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
Baseball
The 1959 announcement of the “Continental League,” set to begin play in 1961, was enough of a threat to Major League Baseball that they added four new expansion teams in 1961 and 1962 to stop the threat—successfully. Name the lawyer who proposed the new league and forced MLB’s hand. (As it happens, he was born in Washington Heights, not points east.)
William Shea
Baseball
The colloquial term for a batted ball that “bloops” or “flares,” landing between the infielders and outfielders for a base hit (a single, typically), references what American state?
Texas
Baseball
The Tampa Bay Rays hold a dubious record – in their relatively short history, they’ve had 3 perfect games thrown against them. They are tied with the Dodgers in this respect, but again, the Rays have a much shorter franchise history to work with. Even more remarkable is that all 3 of these perfect games vs. the Rays happened within a 4-season span! Name 2 of the 3 pitchers who achieved perfection against the Rays between 2009 and 2012.
Mark Buehrle OR Dallas Braden OR Felix Hernandez