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
Baseball
A 1999 Adidas ad featured these two members of the Yankees rotation who also had Mets ties. One pitcher, who won 20 games for the Mets in 1988 and the Yankees in 1998, is in a club watching people do a dance based on the distinctive leg kick of a recently acquired Cuban pitcher. That righty, who earned three World Series rings for the Yankees, finished his career winning 18 games for the Mets in 2006-07. Name both.
David Cone, Orlando Hernandez
Racing & Combat
Name the MMA promotion, the second-largest in the U.S. after UFC, that takes its one-word name from the Latin word for “warrior.”
Bellator
Football
Sydney natives Jarryd Hayne (RB, 49ers) and Jordan Mailata (T, Eagles) cut their teeth playing what sport semi-professionally in Australia before joining the NFL? Be specific, as there are two major variants of this sport played in Australia, and you must indicate the correct one to receive credit. Of the two variants, Hayne and Mailata played the one most like American football (gridiron, as it’s often called Down Under).
Rugby league