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
Basketball
One of Reinsdorf’s most notorious deputies was another Jerry - Krause, who served as the Bulls GM beginning in 1985 after a career in baseball scouting. Krause was considered the architect of much of the 90s-era Bulls success, building around Jordan. Success that went to his head. An oft-attributed quote to Krause toward the end of his Bulls tenure was, “Players and Coaches don’t win championships. ____________ win championships.” What is the missing word from this quote?
Organizations
Baseball
For Luis Gonzalez’s walkoff single to win the 2001 World Series, what Diamondbacks shortstop was on second base? This teammate was a former 3x NL stolen-base leader and had just hit a game-tying double off Mariano Rivera. Earlier in the same postseason, he’d hit a NLDS-winning walkoff of his own against the Cardinals.
Tony Womack
Basketball
Name the basketball player who tops the French national team’s career scoring list, ahead of second place by almost 1,000 points. This player’s nephew was a member of the victorious European Ryder Cup team in 2014.
Herve Dubuisson