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
Games
The strategy board game pictured below is first recorded in India around the 7th century AD, is thought to be the common ancestor of several games including chess. The name of the game, translated from Sanskrit, means “four-limbed” or “four arms,” which referred to ancient military divisions but is most commonly heard in the US today as a name used for the low plank position in yoga. What's the name?
(Image description: It looks like a chess board.)
Chaturanga
Racing & Combat
Published in 1867, the “Marquess of Queensbury Rules" were a series of codes that still form the basis of what sport?
Boxing
Basketball
In 2021, Sandro Mamukelashvili overtook his Milwaukee Buck teammates Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo as the player with the longest single last name in the NBA. If you allowed hyphenated last names, however, that honor would go to the player who is one spot behind Giannis (and two ahead of LeBron James) on the list of leading scorers for the 2022-23 season. Name him.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander