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
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Sample Questions

Uncategorized

In snooker, it's almost an expectation that if you get any amount of luck, you act embarrassed and ashamed. Stick up your hand in apology, shake your head, mutter to yourself, etc. Imagine the scene: a player meant to hit one ball in, only for that ball to miss wildly, carom off the rail, hit a different ball, and send that ball into a pocket. What is the term in snooker for such a series of fortunate events, in which a player fortuitously pots a ball in an unintended way?

Fluke

Basketball

Among NBA Hall-of-Famers, Jack Sikma has the second-most years spent as a player at a certain franchise, with 9. Which Hall-of-Famer has the most years as a player at that franchise, with 12 and change? Once you compartmentalize and really think about it, the answer fits proverbially well.

Gary Payton

Basketball

From the 1986-87 season until 2010-11, the AP never chose a freshman for its preseason All-American list in college basketball. Which player, selected with the seventh pick in the NBA draft a year later, changed that (and later won an NBA championship in 2015)?

Harrison Barnes