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
Name the American figure skater who won four straight U.S. men's championships in the 1980s and capped off that run with a gold medal at the Olympics. He turned professional shortly after winning the gold medal, and his later career included television commentating on figure skating and a cameo in the film Blades of Glory. He was able to return to the Olympics years later due to a rule passed by the International Skating Union allowing competitors to regain amateur status, but did not medal.
Brian Boitano
Baseball
Name all three teams that defeated the Atlanta Braves in the World Series in the 1990s. (They were defeated four times, but one team beat them twice.)
Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees
Basketball
There are two players missing from this otherwise complete list that spans the years 1990 to 2000, and between them they're arguably responsible for the two most iconic examples of what the list represents. (One of the players actually appears on the list twice.) Name both.
Paris McCurdy, Rick Fox, Tate George, Steve Smith, James Forrest, Tyus Edney, Don Reid, Richard (Rip) Hamilton, Mike Miller.
Bryce Drew, Christian Laettner