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
Olympics
The United States has won a gold medal in every Olympic games, but in four different winter games, they were held to just one. Who was the lone gold medalist for the Americans at the 1968 Grenoble games? This person not only secured gold for her country, but brought U.S. figure skating back to prominence following a devastating 1961 plane crash that killed the entire team. After the Olympics, she went on to commentate for ABC Sports for more than 20 years, and is still alive today.
Peggy Fleming
Uncategorized
What is the name of the strategic board game which first appeared in a scene from Star Wars: A New Hope, where Chewbacca was losing to the droid R2-D2 in a contest on board the Millennium Falcon? (Either the official or the colloquial name will be accepted)
Dejarik or Holochess
Uncategorized
Legendary college basketball coach Bobby Knight is well known for his temper. In arguably his most famous angry incident, he threw an object on the floor toward a bewildered official before a Purdue player attempted a technical free throw in 1985.
What object did he hurl?
Folding Chair