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
Racing & Combat
On Sept. 11, 2019, the New York Times broke a story on an apparent cover-up which began in the spring of 2018 in Arcadia, CA (in a location that was once part of an 1845 land grant called Rancho Santa Anita). The story included the following line: “He tested positive for the drug scopolamine.” To which mononymic star does the “he” in that sentence refer?
Justify
Uncategorized
Nigel Richards is widely acclaimed as the greatest tournament Scrabble player of all time, having won five World championships, five North American championships, and five French-language championships—despite not speaking French. Richards makes his home in one country—where he might have picked up the basics of sepak takraw, the national sport—but was born in another country—where he might have learned to dance the haka in support of his homeland’s national teams. (Both of the Hacks of this Friendly have met Mr. Richards, and can virtually guarantee that he has never done either.) Name both countries.
Malaysia, New Zealand
Country Club
Since 2010, only one men's major golf tournament has featured a playoff with more than two players, as shown in this slightly doctored photo. Name the tournament, the course, and the winner.
Open Championship (British Open), St. Andrews, Zach Johnson