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
Games
There have been many books written about poker strategy, but perhaps the most influential—both tactically and in spreading the popularity of the Texas hold ‘em variation—was self-published in 1978 by what two-time World Series of Poker main event winner? Before his card-playing career, he was a Texas high school state champion in the one-mile race and garnered interest from the Minneapolis Lakers until a knee injury ended his basketball dreams.
Doyle Brunson
Country Club
What tennis great, an Australian Aboriginal of the Wiradjuri people, was 0-4 lifetime in the US Open (singles) final, losing every year from 1973 to 1976, and 7-0 in the other three Grand Slam (singles) finals combined?
Evonne Goolagong (Cawley)
Hockey
Several NHL players will sport mullets this season, but one team specifically is playing for the first time at the newly opened Mullett Arena, a 5,000-seat venue on a college campus. This is a temporary home (although "temporary" will likely mean up to five years), and some consider the downgrade an embarrassment for a professional team, but season ticket revenue spiked by 50%. Name the NHL team.
Phoenix Coyotes