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
Country Club
The first ever ATP Player of the Year Award (in 1975) was won by what man? His name now appears on a different, less performance-based award given by the ATP annually.
Arthur Ashe
Racing & Combat
“Secretariat is widening now … he is moving like a tremendous machine!!!” Secretariat’s remarkable 31-length victory in the 1973 Belmont Stakes, which made him the first winner of horse racing’s Triple Crown in 25 years, was punctuated by this unforgettable call from the track announcer. Despite being the caller of many Triple Crown races, he could not disguise the awe in his voice; seconds later, he remarked with wonderment, “Secretariat is all alone. He's out there almost a sixteenth of a mile away from the rest of the horses!” Who was this announcer, who was also the voice of Churchill Downs for 17 years?
Chic Anderson
Uncategorized
Dating back to (and including) 1992, only 4 women are listed as official winners of the 100 meter dash. Yulia Nestsiarenka of Belarus won in 2004 in Athens and the Sydney 2000 winner was vacated, so there is no official winner recognized. The other three all won in back-to-back Olympiads. Name two of them.
Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price, Elaine Thompson-Herrah