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
Uncategorized
A thoroughbred named Scrabble didn’t have much of a career. From 1988 to 1990, the Virginia mare won just two of 27 starts and a total of $5,322. But other horses whose names are allowed in Scrabble—SCRABBLE is itself a playable word—have done well. Of the thirteen to have won the Triple Crown, only two horses have one-word names that are not acceptable Scrabble words. Name either.
Whirlaway, Omaha
Hockey
In hockey parlance, a two-and-ten refers to two concurrent penalties assessed at the same time, and the numbers refer to minutes. Give the one-word classification for the two-minute penalty and the one-word classification for the ten-minute penalty. (Note: Your answer should consist of two words.)
Minor, Misconduct
Basketball
What Sonics point guard, buried on the depth chart behind Gary Payton and Nate McMillan, played just 9 total minutes in the ’96 finals? He later was the primary regular-season starter for two different NBA Finals-losing teams, both in the Eastern Conference.
Eric Snow