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
Football
Although Al Baker had 23 sacks unofficially in the 1973 season, the official record for most single season sacks belonged for 20 years to Michael Strahan, who registered 22.5 sacks in 2001. Who tied his record this past season? This player would have broken the record, but the NFL ruled that one apparent sack in the final game was actually an aborted play and fumble, and on another apparent half-sack, his teammate Cam Heyward was called for unnecessary roughness.
T.J. Watt
Obscure
Exactly 150 years after the Declaration of Independence, an American woman once again defeated Great Britain at their own game, becoming the first woman (and the fastest overall, at that point) to swim across the English Channel one year ahead of the first British woman, Mercedes Gelitze. Who was she?
Gertrude Ederle
Uncategorized
The crucial events on the darts calendar are known as the TV Majors, generally broadcast in the UK on Sky Sports or ITV. Most of these events see their prize money count towards the PDC’s Order of Merit, the official ranking system. However, there are currently 3 individual TV Majors throughout the year that do not count towards the official rankings, despite still being considered major wins. These events all share names with major competitions in other sports. Name two.
The Masters, The Premier League, The World Series of Darts