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
What self-defense system, teaching practical hand-to-hand combat, was developed by Imi Lichtenfeld for the IDF in the 1930s and 1940s?
Krav Maga
Uncategorized
On June 2, 2010, Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was one out away from one of baseball's rarest feats: a perfect game. Jason Donald hits a ground ball to first, a toss to Galarraga covering and he's done it! No! The first base umpire inexplicably calls Donald safe and the perfect game is gonzo.
Who was that first base umpire?
EPILOGUE: Galarraga and the umpire shook hands before the next day's game in an emotional display. The two also wrote a book together - I don't know if it was as good as "Ulysses."
Jim Joyce
Games
Magnus Carlsen is currently defending his world chess championship for the fourth time. Name his opponent (or, if the spelling is too daunting, give the first four letters of that opponent’s last name).
Ian Nepomniachtchi, or "Nepo"