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
Country Club
In 1978, Virginia Ruzici became the first woman from Romania to win a grand slam singles championship with her victory at the French Open. One Romanian man had won two grand slam titles before her (no man has since), and one Romanian woman—who Ruzici manages today—would win two grand slams after her. Name both of the other two Romanian champions.
Ilie Nastase, Simona Halep
Hockey
The first round of Stump the Schwab was a game called “Leading Off”, in which players would take turns naming correct answers from a particular category until everyone was out or they completed the list. For one such category, host Stuart Scott asked the contestants to name the 16 players in NHL history who had eclipsed 1,400 career points, going into the 2005-2006 season. To everyone’s surprise, the Schwab offered an incorrect answer early on. Despite the player being a six-time Stanley Cup winning winger and Hall of Famer, he finished with only 1,099 career points. Name the former Oiler mistakenly included as a 1,400-point scorer.
Glenn Anderson
Uncategorized
1976 NBA All-Star Game MVP … and a cherry cultivar named by its Oregon grower after his Manchurian foreman.
Dave BING