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
Hockey
In the four major North American professional sports, the majority of full franchise names (location + nickname) end in the letter “S” and begin with a different letter. There is only one case where the opposite is true; name the team.
Seattle Kraken
Soccer
In 2020, the Asian Football Confederation selected two versions of an all-time World Cup 11 from their confederation—one based on fan votes, the other based on data from an analytics company. Four players appeared on both lists, including Yuto Nagatomo of Japan and Hong Myung-bo of South Korea. The other two players, both South Korean, not only had World Cup success, but also racked up more than 100 professional appearances with an English Premier League club. Name either of the English clubs. (Note: Name one of the two clubs, not a player.)
Manchester United, Tottenham
Uncategorized
The track and field events at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul were scandalously marred by Ben Johnson’s steroids-addled victory in the mens’ 100-meters. They also featured a spectacular broadcasting blunder during the mens’ 800-meters: the two American television announcers misidentified the winner as Nixon Kiprotich, when in fact the winner was Paul Ereng. The race analyst was a former American track and field gold medalist, and the lead announcer was a veteran broadcaster who was well-known as the voice of the American Football League in the 1960’s. Upon realizing their mistake here, the lead announcer candidly and forlornly said “We have blown this call. Gentlemen, we are wrong.” Name either of these mixed-up announcers.
Frank Shorter, Charlie Jones