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
Name the striker from Almansa, Spain who played 16 years for the same club and rose to the rank of captain, but whose biggest contribution to that club came after his service with Franco’s nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, when he served as club president for 35 years. Today, he is the namesake of the club’s stadium.
Santiago Bernabéu
Uncategorized
- Iowa State went to four bowl games from 1968-1978, led by two different coaches that would go on to have much more success elsewhere. One of them won a national championship and AFCA coach of the year in 1976 before going on to coach his alma mater for 16 seasons. The other won AFCA coach of the year in 1979 and four conference championships at his alma mater, where he coached for 9 seasons. Name both coaches.
Johnny Majors, Earle Bruce
Baseball
Coined by writer Jason Lukehart in 2012, what is the baseball term for when a pitcher throws a complete-game shutout with fewer than 100 pitches? The stat is named after the Hall of Fame starting pitcher who has accomplished this feat most often since 1988.
Maddux