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
Games
In a certain game, the names of various “coups” span a wide range, from “Belladonna” to “Crocodile” to “Deschapelles” to “Merrimac” to “Morton’s Fork,” while the “Alcatraz” coup is an illegal variation. What’s the game?
Bridge
Basketball
Dean Smith and Adolph Rupp were coached in their playing days at the University of Kansas by legendary Jayhawk Phog Allen. Allen also played basketball at Kansas, from 1905-1907. Who was his coach?
James Naismith
Hockey
The NHL All-Star Game has historical roots in an exhibition game held on Feb. 14, 1934 to benefit Player 1 who went into a coma after being hit from behind in a game the previous December by Player 2. (Player 1's father, assuming wrongly that his son would die, went to Boston with a revolver intending to kill Player 2, only to be stopped by Boston police.) Player 2 was likely in a daze himself at the time of the hit and seeking revenge on the wrong man, having been checked a moment earlier by Player 3. Once the hit was made, Player 2 was knocked unconscious with a single punch by Player 4. Name any of the four players described above.
Ace Bailey, Eddie Shore, Red Horner, King Clancy