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
Soccer
The soccer rivalry between Los Angeles FC and LA Galaxy is popularly known by what nickname? The nickname is a play on the name of arguably the most famous rivalry in world soccer, and references an inescapable aspect of L.A. life.
El Trafico
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From 1993 to 2004, UEFA implemented the “golden goal” rule, a sudden death scenario where any goal scored during an extra time period would end the game. While no Champions League game was ever decided by golden goal, it did decide the 2001 UEFA Cup Final, contested by Liverpool and Deportivo Alaves. Liverpool took the lead early and held it at 3-1 going into halftime. Alaves started quick in the second half with two goals, and a goal by Jordi Cruyff (son of Johan) in the 88th minute cancelled out a Robbie Fowler strike that had given Liverpool the lead, sending the game to extra time knotted 4-4. In the bonus period, Alaves, playing in their first ever major final of any kind, began to wilt under the pressure. Halftime substitute Magno was sent off for a second yellow card in the 98th minute. In the 115th minute, Antonio Karmona was sent off for pulling Vladimir Smicer down from behind just on the edge of the box to the right of the goal. On the ensuing free kick, a glancing defensive header from Alaves’ left-back sent the ball soaring beyond his goalkeeper into the far corner of the goal—giving Liverpool the cup with, yes, an own-golden goal. It was a fitting finish for this player, as he began his career and even featured once in La Liga for FC Barcelona as a striker before converting to a defender. Who is this alliteratively-named man, now the president of his hometown Girona FC, who scored the own-golden goal?
Delfi Geli
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Many of the elite players in women’s basketball have made their way through Geno Auriemma’s program at Connecticut. One star of the game, however, committed to UConn, enrolled for summer classes, but abruptly left the program after just two days in Storrs. She transferred to a school in her home state to be closer to family, taking a year away from basketball, choosing instead to play volleyball for a team that would reach the NCAA Tournament in 2008. She returned to basketball the following year, scoring over 3,000 points in her collegiate career before she headed to the WNBA, where she has been named MVP twice. Name her.
Elena Delle Donne