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
Uncategorized
Unsurprisingly, France (26), Belgium (18), Spain (14), and Italy (10) are the top 4 countries of origin of Tour winners. Which two countries are next on the list with 6 and 5 total wins? One has a long history of track cycling success, had no winners until 2011, and then won 6 of the next 7 races with 3 different riders all riding for the same team. The other is one of the smallest countries in the world and their last official winner was in 2010 after the disqualification of Alberto Contador. Name both countries.
Great Britain, Luxembourg
Soccer
Fill in the blank with the missing word from this 1886 proposal by N. Lane Jackson, founder of the English amateur soccer club Corinithians, which seems to be the origin of a term still in use today: “That all players taking part for England in future international matches be presented with a white silk _____ with red rose embroidered on the front.”
Cap
Olympics
Future General George S. Patton was just a Second Lieutenant when he represented the U.S. Army in the first-ever Summer Olympics Modern Pentathlon. In which European capital city did Patton compete? (Then-Major Patton did not return to compete in the second Modern Pentathlon, held eight years after the first.)
Stockholm