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
The first professional athlete to ever sign an endorsement deal with Nike was a two-time singles grand slam winner (1972 U.S. Open, 1973 French Open) who was later banned from serving as captain in a Davis Cup match in Great Britain due to “constant abuse and intimidation of officials,” and was the Romanian voice of a federal agent in the Disney movie “G-Force.” Name him.
Ilie Nastase
Basketball
With Dylan Harper going No. 2 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft to the Spurs, there are now two players of Filipino descent to be taken in the lottery, along with Jalen Green in 2021. However, in 2024 another Filipino heritage player just missed the lottery, as the 76ers took this Duke guard No. 16 overall. He won Rookie of the Month honors in November, and had a 34-point, 10-assist game against the Cavaliers, before a knee injury ended his season prematurely in December.
Jared McCain
Uncategorized
Two high school players declared hardship and were picked in the 1975 NBA Draft, one with the fifth pick in the draft, and one with first pick in the second round, no. 19 overall. Name both. Hint: the player drafted in the second round’s nickname was “Poodle,” according to Wikipedia, although I remember it as “Poodles.”
Darryl Dawkins, Bill Willoughby