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
Football
On ESPN’s College Gameday, in 2008, Lee Corso (a former Maryland assistant) recounted the story of Darryl Hill, the Maryland running back who was the first and only black player in the ACC in 1963. In an away game at Wake Forest, in what Corso called “the worst atmosphere” of the ACC season, a Demon Deacons captain walked Hill to the front of the student section and put an arm around his shoulders to quiet the fans. Name that Wake Forest captain, who died at age 26 of embryonal cell carcinoma and was played in a 1971 TV movie by James Caan.
Brian Piccolo
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1995
In 1995, Atlanta finally triumphed, beating Cleveland in 6 games. Two former Cy Young winning pitchers received both a win and a loss in the series. One was Greg Maddux. Who was the other?
Orel Hershiser.
Baseball
Trading on a regional nickname that sounds more Star Wars than baseball, what Single-A minor-league franchise is just down the highway from Los Angeles?
Inland Empire 66ers