
Karim Benzema
Basketball
While at Indiana State, center Robbie Avila endured nicknames like “Larry Blurred” and “Larry Nerd” in mockery of his non-traditionally athletic appearance. Give the more affectionate nickname bestowed on Avila by radio host Matt Jones–it is a nearly perfect homophone of the highest scoring NBA player at Avila’s position, and an edgy reference to Avila’s light complexion.
Cream Abdul-Jabbar
Football
Step one: Start with this order of college bowl games: Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Orange.
Step two: Figure out the team that has won each of these games the most times.
Step three: Find the state each team is from.
Step four: Take the first letter of each of those four states in the order of games above.
What four-letter word, also heard in the disparate worlds of mafia and music, are you left with?
Capo