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
Hockey
One player on the U.S. gold medal-winning 1960 Olympic hockey team had a son who played on the 1980 Miracle on Ice team. The father was second on the 1960 team in scoring, remained an amateur, and is now in the U.S. and International Halls of Fame, while the son played 15 years in the NHL and is also in the U.S. hall of fame. What’s their last name?
Christian
Football
What 7-letter brand is the leading manufacturer of NFL helmets?
Riddell
Olympics
In 1988, three freestyle skiing events debuted at the winter Olympics as demonstration sports. Moguls and aerials became fixtures of the Olympics by 1994, but the third, despite appearing as a demonstration sport again in 1992, dropped off in popularity. It was never incorporated into the Olympic games, and despite a name change to “acroski” in the 1990s, was dropped by the International Ski Federation for all competitions, barre none, by 2000. What was the name of this discipline?
Ski Ballet