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
Calling the Veltins-Arena home, which Bundesliga club holds the unenviable record of seven runner-up finishes without a championship?
FC Schalke 04
Country Club
The so-called “Original 9” of the Virginia Slims series—the precursor to the WTA—broke off from the USLTA and formed their splinter group in September 1970, two years before the passage of Title IX in the United States. Billie Jean King is by far the most famous of the nine players, winning 12 career singles grand slams compared to three for the rest of the group combined. Name any one of the other eight women.
Peaches Bartkowicz, Rosie Casals, Judy Dalton, Julie Heldman, Kerry Melville, Kristy Pigeon, Nancy Richey, Valerie Ziegenfuss
Uncategorized
Two high school players declared hardship and were picked in the 1975 NBA Draft, one with the fifth pick in the draft, and one with first pick in the second round, no. 19 overall. Name both. Hint: the player drafted in the second round’s nickname was “Poodle,” according to Wikipedia, although I remember it as “Poodles.”
Darryl Dawkins, Bill Willoughby