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
Obscure
The Caber Toss, pictured below, is just one of the “heavy events” featured in what multi-event competition? Different incarnations of this competition are now held all around the world, but the largest annual gathering takes place in a town called Dunoon.
Highland Games
Football
Of the 28 colleges with alumni that have collectively scored at least 30 total points in Super Bowl history, two of the colleges are currently FCS schools, and in both cases, just one person accounts for all 30+ Super Bowl points. One of the schools was Division II at the time the key player attended, and one was Division I-AA, essentially the same classification as the current FCS. Name either *school*.
(Note: By this definition of scoring, touchdown passes don’t count—don't pick a quarterback.)
(Note 2: Your answer should be a school, not a player.)
Mississippi Valley State, South Dakota State
Baseball
Of the pitchers in the Hall of Fame who have mustaches on their official plaques - but not also beards or goatees, apologies to Lee Smith and Trevor Hoffman et. al. - which one has the most career saves?
Dennis Eckersley