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
Since 2000, clubs from five different nations have won the UEFA Champions League. Four of those nations are Spain, England, Italy, and Germany. Name the only CLUB to win from the fifth country.
FC Porto
Basketball
Of the 11 universities with a basketball program currently in the Big East conference, only two are not affiliated with Catholicism. One is a public university, and one was chartered as North Western Christian University by abolitionist Disciples of Christ members who wanted a university away from the "pernicious influences of slavery," but has no current religious affiliation. Name both.
Connecticut, Butler
Racing & Combat
What alliterative phrase, coined by British sportswriter Pierce Egan in 1813 to describe boxing, was used by A.J. Liebling as a book title for his collection of boxing essays originally written for The New Yorker?
The Sweet Science