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
Football
In the final moments of a 50-14 trouncing of a rival school in 1968, this coach elected to go for two following a touchdown. When asked why after the game, he (apocryphally?) stated “Because I couldn’t go for three.” It's probably fair to say that around Columbus, everybody knows his name. What is the coach's name?
Woody Hayes
Racing & Combat
Rush
A central plot point of Ron Howard’s 2013 account of the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda is Lauda’s horrifying crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix, in which he suffered severe burns and permanent injuries. Ironically, while Lauda was able to recover and resume racing within weeks, two other drivers in that race would later lose their lives in accidents during Formula 1 Grand Prix races. Name ONE of those drivers: either the one who died in a crash at the 1977 South African Grand Prix, or the one who died in a crash during the 1978 Italian Grand Prix.
Tom Pryce (1977), Ronnie Peterson (1978)
Football
Doug Williams is one of the few Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks to have played at a Division II school, though by his senior season, his school had transitioned to Division I and plays today in the FCS. Name the school, and name his legendary college coach? (Note: Again, both the school and the coach are required for this answer.)
Grambling State, Eddie Robinson