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
Soccer
Since the Premier League began in 1992, only two clubs have won the title exactly once. Leicester City is one — name the other, a club whose 1995 title was powered by the partnership of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton. The Beatles told us in “A Day in the Life” that there are 4,000 holes in this club’s home city.
Blackburn Rovers
Uncategorized
A glance at the World Curling Tour rankings shows a lot of familiar flags: Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Scotland, etc. However, the advent of Mixed Doubles play has allowed for some non-traditional curling countries to find success. One flag notably stands out in the Mixed Doubles Rankings, as a team consisting of Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill topped the rankings at one point and now comfortably sit in third. This country has only had a representative at the 4-person World Curling Championships once (Kaldvee skipped a women’s team in 2021) and only has a population of 1.3 million. Which country do Kaldvee and Lill represent?
Estonia
Games
Name any two chess players who won the USSR championship, an annual tournament held between 1921 and 1991 that is still considered the strongest national championship ever contested. (Either a solo or shared win is acceptable.)
The full list can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR_Chess_Championship