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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
Clarion is a Division II school in Pennsylvania that competes at the D1 level in men’s wrestling. In the program’s history, six Golden Eagles have won the NCAA national individual title. Easily the most well-known is the 1990 and 1992 NCAA 275 pound champion, who would go on to win a gold medal in the 100 kg weight class at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. As he would later say many, many times, he won the gold medal despite wrestling “with a broken freaking neck.” He would subsequently find even more fame as a six-time World Champion in WWF/WWE. Name the former Clarion wrestler.
Kurt Angle
Hockey
Starting with the 2009-10 NHL season, two players have led the NHL in assists for a single season more than once. One player managed it three times, from 2009-10 through 2011-12, and another won in 2016-17 and again in 2020-21. One player is retired after spending 17 seaons with the same NHL team, and one is active, having played six seasons to date with the same NHL team. Name either player.
Henrik Sedin, Connor McDavid
Uncategorized
Italy’s 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Spain in 1994 is remembered for a late Roberto Baggio winner and for the bloodied face of what Spanish midfielder? Having been elbowed by Mauro Tassotti in the penalty area in the closing minutes, this Real Madrid player accosted the referee, who apparently missed the incident. These days he’s a former manager of Barcelona who now directs the Spanish national team.
Luis Enrique