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
Olympics
The current Iranian record holder for the 5,000m and 10,000m run—and the gold medal winner of the 3,000m Steeplechase at the 1991 Asian Games—is a man whose last name is Sajjadi. What is his five-letter first name? (Since Iranian track might not be the strongest group subject, an additional clue: His name begins with "H.")
Hamid
Football
Who was the first electrifying Detroit Lions running back who won the Heisman for an Oklahoma school before setting the team record for rushing yards, while wearing jersey number 20, and having the initials B.S.?
Billy Sims
Obscure
In this map of teams who have won at least one women’s field hockey Division 1 national championship, the two most successful schools—with nine titles each—have been redacted next to their dots. Name both, and note that both are written as two-word schools on this map. Further, one is a state name, and the other is a state nickname.
North Carolina, Old Dominion