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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
Country Club
This tennis shot, originated by Guillermo Vilas in the mid-1970s, is typically performed when a player must retreat to his baseline following an opponent lob. Instead of turning to hit the ball in traditional fashion, the player overruns the ball and lashes down through their legs to make contact. This term is also used in basketball circles to describe players who have skills for multiple positions but aren't ideally suited for either.
Tweener
Basketball
A 5-by-5 in basketball is a term for accumulating at least five of all five major statistical categories (points, assists, rebounds, blocks, steals) in a single game. The feat is so rare that in NBA history, only two players have done it more than once in their entire careers. Name one of those two players.
Andrei Kirilenko, Hakeem Olajuwon
Baseball
NBA legend Bill Russell starred at McClymonds High School in Oakland, Calif., and got help on the hardwood from this 14-time MLB All-Star. Of this player, NBA coach Charlie Eckman said "[redacted] could do it all. He was All-NBA as a high schooler. Russell could play defense, but [redacted] could do everything." He could do it all on the diamond too, eventually belting 586 big-league home runs and establishing himself as the only player to win both AL and NL MVP honors. (Hint: It's not Curt Flood or Vada Pinson, who patrolled the same outfield as this player on the McClymonds High baseball team.)
Frank Robinson