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
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Remember Zelmo Beaty? Already a two-time NBA all-star when he defected to the ABA in 1969, Beaty’s 13-year career between the two leagues earned him Basketball Hall of Fame induction in 2016. Though the words “Remember Zelmo Beaty” now function as a signoff for the Slate sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, they were initially spoken as an on-air challenge to Shaquille O’Neal by which well-known television personality? The tv personality in question is closely associated with the city where the ABA held its 30-year anniversary reunion in 1997.
David Letterman
Baseball
Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak has stood since 1941, with Pete Rose’s 44-game run in 1978 coming closest. In 1987, what Milwaukee Brewer put together a 39-game streak of his own?
Paul Molitor
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Love him, hate him, or tolerate him, Lance Armstrong was undeniably ruthless in his time in the Tour. What German, and teammate of Jan Ullrich, did Lance chase down in the final few meters to win Stage 17 of the 2004 Tour in the finish known as “No Gifts”?
Andreas Kloden