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
Basketball
In the 1959-60 NBA season, Wilt Chamberlain won the NBA MVP award as a rookie. Nine years later, what Louisville grad became the second (and as of now, last) player to win the MVP as a rookie? This player never won an MVP again, though he’s no. 12 on the NBA’s all-time rebounding list.
Wes Unseld
Baseball
The last name of the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 1955 World Series—the only World Series won by the Brooklyn Dodgers—is a homophone with the nickname of another MLB franchise, albeit with different spelling. Name the pitcher or the team.
Johnny Podres, Padres
Racing & Combat
In 1913, Donerail won the Kentucky Derby with pre-race odds of 91-1, making him the biggest longshot winner in the race’s history. Over a century later, in 2022, a horse with 80-1 odds was crowned the winner, netting his owners a cool $3 million purse, rendering the horse’s name prophetic. This is especially amazing considering that this horse wasn’t even in the lineup 48 hours before the race, taking a spot because Ethereal Road was a late scratch. What is the (rather appropriate) name of this longshot 2022 Kentucky Derby winner?
Rich Strike