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 bronze statue in Maimonides Park in Brooklyn depicts one man putting his arm around another. The gesture, which likely occurred either in Cincinnati in 1947 or Boston in 1948, was more controversial, and thus more courageous, than it would seem without historical context. Name both men in the statue.
Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese
Soccer
Who is the only two-time MLS MVP other than reigning back-to-back award-winner Lionel Messi? An "MLS original," this mononymous midfield won his two MVPs with the Kansas City Wizards (now Sporting Kansas City). Born in Yugoslavia, he also played for the USMNT after becoming an American citizen.
Preki
Racing & Combat
What self-defense system, teaching practical hand-to-hand combat, was developed by Imi Lichtenfeld for the IDF in the 1930s and 1940s?
Krav Maga