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
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Three of the most devastating deaths of the past decade occurred in vehicular accidents. In the last week of the 2016 season, star Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez died in a boat crash near Miami. On either side of that - one during the 2014 World Series, one in January 2017 - two other young stars died in car crashes, each in their native Dominican Republic (and not at either end of I-70 in Missouri). The first was a top outfield prospect who had just made a name for himself with a home run in the 2014 National League playoffs, while the second was one of the hardest-throwing pitchers in the American League and a member of the 2015 World Series winning team. Name them both.
Oscar Taveras, Yordano Ventura
Olympics
Give the Olympic city and event which can be described accurately by the following true occurrences: a scarcity of water to purposefully test dehydration, near-fatal hemorrhaging due to dust inhalation, attacks by wild dogs, rotten apple consumption resulting in cramps, a fraudulent original victor, and a legitimate victor who was intentionally poisoned with strychnine to enhance performance. (Again, the CITY and EVENT is required here.)
St. Louis, Marathon
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At 19, he led the USA Men’s basketball team in scoring. He returned to college with an Olympic gold medal and promptly averaged 32.1 points and 21.5 rebounds per game. Prohibited from joining the NBA as a college sophomore, he instead spent one season in the ABA, during which he won both the MVP and Rookie of the Year awards while setting multiple ABA scoring and rebounding records that were never broken. Name this leviathan, whose antitrust action against the NBA succeeded in creating a hardship exemption for players wishing to turn pro early.
Spencer Haywood